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  2. J. Walter Christie - Wikipedia

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    John Walter Christie (May 6, 1865 – January 11, 1944) was an American engineer and inventor. [1] He is known best for developing the Christie suspension system used for several World War II-era tank designs, most notably the Soviet BT and T-34 [3] tanks series, and the United Kingdom Covenanter and Crusader Cruiser tanks, as well as the Comet heavy cruiser tank.

  3. Christie suspension - Wikipedia

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    The Christie suspension is a suspension system developed by American engineer J. Walter Christie for his tank designs. It allowed considerably longer movement than conventional leaf spring systems then in common use, which allowed his tanks to have considerably greater cross-country speed.

  4. Christie M1931 - Wikipedia

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    The Christie M1931, known as the Combat Car, T1 in US Cavalry use and Medium Tank, Convertible, T3 in Infantry branch, was a wheel-to-track tank designed by J. Walter Christie for the United States Army using Christie's ideas of an aero-engine and the novel Christie suspension to give high mobility.

  5. Christie Model 1919 - Wikipedia

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    The Christie Model 1919 was a prototype tank built by J. Walter Christie's Front Drive Motor Company in 1919.

  6. Winged tank - Wikipedia

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    In the early 1930s, American engineer J. Walter Christie experimented with the concept of a self-powered flying tank. Christie's design had a detachable set of wings attached to the roof of a lightly armoured tank and a propeller driven by the tank's engine. A prototype without wings was constructed, but the concept was never developed further ...

  7. Front Drive Motor Company - Wikipedia

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    The Front Drive Motor Company was an American manufacturer of commercial vehicles founded in 1912 by J. Walter Christie. [1] [2] There was no connection to the Front Drive Motor Company of the same name from Missouri.

  8. Christie (automobile company) - Wikipedia

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    The Christie Direct Action Motor Car Company was a New York City-based automobile manufacturer. It was founded by race driver and inventor J. Walter Christie in 1904, and lasted until 1910. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]

  9. Walter Christie - Wikipedia

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    Walter Christie may refer to: Walter Christie (mayor) (1863–1941), founder, and mayor, of Bergenfield, New Jersey; Walter Christie (physician) (born 1942), American physician and novelist; Walter John Christie (1905–1986), British colonial civil servant; J. Walter Christie (1865–1944), American engineer and inventor