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World War 2, Australia, Western Australia, Mingenew, 2/10 Australian Armoured Regiment, 1942
1942Overview
Field exercise of 2/10 Australian Armoured Regiment, Mingenew with Grant and Stuart tanks
Historical information
The M3 Stuart, officially Light Tank, M3, was an American light tank of World War II.. It was supplied to British and other Commonwealth forces under lend-lease prior to the entry of the U.S. into the war. Thereafter, it was used by US, Australian. and Allied forces until the end of the war.
With a crew of 4, it is armed with a 37 mm gun and a coaxial machine gun and weighs 12,500 kilograms. It is powered by a Continental W-670 250 horsepower engine, gasoline fuelled, giving it a top speed of 58 kilometres per hour and a range of 112 kilometres. The Stuart saw Australian service in North Africa, Australia and New Guinea.
The British service name "Stuart" came from the Civil War Confederate general JEB Stuart, a renowned cavalry commander..
Details
Details
Registration number
cwa-org-32-P1997.96.1e
Item type
Themes
Contextual Information
The Grant tank was the British version of the American M3 Medium Tank known as the Lee. The Grant armament was a 75 mm gun mounted in a limited traverse right forward sponson. A 37 mm secondary gun was mounted in an independent turret above this. Some 757 M3 Mediums were received in Australia during 1942 and equipped the 1st Australian Armoured Division in Western Australia. Post-war disposal saw many surplus Grants utilised for land clearance purposes in the Wheatbelt.
Year
1942
Geotag
-29.185288681259, 115.47507536067
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- World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, PETTIT, 10 Light Horse (3.32km away)
- World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, WOOD, 10 Light Horse (3.33km away)
- World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, 2165 BUTLER, 10 Light Horse (3.37km away)
- World War 1, Australia Western Australia, BROAD, 28 Battalion, 1917 (3.45km away)
- World War 1, Western Front, 51 Battalion, BROAD, 1917 (3.45km away)
- World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, BECKETT, 10 Light Horse (3.5km away)
- AWAS on Rottnest - WF45251 HYMUS (3.55km away)
- World War 2, Australia Western Australia, 1942 (5.23km away)
- World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, 156 HACKETT , 10 Light Horse (32.54km away)
- World War 1, Europe, GOOCH, 44 Battalion, 1917 (47.65km away)
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