Marmon-Herrington CTLS
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| Marmon-Herrington CTLS-4TAC | |
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 Marmon-Herrington CTLS tanks (a CTLS-4TAC in the foreground and a CTLS-4TAY in the background) in Alaska, summer of 1942. |
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| Type | Light tank |
| Place of origin |  United States |
| Service history | |
| Used by |  Netherlands United States Australia |
| Production history | |
| Manufacturer | Marmon-Herrington |
| Number built | 440 |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 8.4 short tons |
| Length | 11 ft 6 in |
| Width | 6 ft 10 in |
| Height | 6 ft 11 in |
| Crew | 2 |
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| Armor | 12-25 mm |
| Main armament |
3x .30" Browning machine guns |
| Engine | Hercules 6-cylinder petrol 124 bhp 118 bhp at 3,500 rpm |
| Suspension | Vertical volute spring |
| Operational range |
100 km |
| Speed | 48 km/h |
The Marmon-Herrington Combat Tank Light was a series of US light tanks produced for the export market at the start of the Second World War. The CTL-3 had a crew of two and was armed with three .30 caliber machine guns.[1]
A few saw combat in the Dutch East Indies campaign against the Japanese invasion.[2][3]. In mid-1942 a batch was diverted to Australia from the Dutch order where they were used for training[4]
After the attack on Pearl Harbor some of these tanks were taken over by the United States Army and employed in Northern Alaska as the T14 and T16.[5]
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[edit] Variants
- CTL-1
- CTL-2
- CTL-3
- CTL-4
- CTVL
- CTLS-4TAC
- CTMS-ITBI
- MTLS-IGI4
[edit] Notes
- ^ Spoelstra, Hanno. "Marmon-Herrington Tanks". Marmon-Herrington Military Vehicles. http://marmon-herrington.webs.com/tank.html.
- ^ Spoelstra, Hanno. "Marmon-Herrington tanks: The Dutch Connection". Marmon-Herrington Military Vehicles. http://marmon-herrington.webs.com/nl-mh.html.
- ^ Klemen, L. "The conquest of Java Island, March 1942". The Netherlands East Indies 1941–1942. http://www.dutcheastindies.webs.com/java.html.
- ^ Spoelstra, Hanno. "Marmon-Herringtons in Commonwealth service". Marmon-Herrington Military Vehicles. http://marmon-herrington.webs.com/common.html.
- ^ Spoelstra, Hanno. "Marmon-Herrington tanks in US service". Marmon-Herrington Military Vehicles. http://marmon-herrington.webs.com/usa.html.
[edit] References
- Leland Ness (2002) Janes World War II Tanks and Fighting Vehicles: A Complete Guide, Harper Collins, ISBN 0-00-711228-9
- WWII Vehicles
[edit] External links
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- Marmon-Herrington tanks at overvalwagen.com
- Spoelstra, Hanno. "Marmon-Herrington Military Vehicles". http://marmon-herrington.webs.com/.
- Marmon-Herrington tanks in Australia
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