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Chrysler tank arsenal. Individual mobile arsenals are the outpost of the huge Chrysler tank arsenal on the outskirts of Detroit. A worker is here installing a machine gun on an M-3 tank, one of the twenty-eight ton giants which mount four machine guns, two .50 calibre and two .30 calibre, a .75 mm. gun and a 37 mm. anti-aircraft gun, as well as an assortment of hand machine guns, and other weapons for use by the crew

Chrysler tank arsenal. Workers in the huge tank Chrysler arsenal near Detroit, putting the tracks on one of the giant M-3 tanks. These rolling arsenals weigh twenty-eight tons, are capable of speeds over twenty-five miles an hour and are equipped with 75 mm. field artillery gun and a 37 mm. anti-aircraft gun, as well as four mounted machine guns and various unmounted arms its crew may carry. The tanks are powered by 400 horsepower Wright Whirlwind aviation engines

Chrysler tank arsenal. Workers in the huge tank Chrysler arsenal near Detroit, putting the tracks on one of the giant M-3 tanks. These rolling arsenals weigh twenty-eight tons, are capable of speeds over twenty-five miles an hour and are equipped with 75 mm. field artillery gun and a 37 mm. anti-aircraft gun, as well as four mounted machine guns and various unmounted arms its crew may carry. The tanks are powered by 400 horsepower Wright Whirlwind aviation engines

Chrysler tank arsenal. Testing is through at the proving grounds adjoining the Chrysler tank arsenal, near Detroit. This is one of the twenty-eight ton M-3 tanks, the steel monsters which will make our mechanized forces the equal of any in the world in tank warfare. The lower of the two barrels is that of a 75 mm warfare gun, the upper of a 47 mm. anti-aircraft gun, both standard equipment on these tanks. In addition, four machine guns are mounted on each M-3

Chrysler tank arsenal. Workers in the huge tank Chrysler arsenal near Detroit, putting the tracks on one of the giant M-3 tanks. These rolling arsenals weigh twenty-eight tons, are capable of speeds over twenty-five miles an hour and are equipped with 75 mm. field artillery gun and a 37 mm. anti-aircraft gun, as well as four mounted machine guns and various unmounted arms its crew may carry. The tanks are powered by 400 horsepower Wright Whirlwind aviation engines

Chrysler tank arsenal. Workers in the huge tank Chrysler arsenal near Detroit, putting the tracks on one of the giant M-3 tanks. These rolling arsenals weigh twenty-eight tons, are capable of speeds over twenty-five miles an hour and are equipped with 75 mm. field artillery gun and a 37 mm. anti-aircraft gun, as well as four mounted machine guns and various unmounted arms its crew may carry. The tanks are powered by 400 horsepower Wright Whirlwind aviation engines

Chrysler tank arsenal. A trainload of complete M-3 tanks roll away from the huge Detroit Chrysler tank arsenal, to be delivered to the Army. Each of these tanks weigh over twenty-eight tons. The camera shows only the rear of the tank in the foreground. Note the 150 calibre machine gun. Three other machine guns, a 75mm. gun and a 37mm. anti-aircraft gun are also mounted on the steel giant

Chrysler tank arsenal. A trainload of complete M-3 tanks roll away from the huge Detroit Chrysler tank arsenal, to be delivered to the Army. Each of these tanks weigh over twenty-eight tons. The camera shows only the rear of the tank in the foreground. Note the 150 calibre machine gun. Three other machine guns, a 75mm. gun and a 37mm. anti-aircraft gun are also mounted on the steel giant

Chrysler tank arsenal. Testing is through at the proving grounds adjoining the Chrysler tank arsenal, near Detroit. This is one of the twenty-eight ton M-3 tanks, the steel monsters which will make our mechanized forces the equal of any in the world in tank warfare. The lower of the two barrels is that of a 75 mm warfare gun, the upper of a 47 mm. anti-aircraft gun, both standard equipment on these tanks. In addition, four machine guns are mounted on each M-3

Chrysler tank arsenal. Individual mobile arsenals are the outpost of the huge Chrysler tank arsenal on the outskirts of Detroit. A worker is here installing a machine gun on an M-3 tank, one of the twenty-eight ton giants which mount four machine guns, two .50 calibre and two .30 calibre, a .75 mm. gun and a 37 mm. anti-aircraft gun, as well as an assortment of hand machine guns, and other weapons for use by the crew

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Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).

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Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.

More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi

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michigan wayne county detroit safety film negatives alfred t palmer united states office for emergency management photo chrysler tank gun four machine guns hand machine guns machine gun office of war information farm security administration united states history workers detroit publishing company photograph collection library of congress