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ID~M2 series light tank?
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:18 pm Post subject: ID~M2 series light tank?
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:25 pm Post subject: Re: ID~M2 series light tank?
I'd say M1 Combat Car. _________________ Trevor Dr Trevor Larkum Preserved Tanks: PreservedTanks.com Armour Archive: ArmourArchive.co.uk EVs

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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:27 pm Post subject: Re: ID~M2 series light tank?
- TrevorLarkum I'd say M1 Combat Car. I think so, too. It gets a little fuzzy with the M1/M2 A"X" designations, which I gather have to do with the trailing idler wheel placement. Would this be in "Stuart"? I don't have a copy.

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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:36 pm Post subject: Re: ID~M2 series light tank?
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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 12:27 am Post subject: Re: ID~M2 series light tank?
- Doug_Kibbey I think so, too. It gets a little fuzzy with the M1/M2 A"X" designations, which I gather have to do with the trailing idler wheel placement. I believe so - a big idler on the ground would make it an M2 Combat Car (later 'Light Tank'). _________________ Trevor Dr Trevor Larkum Preserved Tanks: PreservedTanks.com Armour Archive: ArmourArchive.co.uk EVs

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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 1:49 am Post subject: Re: ID~M2 series light tank?
It's clearly not a "tank" as it has a 40-xxx registration. I have this listed as an M1A1 Model 1938 combat car, later to become an M1A2 light tank. KL

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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 1:52 pm Post subject: Re: ID~M2 series light tank?
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Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 11:23 pm
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Hi Folks!

- Doug_Kibbey

Would this be in "Stuart"? I don't have a copy.

The name Stuart came from the British so they could tell the difference between a M3 light tank and a M3 medium tank.
Prior to the start of the Lend-Lease program and the arrival of the British, no US combat car or light tank had anything other that a "T#" or "M#"

This vehicle however is the grandfather of the Stuart M3/M5 vehicles.

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