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Encyclopedia > M22 Locust

Light Tank (Airborne) M22 at Bovington Tank Museum in the UK. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 706 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1500 × 1274 pixel, file size: 681 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): M22 Locust Metadata...

Light Tank (Airborne) M22
General characteristics
Crew 3 (Commander, gunner, driver)
Length 3.93 m (12.89 ft)
Width 2.16 m (7.09 ft)
Height 1.82 m (5.97 ft)
Weight 7.4 tonnes (16,400 lb)
Armour and armament
Armour 9.5 - 25 mm (0.37 - 1.0 in)
Main armament 1x 37 mm Gun M6
50 rounds
Secondary armament 1 x .30-06 Browning M1919A4 machine gun
2,500 rounds
Mobility
Power plant Lycoming O-435T 6-cylinder radial gasoline
192 hp (162 kW)
Suspension Vertical Volute Spring Suspension (VVSS)
Road speed 64 km/h (40 mi/h)
Power/weight 25.81 hp/tonne
Range 217 km (135 mi)

The Light Tank (Airborne) M22 was an American design of airmobile light tank used during the Second World War by the British forces, who gave it the name Locust. Military vehicles are commonly armoured to withstand the impact of shrapnel, bullets or shells, protecting the soldiers inside from enemy fire. ... The 37mm Gun M3 was the first dedicated anti-tank gun fielded by the US forces. ... .30-06 Springfield cartridge specifications. ... The Browning M1919 was a . ... For other meanings of Lycoming, please see Lycoming (disambiguation). ... The US M1A1 Abrams tank is a typical modern main battle tank. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

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Design

The crew of three consisted of the commander-loader and gunner in the turret, and the driver in the hull. The vehicle has light armour, about 25 millimeters thick on the front of the hull and the turret down to 12 millimeters on the rear of the hull. The main armament is a 37 mm M6 gun with a coaxial M1919A4 .30 calibre machine gun mounted in the turret. Both guns could be elevated from -10° to +30°. Additionally either three M3 submachine guns could be carried or a single M1 carbine and two sub-machinegun could be carried by the crew along with twelve grenades. [1] The M3 Grease Gun (more formally United States Submachine Gun, Cal. ... The M1 Carbine (formally the United States Carbine, Caliber . ...


The engine is located at the rear of the tank, a horizontally opposed six cylinder, air cooled Lycoming 0-435-T gasoline aircraft engine which drives a four speed transmission with a controlled differential, located at the front of the tank.


The vehicle is fitted with four brackets for suspending it from an aircraft, these are fitted above and slightly behind the suspension bogies on each side of the hull.


History

The original specification for an air-transportable light tank was issued in May of 1941, with a target weight of eight tons. Three companies were invited to submit designs, Christie, GMC and Marmon-Herrington. The Marmon Herrington design was selected for production with the designation T9. After the first vehicles were delivered in late 1941, it was found to be too heavy, and a number of alterations were made, such as making the main turret removable, and removing the gun stabilization and power traverse systems. The resulting vehicle was designated T9E1. Marmon-Herrington was a builder of buses and trolley buses in the 1950s. ...


The resulting vehicle could be airlifted only by the C-54 Skymaster, and only with turret removed and placed inside the fuselage and the tank hull suspended below the wing. As the British had the Hamilcar glider which was big enough to carry the M22 ready for battle, they took the vehicles over. Of 1,900 Locusts ordered, only 830 were delivered. This vehicle was disliked by G.I's. The British found a way to use in the crossing of the Rhine. The Douglas C-54 Skymaster was a four-engined transport aircraft used by the United States Army Air Force in World War II. Like the C-47 Skytrain, the C-54 Skymaster was derived from a civilian airliner (the DC-4). ... Corbelled corner turrets at Newark Castle, Port Glasgow. ... The General Aircraft G.A.L. 49 Hamilcar or Hamilcar Mk I was a large British military glider of World War II, which was capable of carrying 7 tons of cargo or a light tank such as the Tetrarch or Locust. ...


A number of vehicles 37 mm gun were fitted with a device called a Littlejohn adaptor, which increased the length of the barrel, producing a higher muzzle velocity.


