Great value military book on the M24 Chaffee Light Tank. Full of photographs of the M24, written by military author Steven J Zaloga, published by Osprey New Vanguard series available from Cranston Fine Arts.

The history of US light tanks during World War II is a chequered one.  The Light Battalions of US Armored Divisions were initially filled with M3A1 and M5 Stuart tanks.  However, on the battlefields of North Africa it was realised that these were disastrously under armored and gunned, and a replacement, or the abandonment of light tank doctrine was desperately needed.  It wasn;t until the last few months of World War II that the M24 Chaffee came into service and it was extensively used in combat from the Battle of the Bulge to the final campaigns in Germany.  This book traces the history of its design, its combat record in World War II, its many variants, and its extensive combat record post 1945.

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M24 Chaffee Light Tank 1943-85 by Steven J Zaloga

The history of US light tanks during World War II is a chequered one.  The Light Battalions of US Armored Divisions were initially filled with M3A1 and M5 Stuart tanks.  However, on the battlefields of North Africa it was realised that these were disastrously under armored and gunned, and a replacement, or the abandonment of light tank doctrine was desperately needed.  It wasn;t until the last few months of World War II that the M24 Chaffee came into service and it was extensively used in combat from the Battle of the Bulge to the final campaigns in Germany.  This book traces the history of its design, its combat record in World War II, its many variants, and its extensive combat record post 1945.

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Book price £8.99. Book serial number Osprey NV77.

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