The M24 Chaffee (officially light tank M24) was an American light tank used during the later part of World War II; it was also used in post–World War II conflicts including the Korean War, and by the …

Jun 16, 2016 · The Chaffee was the last American light tank of WW2, designed to replace the Stuart and had a long career postwar, in Indochina, Korea, and elsewhere.

The M24 Chafee became the replacement for the M/M5 Stuart Family of light tanks made by Cadillac in 1940-41. They stayed in service until the 1980s.

The M24 Chaffee was the last U.S. light tank to see extensive combat action. While a significant improvement over the M5 Stuart, the M24 still possessed many of the drawbacks found in light tanks, …

Jan 18, 2025 · The Chaffee was fast enough to scamper across the battlefield but could still slug it out from fixed positions nearly as well as the heavier Sherman. The enhanced mobility and ease of …

Oct 30, 2019 · By the end of the war the United States started to replace these with an improved light tank, the M24 Chaffee. The Chaffee was an improvement due to its 75-mm main gun and slightly …

The M24 Chaffee is a World War 2 era light tank of US origin. It was developed during the later stages of World War 2 to replace the M3 Stuart with a vehicle that was better armed, better armored and more …

Jun 6, 2019 · The Light Tank, M24 "Chaffee" was the chosen successor to the M5 "Stuart" light tank line which began with the pre-war M3 Stuart series. The M24 supplanted the M5 in service during 1944 …

The M24 Chaffee -- arguably the best light tank of World War II -- was a fast light armoured vehicle with the ability to deliver relatively large caliber direct fire with the excellent 75 mm M6 gun.

After several failed attempts to install a 75mm Gun into the existing M5 Light Tank (which had suffered from a lack of crew space and poor cooling) work commenced in April 1943 on a completely new …