M3 Stuart (Light Tank, M3)
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2017 4:41 pm
While on vacation I visited the City of New Milford, Connecticut where my Aunt Martine lives. As we were walking through the “Town Green” a focal point for the community, there sits an M3 Stuart tank. One of the stories is that the M3 was driven in a July 4, 1949 parade, and broke down during the parade so the city put it on a concrete pad in the “Town Green” as a memorial. There it still sits, just calling for kids to climb on it as they have done for the last 68 years.
“The M3 Stuart, formally Light Tank M3, is an American light tank of World War II. It was supplied to British and Commonwealth forces under lend-lease prior to the entry of the U.S. into the war. Thereafter, it was used by U.S. and Allied forces until the end of the war. The name "General Stuart" or "Stuart" given by the British comes from the American Civil War Confederate General J. E. B. Stuart and was used for both the M3 and the derivative M5 Light Tank. In British service, it also had the unofficial nickname of Honey after a tank driver remarked "She's a honey". To the United States Army, the tanks were officially known only as "Light Tank M3" and "Light Tank M5". Stuarts were the first American-crewed tanks in World War II to engage the enemy in tank versus tank combat.”
Wikipedia
TommyM
“The M3 Stuart, formally Light Tank M3, is an American light tank of World War II. It was supplied to British and Commonwealth forces under lend-lease prior to the entry of the U.S. into the war. Thereafter, it was used by U.S. and Allied forces until the end of the war. The name "General Stuart" or "Stuart" given by the British comes from the American Civil War Confederate General J. E. B. Stuart and was used for both the M3 and the derivative M5 Light Tank. In British service, it also had the unofficial nickname of Honey after a tank driver remarked "She's a honey". To the United States Army, the tanks were officially known only as "Light Tank M3" and "Light Tank M5". Stuarts were the first American-crewed tanks in World War II to engage the enemy in tank versus tank combat.”
Wikipedia
TommyM
Thanks for sharing 