Editing M3 Stuart (section)

===M5 Stuart===
[[File:Coburg1945.jpg|thumb|M5A1 Crews from Company D, [[761st Tank Battalion (United States)|761st Tank Battalion]], stand by awaiting call to clean out scattered German machine gun nests in [[Coburg]], Germany]]
To relieve wartime demand for the radial aero-engines used in the M3, a new version was developed using twin [[Cadillac V8 engine#Monobloc|Cadillac V8]] automobile engines and twin [[Hydramatic|Hydra-Matic]] transmissions operating through a [[transfer case]]. This version of the tank was quieter, cooler and roomier; the [[automatic transmission]] also simplified crew training. The new model (initially called M4 but redesignated M5 to avoid confusion with the [[M4 Sherman]]<ref>Zaloga (M3/M5 Stuart) p. 17</ref>) featured a redesigned hull with a raised rear deck over the engine compartment, sloped [[glacis]] plate and driver's hatches moved to the top. Although the main criticism from units using the Stuarts was that it lacked firepower, the improved M5 series kept the same 37&nbsp;mm gun. The M5 gradually replaced the M3 in production from 1942 and, after the [[Medium Tank M7|M7 project]] proved unsatisfactory, was succeeded by the [[M24 Chaffee|light tank M24]] in 1944. Total M5 and M5A1 tank production was 8,884; an additional 1,778 [[Howitzer motor carriage M8|M8 75 mm howitzer motor carriages]] based on the M5 chassis with an open-top turret were produced.

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align:right; width=270px;"
|+ class="nowrap" | Production of M3 and M5<ref>{{cite book|date=1947|title=Official Munitions Production of the United States by Months, July 1, 1940-August 31, 1945|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=United States Civilian Production Administration|page=226}}</ref>
|-
! Month !! M3 series !! M5 series
|-
| March 1941 || 1 || 
|-
| April 1941 || 127 ||
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| May 1941 || 211 ||
|-
| June 1941 || 221 ||
|-
| July 1941 || 253 ||
|-
| August 1941 || 281 ||
|-
| September 1941 || 309 ||
|-
| October 1941 || 400 ||
|-
| November 1941 || 338 ||
|-
| December 1941 || 410 ||
|-
| January 1942 || 378 ||
|-
| February 1942 || 363 ||
|-
| March 1942 || 418 ||
|-
| April 1942 || 544 || 3
|-
| May 1942 || 619 || 16
|-
| June 1942 || 711 || 60
|-
| July 1942 || 762 || 127
|-
| August 1942 || 694 || 268
|-
| September 1942 || 620 || 449
|-
| October 1942 || 944 || 593
|-
| November 1942 || 199 || 605
|-
| December 1942 || 1,587 || 737
|-
| January 1943 || 104 || 401
|-
| February 1943 || 443 || 400
|-
| March 1943 || 475 || 402
|-
| April 1943 || 475 || 293
|-
| May 1943 || 475 || 260
|-
| June 1943 || 475 || 283
|-
| July 1943 || 475 || 351
|-
| August 1943 || 500 || 403
|-
| September 1943 || 47 || 198
|-
| October 1943 || || 251
|-
| November 1943 || || 348
|-
| December 1943 || || 473
|-
| January 1944 || || 490
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| February 1944 || || 458
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| March 1944 || || 513
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| April 1944 || || 344
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| May 1944 || || 134
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| June 1944 || || 24
|-
! Total 
| '''13,859'''
| '''8,884'''
|}