M24 Chaffee Recon Platoon

Contains: 3x M24 Chaffee Tanks

The development of the M24 Chaffee can trace its origins back to feedback from British forces fighting in the desert and their experience with the M3 Stuart. The Stuart’s 37mm cannon lacked the power to knock out early Panzers with rounds “bouncing off like marbles”.

The first M24s arrived in Europe in 1944 and were issued to Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadrons as a replacement for their aging Stuart tanks.