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Armored car
M3 scout car is a armored car originating in United States. It was built by White Motor Company. Reported operators include Australia, Belgium, Canada, Free Czechoslovakia, Free France, Dutch East Indies, China, Nazi Germany, New Zealand, Polish Armed Forces in the West, USSR, United Kingdom, United States, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, France, Greece, Israel, Katanga, Kingdom of Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Madagascar, Mexico, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, South Vietnam, United Nations, Venezuela, Yugoslavia.
United StatesArmored car
United States
1941-today
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World War II Second Sino-Japanese War Chinese Civil War Hukbalahap Rebellion Indonesian National Revolution Greek Civil War 1948 Arab–Israeli War Costa Rican Civil War 1958 Lebanon crisis First Indochina War Algerian War Laotian Civil War Cambodian Civil War Congo Crisis Dominican Civil War Portuguese Colonial War Salvadoran Civil War
White Motor Company
1939
White Motor Company
1939–1944
21,054 (M1: 76 + M2: 20 + M2A1/M3: 64 + M3A1: 20,918)
6.25 short tons (5.67 t)
18 ft 5 in (5.61 m)
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
8
Maximum .5 in (13 mm)
.50 cal M2 Browning
1–2 x .30 cal M1917 Browning or M1919 Browning machine guns
Hercules JXD 6-cylinder in-line petrol 110 hp (82 kW)
Wheeled 4x4
Leaf springs
30 US gal (110 L)
250 mi (400 km)
50 mph (80 km/h)
Bishop & Foss
Australia
Belgium
Canada
Free Czechoslovakia
Free France
Dutch East Indies – 40 vehicles, out of an order of 400, were delivered before the colony was overrun by Japan.
China
Nazi Germany – captured vehicles.
New Zealand – M3A1s used by 2nd NZ Division engineering units.
Polish Armed Forces in the West
USSR
United Kingdom
United States
Brazil – 100 M3A1
Cambodia – 15 M3A1s used by the Cambodian Army in 1954–1975.
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Czechoslovakia
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
France
Greece
Israel
Katanga
Kingdom of Laos – 19 M3A1s used by the Royal Lao Army during the Laotian Civil War (1954–1975).
Lebanon – M3A1s used by the Regional Gendarmerie and the Lebanese Air Force in 1949–1959.
Liberia
Madagascar
Mexico
Norway
Philippines
Poland
Portugal – M3A1s used by the Portuguese Army in Africa during the Portuguese Colonial War (1961–1974).
South Vietnam
United Nations – captured Katangese vehicles used by ONUC forces.
Venezuela
Yugoslavia – 300 received during the Informbiro period .
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True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
M3 scout car equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Australia
Belgium
Brazil
Cambodia
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
France
Greece
Israel
Lebanon
Liberia
MadagascarArmy exact named equipment holdings: M3A1. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES / RECCE. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Mexico
New Zealand
Norway
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
United Kingdom United States
VenezuelaAustralia, Belgium, Canada, Free Czechoslovakia, Free France, Dutch East Indies, China, Nazi Germany, New Zealand, Polish Armed Forces in the West, USSR, United Kingdom, United States, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, France, Greece, Israel, Katanga, Kingdom of Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Madagascar, Mexico, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, South Vietnam, United Nations, Venezuela, Yugoslavia
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