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M3 Stuart is an American light tank.

Description[]

Officially called Light Tank, M3 in US Army nomenclature, the M3 Stuart is the first American light tank to see combat. First entered combat under British hands, its smooth handling earns it the nickname "Honey".

It is armed with a 37mm M5 tank gun, which is good against lightly armoured vehicles, but not so much against more heavily armoured medium or heavy tanks. It is also equipped with five M1919 Browning machine guns: one in the coaxial mount, three at the front of the hull, and one on top of the turret.

A popular tank, the M3 Stuart can be found in North African theatre, Italian campaign, Pacific theatre, and in the North-West European theatre. The Chinese also used the light tank in 4406-Defense of Hengyang. It will be replaced by its successor M5 Stuart from late 1942 onwards.

The M3 Stuart is one of the oldest models in BattleGroup42, being in the mod since the very beginning.

Trivia[]

  • The model represent the late production variant with a turret design from M3A1 Stuart albeit the absence of the turret basket, later known as "Stuart Hybrid".
  • The Stuart has a flamethrower tank variant in the form of M3 Satan.

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