M41 Walker Bulldog Light Tank - Main St. - Princeton, WV
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This M41 Walker Bulldog Light Tank is located in a small park across the street from the County Courthouse. The park is on Main St (US 19) in Princeton, WV.
Waymark Code: WMFGCZ
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 10/16/2012
Views: 5
There are two informational placards mounted to the front of the tank that read as follows:
M41 Walker Bulldog Light Tank
Named for Gen. Walton Walker
who died in a jeep accident
In Korea in 1950.
Date of introduction 1950
Crew of 4
Commander, driver, gunner, loader
Combat weight 25.9 tons
Engine 500 H.P. Gasoline
Fuel Capacity 140 Gal.
Road Speed 45 MPH
Turret Gun 76 MM
Machine Guns 50 Cal & 7.62 mm
Tank saw limited combat during Korean War
The Army Republic of South Vietnam
used the M-41’s with great success.
In one engagement 17 M41’s destroyed 22 Communist Tanks;
6 T-54’s & 16 PT-76’s at no loss to
themselves. By 1973 over 200 M41 light tanks
remained in service with South Vietnams Army.
More information:
Place of origin - USA
Power/weight 21.3 hp/metric ton
Suspension Torsion bar
Operational Range 100 Miles
Tank saw limited combat during Korean War. It was also used in Vietnam.
"Production started in 1951 at Cadillac's Cleveland Tank Plant, and by 1953 the new tank completely replaced the M24 in the United States Army."
"In 1969 the US Army began replacing the M41 with the advanced, but troublesome, aluminum hulled M551 Sheridan Armored Airborne Reconnaissance Assault Vehicle."
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