Years ago when I was a young lad I had the hots for a tank,I later owned a Ferret scout car, but I wanted a tracked vehicle. That is when I knew little to nothing about them and the work involved in maintaining them. I must also mention that I am 6’4″ and could not fit in any tank that interested me. This set of pictures is from a private tank museum that is no longer in business, but I really liked this cute little pre-WW2 tank. I have no idea where the tank has gone to so if someone knows please let me know. I would like to take photo’s of the inside one day. I must also mention that I am not a vehicle guy but a gun guy. This means that I want the tank as an accessory for my guns and not the other way around. I use to own a m-2 50 cal machine gun, a Lathe 20 mm cannon and a number of 1919’s so I thought this would be the perfect toy to carry them around in at a shoot.
Here are the pictures of this cute toy.
A frontal view.
Close up of the main armament in this model
right side angle view.
Here are a few pictures from an old magazine.
A crew of 4.
a great cut away of the tank
The armament it carried
It used a 235h.p. radial airplane type engine with a max speed of 35mph on the road and 5mph in the open country.
A .50, 3-.30’s and a Thompson…That WOULD be a lot of fun to play with!
That is a Marmon Harrington CTL-3. I would think that would be a pain to restore. All I found on it was http://www.oocities.org/marmonherrington/ctl-3.html.
I recall Jacques Littlefield/MVTF had about 3 slightly larger CTMS-1TBI Marmon Harringtons stored outside by his back warehouses. You can see one here http://home.comcast.net/~szee1a/Littlefield10/Littlefield10.html
But if you want a small American tank that a 6ft 4in man can drive try a Chaffee or a M5 Stuart. The driver can open the hatch and drive with his head in the open air.