“Built like a tank” is a phrase that has entered the American lexicon as a means to describe hardware that is durable, strong, and nearly indestructible. The term may have originated in describing armored fighting vehicles, but it also clearly describes the 1911. It is only fitting then that Auto-Ordnance continue the series of WWII commemorative guns with the “Tanker 1911”, dedicated to the memory of the brave American soldiers who faced the enemy in steel chariots like the M4 Sherman Tank.