Italeri 6587 1/35 M24 Chaffee "Korean War" Print this pagePrint this page
Italeri 6587 1/35 M24 Chaffee "Korean War"

Highlights:
- metal gun barrel
- gluable flexible tracks & individual track links


Availability: [In Stock]
Weight: 0.378 kg
Description
  • Korean War
  • United States
  • light tank
  • M24 reached Europe in November 1944 and were issued to  Troop F, 2nd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron & Troop F, 42nd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron. These M24 were rushed to the southern sector during the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944.
  • M24s were more successful later in the Korean War in their reconnaissance role and supported by M4 ShermanM26 Pershing and M46 Patton, along with British ChurchillComet and Centurion tanks.
  • France employed its M24s in Indo-China as infantry support, with good results. They employed ten M24s in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu [13 March – 7 May 1954]

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