Category: Light Tank
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TKS
Type: Light Tank Nation: Poland Period: World War 2 Location: Muzeum Broni Pancernej w Poznaniu, Poznań, Poland Tiny tank The TKS was a small and highly maneuverable two-man „tankette“ used mainly for reconnaissance and infantry support. In 1929 Poland had purchased a Carden-Loyd Carrier from the United Kingdom and developed two open-topped derivatives, the TK-1…
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Light Tank M5A1 Stuart (Replica)
Type: Light Tank Nation: USA Period: World War 2 Location: Dead Man‘s Corner Museum, Carentan les Marais, France All in the family The Light Tank M5 was an improved version of the M3 Stuart. It was developed from late 1941 to early 1942 to free up Continental W-670 engines which were needed for aircraft production.…
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76 mm Gun Tank M41 Walker Bulldog
Type: Light Tank Nation: USA Period: Cold War Location: Wiemesmeer, Belgium Size does matter The M41 Walker Bulldog was designed as a replacement for the ageing M24 Chaffee light tank. In the early 1950s the US Army had started to classify their tanks by calibre instead of weight. A light tank was to be armed…
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AMX-13 (Modèle 1958)
Type: Light Tank Nation: France Period: Cold War Location: Cavaleriemuseum, Bernhardkazerne Amersfoort, Netherlands Long-lasting success The AMX-13’s development started in 1946 when the French Army needed a lightly armoured air-portable vehicle to support paratroopers and carry out reconnaissance missions. It was designed by the Ateliers de construction d’Issy-les-Moulineaux who would later go on to develop…
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PT-76 (Model 1954)
Type: Light Tank/Special Purpose VehicleNation: Soviet UnionPeriod: Cold WarLocation: Militärhistorisches Museum der Bundeswehr (Depot), Dresden, Germany Archimedes would be proud The PT-76 was developed from 1949 onwards by the renowned engineer Josef Kotin who previously had supervised the design of the KV-1, IS-2, SU-152 and ISU-152. When the Soviet Navy became interested in the new…
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Type 95 Ha-Gō
Type: Light Tank Nation: Japan Period: World War 2 Location: The Tank Museum, Bovington, UK During the 1920s the Empire of Japan had aquired a number of foreign tanks such as the French Renault FT and the British Vickers 6-tonner for trials and active service. However, General Sōsaku Suzuki was arguing that Japan should build…
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Panzerkampfwagen 38(t) (Sd.Kfz. 140)
Type: Light Tank Nation: Czechoslovakia/Germany/SwedenPeriod: World War 2 Location: Deutsches Panzermuseum Munster, Germany When Nazi Germany annexed Czechoslovakia in 1938/1939, the engineering company ČKD in Prague had just completed the first ten vehicles of their new TNH model, which the Czechoslovak Army was calling „LT vz. 38“ (Lehký tank vzor 38 = light tank model…
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M24 Chaffee
Type: Light Tank Nation: USA Period: World War 2 Location: Musée National d’Histoire Militaire, Diekirch, Luxembourg The M24 Chaffee was first put into service in late 1944. It was designed to replace the M3 and M5 Stuart light tanks which had become clearly outdated by that stage of the war. The new tank was named…
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Renault FT (Replica)
Type: Light Tank Nation: France Period: World War 1 Location: Muzeum Broni Pancernej w Poznaniu, Poznań, Poland The Renault FT was designed by the renowned car manufacturer Louis Renault and had its combat debut in May 1918. The idea was to swarm the battlefield with a large number of fast light tanks that were hard…