Deweycat Marmon Herrington CTLS tank STL pack

The post World War 1 period saw the funding tap for military spending  turned off in most nations. In the U.S. this was doubly so, but innovative entrepreneurs brought forth intriguing AFV designs none the less – witness  the eccentricities of designs by the likes of Walter Christie and Frank Sutton. The Marmon Herrington company explored AFV development as well, and dabbled with amphibious tanks for the USMC, as well as an expansive line of machine gun carriers and light tanks. These cumulated in the CTLS series of light tanks. These The five-ton tanks had some oddities – the turret didn’t rotate a full 360 degrees, instead only 240 degrees. To ensure a full coverage of the battlefield, the  had the CTLS had mirror image versions – the CTLS-4 TAC with the turret on the driver’s left, and the CTLS-4 TAY with the turret on the drivers’ right. This model represents the CTLS  TAC. The CTLS series entered production in 1940 and some 875 models produced.  It saw service with  American, Dutc