Wright Museum - M3A1 Stuart Light Tank
Bill Maloney
11/20/2009

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01 M3A1 Stuart Light Tank 02 M3A1 Stuart Light Tank 03 Stuart Tank Interior 04 Stuart Tank Interior
05StuartTankDriversPosition 06StuartTankDriversPosition 07StuartTankDriversPosition 08StuartTankDriversPosition
05 Stuart Tank Driver's Position 06 Stuart Tank Driver's Position 07 Stuart Tank Driver's Position 08 Stuart Tank Driver's Position
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09 Stuart Tank Interior 10 Stuart Tank Interior 11 Stuart Tank Bow Machine Gun 12 Stuart Tank Bow 37mm Gun
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13 Stuart Tank Gun Mantlet 14 M3A1 Stuart Light Tank 15 M3A1 Oil Bath Air Filter 16 M3A1 Stuart Tank Engine

M3A1 Stuart Tank Specifications:

M3 and M5 Stuart Light Tanks at other Military Museums in the northeast
M3A1 Stuart Light Tank M3A2 Stuart Light Tank
Another M3A1 Stuart Light Tank at the Militia Museum of New Jersey in Sea Girt, NJ An M3A2 Stuart Tank at the US Army Ordnance Museum in Aberdeen, MD
M3 Stuart Light Tank M5A1 Stuart Light Tank
M3 Stuart Tank at the Patton Museum in Fort Knox, KY An M5A1 Stuart Light Tank at the American Armored Foundation Museum in Danville, VA
  M5A1 Stuart Light Tank
  M5A1 Stuart Light Tank at the Patton Museum in Fort Knox, KY

Length: 14 feet, 1 inch
Width:
7 feet, 4 inches
Height:
7 feet, 7 inches
Crew:
4
Weight:
14 Tons
Max Speed: 37mph
Range: 100 miles
Armor: 2.5" Frontal
Powerplant: Continental W-670 Air Cooled Radial Gas Engine 250hp
Fuel Capacity: 104 gallons
Armament:
 37mm gun
 One 7.62mm coax Machine Gun
 One 7.62mm Bow Machine Gun
 One 7.62mm Cupola Mounted Machine Gun
Entered Service: 1940
Unit Cost: $

Here's a Youtube video of an M3A1Stuart Light Tank starting up. Another video of the same Stuart Tank driving across a field and the tank coming to a stop and parking. I though the background in these videos seemed really familiar, then realized it is right next to the campground I stay at in Stowe when I go biking in northern VT.

One more great Stuart Tank video from the interior on the move giving a good view of the driver using the track braking levers to steer and stop the tank.

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