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Light tank
M1917
M1917 tank at the Canadian War Museum
Type
Light tank
Place of origin
United States
Production history
No. built
~950
Specifications
Mass
7.25 tons
Length
16 ft 5 in (5,000 mm)
Width
5 ft 10.5 in (1,791 mm)
Height
7 ft 7 in (2,310 mm)
Crew
2
Armor
0.25" to 0.6" (6.35mm to 15.25mm)
Main armament
37mm M1916 gun or Marlin Rockwell M1917 machine gun, the latter then replaced by the M1919 Browning machine gun[1]
Engine
Buda HU modified 4-cylinder, with forced water cooling 42 hp (31 kW)
Transmission
Sliding gear, 4 speed forward, 1 reverse
Suspension
Coil and leaf springs, with bogies and rollers.
Fuel capacity
30 US gal (110 L) (30 miles on the road)
Operational range
48 km (30 miles) on road.
Maximum speed
8 km/h (5.5 mph) - 20 km/h
The M1917 was the United States' first mass-produced tank, entering production shortly before the end of World War I.[2] It was a license-built near-copy of the French Renault FT,[2][3] and was intended to arm the American Expeditionary Forces in France, but American manufacturers failed to produce any in time to take part in the War. Of the 4,440 ordered, about 950 were eventually completed. They remained in service throughout the 1920s but did not take part in any combat, and were phased out during the 1930s.
^Hunnicutt, R.P. (1992). "World War I and Postwar Modifications". Stuart: A History of the American Light Tank. Novato, Cal.: Presidio Press. pp. 24–26. ISBN 0891414622.
^ abZaloga (Armored Thunderbolt) p. 2
^Evolution of American Tanks | Animated History, retrieved 2024-01-03
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