Editing M8 Scott (section)

==IRL==
[[File:M8 Scotty.jpg|thumb|Call me cute, I dare you]]
The M8 was created from a need for a close-support light tank, early experiments with an M3 Grant Chassis were abandoned when it was found that an M116 Howitzer combined with an M3 Stuart chassis created a small, fast, and sufficiently powerful howitzer that could assault enemy positions and provide adequate support to the infantry. With '''-20°''' of gun depression, the M8 could literally roll over the top of a hill, and [[Creed|surprise the enemy with sudden 75mm explosive shells]] from a safe position.
The M8 proved to be a highly adaptable and frankly long-lived machine, serving all the way to the Yugoslavian wars 49 years later with partisans.  In US service, it was succeeded in spirit by the Vietnam-era M50 Ontos, with it's [[Dakka|SIX 106mm recoilless rifles]].
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