M3 Scout Car
Seconda Guerra Mondiale, 1939–1945

M3A1 Scout Car, Seconda Guerra Mondiale, 1939–1945

The M3 Scout Car was designed e manufactured by the American White Motor Company in 1938 to serve as an armoured reconnaissance vehicle, command car, ambulance, e gun tractor. The first 64 production veicoli underwent field trials con the 7th cavalleria Brigade, ed in 1941 the US Army adopted the improved M3A1 Scout Car which had a larger crew compartment. The M3A1 Scout Car transported seven fanti, ed it had tre mitragliatrici to provide fire support. From 1941 to 1945 a total of 20,918 M3 Scout Cars were produced for the army. From 1940, the armoured superstructure of the M3 Scout Car was used to build trasporti truppe semicingolati M3.

Modellini Disponibili

M3 Scout Car, 1:72 ESCI 8356
M3 Scout Car & Crew, 1:76 Hinchliffe 20/165
M3 Scout Car, 1:300 Heroics & Ros US13

Caratteristiche Tecniche

M3A1 Scout Car
Motore: Hercules JXD 6-cylinder Petrol Engine con 81 kw (110 PS)
Speed: 81 km/h
Cruising Range: 403 km
Wheelbase:
Lunghezza: 5630 mm
Larghezza: 2100 mm
Altezza: 2000 mm
Peso: 5670 kg
Armamentoo: .50 cal M2 Browning HMG
and one o due .30 cal M1919.A4 Browning MMG
Equipaggio: guidatore e 7 fanti

Utilizzo Storico

Armata belga
Brazilian Army
Armata Britannica, 1943–1945
Chilean Army
Columbian Army
Dominican Army
Armata Francese
Cambodian Army
Laotian Army
Philippine Army
Armata Polacca
Portuguese Army
Armata sovietica, 1943–1947
South Vietnamese Army
Israel Defence Force, 1948 –
Armée du Liban-Sud (ALS), 1982-1984
Czechoslovak Army
US Army, 1941–1945

Conversioni Possibili

M3 Scout Car, 1938
M3A1 Scout Car, 1941
M3A1 Command Car con improved armour, 1943
M3A1E1 Scout Car con Buda diesel engine
M3A1E2 Scout Car con armoured roof
M3A1E3 Scout Car con 37 mm M3 gun

By 1942, the US Army considered the M3A1 Scout Car to be obsolete, e began replacing the vehicle con le autoblindo M20. Dopo la seconda guerra mondiale, many M3A1 Scout Cars were sold to Latin American e South East Asian countries.

Domande più frequenti

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Soldatini Americani della Seconda Guerra Mondiale