M2 light tank - Wikipedia
The M2 light tank, officially Light Tank, M2, was an American light tank of the interwar period which saw limited service during World War II. The most common model, the M2A4, was equipped with one 37 mm (1.5 in) M5 gun and five .30 cal M1919 Browning machine guns .
Light Tank M2A4: Catching Up - Tank Archives
2015年12月26日 · The American M2A4 light tank surpassed the stereotype that American interbellum tank building lagged behind European levels. It was mobile, well armed, and well protected. Work on this vehicle began more than a year before WWII and resulted in one of the best light tanks of its time.
Handbook on M2A4, M3 and M3A1 Light Tanks March 1942 …
2010年8月8日 · March 1942 handbook for the US M2A4, M3 and M3A1 Light Tanks. Printed in the U.S.A. for use by British and British Commonwealth Forces using this series of tanks. Published to include descriptions of fitting and accessories used in British issued vehicles. Scanned and uploaded by mgk.
28 Photos of “Mae West” – US M2 Light Tank - WAR HISTORY …
2018年8月21日 · 1st Division testing light tank M2A4 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. A Marine Corps M2A4 is hoisted into a landing craft off Guadalcanal on the first day of landings, 7 August 1942. An M2A2 on display at the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum at Camp Shelby, Mississippi.Photo Joe Wentzel CC BY 2.0. M2 Light Tank was an American pre-World War II tank.
M2A2 light tank - Mississippi Armed Forces Museum
2023年4月28日 · Constructed at Rock Island Arsenal in Illinois in the mid-1930s, the M2A2 light tank was the first production model tank both designed and built in the United States. By 1942, the pre-WWII tanks were declared obsolete and were recycled or …
Light Tank M2 - 50megs
2024年11月5日 · Light Tank M2A2 at the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum. This vehicle is topped by round turrets, and the drivers' hatches are open. Pistol ports are open on both turrets, and a submachine gun is emerging through the commander's pistol port.
Marine Light Tanks: First Action at Guadalcanal
In August 1942, the 1st Marine Division landed on Guadalcanal. The 1st Tank Battalion consisted of an incredulous mix of M2A4, M3, and M3A1 tanks. Albeit obsolete by Army standards, the Marine M2A4 tanks of A Company went ashore on 7 August along side the M3 tanks of B Company, 1st Tank Battalion.
M2 Light Tank (1935)
M2A4 of the USMC 1st Tank Battalion, Company A, Guadalcanal, September 1942. M3 prototype in mid-1941, with a .50 (12.7 mm) caliber main armament. This future main US Army light tank was based on the M2A4, but with increased protection and a revised idler wheel.
M2 Light Tank - World War Photos
M2 Light Tank – light tank of American design from the period before World War II. Light Tank M2 was created as an extension of a series of experimental vehicles T2. The first prototype T2E1 was established in April 1934. M2A1 – initial production type …
M2A4 - Grand-sire of half-a-dozen operational US tanks and …
2014年7月20日 · The M2A4 was the ultimate derivation of the M2 series of US Army pre-war light tanks, the equivalent of the cavalry's M1 Combat Car (also a light tank in all but name). A 3/4 view of the M2a4 - note hull sponson .30-caliber MGs and bow-mounted step.
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