The British 6th Airborne Division used the M22 in March 1945 crossing the Rhine in Operation Varsity. After the war some Locusts were given to Egypt and were employed there until 1956, including in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Some tanks were captured by the Israel Defense Forces . Three of those were adopted by the IDF; all were retired by 1952. The 6th Airborne Division was an airborne unit of the British Army during World War II. Formation The division was formed in the United Kingdom on 3 May 1943, during the Second World War. ... The River Rhine (Dutch: ; French: ; German: ; Italian: ; Romansh: ) is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe at 1,320 kilometres (820 miles), with an average discharge of more than 2,000 cubic meters per second. ... Operation Varsity was an airborne operation towards the end of World War II, intended to gain a foothold across the River Rhine. ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Egypt Syria Transjordan  Lebanon Saudi Arabia Iraq Holy War Army Arab Liberation Army  Israel Commanders Glubb Pasha Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni† Hasan Salama† Fawzi al-Qawuqji Yaakov Dori Yigael Yadin Strength Egypt: 10,000 initially rising to 20,000 Iraq: 5,000 initially rising to 15,000–18... The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) (Hebrew: ‎  , [Army] Force for the Defense of Israel), often abbreviated with the Hebrew acronym צהל Tsahal, alternative English spelling Tzahal, is the name of Israels military forces, comprising the Israeli Army, the Israeli Air Force and the Israeli Sea Corps. ...


References

  • Leland Ness (2002) Janes World War II Tanks and Fighting Vehicles: A Complete Guide, Harper Collins, ISBN 0-00-711228-9
  • Oleg Granovskiy - Names, Designations and Service Figures of IDF Armored Vehicles (Олег Грановский - Названия, обозначения и количества бронетанковой техники АОИ) at Waronline.org (Russian)
    1. ^ Catalogue of Standard Ordnanace Items, Office of the cheif of Ordnance Technical Division, Second edition 1944, Volume 1

See also

The following is a (partial) listing of M series military vehicles used by the US Army. ... The Mk VII Tetrarch light tank was a British design of tank produced during the Second World War initially for reconnaisance purposes but used by airborne forces. ...

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American armored fighting vehicles of World War II
Light tanks
M2 Light Tank | M3/M5 Stuart | M22 Locust | M24 Chaffee | Marmon-Herrington CTLS
Medium and heavy tanks
M2 Medium Tank | M3 Lee | M4 Sherman | M26 Pershing
Self-propelled artillery
M7 Priest | M8 Scott | M12 Gun Motor Carriage | M40 GMC
M3 Gun Motor Carriage | M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage | M5 Gun Motor Carriage | T34 Calliope
Tank destroyers
M6 Fargo | M10 Wolverine | M18 Hellcat | M36 Jackson
Armored half-tracks
M2 Half Track Car | M3/M5 Half Track Personnel Carrier
M4 Mortar Carrier | T30 Half Track
Amphibious vehicles
Landing Vehicle Tracked | DUKW
Armored cars
M8 Greyhound | M3 Scout Car 'White' | M20 Armored Utility Car
T17 Deerhound / Staghound | T18 Boarhound
Experimental vehicles
M38 Wolfhound | T1/M6 Heavy Tank | T-28 Tank/T-95 GMC
Assault Tank T14 | Heavy Tank T29 | Heavy Tank T30 | Medium Tank T20 | T7 Combat Car

