Locust I - "One of our worst foreign tanks"

[FlyingOstridge]

The issue is… That says T9. Which is the prototype as seen above.

[l2ulan]

As we know only one T9 was built, I think we can safely assume it means T9E1s (aka M22s).

[Josephs_Piano]

@l2ulan

Ah interesting, the other suggestion says that the modified barrels are rendered useless without the LJ adapter installed. Might be true, might not.

The wiki article on the Littlejohn suggests this is not true - that the adaptor could be easily removed if HE was going to be required for example.

However it also includes a couple of interesting things:

1/ Americans testing it in 1943 found the adaptor distorted after a few shots; and
2/ When British a/c crews found the AP ammo for the adaptor worked perfectly will without it, and was superior to standard AP, they just used it without the adaptor fitted!!

Littlejohn adaptor

@l2ulan

Also the rumour that SV ammo was found to be more effective even without the LJ, so presumably the effect on the barrel was actually negligible.

Likely point 2 above - it had a tungsten core so defectively HVAP

[Jarms]

The Americans may not have classified it as the M22 when this document was created. The Locust was originally built specifically for the British as a replacement for Tetrarch.