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By February 1944 almost all USMC primary tanks were of the M4 series with only M3 specialty variants like the M3A1 (Satan) flame tank retained. The 5th and 6th Tank Battalions never used light tanks during World War II. [14] The last combat related tank landing operation by the USMC was at Okinawa on 1 April 1945 by the 1st & 6th Tank ...
The Tank Mark VIII (or "Liberty", after its engine) was an Anglo-American tank design of the First World War, a collaborative effort to equip France, the U.K., and the U.S. with a single heavy tank design built in France for an offensive in 1919. Testing of the design was not finished until after the war, and it was decided to build 100 ...
The Tanks of World War I: The History and Legacy of Tank Warfare during the Great War (2017) [ISBN missing] Foley, Michael. Rise of the Tank: Armoured Vehicles and their use in the First World War (2014) [ISBN missing] Townsend, Reginald T. (December 1916). " 'Tanks' And 'The Hose Of Death' ". The World's Work: A History of Our Time: 195– 207
A Photo History of Tanks in Two World Wars. Poole: Blandford Press. Foss, Christopher F. (2002). The Encyclopedia of Tanks & Armoured Fighting Vehicles. London: Amber Books. ISBN 978-1905704-44-6. Gale, Tim (2016). The French Army's Tank Force and Armoured Warfare in the Great War: The Artillerie Spéciale. New York: Routledge. ISBN 9781317031338.
The 301st Heavy Tank Battalion of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) was a Heavy Tank unit during World War I.Of the eight heavy battalions (the 301st to 308th) raised, only the 301st saw combat. [1]
301st Tank Battalion going into action with Mark Vs at Saint-Souplet, France in October 1918 (Selle battle) The 326th (under the command of Sereno E. Brett) and 327th Tank Battalions (later renamed the 344th and 345th [7] and organized into the 304th Tank Brigade, commanded by Patton), were the first into combat, beginning with the Battle of Saint-Mihiel as part of the US IV Corps on 12 ...
In addition to the light and heavy categories of American-produced tanks of World War I, a third classification, the medium, began receiving attention in 1919. It was hoped that this in-between type would incorporate the best features of the 6 1 ⁄ 2-ton light and the Mark VIII heavy and would replace both. The meaning of the terms light ...
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