Back إم 1 (مركبة قتالية) Arabic M1 Combat Car BS M1 Combat Car German Automóvil de combate M1 Spanish Combat Car M1/M2 ET M1 Combat Car French M1 Combat Car Italian M1戦闘車 Japanese M1 경전차 Korean M1 Combat Car Dutch
| Light Tank, M1 | |
|---|---|
 M1 Combat Car | |
| Type | Light tank |
| Place of origin | United States |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1937–1943 |
| Used by | United States |
| Production history | |
| Manufacturer | Rock Island Arsenal |
| Produced | 1935–? |
| No. built | 113 |
| Specifications (M1) | |
| Mass | ~10 short tons (9.1 t)[1] |
| Length | 4.14 m (13 ft 7 in) |
| Width | 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) |
| Height | 2.26 m (7 ft 5 in) |
| Crew | 4 |
| Armor | 6–16 mm |
Main armament | .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine gun .30 cal (7.62 mm) machine gun |
Secondary armament | .30 cal (7.62 mm) machine gun |
| Engine | Continental R-670 7-cylinder air-cooled radial gasoline 250 hp (190 kW) |
| Suspension | Vertical volute spring |
Operational range | 161 km (100 mi) on roads |
| Maximum speed | 72 km/h (45 mph) on roads |
The M1 combat car, officially Light Tank, M1, was a light tank used by the United States Cavalry in the late 1930s[2] and developed at the same time as the U.S. Army Infantry Branch's very similar Light Tank, M2.
After the Spanish Civil War, most armies (including the U.S. Army), realized that they needed tanks armed with cannons, not merely vehicles armed with machine guns,[3] and so the M1 became obsolete.
- ^ Yeide (2006), p. 31.
- ^ Ogorkiewicz, Richard (2015). Tanks: 100 Years of Evolution (General Military). Osprey Publishing. p. 84. ISBN 9781472806703.
- ^ Zaloga, Steven (10 October 2008). Armored Thunderbolt: The U.S. Army Sherman in World War II. pp. 4–5. ISBN 978-0811704243.