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Standard light utility & off-road vehicle in 1950s to 1990s. UAZ-452 – In limited service. Light utility & off-road van in reserve; UAZ-469 – In limited service. Standard light utility & off-road vehicle in 1970s to 2000s. GAC Changfeng Leopard – Chinese licensed version of the Mitsubishi Pajero. Standard light utility & off-road vehicle ...
Light tanks were issued to tank battalions (one of the four companies was a light tank company), light tank battalions and cavalry reconnaissance squadrons. The original role of the light tank in these formations was similar to medium tanks and they were expected to engage enemy armor with AP rounds and enemy positions with HE rounds.
The ideogram "Chi" meant a medium tank, "Te" a tankette, "Ke" a light tank, "Ho" (artillery) a self-propelled gun, "Ka" an amphibious tank. There was a second ideogram to distinguish the models. The Type 97 Chi-Ha is a medium tank introduced in 1937, the Type 2 Ke-To is a light tank introduced in 1942.
Teletanks were built based on T-18, T-26, T-38, BT-5 and BT-7 light tanks. Standard tactics were for the TU control tank (with radio transmitter and operator) to stay back as far as practicable while the teletank (TT) approached the enemy. [1] The control tank would provide fire support as well as protection for the radio control operator.
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The first U.S. tank versus tank combat to occur in World War II happened on 22 December 1941 during the Philippines campaign (1941–1942) when a platoon of five M3s led by Lieutenant Ben R. Morin engaged the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) 4th Tank Regiment's Type 95 Ha-Go light tanks north of Damortis. Lt.
BTR-60P converted into a command vehicle equipped with a rail-type antennae running around three sides of the hull top. [12] BTR-60P M1961/1 – BTR-60P converted into a fire support vehicle. It is fitted with the turret from the PT-76 amphibious light tank. [12] Most probably prototype only.
Command (no armament, communication equipment) Patrol (equipped with machine guns, limited communication equipment) Support (equipped with machine guns, no communication equipment) Driver training; Armament: M2 Browning on the roof; FN MAG on a pivot on the passenger side; Pool with the Dutch Army of armoured vehicles