T-16 | T-3 Half Track | T27 | T54 Gun Motor Carriage | T40/M9 Tank Destroyer
T-19 | 8in Howitzer Motor Carriage T84 | T92 Howitzer Motor Carriage | T55E1 Motor Carriage
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The T34 Calliope was a tank-mounted rocket launcher used by the United States Army during World War II. The launcher was mounted atop the M4 Sherman tank and fired a barrage of 4. ... A self-propelled anti-tank gun, or tank destroyer, is a type of armoured fighting vehicle. ... The 37-mm Gun Motor Carriage M6 was a United States wheeled TD (Tank Destroyer) of the Second World War. ... The M10 Gun Motor Carriage known as Wolverine in British service was a US tank destroyer of World War II. // Usage American doctrine planned for tank destroyers to engage enemy tanks while tanks were used principally to support infantry. ... The 76mm Gun Motor Carriage M18 was an American tank destroyer of World War II. It was often given the nickname Hellcat and is recorded as being the fastest tracked armored fighting vehicle during the war, and for a while after that. ... M36 during the Battle of the Bulge in January, 1945 The Gun Motor Carriage M36 was an American tank destroyer in World War II. It was often referred to as the Jackson or Slugger. ... M3 Half-track A half-track is a civilian or military vehicle with regular wheels on the front for steering, and caterpillar tracks on the back to propel the vehicle and carry most of the load. ... The M2 Half Track Car was an armoured vehicle used by the United States during World War II. // History The half-track design had been evaluated by the US Ordance department using Citreon-Kegresse vehicles. ... The Carrier, Personnel Half-track M3 was an armoured vehicle used by the United States during World War II. // The US Army Ordnance Department had evaluated the half-track design by testing French Citroën-Kegresse vehicles. ... The M2 Half Track Car was an armoured vehicle used by the United States during World War II. // History The half-track design had been evaluated by the US Ordance department using Citreon-Kegresse vehicles. ... The Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT) was an amphibious vehicle used by the United States Navy, Marine Corps and Army during World War II. It was widely known as amphtrack, amtrak, amtrac etc. ... The DUKW (popularly pronounced DUCK) is a six-wheel-drive amphibious truck that was originally designed inside General Motors Corporation during World War II for transporting goods and troops over land and water and for use approaching and crossing beaches in amphibious attacks. ... Polish armoured car Korfanty in 1920. ... The M8 Greyhound was a 6x6 armored car produced by the Ford Motor Company during the Second World War. ... The M3 Scout Car was one of the most important, although less heard of, vehicles in U.S. service during World War II. It was used in a similar fashion to the Jeep. ... The M20 Armored Utility Car, also known as the M20 Scout Car, was an M8 with the turret removed. ... The T17 Staghound was a heavy American 4x4 armoured car, produced during the Second World War. ... The T18 Boarhound was an American heavy armoured car produced in small numbers for the British Army during the Second World War. ... The M38 Wolfhound was a 6x6 US armoured car produced in 1944 by the Chevrolet division of General Motors. ... The M6 Heavy Tank was an American heavy tank designed during World War II. The tank was produced in small numbers and never saw combat. ... The T-28 Super Heavy Tank (also called T-95 Gun Motor Carriage) was a prototype self-propelled gun, designed for the US Military during the Second World War. ... The T14 Heavy Tank was a joint project between the United States and the United Kingdom. ... The Heavy Tank T29 was an American tank project started in March 1944 to counter the new German tanks. ... The Heavy Tank T30 was an American tank project developed to counter new German tanks. ... The Medium Tank T20 was a medium tank designed by the United States Of America during the Second World War, to be the successor to the Medium Tank M4. ... The T7 Combat Car was a prototype small armored car produced by Holabird Quartermaster Depot for the US Army in 1930. ... The Universal Carrier, usually known as a Bren Gun Carrier (even when it was not carrying a Bren), was a small, tracked British-designed military vehicle, used widely by Allied forces during World War II. Universal Carriers were usually used for transporting personnel and equipment, mostly support weapons, or as... The T27 was a prototype armored car developed for the US Army in 1944 by the Studebaker Corporation. ... The Carrier, Personnel Half-track M3 was an armoured vehicle used by the United States during World War II. // The US Army Ordnance Department had evaluated the half-track design by testing French Citroën-Kegresse vehicles. ... 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American armored fighting vehicle production during World War II

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M22 Locust - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (251 words)
The crew of three consisted of the commander and gunner in the turret, and the driver in the hull.
The M22 was developed in 1941 by the Marmon-Herrington Corporation as an air-transportable light tank.
As the British had the Hamilcar glider which was big enough to carry the M22 ready for battle, they took the vehicles over, and the British 6th Airborne Division used it in 1945 crossing the Rhine in Operation Varsity.
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