1930's Tank photos

[patches]

From sometime in the 1920s, a Camouflaged  French Renault FT. we where using then, think this is California, then tank might be from the 40th Tank Company (L) 40th Division.

[General Apathy]

8 hours ago, patches said:

From sometime in the 1920s, a Camouflaged  French Renault FT. we where using then, think this is California, then tank might be from the 40th Tank Company (L) 40th Division.

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Hi Patches,

 

Great image,  That large front wheel was actually made of wood with metal outer ring and inner hub, it was the first tank with a fully rotating turret.  Hardly fits our understanding of a ' TANK ' though. !!!.  I believe one of the current CEO's of Renault has a WWII tank collection. !!

 

regards lewis.

 

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[Salvage Sailor]

11 hours ago, patches said:

From sometime in the 1920s, a Camouflaged  French Renault FT. we where using then, think this is California, then tank might be from the 40th Tank Company (L) 40th Division.

 

Just for kicks...

 

[Linedoggie]

Not a Renault FT, they have the exhaust on the right side. This is a US Built M1917 Six ton tank

 

Also you can barely see it but the Armored 30 cal Marlin is just visible

[ArmorCurator]

The Camouflaged M1917 is one of a number of tanks that were used for the Fifth Liberty Loan of 1919 (Also known as the Victory Loan)  The tanks used were painted in a number of different camouflage patterns, depending on where they were painted.  The tanks were sent out to each of the 12 Treasury districts - the number ranged from 8 to 12 per district - and they were transported place to place by train and/or truck with veteran crews.  They hit all 48 states, as well as at least one that was sent to Hawaiian Territory.  April - to around September 1919.  After the tours the tanks were repainted into the standard Quartermaster olive-drab and issued to the various tank battalions and companies.

 

[patches]

Sometime in the 20s. Unit, Fort Meade Maryland in like  1920-1921, 305th Tank Brigade.

[patches]

A unit with the M1917 South Boston Army Base, most with that aesthetically unappealing  Leather M1919 Tank Helmet  Uncertain of unit, but it seems to be an organized one right, would there actually have been a TO&E Tank unit stationed there???, it was a small post in the City of Boston, not exactly what someone would call a Maneuver Area LOL.

[Mr. Bushido]

3 hours ago, patches said:

A unit with the M1917 South Boston Army Base, most with that aesthetically unappealing  Leather M1919 Tank Helmet  Uncertain of unit, but it seems to be an organized one right, would there actually have been a TO&E Tank unit stationed there???, it was a small post in the City of Boston, not exactly what someone would call a Maneuver Area LOL.

Could you please tell me what the unarmed AFV on the far right is?

 

It would also be interesting to know whether EM/NCO wearing the visor cap is the AFV commander or the senior NCO in the platoon.

[atb]

3 hours ago, Mr. Bushido said:

Could you please tell me what the unarmed AFV on the far right is?

 

It would also be interesting to know whether EM/NCO wearing the visor cap is the AFV commander or the senior NCO in the platoon.

6-Ton Radio Tank.

[patches]

Could they be from the 26th Tank Company 26th Division Massachusetts NG?, this unit was HQed in Boston itself.

[patches]

A  Christie of the 67th Tanks at Meade, Infantry, may be of the Meade based 34th Infantry 8th Division?

[patches]

A 37th Tank Company tank drives up and over a bunch of Beams in 1928, location I believe is the Grounds of the unit's Armory.

[patches]

Tanks of the 32nd Tank Company during a Parade in Janesville Wisconsin in 1924, the division was just recently reformed after the Great War.

[patches]

Meade 1922 305th Tank Brigade Mark VIII Tanks.

[Salvage Sailor]

 

TANK PARK - 11th Tank Company, Schofield Barracks, T.H. 1930

Note the '11th Tank' & faded Hawaiian 'Taro' Division insignia on the turrets

 

 

 

[patches]

A Light Tank, M1 which I believe is from the Headquarters of the 1st Squadron 1st Cavalry 7th Cavalry Brigade being showcased at the 1939 Worlds Fair in Queens New York New York, the Brigade was in New York at this time conducting maneuvers upstate at Plattsburgh Barracks, so perhaps a detail was ordered down to attend the fair. Of extra note is the old timer Civil War Vets there , 1939, that would make these guys in their 90s right!

[Salvage Sailor]

[JohnK83882]

Tank size in the US was held back I think until WW2 because of a portable bridge that the army was using.

[Linedoggie]

On 11/29/2023 at 2:47 AM, patches said:

A unit with the M1917 South Boston Army Base, most with that aesthetically unappealing  Leather M1919 Tank Helmet  Uncertain of unit, but it seems to be an organized one right, would there actually have been a TO&E Tank unit stationed there???, it was a small post in the City of Boston, not exactly what someone would call a Maneuver Area LOL.

Of Note

 

2x 37mm M1916 gun version

3x M1919 .30 Browning version

1x TSF radio/command version (1 of 50 made)

[mysteriousoozlefinch]

On 11/30/2023 at 12:48 AM, patches said:

Could they be from the 26th Tank Company 26th Division Massachusetts NG?, this unit was HQed in Boston itself.

 

I would guess 9th Tank Company of the 9th Division, which was HQ'd at Army Base Boston, but it could be the 26th too.  Or they may have shared some degree of equipment.  

 

Page 16 of this issue of Armor has a description of some 9th Tank Co. activities in the 1920s. 

https://www.moore.army.mil/armor/eARMOR/content/issues/2010/MAR_MAY/ArmorMarchMay2010web.pdf

[easterneagle87]

Just saw this picture pop up on FB. Late 30’s ? Maybe early 40’s

 

 

[General Apathy]

On 3/11/2025 at 9:13 PM, easterneagle87 said:

Just saw this picture pop up on FB. Late 30’s ? Maybe early 40’s

 

 

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Hi Easterneagle.

 

in 2008 - 2009 Mike Stallwood of R & R Services Kent, UK, shipped in to the UK sixteen early M-3 Stuart tanks he recovered from Brazil, along with many associated spares

 

https://preservedtanks.com/Locations.aspx?LocationCategoryId=3195

 

 

regards lewis.

 

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[easterneagle87]

3 hours ago, General Apathy said:

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Hi Easterneagle.

 

in 2008 - 2009 Mike Stallwood of R & R Services Kent, UK, shipped in to the UK sixteen early M-3 Stuart tanks he recovered from Brazil, along with many associated spares

 

https://preservedtanks.com/Locations.aspx?LocationCategoryId=3195

 

 

regards lewis.

 

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I had seen this article. Interesting. 

[General Apathy]

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I have no details of this image. 

 

 

 

regards lewis.

 

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[Salvage Sailor]

10 minutes ago, General Apathy said:

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I have no details of this image. 

 

 

 

regards lewis.

 

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Might be the 33rd Tank Company, 33rd "Prairie" Division during the interwar years.  Note the faint 'Golden Cross' insignia on the turret.