M-12 Sabertooth

'' "The M-12 Sabertooth is the US light battle tank. The main turret supports an 80 mm rifled tank cannon and a 20 mm Gatling gun. A .50 caliber anti-personnel machine gun is mounted on a coaxial turret. A notable element of the tank is its ability to be carried for short distances by VTOL transport. Sabertooth brigades are commonly flown in for the final leg of an attack, known as "the pounce"

- Intel on the M-12 Sabertooth from Resistance: Fall of Man

The M-12 Sabertooth Tank is an American built light battle tank. It's armament consists of a large 80 mm cannon, a heavy machine gun, and another lighter machine gun. Although an American tank, a small number of these were in service of the British Army, which were sold by the United States to them beforehand. The military of Iceland also contained a small deployment of Sabertooths, presumably also bought from the United States in order to better defend the SRPA base there.

Resistance: Fall of Man
In Resistance: Fall of Man, the player only gets two chances to drive a Sabertooth; in the second level of the first chapter of Fall of Man, York, A Lone Survivor, the player has the opportunity to drive the tank in order to reach the bus depot. Running over 10 enemies with the tank grants the player the "Chimera Pate" Skill Point, and in London: Outskirts, Ice and Iron, where the player has to reach the tank after fighting multiple of enemies including a Stalker and a Titan. The M-12 Sabertooth is then used to clear a landing zone.

Resistance 2
During the first level of Resistance 2, a division of Sabertooths can be seen fighting against Stalkers and the two Goliaths that are attacking SRPA Station Igloo Base, in which one of the Sabertooths was crushed by a Goliath. In Twin Falls, Idaho, there are a couple of wrecked Sabertooths that were destroyed in the Spire attack on the town.

Trivia

 * The Sabertooth is based on the American M60A1 and British Chieftain tanks, with the air cleaners of an early-production German Tiger I.
 * During the level "Spires" the US assault force is described as a total loss, despite containing several Sabertooth tanks. This would imply the vehicle is not properly sealed even when all the hatches are closed or a Crawler can burrow in and cause an infestation.
 * The description of the Sabertooth's Gatling gun reflects the common and accepted misnomer as the Gatling gun arrangement is actually parallax.