1:72 scale diecast display tank by Hobby Master. British Army Chaffee Light Tank.

Length 3 inches
Width 2 inches

Features:
Diecast metal and plastic construction.
Rotating turret, elevating cannon and accurate hull.
Painted, fitted, non-moving tracks on detailed non-rotating wheels.
Realistic panel lines, antennas, access panels and surface details.
Pad printed markings and placards that won't fade or peel like decals.
Clear acrylic display case to protect model.

Originally designated as Light Tank T24 during development the tank became the M24 when it went into production in 1944. The total weight of the vehicle was kept less than 20 tons by using light armor that was sloped. The designers kept the silhouette low but managed to make it a three-man turret. A new lighter weight 75mm gun was developed and it was all carried on wide tracks and a torsion bar suspension. The last of the 4,731 M24s was produced in August 1945.

Since the M24 was late entering WWII there weren�t many of these tanks exported under the Lend Lease program. The British Army received 302 M24s between 1944 and 1945 and labelled them the Chaffee. These were deployed in April 1945 to replace the M5A1 Stuarts that proved to be woefully inadequate. Some British units that received the M24 were the recon squadrons of 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoons Guards and the 8th Hussars with the 7th Armoured Division. At the end of WWII the 7th had lost at least two M24s and still had 28 M24s in their inventory.