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M3A1 Stuart (US003)

M3A1 Stuart (US003)

M3A1 Stuart (US003)
Includes one M3A1 Stuart light tank, with tank commanders and a flame-thrower option for the M3A1 'Satan'.

From the beginning of the Pacific campaign the Marines recognised the importance of using tanks to assist in assault landings by suppressing enemy machine-gun nests. For the early battles it was the M3 or M3A1 Stuart which bore the brunt of this fighting, making use of its multiple machine-guns and 37mm main gun firing canister shot to break up Japanese counter-attacks.

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Designed by Evan Allen,
Painted by Aaron Mathie

Gung-Ho
The US Marine Corps has had a long and proud history, and the Pacific Campaign of 1941 to 1945 was perhaps its finest hour. They were the tip of the American spear, conducting amphibious assaults from Guadalcanal, through the Marshall Islands, Saipan, Tinian and Guam, and ultimately taking the Japanese posessions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, in preparation to invade mainland Japan itself.

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Gung-Ho – US Marine Corps in the Pacific
Light tanks have always presented a challenge: despite being small and numerous, they nevertheless took just as long to glue together as their heavier tank cousins. The M3A1 Stuart model has now been remastered as a single-part hull with tracks attached, using our latest moulding techniques, making it a total breeze to assemble.
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The M3A1 Stuart in Flames Of War

      Armour    
Name  Mobility  Front Side  Top  Notes
Weapon
Range

ROF

Anti-tank
Firepower   
M3 or M3A1 Stuart  Standard Tank 1 1 1 Amphibious, Co-ax MG, Hull MG. 
M6 37mm gun 24"/60cm 2 7 4+  
Firing Canister 8"/20cm 4 1 6 Canister.

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Canister
The 37mm gun had a Canister round that was extensively used in the Pacific. Both the Stuart light tanks and M3 37mm anti-tank gun were issued it. The Canister round turned the 37mm gun into a large calibre shot gun and was devastating against Japanese Banzai charges.

A gun equipped with Canister ammunition may fire this instead of normal ammunition. A tank firing Canister ammunition with its main gun can still fire its machine-guns as it would if the main gun fired any other sort of ammunition.

Unlike normal ammunition, the ROF of Canister is not reduced when the firing team moves or is Pinned Down. Instead it suffers a +1 penalty on its To Hit rolls.

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M3A1 'Satan'
As the war in the Pacific progressed, the Japanese made greater use of reinforced bunkers that were impervious to the 37mm and 75mm guns used by the vehicles supporting the Marine riflemen. The answer was fitting a large flame-thrower into a tank, which could drive up to the bunker and flush the enemy out. After struggling with unsatisfactory field-adapted tanks, the M3A1 Satan tank was created by fitting a Canadian Ronson Flame-thrower into the M3A1 Stuart.
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The M3A1 'Satan' in Flames Of War

      Armour    
Name  Mobility  Front Side  Top  Notes
Weapon
Range

ROF

Anti-tank
Firepower   
M3A1 'Satan'  Light Tank 3 2 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, AA MG.
Mk 1 Flame-thrower 4"/10cm 3 - 5+ Flame-thrower.

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Last Updated On Monday, September 5, 2016 by James at Battlefront