Talk:M42 Duster

A soldier takes aim through a M42 Duster gun sight at Fort Bliss, Texas (July 1982).

The 500 HP out of a gasoline, aircooled 6 cylinder engine seems a bit ridiculous, I tried researching it and only found private websites with same figure. Modern day 6s do not produce as much power as that without being seriously cooled and tuned. That's my 2 cents. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.198.15.117 (talk) 13:05, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

M42 wrong hull

This vehicle doesn't use the hull of the M41 Walker Bulldog, but the hull of it's predecessor, the M24 Chaffee. As the article correctly states, the US Army was phasing out obsolete M24 tanks, but then it wrongly states that the M19 turrets with 40mm guns were mounted on M41 hulls, which makes no sense and is plain wrong. Change it, please. No I don't have any sources, just take a long, good look at the hulls of the M24 and M41, then look back at the M42. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.187.100.141 (talk) 16:51, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

I did, the first thing I see is: the Chaffee has its drive wheel at the front, the Walker Bulldog at the rear- same as the M42 (they also have the same exhaust system). Next thing I can compare: the sizes of all 3 tanks. The M24 is narrower and shorter than M41 and M42, which have- surprisingly- the same size. There is a good site in the internet, not a source of course, but good for information anyway: http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ Check here again and you will also see that the M24 Chaffee is completely different to the M41/M42. --Peettriple (talk) 10:36, 24 November 2016 (UTC)

Entry into service date

Cannot enter into service before entering production, need a source to determine correct dates for entry into production and entry into service. DramaticExit (talk) 00:27, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

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