1:35 British M3 Stuart HONEY Light Tank - AIRFIX

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1:35 British M3 Stuart HONEY Light Tank - AIRFIXThe British named the M3 "General Stuart" upon receipt of the tank under the Lend Lease program in June of 1941. The tank's ability to "shoot and scoot" as well as keeping the crew safe from small fire arms fire, earned an affectionate nickname of "Honey" by its operators. The British cavalry men liked this tank as it could travel 10 to 20 mph faster than their own or enemy tanks, and for its ease of maintenance. The M3s were designed to replace the

62mm rail-mounted machine guns

was soon used as real artillery able to launch high-explosive ammunitions

Captured by Germans during the first years of the War

With foes such as the Panther and Tiger lurking

The aluminum body provide lightness but

but its chassis remained in use as the basis of several other armoured vehicles

Assembly type tracks feature one-piece straight sections

Between July 1944 to March 1945 M

Vinyl tracks

as well as to move more of the ammunition into the rear of the turret

it represented a leap forward in design from WWII predecessors

and can be cemented and painted