The troops began referring to it as Ontos, Greek for “The Thing.” But after years of combat in Vietnam, the Marines were just about done with it. Parts were hard to find, and the treads wore out ...

In 1950, the US Army and US Marine Corps started a joint project to build a light anti-tank vehicle. It produced the M50 Ontos, a small tracked vehicle with light armor and six recoilless rifles. The ...

Armed with six 106mm recoilless rifles, the M50 Ontos delivered concentrated firepower in Vietnam’s toughest fights. Beehive rounds unleashed tens of thousands of steel flechettes to clear enemy ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: In a desperate bid to quickly get an anti-tank capability into the field, the Marine Corps enthusiastically embraced a project the Army had rejected: the M50 Ontos.

Here’s What You Need to Remember: In a desperate bid to quickly get an anti-tank capability into the field, the Marine Corps enthusiastically embraced a project the Army had rejected: the M50 Ontos.

As news crews filmed the Battle of Hue during the 1968 Tet Offensive, a number of small, strange-looking armored vehicles were occasionally caught on camera firing into enemy-held buildings. They ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An M50 Ontos a light-armored anti-tank vehicle with recoilless rifles In 1950, the US Army and US Marine Corps started a joint ...