The M3 medium tank was an interim tank that addressed a significant armor capability gap in both the United States and Great Britain. Immediately pre-war, the United States possessed a rather small ...

Here’s what you need to remember: The M3 medium tank was a lesson in expediency: it was cheap, and good enough to enter mass production. The M3 medium tank was an interim tank that addressed a ...

The M2 and M3 Stuarts were the backbone of American light armor in World War II, combining mobility, reliability, and ...

At the onset of World War II, the U.S. had no modern tanks equal to those used by the German military. Therefore, as an upgrade of the M2 Light Tank, the U.S. built the M3 Stuart in 1941, forming part ...

Named after American Civil War Confederate general J. E. B. Stuart, the M3 Stuart saw a lot of action in World War II and subsequent conflicts that include the Korean War and 1959 Cuban Revolution.

The Americans hurriedly started to develop a tank that would later become the legendary and highly successful M4 Sherman medium tank. In the meantime, however, both the Americans and the British ...