Stuart V

[Don Dingwall]

To expand a bit on what Geoff said, the first M3A3 tanks issued as turretless recce vehicles went to 5th Cdn. Armd. in Italy in early 1944, and they continued to be used for ambulance, resupply, pionner and recce vehicles in this form till 1st Corps moved to NWE in early 45. They were mostly re-equipped with Turreted Stuart VI's, with a few turretless Stuart V's being retained for resupply vehicles by some units.

Units that were issued M3A3's prior to D Day and the NWE campaign, used, as Geoff mentioned, fully turreted M3A3 tanks in the recce role until receieving M5A1's in the late fall of 44.

HTH
Don