The M10 Booker—the $13 Million Un-Tank!

It looks like a tank, moves like a tank, has a tank gun, and was partially named in honor of a tanker. Yet, according to the Army, the M10 Booker isn’t a tank.

The M10 Booker Combat Vehicle is seen during the Army Birthday Festival at the National Museum of the U.S. Army, in Fort Belvoir, Va., on June 10, 2023. U.S. Army/Bernardo Fuller

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It looks like a tank, moves like a tank, has a tank gun, and was partially named in honor of a tanker. Yet, according to the Army, the $13 million M10 Booker, the winner of the Mobile Protected Firepower competition, isn’t a tank. Instead, it’s a “combat vehicle” or perhaps, as inspired by video games such as “Call of Duty,” an “infantry assault vehicle.”