M24 Chaffee riveted?

[Witch Racer]

The entry in the Armies of the United States says that the M24 is riveted this is incorrect.  Even V3 gives it  light armour still +1 penetration but fully welded.

[Stuart Harrison]

Same effect as last time, just this time the author forgot to change the wording for the reason when cutting and pasting from the M3 Stuart entry.  AoUS first edition wording for the M24 ‘Vulnerable’ rule was “Vulnerable: because of it’s light armour, all shots to the side and rear of the vehicle get an additional +1 penetration modifier (ie, in total, +2 for side hits and +3 for rear hits).”

[John]

@Stuart Harrison And yet that is also historically incorrect as the M24 Chaffee didn’t have exceptionally thinner armor than other US light tanks.  In fact its front plate (since its angled so hard) had better protection then the M5 Stuart…lol And the M24’s side plates are 25.4mm that are also angled….

I have no idea where they got the idea that the M24 had weaker armor than other light tanks.

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