How does the US military deliver tanks and other heavy equipment to battlefields overseas?
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By air and sea, pretty much like you transport anything else. The U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command is responsible for transporting equipment and supplies via sea, and it operates a large fleet of ships for that purpose. You put just about anything on these cargo ships – tanks, planes, artillery, ammunition, fuel…etc. Ships can carry far more equipment are are much more efficient so this is the preferred method of transport unless you need something to be somewhere fast.
You can also move equipment by plane. The Air Force Air Mobility Command operates a fleet of massive transport planes like the C-5 Galaxy or the C-17 Globemaster that can move large equipment around the world quickly, although obviously a plane can’t carry as much stuff as a ship, and these large plans can’t deliver the equipment directly to the battlefield. There are also smaller planes like the C-130 that can actually deliver equipment directly to forward operating bases.
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