Re: [MV] M5 Stewart - nope!

From: Jon Shoop (shoop19@brick.net)
Date: Fri Jan 25 2002 - 23:56:44 PST


Go Doug....My tank is a Stuart also....

Jon
St Louis, Missouri USA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas Greville" <dgrev@ruralnet.net.au>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 4:16 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] M5 Stewart - nope!

> John
>
> > The Fort Snelling Military Museum is in the process of restoring a
Stewart
> > tank.
>
> Sorry, but no such thing.
>
> The M3/M5 series of light tanks was named by the British using their
> system of naming US sourced tanks after US Generals of a couple of
> centuries ago. eg Stuart, Lee/Grant, Sherman and so on.
>
> The one you are refering to is a "Stuart".
>
> Regards
> Doug
>
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