Richard Farrant Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 There is a MV collector in Victoria, Australia called Ron Fry, he has written articles for Military Machines in the past. Earlier this week a TV programme was screened in Australia where they visited Ron's collection. The programme is sponsored by the leading vehicle insurer over there, who actively support vehicle events of all kinds, and this link is to their website, where you can see the programme online; http://www.shannons.com.au/club/video/man-and-machine-season-1-episode-4/ Towards the end there is a restored M3 Stuart running round, see if you can recognise what engine it has ...... and no help from the locals please . cheers Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Sounds like a Detroit...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted November 16, 2013 Author Share Posted November 16, 2013 Sounds like a Detroit...... Actually it is a TS3 ....... a Commer Knocker! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfire Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 The interior of the Stuart appears quite roomy. I assume that there was plenty of ammo storage originally, but should the turret have a basket? I don't really know much about them. Cheers, Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Child Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 The interior of the Stuart appears quite roomy. I assume that there was plenty of ammo storage originally, but should the turret have a basket? I don't really know much about them. Cheers, Terry As I understand it, many crews removed the turret basket because it's a small tank and it got in the way. The tank was designed to have left and right machine guns, hence the nice amount of space left and right of the hull. On many you can see the round covers where the machine guns would have been. That space was then used for radios and stowage. You can see the round covers on this one - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Stuart_tank_2.JPG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 The M3 did not have a turret basket, the M3A1 did. Removal of the basket is a job beyond the ability of the crew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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