1:35 M3 Stuart ″Honey″

M3 Stuart was an American light tank used during the second World War II the American, British and other Allied armies.

Fighting use
Tank M3 was first manufactured only in March 1941 and the first combat deployment was in November of the same year in the British Army, where he was supplied under the "Lend-Lease" ("lend-lease"). The vehicle used in the battle of the port city of Tobruk. British troops, however, were not of this tank too excited. Criticism was mainly 37 mm cannon that against enemy combatants seemed to be too weak. On the other hand, praised the crew of speed and reliability, and thanks to a tank in the British army earned the unofficial nickname "Honey" ("Darling"). Since the summer of 1942, when the British army received new American medium tanks, the Stuarts were gradually withdrawn from the front lines of battle and began to be used primarily as a reconnaissance vehicle.
The first combat deployment in the United States Army was fighting in the Philippines in early 1942. The Japanese then captured tanks used under the name of M3 Stuart Type 0 In late 1942, the U.S. Army landed in North Africa, where light tanks M3 accounted for a large portion of their armored forces. After a crushing defeat in Kasserinském pass, when M3 faced German tanks PzKpfw IV and heavy Tigerům, disbanded the U.S. Army's armored battalions of light tanks and is used only for reconnaissance purposes.
Another customer Tank M3 was under the Lend-Lease Soviet Union. Yet, the Red Army were not from this machine not excited because of the weak armor and armor. In Soviet tankers Stuart was not popular because of the gasoline propulsion, which was more prone to ignition. In the years 1942 - 1943 were delivered to the USSR in 1665 M3A1 tanks that served there until 1944.
The fighting in Italy and Western Europe tanks M3 met the same fate as elsewhere. They were assigned the secondary role especially in the survey, as was any German tank weak. In addition to the USA, Great Britain and the USSR during the war had in its arsenal Stuart also France, China, the Commonwealth, is used guerrilla units in Yugoslavia. After the Second World War, the number of tanks M3 Stuart sold in different countries. In some Latin American countries were Stuart M3 series still in service in the 80 and 90 years. In total, since 1941 produced 13,859 pieces of machinery M3 and all its variants, making this the largest series makes light tank of World War II.

Detail of the interior and exterior