![]() Armed with a M32/T91E3 76mm rifled gun on an M76/T138E1 mount and carried 57 rounds. M41: Standard production model from 1951 to 1952. During WWII, Walker commanded the US XX Corps of Patton’s US 3rd Army in the ETO. ![]() In Korea, Walker was a Lieutenant General (3 stars) and he was posthumously promoted to full General (4 stars) on 2 January 1951. Walker was killed on 23 December 1950 in the Dobong District, Seoul (near Uijeongbu) when his north bound command jeep collided with a south bound South Korean (ROK) weapons carrier (probably a WC-51/52) which swung out of its lane. The name was later changed to the “Walker Bulldog” in honor of General Walton Harris Walker who was the commander of the US 8th Army in Korea. Originally, the T41E1 received the nickname the “Little Bulldog” which did not follow the US Army normal practice of naming tanks after famous deceased US generals. The resulting T41E1 had a more sleeker look with better ballistic protection and it was put into series production designated as the M41 in 1951. The commander’s cupola was relocated to the right side of the turret. Due to the high production cost, the turret was redesigned eliminating the complex optics, range finder and the turret machine gun pods. Prototype production began and the first vehicle was ready for testing during 1949. ![]() Note that the commander’s cupola was located on the left side of the turret.ĭue to the many differences in the turret design of the T37 Phase II, it re-designated as the T41. 30 caliber (7.63mm) machine gun pods mounted on both sides of the turret rear. This is the T37 Phase I which had a stereoscopic range finder with large bulges on the turret sides. Although the US military did not used it in combat, it did engaged T-34s during the Bay of Pigs and was used for about nine and a half years by South Vietnam where it did engaged North Vietnamese PT-76 and T-54 tanks.ĭesign work began in1946 on the T37 which was progressively developed through a series of phases, each became more sophisticated. It was the first post WWII American tank to see worldwide service with 30 countries. It was produced by Cadillac Motor Car Division of the General Motors Corporation (GMC) at a production facility in Cleveland, Ohio between 19 with a total of 5,467 being built. ![]() The M41 Walker Bulldog was an American light tank developed for armed reconnaissance purposes and to replace the then aging World War II era M24 Chaffee tank.
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