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The Marmon-Herrington Combat Tank Light Series were a series of American light tanks/tankettes that were 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 two .30 cal (7.62 mm) M1919 machine guns and one .50 cal (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine gun .
Marmon-Herrington was founded in 1931 by Walter C. Marmon and Arthur W. Herrington as a successor to the Marmon Motor Car Company, a maker of high-quality, costly automobiles from 1902 to 1933. [3] By the early 1930s, the U.S. economy had taken a severe downturn, and with the onset of the Great Depression , the market for prestigious luxury ...
Marmon-Herrington CTLS tanks (a CTLS-4TAC in the foreground and a CTLS-4TAY in the background) in Alaska, summer of 1942. The Marmon-Herrington combat tank light (CTL) was a US light tank 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 M1919 Browning machine guns. [13]
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Tank companies were labeled similar to Marine companies such as companies A for Abel, B for Baker, C for Charlie, and D for Dog Companies. [10] An example designation of 3-3-1 would be for the 3rd Platoon of Charlie Company (3rd company) of the 1st Tank Battalion. Tank platoons were sometimes referred to as being light in two ways.
nlrb v. Gissel Packing Co., Inc. , 395 U.S. 575 (1969) [ 1 ] was a unanimous United States Supreme Court case clarifying the application of the National Labor Relations Act after the Taft-Hartley Amendments, particularly the application of union authorization cards .
Robert Lawless served as the President of Texas Tech and Texas Tech Health Sciences Center from 1989-1996. He died on Aug. 10, 2024 at the age of 87.
In 1940, the distinction between infantry and cavalry tank units disappeared with the establishment of the Armored Force to manage all tanks in the U.S. Army. The "combat car" name was superfluous, and the cavalry unit tanks redesignated the M1 combat car as the "light tank M1A1" and the M2 combat car as the "light tank M1A2". [5] [4]