M3 Scout Car
The M3 Scout Car, aka the White Scout car, was a light armored car used during the Second World War by a plethora of allied nations in support, logistics, and scouting roles.
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The M3A1 shares a technical designation with its beefier and far more recognized cousin, the M3A1 half-track. It also looks an awful lot like the front of the M3A1. Typical loadout was a single forward-mounted .50 BMG and two .30 BMGs on the side, and had a maximum carry capacity of seven men.
The M3A1 was completely inadequate as a combat vehicle, but served the allies as a useful, albeit largely overshadowed, utility vehicle. The Soviets used them as artillery tugs for their AT cannons, and the British were known to use it as a field ambulance and artillery spotting vehicle. During the Africa campaign, they performed adequately as a screening and scouting force.
However, the M3A1 was determined to be unsuitable and was phased out in favor of the M8 and M20 armored cars. In spite of this, the marines were known to keep a few around, even though they never got to knock heads with the Imperial Japanese. Other vehicles were either exported to the Chinese and Free French Army, with the remaining inventory being sold to many Latin American countries. The M3A1 is still in service in the Dominican Republic today.
| US Forces in Flames of War | |
|---|---|
| Tanks: | M4 Sherman - M3 Lee - M5/M3 Stuart - M24 Chaffee - M26 Pershing - M27 Tank - M6 Heavy Tank - T14 Heavy Tank |
| Transports: | M3 Halftrack - Jeep - DUKW |
| Infantry: | US Armored Rifle Platoon - Parachute Rifle Platoon - Rifle Platoon - American Rifle Company - Glider Platoon - Machine Gun Platoon |
| Artillery: | US 155mm - US 105mm Artillery - US 75mm Artillery - US 81mm Mortars - T27 Xylophone - 57mm Anti Tank Platoon - M12 155mm Artillery Battery - M7 Priest - M8 Scott |
| Tank Destroyer: | M10 - M18 Hellcat - T55 Gun Motor Carriage - M36 Slugger |
| Recon: | M3 Scout Car - M20 Security Section - M8 Greyhound Cavalry Recon Patrol |
| Aircraft: | P40 Warhawk - P47 Thunderbolt - P38 Lightning - F4U Corsair |
| Anti-Aircraft: | M15 & M16 AAA Platoon |
| Soviet Forces in Flames of War | |
|---|---|
| Tanks: | T-70 - Valentine - M5/M3 Stuart - M3 Lee - T-34 - KV - Churchill - IS-2 - Captured Tank Platoon - T-28 - BT-7 - KV-2 - T-26 |
| Transports: | M3 Scout Car - Universal Carrier - SdKfz 251 |
| Infantry: | Rifles - Motor Rifles - Penal Company - Storm Group - SMG Company - Engineer Sapper Company |
| Artillery: | Katyusha - 152mm Artillery - 122mm Artillery - 76mm Artillery - 120mm Mortars - 82mm mortars |
| Tank Destroyers and Assault Guns: | 45mm Anti Tank - 57mm Anti Tank - 76mm Anti Tank - 100mm Anti Tank - SU-76 - SU-85 - SU-100 - SU-122 - SU-152 - ISU-122/ISU-152 |
| Recon: | Scout Platoon - BA-64 Platoon - Armored Reconnaissance Platoon - Reconnaissance Platoon |
| Aircraft: | Il-2 Sturmovik |
| Anti-Aircraft: | ZSU M17 - DShK AA MG Platoon |
| Midwar Monsters: | KV-3 - KV-5 - T-43 |