A total of 628 Marmon-Herrington tanks were ordered. Two hundred of these were the MTLS-1GI4 model. It was agreed that the complete order of CTMS and CTLS and 100 MTLS tanks should be delivered before 1st July 1942. Because delays and occupation of Dutch East Indies by Japanese (all transports were canceled), production of the 200 MTLS was halted by the US after just 125 pieces had been built.

A Tank Battalion (Bataljon Vechtwagens) was founded in May 1942, based in Suriname (Dutch colony in Latin America).
19 MTLS tanks were sent to Suriname. The lack of personnel led to that the battalion only operated a small portion of their tanks. Plans to ship all MTLS  tanks to Indonesia after the Second World War were quickly abandoned, because it was considered to be too expensive.