Employment
By December 1941, the M2A1, M2A2 and M2A3 were used for training only. Approximately 50 M2A4s were deployed during the Battle of Guadalcanal while assigned to the U.S. Marine Corps 1st Tank Battalion, and remained in service in some areas of Pacific until 1943.
Britain ordered 100 M2A4s in early 1941. After 36 of them were delivered, the order was canceled in favor of an improved M3 Stuart. There is evidence that indicates those 36 M2A4s were shipped off from North Africa as part of the British Army's 7th Hussars and 2nd Royal Tank Regiment, fighting in the India and Burma campaigns against the Japanese 14th Tank Regiment.
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