America's tank family
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America's tank family
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WITH the new M-4 Medium tank
rolling off the assembly lines,
the U. 8. Army now has a complete,
all-purpose tank family. Ranging from
the 57-ton Heavy to the fast and ma-
neuverable 15-ton Light, these tanks
are said by observers to be a match
for anything the enemy has.
The new M-4 Medium tank is now
being turned out in two models—one
with a cast-steel hull and turret, the
other with a cast-steel turret but an
all-welded hull. Both
provide a low silhou-
ette. Its armament
consists of a 75-mm.
cannon and a bat-
tery of machine guns.
The cannon is mount-
ed on a turret with
full 360-degree tra-
verse.
A tough predeces-
sor of the new tank
is the 28-ton M-3
Medium, nicknamed
the “General Lee”
by the British. Cap-
able of good speed
even over rough ter-
rain, the M-3 is armed with a 75-
mm. and a 37-mm. cannon as well
as machine guns. Although origi-
nally built with riveted bodies, late
models are of cast-steel construc-
tion, eliminating the danger of
rivets flying around inside when the
tank is hit by shellfire.
Lightest of the American tanks
is the 15-ton M-3 Light. Known to
the British as the “General Stuart,”
it has won high praise in the Libyan
campaign with its high speed, good
maneuverability, and mechanical
excellence. It is armed with a 37-
mm. cannon in a revolving turret,
and a number of machine guns, Ex-
perts say that under some condi-
tions it can cope on an even footing
with Germany's medium tanks.
Giant of the U. 8. tank family is
a 57-ton monster armed with one
3-inch cannon, one 37-mm. cannon,
and machine guns mounted both
fore and aft. Designed to repel
enemy tanks, it has an exception-
ally high speed for its weight. The
3-inch and the 37-mm. cannons,
Which are coupled, are mounted on
a revolving full 360-degree traverse
turret and both turret and body are
cast.
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Language (Dublin Core)
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Eng
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Date Issued (Dublin Core)
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1942-06
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pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
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66-67
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Rights (Dublin Core)
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Public domain
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Archived by (Dublin Core)
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Sami Akbiyik
Popular Science Monthly, v. 140, n. 6, 1942
