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The Combat Car, M1 , a U.S. Army light tank that was introduced in 1935 and entered service in 1937. It was used by the Army's cavalry branch and was designated as a "combat car" to circumvent a law which restricted tanks to the infantry. It was armed only with machine guns.

Date

circa 1935

Source

Army Ground Forces , Board No. 2 (1 September 1947). Development of Armored Vehicles, Volume I: Tanks , p. 68.

Author

U.S. Army, Ordnance Department

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( Reusing this file )

This file is a work of a U.S. Army soldier or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government , it is in the public domain in the United States.

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