M3A3 Stuart

M3A3 Stuart is a tier 3 light tank from USA in World of Tanks. This is a premium vehicle — purchased separately from the tech tree.

M3A3 Stuart stats at a glance

The M3A3 Stuart has 368 hit points , 25.4mm of frontal hull armor , and a top speed of 61 km/h. .

Hull & survivability

The front-to-side armor ratio is 1.0:1. Side armor is relatively comparable to the front, meaning the M3A3 Stuart can absorb some side hits in close-quarters fighting.

Mobility

Forward-to-reverse speed ratio is 3.0:1. The M3A3 Stuart has solid reverse speed for repositioning after taking a shot.

Camouflage

Available guns (1)

How M3A3 Stuart compares to its peers

There are 37 tier 3 light tanks in WoT, including the M3A3 Stuart. Its 368 HP places it in the top 17% for hit points among same-tier light tanks (peer average: 342). Frontal hull armor of 25.4mm ranks in the top 53% for the class (peer average: 31mm). Top forward speed of 61 km/h is faster than 81% of peer vehicles in this tier and class.

Direct comparisons

• M3A3 Stuart vs 10TP — tier 3 light tank from Poland
• M3A3 Stuart vs A7E3 — tier 3 light tank from UK
• M3A3 Stuart vs AMX 38 — tier 3 light tank from France
• M3A3 Stuart vs BT-5 — tier 3 light tank from USSR
• See full tier 3 light tank tier list — all 37 vehicles ranked

About this vehicle

A further development of the M3 light tank with a differently shaped welded hull that made the volume of the fighting compartment significantly larger and improved the crew's comfort. Meanwhile, removing the glacis plate with huge hatches gave the hull greater shell resistance. Mass production continued from January through September 1943. A total of 3,427 tanks were produced in this period, 2,045 of which were sent to the U.K. under the name Stuart V. The M3A3 saw action in World War II, the Chinese Civil War, the First Indochina War, and the Portuguese Colonial War. The leading states remove...

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