Twin Cadillac Series 42 220 hp (160 kW) at 3,400 rpm
Power/weight
13.14 horsepower per short ton (14.48 hp/t)
Transmission
Hydramatic 4 speeds forward, 1 reverse
Suspension
Vertical volute spring suspension (VVSS)
Fuel capacity
89 U.S. gallons (340 liters; 74 imperial gallons)
Operational range
100 mi (160 km)
Maximum speed
36 mph (58 km/h) on road
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Tanks of the United States
World War I
Mark VIII tank
Ford 3-Ton M1918
Holt gas electric tank
M1917 light tank
Renault FT
Interwar
Medium Tank M1921
Medium Tank M1922
T1 Light Tank
T2 Medium
M1 combat car
M2 light tank
Christie M1931
World War II
M2 medium tank
M3/M5 Light Tank
M3 Lee
M4 Sherman
M22 Locust
M24 Chaffee
Marmon-Herrington CTLS
M26 Pershing
Cold War
M41 Walker Bulldog
M46 Patton
M103
T57
T110
M47 Patton
M48 Patton
T95 medium tank
M60 tank
T92 Light Tank
M551 Sheridan
MBT-70
XM803
Expeditionary tank
M1 Abrams
M8 Armored Gun System
Block III tank
Post–Cold War
M10 Booker
The M3 Stuart/light tank M3, was an American light tank of World War II. An improved version of the tank entered service as the M5 in 1942 to be supplied to British and other Commonwealth forces under lend-lease prior to the entry of the U.S. into the war. Afterwards, it was used by U.S. and Allied forces until the end of the war.
The British service name "Stuart" came from the American Civil War Confederate general J. E. B. Stuart and was used for both the M3 and the derivative M5 light tank. Unofficially, they were also often called "Honeys" by the British, because of their smooth ride.[4] In U.S. use, the tanks were officially known as "light tank M3" and "light tank M5".
Stuarts were first used in combat in the North African campaign; about 170 were used by the British forces in Operation Crusader (18 November – 30 December 1941). Stuarts were the first American-crewed tanks in World War II to engage the enemy in tank versus tank combat when used in the Philippines in December 1941 against the Japanese.[5][6] Outside of the Pacific War, in later years of WWII the M3 was used for reconnaissance and screening.
^Zaloga, Steve (15 May 2015). Armored Champion. Stackpole Books. p. 39. ISBN 9780811761338.
^TM-9-732-M5-Manual, p. § 6.
^"Light Tank M5 Stuart". afvdb.50megs.com.
^"Light Tank M3 Stuart". 28 November 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
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