Stuart VI Recce (was: Stuart Recce replacement)

[maple_leaf_eh]

http://overlord-wot.blogspot.com/202...pping.html?m=1

Who wanted to see overheads? Here you go! https://i.imgur.com/GbYcrLr.jpg

WRT the posted page for how to restore a Stuart to American standard, where would the cast off turrets have been stored? Seems unnecessary when the tanks were declared obsolete.

[Alex van de Wetering]

Who wanted to see overheads? Here you go! https://i.imgur.com/GbYcrLr.jpg

As far as I know, those pictures show the US prototype vehicle, which is different from the Commonwealth RECCE Stuarts. Also note that the one on the right has widened fenders and tracks.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by maple_leaf_eh

Who wanted to see overheads? Here you go! https://i.imgur.com/GbYcrLr.jpg

Like Alex noted, and see the caption on that webpage, that is a T8 / T8E1 Recce version as trialled by US Ordnance. These were never used operationally.

A number of collectors have fitted a ring mount to their Stuart Recces, presumably inspired by the American T8E1 Recce vehicle. One of them told me he added the ring because it “looked better”.
To date I have not found any evidence of Canadian Stuart VIs Recce tanks with a ring mount. Machine guns were fitted, but not on a ring mount.

[maple_leaf_eh]

Thanks for the clarifications. It caught my eye, and sometimes clues are missed.