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M24 Chaffee
Sign in to saveAlso known as Light Tank M24, Chaffee, Light Tank, M24, M24 Light Tank, M24 tank
1944 light tank family
Key facts
- Type
- Light tank
- Place of origin
- United States
- In service
- 1944–1953 ( U.S. Army )
- Used by
- United States and 28 others; see Operators
- Wars
- World War II , Korean War , First Indochina War , Algerian War , Ifni War , 1964 Ethiopian–Somali Border War , Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 , Vietnam War , Laotian Civil War , Cambodian Civil War , Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 , Ethiopian Civil War , Ogaden War
- Manufacturer
- Cadillac Massey-Harris
- Unit cost
- $39,653
- Produced
- April 1944–August 1945
- Number span no built
- 4,731
- Mass
- 40,500 lb (20.3 short tons) (18.37 tonnes)
- Length
- 18 ft 3 in (5.56 m) including gun, 16 ft 6 in (5.03 m) excluding gun
- Width
- 9 ft 10 in (3 m)
- Height
- 9 ft 1 in (2.77 m)
- Crew
- 5 (commander/radio operator, gunner, loader, driver, assistant driver/bow gunner)
- Armor
- 0.40–1.50 in (10–38 mm)
- Main armament
- 75 mm gun M6 in mount M64 , 48 rounds
- Secondary armament
- .50 BMG Browning M2HB machine gun 440 rounds 2 × .30-06 Browning M1919A4 machine guns 3,750 rounds
- Engine
- Twin Cadillac Series 44T24, 220 hp (160 kW) (164 kW) at 3,400 rpm (total)
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 18.4
- Image
- M24 Chaffee in Detroit.jpg
- Height
- 2.77
- Width
- 3
- Length
- 5.56
- Speed
- 56
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- Commons category
- M24 Chaffee
- service entry
- 1944-01-01
- total produced
- 4731
- Commons gallery
- M24 Chaffee
- native label
- M24 Chaffee
- ride height
- 460
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Article
The M24 Chaffee (officially light tank M24) was an American light tank used during the later part of World War II; it was also used in post–World War II conflicts including the Korean War, and by the French in the War in Algeria and the First Indochina War. In British service it was given the service name Chaffee after the United States Army general, Adna R. Chaffee Jr., who helped develop the use of tanks in the United States armed forces. Although the M41 Walker Bulldog was developed as a replacement, M24s were not mostly removed from U.S. and NATO armies until the 1960s and remained in service with some Third World countries.
Development and production history