Название: Osprey New Vanguard 77 - M24 Chaffe Light Tank 1943-85
Автор: Steven J. Zaloga
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год: 2003
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 48
Размер: 5,7 МБ
Язык: Английский
The history of US light tanks during World War II is a chequered one. The Light Battalions of US Armored Divisions were initially filled with M3A1 and M5 Stuart tanks, however, on the battlefields of North Africa it was realised that these were disastrously under armoured and gunned, and a replacement, or the abandonment of light tank doctrine, was desperately needed.