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UNIQUE ID 772: M3A3 STUART LIGHT TANK

Le Grand Bunker Musée du Mur de l'Atlantique, Ouistreham, France

(Location: Atlantic Wall Museum)


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Unique ID: 772
Added to Database: April 2009
Last Edited: April 2009
Type (ID): M3 Stuart (1030)
Model (ID): M3A3 Stuart (1036)
Location Category (ID): Le Grand Bunker Musée du Mur de l'Atlantique (6065)
Location (ID): Atlantic Wall Museum (6065)
Serial Number: There appears to be a number stamped into the transmission housing but it is difficult to deciper; it could be “180-71” or similar.
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Location History:
(see map)

1: American Car and Foundry Company, Berwick, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, USA (Sole manufacturer from early 1943-October 1943)
2: Le Grand Bunker Musée du Mur de l'Atlantique, Ouistreham, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France (Current location)


Text in original Preserved American Tanks publication:

[No entry]

Text in Preserved American Tanks Update:

[No entry]

Text in original Preserved Tanks In France publication:

The M3A3 was used exclusively by non-US forces, including the British, French and Polish. This example has been repainted in a three tone camouflage scheme.


Images - Photographs and NavPix (click to expand or browse)

August 2007

Front left view
1: Front left view

Taken: 25 August 2007
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 1718
Added: 9 August 2009
Filename: 51CNV02_...
Views: 139
Select/Has Priority: 4/0
    

 

Front right view
2: Front right view

Taken: 25 August 2007
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 1719
Added: 9 August 2009
Filename: 51CNV01_...
Views: 127
Select/Has Priority: 17/0
    

 

Front right view
3: Front right view

Taken: 25 August 2007
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 1720
Added: 9 August 2009
Filename: 51CNV03_...
Views: 82
Select/Has Priority: 17/0
    



Rear left view
4: Rear left view

Taken: 25 August 2007
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 1721
Added: 9 August 2009
Filename: 51CNV10_...
Views: 134
Select/Has Priority: 17/0
    



Serial number area on transmission housing (barely legible)
5: Serial number area on transmission housing (barely legible)

Taken: 25 August 2007
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 1722
Added: 9 August 2009
Filename: 51CNV11_...
Views: 141
Select/Has Priority: 17/0