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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Images are beautiful bright and vivid. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> In the mid-1930s the United States was still using light tanks from World War I alongside horse-mounted cavalry. In the new war however mobility and speed were the keys to victory. Newer and better vehicles were needed to keep up with the enemy. Cavalry because of its mobility was the natural choice for the armored corps of the US forces. During the 1930s horse-drawn equipment was slowly phased out in favor of the rapidly improving automotive and truck units. The first vehicles were civilian wheeled trucks converted to all-wheel drive. Then came armor followed by the development of the half-tracked truck. Light tanks came next with the early MI and M2 combat cars which later evolved into the popular M3 radial engine tank and M5 twin V-8 engine tank. The next step was medium tanks and these developed into the M3 Lee. (LL)