M3 Light characteristics
Firepower
- Damage
- 40hp
- Penetration
- 48mm
- DPM
- 960
- Reload
- 2.50s
- Rate of fire
- 24.00/min
- Aim time
- 1.90s
- Accuracy
- 0.457m
- Dispersion moving
- 0.240
- Shell velocity
- 765m/s
- Caliber
- 37mm
- Gun depression
- 25°
- Gun elevation
- 10°
Mobility
- Top speed
- 61km/h
- Reverse speed
- 20km/h
- Engine power
- 268hp
- Power/weight
- 22.3hp/t
- Hull traverse
- 40.0°/s
- Turret traverse
- 40.3°/s
- Hard terrain
- 1.10
- Medium terrain
- 1.26
- Soft terrain
- 2.29
Survivability
- Hit points
- 312hp
- Hull armor (front)
- 38mm
- Turret armor (front)
- 38mm
- Fire chance
- 0%
- Ammo rack HP
- 100hp
- Track HP
- 70hp
Spotting & other
- View range
- 280m
- Signal range
- 325m
- Camo (still)
- 0.3%
- Camo (moving)
- 0.3%
- Weight
- 12.0t
M3 Light historical reference
The M3 light tank was created in 1938–1941 on the basis of the M2 and entered the mass production in 1941. A total of 13,000 vehicles of different modifications were produced (from M3 to M3A3) and supplied almost to all Allies under Lend-Lease. From 1942 through 1943, 1,232 M3 Stuart vehicles were sent to the U.S.S.R. They were first used in the battle for the Barvenkovo bulge near Kharkov in May 1942.