#stuart tank

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Dutch children give flowers to the crew of an US M5 Stuart light tank from the 744th Tank Battalion - Netherlands, October 1944

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Did you know...

that the tank in Tank Girl (1995) was a WWII era M5A1 Stuart? You can see just how modified it was for the film by the stock tank photo below.

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(via 3rd Armor Division "Spearhead" | Vehicles belonging to the 3… | Flickr)

From the Original Poster:

“Vehicles belonging to the 3rd Armor Division "Spearhead" in late fall 1944 during the Rhineland Campaign.

The tank in the foreground is a Stuart M5 variant belonging to the 33rd Armored Regiment.

The jeep on the right belongs to the 83rd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, also attached to the 3rd Division. We are not sure about the "1 1/2" bumper marking on the front bumper driver side. This number is typically the vehicle identification number - perhaps the motorpool gents, used to playing with heavy stuff in the armored division, felt that the jeep only deserved 1/2 a number émoticône wink

There is an Ford-built M8 Scout Car (aka "Greyhound") and a half track behind the Stuart. Also note the Harley WLA in the background near another jeep.

The grim faces reflect the intense fighting these troops had seen since landing at Normandy on July 4, 1944. The 3rd Armor Division fought all the way to Dessau in Germany, which they took on April 23, 1945. Interestingly, Dessau was famous for the Bauhaus College of Architecture and the design movement it inspired.

Photo Credit: National Archives

Date: Fall, 1944

Location: ETO”

[dave-mech]

Armored Recon

by markkarvon

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A platoon of Stuart light tanks enters the French town of Avranches - July 1944 CREDIT: US National Archives

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A US soldier uses an M5 Stuart tank as cover so he can get across a road - Normandy, France, June 1944

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A US M3A1 Stuart tank wearing a foliage covering makes its way through the damaged streets of Coutances, France, July 1944. The Stuart, nicknamed ‘The Honey’ was a sturdy and extremely reliable tank used, not exclusively by the American, British and French troops during WW2

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A US Stuart light tank makes its way across the desert - North Africa, circa 1943