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New American tanks leaving for the desert. Large numbers of American light and medium tanks that have arrived in the Middle East are being sent on to the desert by train
Soldiers inspecting new trackless tank during demonstration at Fort Myer, Virginia. Tank was manufactured by the Trackless Tank Corporation of New York, and submitted to the Ordnance Department, U.S. Army, for inspection. Preliminary tests indicate that the tank may be adaptable for reconnaissance purposes, possibly replacing scout cars. Tank weighs 10 tons. During initial, brief tests at Fort Knox, Kentucky, it made 45 miles an hour across rough country, with a 37 mm gun and two machine guns mounted in its turret; its designer says it can travel 85 mph on level ground. It is powered by a 250 horsepower diesel engine, and carries 12-inch armor. Tentative plans of the Army call for a redesign of the superstructure for better arming of the tank
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Delivery of the first heavy tanks. This is what happens when a truck gets in the path of Uncle Sam's new fifty-seven-ton giant tank. Running over this piece is as much trouble for the tank as running over a curb in an average automobile. The revolving turret on top of the tank contains a three-inch gun and a thirty-seven-millimeter antiaircraft gun
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Indio, California. Jeep and crew on a reconnaisance patrol in the desert of the desert training center
Lend-Lease to Britain. An American light tank is unloaded at a central ordnance depot in England, part of a lend-lease shipment from the United States
Lend-Lease to Britain. An American light tank is unloaded at a central ordnance depot in England, part of a lend-lease shipment from the United States
New American tanks leaving for the desert. Large numbers of American light and medium tanks that are arriving in the Middle East line up waiting to be sprayed with paint. They are taken to camps for fitting out and then sent on their first stage to the desert by train
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Date
01/01/1940
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United States. Office of War Information.
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Library of Congress
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