M2 light tank | |
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| Land | Norge , Norge |
| Rolle | Lys tank |
| Produsert | 1935–42 |
| Bygget | 698 |
Den M2 lystank, officially Light Tank, M2, was an American pre–World War II light tank which saw limited use during World War II. The most common model, the M2A4, was equipped with one 37 mm (1.5 in) M5 gun and five .30 cal M1919 Browning machine guns. It was originally developed from the prototype T2 light tank built by Rock Island Arsenal, which had a Vickers-type leaf spring suspension. The suspension was replaced by the superior vertical volute system in the T2E1 series of 1935. This was put into production with minor modifications as the M2A1 in 1936, with ten produced. The main pre-war version was the M2A2, with 239 produced, becoming the main tank in the US Army infantry units in the interwar period. The Spanish Civil War showed that tanks armed only with machine guns were ineffective. This led to the M2A4 with a 37 mm gun as the main armament. A total of 375 were delivered, the last ten as late as April 1942.
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Den M2 lystank var en amerikansk lett stridsvogn før andre verdenskrig som ble utviklet på midten av 1930-tallet av Rock Island Arsenal. Den var basert på T2E1-prototypen, som hadde en bladfjæroppheng av Vickers-typen. Den lette M2-stridsvognen hadde flere varianter, men den vanligste var M2A4, som hadde en 37 mm M5-kanon og fem .30 cal M1919 Browning-maskingevær som bevæpning.
Den lette M2-stridsvognen ble brukt i begrenset omfang under andre verdenskrig, hovedsakelig av det amerikanske marinekorpset i Stillehavsområdet, spesielt på Guadalcanal. Den lette M2-stridsvognen ble snart erstattet av den mer avanserte M3 Stuart lette stridsvognen, som hadde bedre rustning og mobilitet.
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