M3 & M5 Stuart Light Tank 1940-1945 - Zaloga & Laurier - Osprey New Vanguard 33 HW1 instead following OKM’s original view

instead following OKM’s original view that aircraft and hydrophone technology will dramatically impact concentrated submarine operations around the British Isles and that the fleet boat concept of long range submarines are needed to operate outside areas of dense ASW coverage

Miniatures are typically 15mm Plain Indian wars range

this photographic record chronicles the five-week air campaign which ensured allied victory in the Gulf

There is also a new section covering the painting of small-scale vehicles for wargames

and historical commentary

M3 & M5 Stuart Light Tank 1940-1945 - Zaloga & Laurier - Osprey New Vanguard 33 HW1 instead following OKM’s original viewThe M3 and M5 family of light tanks were the culmination of American tank development of the 1930s. By the time of the outbreak of the World War II, they were approaching obsolescence, as tank forces in Europe were shifting from light to medium tanks as the main element of their armored forces. First entering combat in the autumn of 1941 in the Western Desert with the British Army, the Stuart quickly proved its inadequacies. The M3 and M5 light tanks