- Marmon-Herrington CTLS
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Marmon-Herrington CTLS-4TAC 
Marmon-Herrington CTLS tanks (a CTLS-4TAC in the foreground and a CTLS-4TAY in the background) in Alaska, summer of 1942.Type Light tank Place of origin 
United StatesService history Used by 
Netherlands
United States
AustraliaProduction history Manufacturer Marmon-Herrington Number built 440 Specifications Weight 8.4 short tons Length 11 ft 6 in Width 6 ft 10 in Height 6 ft 11 in Crew 2 Armor 12-25 mm Main
armament3x .30" Browning machine guns Engine Hercules 6 cylinder petrol
124 bhp
118 bhp at 3,500 rpmSuspension Vertical volute spring Operational
range100 km Speed 48 km/h 
Marmon-Herrington CTLS in Surabaya, 1945.
The Marmon-Herrington Combat Tank Light was a series of US light tanks produced for the export market at the start of the Second World War. The CTL-3 had a crew of two and was armed with three .30 caliber machine guns.[1]
A few saw combat in the Dutch East Indies campaign against the Japanese invasion.[2][3]. In mid-1942 a batch was diverted to Australia from the Dutch order where they were used for training[4]
After the attack on Pearl Harbor some of these tanks were taken over by the United States Army and employed in Northern Alaska as the T14 and T16.[5]
Contents
Variants
- CTL-1
- CTL-2
- CTL-3
- CTL-4
- CTVL
- CTLS-4TAC
- CTMS-ITBI
- MTLS-IGI4
Notes
- ^ Spoelstra, Hanno. "Marmon-Herrington Tanks". Marmon-Herrington Military Vehicles. http://marmon-herrington.webs.com/tank.html.
- ^ Spoelstra, Hanno. "Marmon-Herrington tanks: The Dutch Connection". Marmon-Herrington Military Vehicles. http://marmon-herrington.webs.com/nl-mh.html.
- ^ Klemen, L. "The conquest of Java Island, March 1942". The Netherlands East Indies 1941-1942. http://www.dutcheastindies.webs.com/java.html.
- ^ Spoelstra, Hanno. "Marmon-Herringtons in Commonwealth service". Marmon-Herrington Military Vehicles. http://marmon-herrington.webs.com/common.html.
- ^ Spoelstra, Hanno. "Marmon-Herrington tanks in US service". Marmon-Herrington Military Vehicles. http://marmon-herrington.webs.com/usa.html.
References
- Leland Ness (2002) Janes World War II Tanks and Fighting Vehicles: A Complete Guide, Harper Collins, ISBN 0-00-711228-9
- WWII Vehicles
External links
- Marmon-Herrington tanks at overvalwagen.com
- Spoelstra, Hanno. "Marmon-Herrington Military Vehicles". http://marmon-herrington.webs.com/.
- Marmon-Herrington tanks in Australia
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