M41 Walker Bulldog

The M41 Walker Bulldog, officially the 76-mm gun tank M41, was an American light tank developed for armed reconnaissance. It was produced by Cadillac between 1951 and 1954 and marketed to the United States Army as a replacement for its aging fleet of World War II-vintage M24 Chaffee tanks. Although engineered as a reconnaissance vehicle, its weight and armament also made it effective in the close infantry support role and for rapid airborne deployment. On entering United States service it received the designation Little Bulldog and subsequently Walker Bulldog, after General Walton Walker, who was killed in a Jeep accident in 1950. It was the first postwar American light tank to see worldwide service and was exported in considerable numbers, particularly to Asia. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/