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? | |content= The '''M3 Stuart Lend Lease''' is an [[USA|American]] tier 3 [[Gold Economy|premium]] [[Light Tanks|light tank]] that is lend leased to the [[USSR]]. It was available as a promotion to sign up for early closed beta and after release during the summer of 2011 in an Ultimate Game Card promotion. It's slightly better than a stock [[M3 Stuart]], but inferior to one that's been fully upgraded. Even so, don't underestimate this tank, as it still has decent top speed and a fast-firing cannon. It is now available to new players who | + | |content= The '''M3 Stuart Lend Lease''' is an [[USA|American]] tier 3 [[Gold Economy|premium]] [[Light Tanks|light tank]] that is lend leased to the [[USSR]]. It was available as a promotion to sign up for early closed beta and after release during the summer of 2011 in an Ultimate Game Card promotion. It's slightly better than a stock [[M3 Stuart]], but inferior to one that's been fully upgraded. Even so, don't underestimate this tank, as it still has decent top speed and a fast-firing cannon. It is now available to new players who complete the tutorial. | |
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The M3 Stuart Lend Lease is an American tier 3 premium light tank that is lend leased to the USSR. It was available as a promotion to sign up for early closed beta and after release during the summer of 2011 in an Ultimate Game Card promotion. It's slightly better than a stock M3 Stuart, but inferior to one that's been fully upgraded. Even so, don't underestimate this tank, as it still has decent top speed and a fast-firing cannon. It is now available to new players who complete the tutorial.
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Thoughts and Suggestions
Pros and Cons
Pros:
- Above average top speed
- Above average hull armour
- Above average turret traverse speed and elevation arc
Cons:
- Below average hit points
- Below average engine power and traverse speed
- Below average turret armour
- Below average damage, penetration, and rate of fire
- Below average accuracy and aim time
- Below average ammo capacity
- Below average view and signal range
Combat Effectiveness
Early Research
Suggested Equipment
Historical Info
From the summer of 1942, when enough US medium tanks had been received, the British usually kept Stuarts out of tank-to-tank combat, using them primarily for reconnaissance. The turret was removed from some examples to save weight and improve speed and range. These became known as "Stuart Recce". Some others were converted to armored personnel carriers and were known as "Stuart Kangaroo", and some were converted command vehicles and known as "Stuart Command". M3s, M3A3s, and M5s continued in British service until the end of the war, but British units had a smaller proportion of these light tanks than US units. The other major Lend-Lease recipient of the M3, the Soviet Union, was even less happy with the tank, considering it undergunned, underarmored, likely to catch fire, and too sensitive to fuel quality. The narrow tracks were highly unsuited to operation in winter conditions, as they resulted in high ground pressures under which the tank sank into the snow. Further, the M3's radial aircraft engine required high-octane fuel, which complicated Soviet logistics as most of their tanks used diesel. However, the M3 was superior to early-war Soviet light tanks such as the T-60, which were often underpowered and possessed even lighter armament than the Stuart. In 1943, the Red Army tried out the M5 and decided that the upgraded design was not much better than the M3. Being less desperate than in 1941, the Soviets turned down an American offer to supply the M5. M3s continued in Red Army service at least until 1944.
Sources and External Links
Soviet Tanks
Light Tanks | MS-1 • BT-2 • Tetrarch • T-26 • T-60 • BT-7 • BT-SV • LTP • M3 Light • T-127 • T-46 • T-70 • A-20 • T-50 • T-80 • Valentine II • T-50-2 • MT-25 |
Medium Tanks | A-32 • T-28 • Matilda IV • T-34 • T-34-85 • A-43 • KV-13 • T-43 • A-44 • T-44 • Object 416 • T-54 • Object 430 II • Object 283 • T-62A • Object 140 • Object 430 |
Heavy Tanks | Churchill III • KV • KV-1 • KV-220 • KV-220 Beta-Test • KV-1S • KV-2 • T-150 • IS • KV-3 • IS-3 • IS-6 • KV-4 • KV-5 • IS-8 • ST-I • IS-4 • IS-7 |
Tank Destroyers | AT-1 • SU-76 • SU-85B • SU-85 • SU-85I • SU-100 • SU-100Y • SU-100M1 • SU-122-44 • SU-152 • ISU-152 • SU-101 • Object 704 • SU-122-54 • Object 263 • Object 268 |
Self-Propelled Guns | SU-18 • SU-26 • SU-5 • SU-122A • SU-8 • S-51 • SU-14-1 • SU-14-2 • 212A • Object 261
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