Assembly model 1/72 armored car M3A1 Scout Car Italeri 7063

In 1938, the White Motor Company began research and development of the M3 to provide the United States Army with an armored reconnaissance vehicle. Equipped with a 6-cylinder Hercules JXD gasoline engine with a capacity of 110 hp, it developed a maximum speed of 81 km/h. Equipped with four-wheel drive, it was used for patrol, reconnaissance and command post. The machine could carry a crew of 8 and was armed with one 12.7mm M2 Browning machine gun and two additional 7.7mm Brownings. on the sides It was first used during the campaign in the Philippines in 1941. Used in North Africa and Sicily, during the war it was replaced by the more modern M8 Greyhound for difficult reconnaissance missions. In addition to the American army, it was used by the British armed forces,