The M3 Stuart tank’s origin story begins with the M2, a light tank that preceded the M3. A product of the interwar years, the M2 was perhaps an adequate tank by pre-war standards though quickly became ...

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 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 ...

With the onset of the Second World War in 1939, the United States began rapidly developing new self-propelled guns to ...

Land combat in World War II was dominated by the tank. The role of these hefty vehicles changed somewhat as the war evolved, with new models being manufactured and their weapons and defenses evolving.

Building on the legacy of the M3 Stuart, the M5 light tank transformed American armored warfare with twin Cadillac V8 engines, improved crew comfort, and enhanced survivability, replacing older ...

The M3/5 Stuart was a Second World War American tank that perenially saw its spotlight whittled away by the Sherman, and even the more well-known but considerably less adored M3 Lee. The Stuart was a ...