Post War use of Allied vehicles and tanks

Paraguay Sherman

 

Japanese Self Defence Force

[SIZE=-2]The National Police Reserve didn't have tanks in those days. They had only arms such as a rifle gun, a machine gun, a trench mortar. The National Police Reserve was changed to National Security Force in October 25,1952. (110000 people) The U.S. Army gave 40 M24 tanks to them. This is a start of the JGSDF tank unit history. M24 was the light tank which had the better performance than IJA tanks in those days. It was popular from crews. M24 was deployed more than 370 in the end. The National Security Force reorganized to JGSDF (Japan Ground Self-Defense Force) in July 4, 1954. (6 District, 4 Combined group with 130000 people). JGSDF deployed medium tank in addition to M24 light tank. They received 250 M4A3 in 1954. (and 80 M32 ARV). Those were HVSS suspension types with 76.2mm gun. Because this M4 tank had a big frame, it was unsuitable for a physique of Japanese. Japanese driver had difficulty to his short foot in order to step on a clutch pedal. Domestic tank development was begun by a bad reputation factor from them.[/SIZE]

 

They also used the M36 TD

 

Israeli Halftracks


M3 halftrack with covering for cargo and troops transfer.
M3 halftrack with turret for machine gun (7.26mm on this photo).
M3 halftrack with 90mm gun.


M3 halftrack with Missiles.

 

Israely modifications... gotta love them. Their modifications are made from experience wich is why they work so well. They have a mod for the M60 the "Sabra" that makes an M60 a very competitive tank by today standards!



Cheers...

 

Dutch Staghound

 

[SIZE=+3]M3 Halftrack [/SIZE]



M3 halftracks during War of Independence (1948)





M3 halftracks during Six Day War (1967)





M3 halftracks during Yom Kippur War (1973)
M3 halftracks during Operation "Peace For Galilee"(1982)

M3 Halftrack 

 

[SIZE=-1]PLA's US made light tanks entered NanJing,
the wartime capital of the KMT Government.[/SIZE]
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The LVT (A)-4 in service with PLA of China were captured from Kuomintang Army in the Liberation War.

 

"The Irish Army took delivery of four Churchill Mk VI tanks in 1948. They were rented from the British War Office as trials vehicles until 1954, when they were purchased outright. This purchase was despite the fact that the supply and transport corps workshops, who maintained them, had reported that spares had all but run out. Experiments were carried out involving replacing the existing Bedford engine with a Rolls Royce Merlin engine salvaged from an Air Corps Seafire. The experiment was not a success, although the reasons are not recorded. By 1967 only one Churchill remained serviceable, and by 1969 all were retired. One remains preserved in the Curragh Camp. The Churchill was an unusual choice for the Irish Army, as the most of the country at that time consisted of narrow roads and small fields with hedges and ditches restricting movements by armoured vehicles."

Churchill tank - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

United Kingdom forces fighting in Korea employed the Churchill Infantry tank and the heavy Centurion. The British also used the A27M Cromwell and A34 Comet tanks in Korea.

Armor of the Korean War

"The Churchill, despite its lack of heavy weapons had been very successful in WWII, but its success didn't end there. A number of Churchill Crocodiles joined the fighting in Korea in 1951 against communist forces. Flamethrowers were not as popular in warfare by this time and they disconnected their trailers and joined the fighting using their conventional weapons. Korea is heavily covered in valleys and hill sides, as in the battle for El Alamein, the Churchill was highly successful at clearing communist forces from them and were fairly impervious to anything the communists could throw at it."

The Churchill


7th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment, on being called upon to send Churchills to Korea, selected 'C' Squadron so to do. Personnel sailed from Sothampton on transport Empire Fowey arriving at Pusan on 12.10.50 where they awaited arrival of their tanks.
A Mark VII being unloaded at Pusan Gynaelator II - a Mark VII - in Korea By all accounts the Churchills performed well without loss except for a Mark VII and an a ARV self- destroyed during the evacuation from Seoul. The remains of the former can be seen in the photograph below.
As during WW II, tank names all began with the letter 'G'
'C' Squadron: Garry George Glynis Gynaelator etcetera. http://northirishhorse.net/articles-2/Korea/1.html

 

Churchill Mark VIIs of the Royal Jordanian Army

 

This Churchill, which appears to be a Mark X, was discovered north of Tikrit in 2004.

 

IS-2

 

And who can forget the good ole T-34 LOL?

 

What's that, Stalin II chow-mein?

 

Not Allied. But Neutral Sweden. Used in the Dominican Republic.

 

T-34-85 and its Serbian crew. Bosnia, 1995.