Light tanks refuel in the jungle. March 1943 - Guadalcanal

Light tanks on Guadalcanal

The Sherman Jumbo was an M4A3 with applique armor welded to the hull front and sponson sides.

Sherman Jumbo

A Marine Captain gives the final instructions in this skillful job of camouflaging a 16-ton amphibian tank to the crew members atop the tank somewhere in the South Pacific. The tank in which Leathernecks storm ashore and then punch their way inland is entirely concealed except for the gun turret and stubby cannon mouth. A Marine Corps Combat Photographer climbed fifteen feet up a tree to obtain this photo.(rudeerude)