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A planned anti-aircraft tank based on the Type 1 Chi-He chassis in 1944. The design called for the tank turret to be replaced by a rotatably mounted anti-aircraft gun in a twin mount behind a gun shield. One prototype tank was under construction at the end of the war. [37]
The L30A1, officially designated Gun, 120 mm, Tank L30, is a British-designed 120 mm rifled tank gun, installed in the turrets of Challenger 2 main battle tanks.It is an improved production model of the Royal Ordnance L11 series of rifled tank guns.
Light tanks were issued to tank battalions (one of the four companies was a light tank company), light tank battalions and cavalry reconnaissance squadrons. The original role of the light tank in these formations was similar to medium tanks and they were expected to engage enemy armor with AP rounds and enemy positions with HE rounds.
1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, Major William F. Arnold; 2nd Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, Major A.F. Haynes; 1st Forward (Airborne) Observation Unit, Major Denys R. Wight-Boycott; Royal Engineers, Lieutenant-Colonel E.C.W. Myers 1st Parachute Field Squadron, Major Douglas C. Murray then Captain Eric Mackay
The ideogram "Chi" meant a medium tank, "Te" a tankette, "Ke" a light tank, "Ho" (artillery) a self-propelled gun, "Ka" an amphibious tank. There was a second ideogram to distinguish the models. The Type 97 Chi-Ha is a medium tank introduced in 1937, the Type 2 Ke-To is a light tank introduced in 1942.
Later dubbed Panzerfaust Klein ("tank-fist small"), it entered service in 1943, the larger design being named Panzerfaust Gross ("tank-fist big") and entering service in mid to late 1944. All types were used by Germany until the end of the war, with the design remaining in use in other countries for a number of years after the war.
Greatest Tank Battles is a military documentary series currently airing on History Television and National Geographic Channel in Canada, where it premiered on 4 January 2010. The series was subsequently picked up in the United States by the Military Channel , where it premiered on 5 January 2011.
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 conflicts including the Korean War, and by the French in the War in Algeria and the First Indochina War.