The M22 Locust was an American light tank which was built for an airborne requirement. The M22, armed with a 37mm M6 gun was to have been carried either in a transport aircraft or beneath one. The M22 was never used in combat by American forces because of a lack of suitable transport aircraft or gliders. It was just as well as the M22 would have been a tactical liability if faced with hostile armour.
The British used a handful of them in airborne landings via glider during the crossing of the Rhine in March 1945.
Tank Museum, Bovington: July 2006
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