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M3 Stuart
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1941 light tank family
Key facts
- Type
- Light tank
- Place of origin
- United States
- In service
- 1941 ( 1941 ) –present
- Designer
- U.S. Army Ordnance Department
- Manufacturer
- American Car and Foundry Company Cadillac division of General Motors General Motors Massey-Harris
- Unit cost
- $32,915 (M3A1), $27,057 (M5)
- Produced
- 1941 ( 1941 ) –1944 ( 1944 )
- Number span no built
- 22,744 M3 and M5
- Variants
- See Variants
- Mass
- 33,500 lb (15.20 metric tons)
- Length
- 15 ft 10.5 in (4.84 m) with sand shields and rear stowage box
- Width
- 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) with sand shields
- Height
- 8 ft 5 in (2.57 m) over anti-aircraft machine gun
- Crew
- 4 (commander, gunner, driver, assistant driver )
- Armor
- 0.375 to 2.0 in (9.5 to 50.8 mm)
- Main armament
- 37 mm Gun M6 in Mount M44, 147 rounds
- Secondary armament
- 3 × .30 caliber (7.62 mm) Browning M1919A4 machine guns , 6,750 rounds
- Engine
- Twin Cadillac Series 42, 220 hp (160 kW) at 3,400 rpm
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- light tank
- Operator
- United States
- Country of origin
- United States
- Followed by
- M24 Chaffee
- Mass
- 12.9
- Image
- M3-Stuart-Fort-Knox-1.jpg
- Height
- 2.39
- Width
- 2.24
- Length
- 4.53
- Speed
- 58
- Said to be same as
- M5 Stuart
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- native label
- M3 Stuart
- Commons gallery
- Stuart tank
- Commons category
- Stuart tank
- total produced
- 23685
- different from
- M3 Lee
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