Thursday, March 3, 2016

M1 Cunningham/T1 Cunningham Light Tank

The T1 Cunningham was developed as a replacement for the M1917 and M1918. The tank had many variants. The tank was considered rough. There were seven variants. The M1 designation was withdrawn from the vehicle.
Variants:
1.
Name: T1 Cunningham
Type: Light Tank
Origin: United States
Year: 1927 (planned before)
Produced: 1

Length: ~3.8 Meters
Width: ~2.1 Meters
Height: ~1.7 Meters
Weight: 7620 Kilograms
Speed: 28 km/h (19 km/h off-road)

Crew: 2

Primary Armament:
-37 mm M1916
Secondary Armament
-7.62 Browning M1919A4

Armor:
-Hull
9.53 mm Front
9.53 mm Side
6.4 mm Top
6.4 mm Bottom
6.4 mm Bottom
-Turret
9.53 mm Front
9.53 mm Side
9.53 mm Rear
6.4 mm Top

2.
Name: T1E1 Cunningham
Type: Light Tank
Origin: United States
Year: 1928
Produced: 4

Length: 3.86 Meters
Width: 2.17 Meters
Height: 1.79 Meters
Weight: 7620 Kilograms
Speed: 28 km/h (19 km/h off-road)

Crew: 2

Primary Armament:
-37 mm M1916
Secondary Armament
-7.62 mm Browning M1919A4

Armor:
-Hull
9.53 mm Front
9.53 mm Side
6.4 mm Top
6.4 mm Bottom
6.4 mm Bottom
-Turret
9.53 mm Front
9.53 mm Side
9.53 mm Rear
6.4 mm Top

3.
Name: T1E2 Cunningham
Type: Light Tank
Origin: United States
Year: 1929
Produced: 1

Length: 3.86 Meters
Width: 2.17 Meters
Height: 2.30 Meters
Weight: 9042 Kilograms
Speed: 28 km/h (19 km/h off-road)

Crew: 2

Primary Armament:
-37 mm M1916 OR
-37 mm Browning Semi-Automatic
Secondary Armament
-7.62 mm Browning M1919A4

Armor:
-Hull
15.24 mm Front
10.16 mm Side
-Turret
15.24 mm Front
6.35 mm Side

4.
Name: T1E3 Cunningham
Type: Light Tank
Origin: United States
Year: 1931
Produced: 1

Length: 3.86 Meters
Width: 2.17 Meters
Height: 1.79 Meters
Weight: 8636 Kilograms
Speed: 35 km/h

Crew: 2

Primary Armament:
-37 mm semi-automatic
Secondary Armament
-7.62 mm Browning M1919A4

Armor:
-Hull
15.24 mm Front
10.16 mm Side
-Turret
15.24 mm Front
6.35 mm Side


5.
Name: T1E4 Cunningham
Type: Light Tank
Origin: United States
Year: 1932
Produced: 1

Length: 4.6 Meters
Width: 2.2 Meters
Height: 2.0 Meters
Weight: 8738 Kilograms
Speed: 32 km/h

Crew: 4

Primary Armament:
-37 mm M1924 (semi-automatic)
Secondary Armament
-7.62 mm Browning M1919A4

Armor:
-Hull
16 mm Front
10 mm Side
10 mm Rear
6.4 mm Top
6.4 mm Bottom
-Turret
16 mm Front

6.
Name: T1E5 Cunningham
Type: Light Tank
Origin: United States
Year: 1932
Produced: 4

Length: 3.86 Meters
Width: 2.17 Meters
Height: 1.79 Meters
Weight: 7620 Kilograms
Speed: 28 km/h (19 km/h off-road)

Crew: 2

Primary Armament:
-37 mm M1916
Secondary Armament
-7.62 mm Browning M1919A4

Armor:
-Hull
9.53 mm Front
9.53 mm Side
6.4 mm Top
6.4 mm Bottom
6.4 mm Bottom
-Turret
9.53 mm Front
9.53 mm Side
9.53 mm Rear
6.4 mm Top

7.
Name: T1E6 Cunningham
Type: Light Tank
Origin: United States
Year: 1932
Produced: 1

Length: 4.6 Meters
Width: 2.2 Meters
Height: 2.0 Meters
Weight: ~8738 Kilograms
Speed: 32 km/h

Crew: 4

Primary Armament:
-37 mm M1924 (semi-automatic)
Secondary Armament
-7.62 mm Browning M1919A4

Armor:
-Hull
16 mm Front
10 mm Side
10 mm Rear
6.4 mm Top
6.4 mm Bottom
-Turret
16 mm Front

Sources:
Development of Armored Vehicles: Volume 1 Tanks N-1566-A (Unclassified document)
Hunnicutt-Stuart

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