U.S. and Allied Tanks in Color

By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on September 18th, 2010

A selection of Life’s best color photographs of Allied tanks and AFVs in World War II. Click any thumbnail for a high-resolution copy of the image on Google Images.

		The crew of a U.S. M4 Sherman tank on top of their vehicle near the town of Avaranches in Normandy during August 1944. Photographer: Frank Scherschel.
		M5 Stuart light tank advances in Italy followed by a DUKW amphibious truck in August 1944. Photographer: George Silk.
		Light tanks of the Free French forces drive past the Arc de Triomphe in Paris during the victory parade celebrating the liberation of the city by Allied forces. Photographer: Frank Scherschel.
		An American tank destroyer passes a second vehicle which has slid off the road into the ditch during the Battle of the Bulge, December 1944. Photographer: George Silk.
		A U.S. M31 tank recovery vehicle built on the M3 chassis advances in Tunisia during April 1943. Photographer: Eliot Elisofon.
		U.S. tanks parked in a field in Italy between battles during the Italian campaign in August 1944. Photographer: George Silk.
		U.S. 105-mm HMC M7 “Priest” self-propelled artillery during the advance towards Rome in May 1944. Photographer: Carl Mydans.