The M24 Chaffee (officially light tank M24) was an American light tank used during the later part of World War II; it was also used in post–World War II...
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Tanks of the United States (section M24 Chaffee)
used in action again. In April 1943 the government started work on the M24 Chaffee, designated light tank T24 as a replacement for the M3/M5 Stuart after...
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Adna R. Chaffee Jr. also became a general and was one of the fathers of the U.S. Army's armored forces, having a light tank, the M24 Chaffee, named in...
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during the Cold War. In the Korean War M24 Chaffees were the first U.S. tanks to fight the North Korean T-34-85s. The M24 fared poorly against the much better-armed...
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Scott. Chaffee died in Boston on August 22, 1941. He was buried next to his father in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery. The M24 Chaffee light tank...
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by France and China. In April 1943 the government started work on the M24 Chaffee, designated light tank T24 as a replacement for the M3/M5 Stuart after...
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AMX-Chaffee: Some initial vehicles were fitted with the turret of the M24 Chaffee AMX-13 [DTT]: Initial vehicles with the turret of the M24 Chaffee converted...
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States Army as a replacement for its aging fleet of World War II-vintage M24 Chaffee tanks. Although engineered as a reconnaissance vehicle, the M41's weight...
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was an American self-propelled artillery vehicle built on a lengthened M24 Chaffee tank chassis that was introduced at the end of the Second World War....
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the M3 was used on the M4 Sherman tank, and the M6 was used on the M24 Chaffee light tank. The M3 was also used on M7 medium tank. The M4 variant was...
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vessels of the Royal Swedish Navy) M24 Chaffee, an American light tank M24 mine, an American landmine Mauser M24 M24 series, a line of Mauser battle rifles...
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War II M2 medium tank M3/M5 light tank M3 Lee M4 Sherman M22 Locust M24 Chaffee Marmon-Herrington CTLS M26 Pershing Cold War M41 Walker Bulldog M46 Patton...
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companies were equipped with M5 Stuart tanks. When the 744th transitioned to M24 Chaffee light tank in early 1945, the three M8 HMCs were replaced with three...
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syntax] Though the Stuart was to be completely replaced by the newer M24 Chaffee, the number of M3s/M5s produced was so great (over 25,000 including the...
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and high ground that had not been secured. Artillery as well as ten US M24 Chaffee light tanks (each broken down into 180 individual parts, flown into the...
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chassis. With the M5 going out of production, the project adopted the M24 Chaffee light tank chassis and was designated the T65E1. It was accepted into...
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development in the war led to the improved M5 Stuart and then included the M24 Chaffee. Light tanks were issued to tank battalions (one of the four companies...
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Shermans (including the M4A3E8 variant), 309 M26 Pershings, and 138 M24 Chaffee light tanks.: 39–40 Subsequent shipments of M46 and M46A1 Pattons allowed...
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Patton M-47 and M-48 tanks, but also included many M4 Sherman tanks, some M24 Chaffee light tanks and M36 Jackson tank destroyers, equipped with 90 mm guns...
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with Israel, and the only export sale was in 1983 to Chile to upgrade M24 Chaffee and M50 Super Sherman tanks. OTO Melara's version was proposed for fitment...
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development starting in 8 July 1943) was developed by the US on an extended M24 Chaffee base, and was intended to be the successor to the 105 mm M7 Priest. It...
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by US Army Various graders and bulldozers used by the USMC ERDLator M24 Chaffee – light tank; main ARVN tank early in the war, used at least as late...
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War II M2 medium tank M3/M5 light tank M3 Lee M4 Sherman M22 Locust M24 Chaffee Marmon-Herrington CTLS M26 Pershing Cold War M41 Walker Bulldog M46 Patton...
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tanks 78 MBT Leopard 1 38 MBT M48 Patton 70 light tank NM-116 (upgraded M24 Chaffee) Total: 186 tanks As of 1981/82: Formations 1 Tank Regiment 2 Cavalry...
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troops with M8 scout cars, some M8 howitzer motor carriages and two M24 Chaffee light tanks and a screening infantry force of 325 men. The task force...
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obsolete. The M24 Chaffee was intended as a replacement for the M3 and M5 series; Light Tank M22 Locust, 37 mm M6 gun Light Tank M24 Chaffee, 75 mm M6 gun...
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of the Moon Chaffee Hill, unofficial name of one of the Apollo 1 Hills on Mars M24 Chaffee, a World War II and later light tank Fort Chaffee Maneuver Training...
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tank companies equipped with the M24 Chaffee were operational under the U.S. Far East Command. In July 1950, when the M24 was revealed ineffective against...
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match for the German tanks. In February 1945 they were replaced with the M24 Chaffee light tank, which was equipped with a 75 mm gun. The assault gun troop...
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early successes against ROK infantry, Task Force Smith, and the U.S. M24 Chaffee light tanks that they encountered. Interdiction by ground attack aircraft...
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