| Caption | M24 Chaffee light tank of US Army 1st Armored Division in Bologna, Italy, late Apr 1945 ww2dbase | ||||||||||
| Photographer | Unknown | ||||||||||
| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Army | ||||||||||
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| Photo Size | 788 x 511 pixels | ||||||||||
| Photos on Same Day | 24 Apr 1945 | ||||||||||
| Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||||
| Licensing | Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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Visitor Submitted Comments
2. Paul Cook says:
25 Apr 2013 06:48:20 AM
My favorite part of this photo is the Tommy gun hanging from the turret that has had its stock removed. I assume this was done to make it easier to handle when in the cramped turret.
25 Apr 2013 06:48:20 AM
My favorite part of this photo is the Tommy gun hanging from the turret that has had its stock removed. I assume this was done to make it easier to handle when in the cramped turret.
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13 Dec 2010 05:45:57 PM
The M24 Chaffee saw service in Europe in 1944
and was available in small numbers. It was
vulnerable to German tank and anti-tank guns.
Named after General Adna Chaffee Jr. who
developed the use of tanks in the US Armed Forces.
The M24 was armed w/ 1x75mm main gun with
48 rounds, 1x50 caliber machine gun with
440 rounds and 2x30 caliber machine guns
with 3,750 rounds. I'm sure this was only for TO&E, like GIs everywhere the more ammo
you can carry, the better.
It was powered by Two Cadillic 8-cylinder engines. Top speed 56km/h 35mph on road and
40km/k 25mph offroad.
After WWII many M24s were sold or given to Allied and Friendly Nations, many have since been retired but, the Norwegian Army still operates its M24s in limited numbers.
Chile operated them until 1999
Uruguay still operates its M24s
THE M24 IN THE MOVIES
Battle of the Bulge (1965) Spanish Army M24s
Bridge at Remagen (1969) Where the portrayal
is historically accurate.
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Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)
Godzilla (1954) With that famous line:
(neither man nor his machines can save the city now).