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Dec 2023
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53 - M24 Chaffee - The Voting Machine.

John and Rob
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Possibly the best light tank of the second world war, the M24 Chaffee would take its big gun and low logistics requirements all around the world blazing a lightly armoured path through the hottest moments of the Cold War.

The halftime interview features Hugh Cullimore talking about the Murrayville Tank Graveyard.

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