Delivery of the first heavy tanks. This is the new fifty-seven-ton tank, known as the M-1 in the initial demonstration. Notice that the gun turrets are on the top, making it possible for the tank to take advantage of irregular land, sheltering the lower part and shooting from revolving turrets on top. In the turret are three-inch guns and a thirty-seven-millimeter antiaircraft gun
Summary
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).
Caption card lists some of the printing history of image.
Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
Film copy on SIS roll 30, frame 1412.
Large WWII photograph collection made with aid of image recognition.
Tags
Date
01/01/1941
Location
united states
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain