US Marine Corps Tanks of World War II (New Vanguard, Volume by Steven J. Zaloga

By Steven J. Zaloga

The U.S. Marine Corps shaped six tank battalions in global battle II which observed strive against in essentially the most diverse and severe stipulations of the Pacific theater. The Marine tank battalions fought on small coral atolls similar to Tarawa, within the fetid jungles of the south west Pacific together with Guadalcanal, within the lush important Pacific islands of the Marianas reminiscent of Saipan and Guam, and at the volcanic deserts of the Bonin islands similar to Iwo Jima. The tank gear of the Marine Corps used to be basically almost like that utilized by the USA military: the M3 and M5A1 mild tanks, and the M4 Sherman medium tanks. however the stipulations and the opponent compelled the Marine Corps to evolve either when it comes to technical and tactical techniques. the varied island landings compelled the advance of novel touchdown apparatus, specifically deep wading apparatus to get the tanks effectively ashore. eastern protective strategies in 1943-44 positioned a top rate on American use of flamethrowers and the improvement of various flamethrower tanks at the M3 mild tank chassis. lethal eastern close-infantry strategies pressured the advance of novel tools of tank safeguard together with using wood armor to defeat using magnetic anti-tank units. This booklet will research the Marine use of tanks in global conflict II and the strategies and expertise that made their stories so targeted within the annals of tank war.

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It was a brutal foretaste of the expected invasion of the Home Islands. After the fruitless expenditure of the 2nd Armored Division in the Philippines in January–February 1945, the Japanese Army decided to hold its best armor for the defense of the Home Islands. The only major Japanese tank unit on Okinawa was the understrength 27th Tank Regiment, with only 13 Ha-gos and 14 Shinhoto Chi-has. The success of US tanks in the Marianas, on the Philippines, and on Iwo Jima led to the decision to commit the heaviest US armor force ever, totaling eight Army, two Marine tank battalions, and two Marine independent tank companies, totaling over 800 tanks.

The other markings include a maintenance marking indicating the type of radio fitted, and the lower number is probably a shipping code. This tank was unusual in that it had a Devil-dog insignia painted on the front of the hull side. com Like the 4th Tank Battalion, the 5th Tank Battalion applied wooden side armor on the hull as an antidote to Japanese magnetic mines. The 5th Tank Battalion had its own distinctive features including the use of penny nails welded to the hatches to provide standoff protection against satchel charges, and planks over the suspension to prevent Japanese infantry from throwing satchel charges under the tank.

The first eight of these were issued to the Fleet Marine Force and were deployed with the Marine 4th and 5th Tank Battalions for the Iwo Jima operation. An entire US Army tank battalion, the 713th Provisional Flame Thrower Battalion, was equipped with 54 of these; although an Army unit, this battalion was deployed with the Fleet Marine Force in the summer of 1945 for operations on Okinawa. The Marine tank battalions began a shift from the M4A2 to the M4A3 tank in 1945. This was a situation forced on the Marine Corps by the end of M4A2 (75mm) production in favor of the M4A2 (76mm), which the Marine Corps did not want.

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