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April 8, 2013 1:28 am
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Last US Tank Leaves Germany

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M4A3 Sherman tank. Photo: wiki commons.

Weekly Standard – Since the Shermans of General Patton’s Third Army crossed the Rhine on March 22, 1945, there have been American tanks in Germany.  No more, as John Vandiver of Stars and Stripes reports.

The U.S. Army’s 69-year history of basing main battle tanks on German soil quietly ended last month when 22 Abrams tanks, a main feature of armored combat units throughout the Cold War, embarked for the U.S.

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