langs: 24 марта [ru] / march 24 [en] / 24. märz [de] / 24 mars [fr] / 24 marzo [it] / 24 de marzo [es]

days: march 21 / march 22 / march 23 / march 24 / march 25 / march 26 / march 27

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Tank / Tank

#1 M22 Locust

The M22 Locust , officially Light Tank (Airborne), M22 , was an American-designed airborne light tank which was produced during World War II . The Locust began development in 1941 after the British War Office requested that the American government design a purpose-built airborne light tank which cou

• ... orne operation in support of 21st Army Group crossing the River Rhine during Operation Plunder . On march 24 the division, in conjunction with the American United States 17th Airborne Division , would be dropp ...
• ... t Locusts were loaded into separate Hamilcar gliders between 17 and 20 March, and on the morning of 24 march were towed from the airfield by Handley Page Halifax heavy bombers to join the rest of the gliders ...

#2 DD tank

DD or Duplex Drive tanks , nicknamed " Donald Duck tanks", [1] were a type of amphibious swimming tank developed by the British during the Second World War . The phrase is mostly used for the Duplex Drive variant of the M4 Sherman medium tank , that was used by the Western Allies during and after th

• ... anded directly on the beach later in the day. NORTHWEST EUROPE Sherman DD tanks crossing the Rhine, 24 march 1945 The Staffordshire Yeomanry were converted to DD tanks after D-Day and trained initially at Bur ...