Top Ten (American TV program)

Top Ten is an American television program broadcast on American Heroes Channel (formerly known as the Military Channel) which rates and ranks ten famous weapons or systems across military history since the 20th century. It uses a subjective scoring of factors such as service length, innovation, "fear factor", etc.

List of Shows

Top Ten Bombers
  1. B-52 Stratofortress -
  2. B-2 Spirit -
  3. B-29 Superfortress -
  4. De Havilland Mosquito -
  5. Avro Lancaster -
  6. B-47 Stratojet -
  7. Tupolev Tu-95 -
  8. Junkers Ju 88 -
  9. Handley Page Type O -
  10. B-17 Flying Fortress -

Top Ten Fighters
  1. P-51 Mustang -
  2. F-15 Eagle -
  3. F-4 Phantom II -
  4. Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 - (tied with F-86)
  5. F-86 Sabre - (tied with MiG-15)
  6. Supermarine Spitfire -
  7. Messerschmitt Me 262 -
  8. Sopwith Camel -
  9. BAE Sea Harrier -
  10. F-22 Raptor -

Top Ten Helicopters
  1. AH-64 Apache -
  2. UH-60 Black Hawk -
  3. UH-1 Huey -
  4. AH-1 Cobra -
  5. OH-6 Cayuse -
  6. Mil Mi-24 -
  7. CH-47 Chinook -
  8. Westland Lynx -
  9. Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 -
  10. Bell 47 -

Top Ten Infantry Fighting Vehicles
  1. M113 -
  2. M2 Bradley -
  3. MCV-80 Warrior -
  4. Stryker -
  5. Sd.Kfz. 251 -
  6. BMP-1 -
  7. Universal Carrier -
  8. M3 Halftrack -
  9. LVT 4 -
  10. HMMWV -

Top Ten Tanks
  1. T-34 -
  2. M1 Abrams -
  3. Tiger I -
  4. Mark I tank -
  5. Centurion tank -
  6. Panzer IV -
  7. Challenger 1/Challenger 2 -
  8. T-54/55 -
  9. Merkava -
  10. M4 Sherman -

Top Ten Rifles
  1. AK-47 -
  2. M16 rifle -
  3. Lee–Enfield SMLE -
  4. M1 Garand -
  5. FN FAL -
  6. Mauser K98 -
  7. Steyr AUG -
  8. Springfield M1903 -
  9. Sturmgewehr 44 -
  10. M14 rifle -

Top Ten Warships
  1. Iowa-class battleship -
  2. Nimitz-class aircraft carrier -
  3. Queen Elizabeth-class battleship -
  4. Ticonderoga-class cruiser -
  5. Fletcher-class destroyer -
  6. North Carolina-class battleship -
  7. Bismarck-class battleship -
  8. Essex-class aircraft carrier -
  9. Deutschland-class pocket battleship -
  10. Admiral-class battlecruiser -

Top Ten Submarines
  1. Type VII -
  2. Seawolf class -
  3. Gato class -
  4. Triton class -
  5. USS Nautilus (SSN-571) -
  6. X-Craft -
  7. I-400 class -
  8. Typhoon class -
  9. Type XXI -
  10. George Washington class -

Top Ten Machine Guns
  1. M2 Browning -
  2. Maxim Gun -
  3. MG 42 -
  4. Vickers Machine Gun -
  5. M134 Minigun -
  6. PKM -
  7. M60 -
  8. Mk 19 grenade launcher -
  9. M249 SAW -
  10. SG-43 -


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