Watch The Big Picture - Armored Combat Power

Experience the American Journey through our country's visual heritage in this historical recording provided by the National Archives of the United States. From the U.S. Army's "The Big Picture" television series, 1950-1975. HISTORY OF ARMOR AND TODAY'S ARMOR TEAM EXAMINED ON "THE BIG PICTURE" -- "Aggressively powerful, fast and mobile under all conditions, the Armor Team of the United States Army is a forceful deterrent to any would-be aggressor of the future." This is the theme in this week's episode of THE BIG PICTURE television series. This documentary follows the development of armor from early war chariot of four thousand years ago to modern tank in today's Army. The Armor Team as seen in this film is a deadly tentacle. It moves over the terrain, reaching deep into the heart of the enemy's forces, destroying pockets of resistance which have survived the atomic burst and supporting artillery fire. The emergence of the Armor Team on the field of combat has often decided the course of battle in modern war, and would decide it again if called upon. In armor there is strength and in strength there is victory.

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