Specification Crew : 5 Engine : 2 x Cadillac 110hp Combat weight :18,409 kg (40,500 lb) Max speed : road 56 km/h (35 mph) Range : 160 km (100 miles) Length : 5.48m (18 ft) Width : 2.95m (9.67 ft) Height : 2.46 m (8.1 ft) Main gun : 75mm(2.96 in)

Development of the Light Tank T24 began in April 1943 to provide the US Army with an improved vehicle with greater mobility , flotation and accessibility and also armed with a larger gun then the 37mm weapon used by its predecessors.The first pilot was delivered in October 1943 and following successful trails an order was placed for 5000 vehicles , became the M24 Chaffee in service. Though it employed the Cadillac power plant and Hydra-Matic transmission of the M5 series of tanks it was a redesigned vehicle.The M24 was a low-sleek vehicle with well-sloped armour and large-diameter road wheels sprung on traverse torsion bars.Its main armament was a turret-mounted lightweight 75mm M6 (L/39) gun developed from an aircraft weapon which employed a space-saving concentric recoil mechanism.It was stabilized in elevation and the turret had hydraulic power and manual traverse.The Chaffee and Massey Harris and by the end of the war a total of 4070 vehicles had been produced in total (a small number being supplied to the British).Used in Europe and the Pacific the M24 proved itself a good reconnaissance tank with excellent maneuverability which could hold its own in a fire fight with the enemy.