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The Marmon-Herrington Combat Tank Light is a series of US light tanks 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 three .30 caliber (7.62 mm) machine guns.〔 〕 A total of 628 CTLS, CTMS MTLS tanks were ordered by the Royal Netherlands East-Indies Army, of which a small number was delivered to Java, just in time to see combat in the Dutch East Indies campaign against the Japanese invasion. A further 74 tanks of all types were delivered to Dutch units in Surinam. 〔 〕〔 〕 In mid-1942 a batch was diverted to Australia from the Dutch order where they were used for training〔 〕 A small number were used by the US Marine Corps' 1st Tank and 1st Scout Companies prior to the war. Some were employed on Western Samoa. None saw action. After the attack on Pearl Harbor some of these tanks were taken over by the United States Army and employed in Northern Alaska as the Light Tank T14 and Light Tank T16.〔 〕 ==Variants== *CTL-1 *CTL-2 *CTL-3 *CTL-4 *CTVL *CTLS-4TAC *CTMS-ITBI *MTLS-IGI4 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marmon-Herrington CTLS」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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