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 ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Thanks to the Ontos’ light sub-ten ton weight and relatively wide tread design, the tank killer enjoyed good mobility, particularly in the wet and mushy conditions ...

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 ...