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The M3 Stuart/light tank M3, was a US light tank of World War II, first entered service in the British Army in early 1941 and saw action in the North African campaign in July 1941. [4] Later an improved version of the tank entered service as the M5 in 1942 to be supplied to British and other allied Commonwealth forces under lend-lease prior to ...
The M3 is an American .45-caliber submachine gun adopted by the U.S. Army on 12 December 1942, as the United States Submachine Gun, Cal. .45, M3. [12] The M3 was chambered for the same .45 ACP round fired by the Thompson submachine gun , but was cheaper to mass produce and lighter, at the expense of accuracy. [ 12 ]
Fort Stewart is named for Brigadier General Daniel Stewart, a hero of the Revolutionary War and a political leader from Liberty County, Georgia. [9] It is the largest Army installation east of the Mississippi River, covering 280,000 acres (1,100 km 2), which include parts of Liberty, Long, Bryan, Evans and Tattnall Counties.
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A company of M3 Lee tanks of the Soviet 6th Guards Army advance towards the front line during the Battle of Kursk, July 1943. Beginning from 1941, 1,386 M3 medium tanks were shipped from the US to the Soviet Union, with 417 lost when their transporting vessels were sunk by German submarine, naval and aerial attacks en route.
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The M3 gun motor carriage (M3 GMC) was a United States Army tank destroyer equipped with a 75 mm M1897A4 gun, which was built by the Autocar Company during World War II. After observing the new and often decisive use of armored vehicles on both sides during the French campaign of 1940 , the US Army decided that it required a 75 mm self ...
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