M1 combat car
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Not to be confused with M1 armored car or M1 Abrams. For other uses, see M1 (disambiguation).
The M1 combat car, officially Light Tank, M1, was a light tank used by the U.S. Cavalry in the late 1930s[2] and developed at the same time as the US Army infantry branch's very similar Light Tank M2.
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Light Tank, M1 | |
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Type | Light tank |
Place of origin | United States |
Service history | |
In service | 1937–1943 |
Used by | United States |
Production history | |
Manufacturer | Rock Island Arsenal |
Produced | 1935–? |
No. built | 113 |
Specifications (M1) | |
Mass | ~10 short tons (9.1 t)[1] |
Length | 4.14 m (13 ft 7 in) |
Width | 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) |
Height | 2.26 m (7 ft 5 in) |
Crew | 4 |
Armor | 6–16 mm |
Main armament | .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine gun .30 cal (7.62 mm) machine gun |
Secondary armament | .30 cal (7.62 mm) machine gun |
Engine | Continental R-670 7-cylinder air-cooled radial gasoline 250 hp (190 kW) |
Suspension | Vertical volute spring |
Operational range | 161 km (100 mi) on roads |
Maximum speed | 72 km/h (45 mph) on roads |
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After the Spanish Civil War, most armies (including the U.S. Army), realized that they needed tanks armed with cannons, not merely vehicles armed with machine guns,[3] and so the M1 became obsolete.