M41 Walker Bulldog Walk Around
(Softcover)
Stock No: SS27024

Type: Books Armor
Description: The standard US light tank during the early years of
the Cold War, the M41 Bulldog was developed as a more powerful
successor to the M24 Chaffee. Named for General Walton Walker who
died in a Jeep accident in Korea, the Walker Bulldog was
maneuverable and well armed. It was, however, rushed to the
battlefield to counter North Korea's Soviet built T-34s before
all its own kinks had been worked out. Accordingly a number of
Bulldog variants were developed over the years in an effort to
overcome initial deficiencies. In 1953 a hydraulic turret
traverse replaced the initial electrical traverse and in 1956,
fuel injection was introduced. The US Army began phasing out the
Bulldog at the end of the 1960s, but the rugged vehicle has
served more than 20 other countries and continues to operate in
several armies around the world to this day.
Illustrated with 250 photographs plus color profiles and numerous
detailed line drawings. Hughes; 80 pages.