M5A1 Stuart

Over 1,200 of these were sent in 1942-3. This fast tank carried an improved 37mm gun. It did well in the Western Desert but was too lightly armored to be of much use against the heavier tanks it met in southern Russia.

M3 Grant

About 1,300 of these were sent, with small numbers arriving early enough in 1942 to meet the German offensive into the Caucasus. This tank carried a 37mm gun in a turret and a 75mm. Gun in a sponson on the right side of the hull. Therefore, there are two AT and AP values griven: the higher is used when the target is in the "12 to 2" field of fire zone (imagining the bow of the tank to be 12 o'clock), and the lower when the target is anywhere else.

M4A2 and M4A4 Sherman

About 2,000 of the M4A2 model were shipped, beginning at the end of 1943. These carried the standard "short" 75mm gun. Beginning in early 1944, M4A4 Shermans with the higher-velocity, more accurate 76mm gun began to arrive, and a total of about 2,100 had been sent by the end of the year. The 3rd Guards Tank Corps was equipped mainly with Shermans.

Halftracks

Thousands of these were sent to Russia, beginning in the summer of 1943. By the end of the war, the Russians were also producing modest numbers of an armored truck called the ZIS33. Treat these units exactly as German halftracks but bear in mind that they were less frequently available.

More Stalin's Yanks

Introduction
British Tanks
American Vehicles
Early War Soviet Tanks