*T* - Mexican M3A2 Stuart

Hello friends:

Here are some pics of the M3A2 Mexican Versión - Armor in the Mexican Army in the (SEDENA) National Defense Department.







Regards,
Rodolfo

 

Very interesting. Can you tell us any history about Mexico using the Stuart tanks?

 

Thanks. ** Were purchased in 1943 together with the M8 SPG and M8 Greyhounds served with the 12th cavalry regiment in Chiapas, some of these vehicles bore the brunt of the Zapatist-attack in 1994 until reinforcments arrived. The Mexican tanks in Chiapas where posted there not to counter any rebel movment but the refrain Guatamala from staging an invasion. Guatamala and Mexico have an longstanding frontier-dispute over the Chiapas territory.

Regards,
Rodolfo
** Source: Tanks! site.

 

Very interesting. I didn't know there were bad feelings between Mexico and Guatamala. How did this happen?