| Marmon-Herrington CTLS-4TAC | |
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Marmon-Herrington CTLS tanks (a CTLS-4TAC in the foreground and a CTLS-4TAY in the background) in Alaska, summer of 1942. |
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| Type | Light tank |
| Place of origin | United States |
| Service history | |
| Used by | Netherlands United States Australia |
| Production history | |
| Manufacturer | Marmon-Herrington |
| Number built | 440 |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 8.4 short tons |
| Length | 11 ft 6 in |
| Width | 6 ft 10 in |
| Height | 6 ft 11 in |
| Crew | 2 |
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| Armor | 12-25 mm |
| Main armament |
3x .30" Browning machine guns |
| Engine | Hercules 6 cylinder petrol 124 bhp 118 bhp at 3,500 rpm |
| Suspension | Vertical volute spring |
| Operational range |
100 km |
| Speed | 48 km/h |
The Marmon-Herrington Combat Tank Light was a series of US light tanks produced for the export market at the start of the Second World War. The CTL-3 had a crew of two and was armed with three .30 caliber machine guns.[1]
A few saw combat in the Dutch East Indies campaign against the Japanese invasion.[2][3]. In mid-1942 a batch was diverted to Australia from the Dutch order where they were used for training[4]
After the attack on Pearl Harbor some of these tanks were taken over by the United States Army and employed in Northern Alaska as the T14 and T16.[5]
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