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J. Walter Christie
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J. Walter Christie

American military designer
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  • Kuwait: U.S. 1st Armored Division M1A1 Abrams tanks
    tank
    / Interwar developments

    …in the United States by J.W. Christie, who in 1928 built an experimental model capable of 42.5 miles per hour. Christie’s vehicles could run on wheels after the removal of tracks and, far more significant, had road wheels independently suspended. This enabled them to move over broken ground faster than…

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    …in the United States by J.W. Christie, who in 1928 built an experimental model capable of 42.5 miles per hour. Christie’s vehicles could run on wheels after the removal of tracks and, far more significant, had road wheels independently suspended. This enabled them to move over broken ground faster than…

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