Hobby Master 1/72 Ground Power Series
HG3604
M24 (Chaffee) Light Tank, British Army, 1946
THESE ARE PRE-PRODUCTION
PICTURES, NOT THE FINAL PRODUCT
Pre-Painted by professionals
Accurate paint colors
Markings Tampo (pad) applied
Fully Assembled
Die-Cast Model
True to Scale (1:72)
Weathering and insignias
Turret turns
Metal turret and main gun
Realistic tracks
Originally designated as Light Tank T24 during development the tank became the M24
when it went into production in 1944. The total weight of the vehicle was kept less than
20 tons by using light armor that was sloped. The designers kept the silhouette low but
managed to make it a three-man turret. A new lighter weight 75mm gun was developed
and it was all carried on wide tracks and a torsion bar suspension. The last of the 4,731
M24s was produced in August 1945.


Since the M24 was late entering WWII there weren’t many of these tanks exported under
the Lend Lease program. The British Army received 302 M24s between 1944 and 1945
and labelled them the Chaffee. These were deployed in April 1945 to replace the M5A1
Stuarts that proved to be woefully inadequate. Some British units that received the M24
were the recon squadrons of 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoons Guards and the 8th Hussars
with the 7th Armoured Division. At the end of WWII the 7th had lost at least two M24s and
still had 28 M24s in their inventory.

Specifications M24 Chaffee

Type: Light Tank

Country of Origin: United States

Length of production: 1944 – August 1945
Number produced: 4,731

Weight: 40,500 lb  (18.4 tonnes)

Performance
Engine: 2 X Cadillac Series 44T24, 16 cylinder 300/220 hp (220/164 kW)
Power/weight: 16.09 hp/tonne
Suspension: Torsion bar
Range: 100 mi  (161 km)
Speed:
Off road – 25 mph  (40 km/h)
On road – 37 mph  (56 km/h)

Dimensions
Length:
With gun – 18.24 ft  (5.56 m)
Without gun – 16.5 ft  (5.03 m)
Width: 9.84 ft  (3 m)
Height: 9.08 ft  (2.77 m)

Crew: 5 X (Commander, Gunner, Loader, Driver, Co-driver)

Armor: 0.37 in - 1.49 in  (9.5 mm – 25 mm)

Armament
Primary –
1 X 75 mm M6 gun with 48 rounds
Secondary -  
1 X .50 cal Browning M2HB machine gun with 440 rounds
2 X .30-06 Browning M1919A4 machine guns with 3,750 rounds
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