ID~M2 series light tank?
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#1: ID~M2 series light tank? Author: MarkHolloway, Location: Beatty, Nevada PostPosted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:18 pm
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#2: Re: ID~M2 series light tank? Author: TrevorLarkum, Location: Northampton, England PostPosted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:25 pm
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I'd say M1 Combat Car.
#3: Re: ID~M2 series light tank? Author: Doug_Kibbey, Location: The Great Satan PostPosted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:27 pm
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- 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.
#4: Re: ID~M2 series light tank? Author: MarkHolloway, Location: Beatty, Nevada PostPosted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:36 pm
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Thanks! I was thinking M2 for some reason.
#5: Re: ID~M2 series light tank? Author: TrevorLarkum, Location: Northampton, England PostPosted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 12:27 am
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- 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').
#6: Re: ID~M2 series light tank? Author: Kurt_Laughlin,  PostPosted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 1:49 am
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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
#7: Re: ID~M2 series light tank? Author: MarkHolloway, Location: Beatty, Nevada PostPosted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 1:52 pm
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Good point Kurt. I'll have to remember that!
#8: Re: ID~M2 series light tank? Author: Roy_A_Lingle, Location: El Paso & Ft Bliss, Texas PostPosted: 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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