M1918 Ford 3 ton Light Tank

In the summer of 1918 the Ford Motor Company agreed to develop a 3-ton, two-man light tank for the US Army. This third tank (the other two were the M1917 6-ton and the Tank Mark VIII) to be mass-produced during 1918 was powered by two Ford Model T, 4-cylinder engines, and had a maximum speed of 8 miles per hour. Armed with a .30-caliber machine gun, it had a crew of two (driver and gunner). The M1918 was one of the first light tank designs by the US. Light tanks were much easier to redeploy in secret from