The U.S. Army’s M10 Booker Light Tank: An Open Wound That Won’t Heal

The U.S. Army’s M10 Booker Light Tank: An Open Wound That Won’t Heal

Key Points and Summary – The M10 Booker began as Mobile Protected Firepower: a compact, protected assault gun to give light infantry brigades organic shock and breaching. Competitive prototyping led to low-rate production, early deliveries, and a plan to field the first unit. But requirements creep drove the vehicle’s weight into the forty-plus-ton range, undercutting deployability and infrastructure assumptions and blurring roles with Abrams. I…