US Army infantry tank design started with the light tank, T1 during the 1920s, which developed into a series of … See more

By December 1941, the M2A1, M2A2 and M2A3 were used for training only. The majority of M2A4s, which went to the US Army, were also used only for training between 1940 and 1942. The US Marine Corps ordered … See more

Besides the machine gun mounted coaxially to the main gun, there were three .30 cal. machine guns in the hull. One was mounted in a ball mount in front of the bow gunner. The other two were mounted in fixed spons… See more

The M2A4 was 14 ft 6 in (4.42 m) long, 8 ft 1 in (2.46 m) wide, 8 ft 8 in (2.64 m) high, and weighed 11.6 t (26,000 lb). It had a vertical volute spring suspension and had a speed of 36 mph (58 km/h), and had a range of 20… See more

• Berndt, Thomas (1994). American Tanks of World War II. Minnesota, MN: MBI Publishing Company. ISBN 0-87938-930-3.
• Chamberlain, Peter; Ellis, Chris (1969). British and American Tanks of World War II. New York… See more

• AFV database
• World War II vehicles
• The short film The Tanks Are Coming is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive. from 1941, featuring the M2… See more