The M24 Chaffee tank was deployed to US Army departments starting in 1944 to have, on the battlefield, a light tank capable of replacing the older M3 / M5 Stuart. The configuration of the M-24 was in fact very different from its predecessor and its project proved very valid, so much so that it can be considered one of the best light tanks ever made. Agile, robust and reliable it was, for a "Light Tank", well armed relying on a 75mm M6 cannon with 48 rounds available. The armament of the tank was completed with two 12.7 mm Browning machine guns. After the Second World War, where it proved its construction characteristics, it participated in the Korean War used in support operations for the M4 Sherman tanks and the heavier M26 Pershing.
