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| Subject: | Re: Strange Stuart |  |
| Date: | Sep 6, 2002 |
| From: | Paul Roberts | |
A.Hill wrote:
> The following might seem obvious to the true Stuart buff, but to me it
>seems a little unusual. O page 5 of Jean Boucherys' 'The British Soldier'
>vol 1 there is a picture of a Stuart in British service taken during
>operation Goodwood, the hull, for those who don't have the book to hand is a
>basic Stuart 1 (M3) of the welded type with cowls on the front visors, the
>turret on the other hand, appears to be of the Stuart V (M3A3) type, with
>twin roof hatches and no pistol ports.
> This seems strange to me since 1,I've never seen this combination
>before; and 2, because and don't think I've seen a Stuart 1 in the post '44
>European theatre before. Any thoughts from the experts, or am I just showing
>my ignorance?
>
> A.Hill
>
Well some early Stuarts survived into NW Europe in Commonwealth recce
units, but usually without turrets. It would probably be possible to put
the M3A3 turret on an M3/M3A1 without too much difficulty, although, I,
too, have never seen it. Any chance of scanning the photo and posting it
(or at least emailing it to me)?
--
Paul Roberts
tankmodeler@rogers.com
Scale Tech Distributing
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