M2A1 Light Tank | |
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General Historical Information | |
Place of origin | USA |
Designer | Rock Island Arsenal |
Produced In | 1935-42 |
Category | Light tank |
Debut in FHSW | v0.5 |
Speed | 58 km/h (36 mph) |
Armour | Hull front/sides/rear: 25/25/25 mm Turret front/sides/rear: 16/16/16 mm |
Main armament | .50 M2HB Browning 100x15 rounds |
Coaxial weapon | M1919A4 Browning 150x17 rounds 1800 rounds |
General Ingame Information | |
Used by | USA |
Crew in‑game | 2 |
Seat 2 | Commander cupola |
Seat 3 | 3x M1919A4 Browning 250x9 rounds |
Seat 4 | Passenger Seat |
Seat 5 | Passenger Seat |
Historical Picture | |
The Light Tank M2 was an American pre-World War II light tank of which the M2A4 model saw combat with the US Marine Corps 1st Tank Battalion on Guadalcanal in 1942, during World War II. Its service with the 1st Tank Battalion during the Pacific War was its only U.S. combat use during the war; however, it is believed that M2A4s served in Burma and India with the British 7th Hussars and 2nd Royal Tank Regiment during their engagements with the IJA 14th Tank Regiment. The M2A4 was the immediate predecessor of the M3 Stuart. Previous models of the M2 Light Tank were only used in training when the US entered the war.
As the Light Tank T2E1, the M2 was developed in 1935 by Rock Island Arsenal for the infantry branch of the U.S. Army. The design coming from the earlier T1 and T2 was somewhat inspired by the famous Vickers 6-ton. Its main weapon was one M2HB machine gun, installed in a small one-man turret. After only 10 units were delivered, the Infantry branch decided to switch to a twin turret configuration, similar to the 7TPdw. The M2A2 and M2A3 were twin turret tanks and unlike the M2A1 and M2A4 had only a single machinegun in the hull.
M2A4[]
M2A4 Light Tank | |
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General Historical Information | |
Place of origin | USA |
Designer | Rock Island Arsenal |
Produced In | 1939-42 |
Category | Light tank |
Debut in FHSW | v0.5 |
Speed | 58 km/h (36 mph) |
Armour | Hull front/sides/rear: 25/25/25 mm Turret front/sides/rear: 16/16/16 mm |
Main armament | 37 mm Gun M5 103 rounds |
Coaxial weapon | M1919A4 Browning 150x17 rounds |
General Ingame Information | |
Used by | USA Great Britain |
Crew in‑game | 2 |
Seat 2 | Commander cupola |
Seat 3 | 3 x M1919A4 Browning 250x9 rounds |
Seat 4 | Passenger Seat |
Seat 5 | Passenger Seat |
Historical Picture | |
Following the Spanish Civil War, most armies, including the U.S. Army, realized that they needed "gun" armed tanks and not vehicles armed merely with machine guns. Thus the machine gun turrets were replaced by one larger turret with a 37 mm M5 gun, and armor reached 25 mm.
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