Grumman’s first jet fighter and the U.S. Navy’s workhorse in the Korean War. Developed from the ashes of failed prototypes and powered by a British engine, the Panther roared into combat with heavy ...

When the British equipped their Sherman tanks with the 17-pounder gun, they created a machine capable of penetrating the German Panther and Tiger armour. But the U.S. Army turned down the offer—even ...