Battle tanks America M5 Stuart, military equipment of World War II

Battle tanks America M5 Stuart, military equipment of World War II. Light tank M5 Stuart. Light Tank M5 "Stewart." M5 Stuart tankMashina is a further development of the light tank M3A3. Just like its predecessor, it is armed with 37-mm cannon and coaxial 7.62-mm machine gun, a 7.62-mm machine gun mounted in the front hull and one 7.62-mm machine gun mounted on the turret roof as the zenith. The gun has a line of sight stabilizer in the vertical plane. Tanks Series M5 M3 different from a fundamentally new design of power transmission, the new power plant, consisting of two V-shaped carburetor liquid-cooled engines, the new design the hull and turret, new vision devices, redundant steering control tower. The new design of the hull and turret differs increased angle front hull, increased thickness of front plate, reconfiguring the stern and the increased length of the tower. Unlike the M3 M5 turret roof tanks are not installed prism, and periscope observation devices. US industry also produces a modification of the M5A1, which was equipped with screens to protect the caterpillars had changed the design of the tower to accommodate niche radio stations, emergency hatch in the bottom, as well as changing the design of the gun mount. Tanks M5 produced until 1944. There were produced 6810 machines. JOIN VSP GROUP PARTNER PROGRAM: https://youpartnerwsp.com/ru/join?82735