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A total of 622,163 M3/M3A1 submachine guns of all types were assembled by the end of World War II. The M3 became the main submachine gun over the Thompson for the U.S. and South Korean forces during the Korean War, because the Communists used the Thompson submachine gun, which the U.S. donated during World War II, as one of their main weapons ...
The M3 Lee, officially Medium Tank, M3, was an American medium tank used during World War II.The turret was produced in two different forms, one for US needs and one modified to British requirements to place the radio next to the commander.
An earlier design, the Heavy Tank M6, was not accepted for large scale production and only 40 were produced. Work began in early 1945 to develop a significantly heavier variant of the M26 Pershing, the T32 Heavy Tank, but after the end of the World War II, the project was cancelled and the four prototype vehicles were scrapped.
The M3 half-track was an American armored personnel carrier half-track widely used by the Allies during World War II and in the Cold War. Derived from the M2 half-track car , the M3 was extensively produced, with about 15,000 standard M3s and more than 38,000 variant units manufactured.
The final M3 production run did not take place until August 1944, by which time 2,590,247 M3 trench knives had been produced. [ 2 ] At termination of production in August 1944, the M3 trench knife had one of the shortest production and service records of any U.S. combat knife. [ 2 ]
The M3 Stuart/light tank M3, was an American light tank of World War II. An improved version of the tank entered service as the M5 in 1942 to be supplied to British and other Commonwealth forces under lend-lease prior to the entry of the U.S. into the war. Afterwards, it was used by U.S. and Allied forces until the end of the war.
Renault FT (most of delivered 36 tanks, 3 tanks captured by Japanese in 1931); M4 Sherman (35 tanks, only used in India-Burma Theater by Chinese Expedition Army); M3 Stuart (M3A3, M5A1) (50 tanks, only used in India-Burma Theater by Chinese Expedition Army)
The M3 scout car (known as the White scout car in British Commonwealth service) was an American armored car produced in the World War II era, from 1939 to 1944. The original M3 scout car was produced in limited numbers, while the improved M3A1 scout car saw wide service during World War II and after.