Here’s What You Need to Remember: The M2 quickly became obsolete: though adequate for early-war lightly armored Japanese tanks, the 37mm gun was ineffectual against the war’s later, up-armored ...

From the pre-war M2 “Mae West” with twin turrets to the refined M3 and M3A3 variants, the Stuart series defined American ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Eventually, both the M2 and M3 would be supplanted by the M4 Sherman which you can read more about in this previous National Interest piece. The M4 was larger, more ...

The U.S. built a large arsenal of tanks between 1939 and 1945. One of the most prolific tanks of the era, the M3 Stuart light tank, was used early in the war but proved no match against German armored ...