T4
Medium Tank
Photo U.S. Army
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Incorporating
features of designs purchased from New York based inventor J. Walter
Christie; the T4 had a wheel-and-track design and suspension similar to
Christie's tank and combat car designs. (J. Walter Christie was an
innovative designer of tanks, engines and propulsion systems. Although his
designs did not meet US Army specifications, other countries used his
chassis patents.) This 12-ton tank could travel at top speeds of 25mph
(tracked) or 35mph (wheeled). It provided a low silhouette of only
slightly over seven feet and carried a crew of four and two .30
machine-guns and one .50 caliber machine-gun. Only fifteen of the T4's
were produced but several other variations were manufactured before being
declared obsolete in 1940.
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