‘Ally Oop III’ powers through the snow of north-west Europe during the winter of 1944-45.
The M24 Chaffee light tank was a replacement for the outdated M3 and M5 Stuart. It was more powerfully armed and more mobile, but its main advantage, according to James Clark of the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, was that ‘unlike the Sherman it looked like a tank should look rather than the illegitimate child of a farm tractor.’
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‘Ally Oop III’ powers through the snow of north-west Europe during the winter of 1944-45.
The M24 Chaffee light tank was a replacement for the outdated M3 and M5 Stuart. It was more powerfully armed and more mobile, but its main advantage, according to James Clark of the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, was that ‘unlike the Sherman it looked like a tank should look rather than the illegitimate child of a farm tractor.’
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