The British named the M3 General Stuart upon receipt of the tank under the Lend-Lease program in June of 1941 The tank's ability to shoot & scoot as well as keeping the crew safe from small fire arms fire earned an affectionae nickname of Honey by its operators The British cavalry men liked this tank as it could travel 10 to 20 mph faster than their own or enemy tanks & for its ease of maintenance The M3s were designed to replace the outdated M2s The M3 incorporated a thicker armor lengthened hull & a trailer idler wheel to act as another road wheel to decrease ground pressure & improve weight distribution The M3 turret had three pistol ports & shortened recoil mechanism It was also equipped waith a 37mm M6 gun which was adequate early in the war but by 1942 the German counterparts far surpassed the range of the M3 The narrow width of the M3 could not accommodate a larger gun The M3A1 was fitted with a Westinghouse gyrostabilizer a turret basket & an oil gear hydrolic traverse mechanism but lacked a turret cupola The earlier version of the M3A1 the Stuart III was powered by Continental W-970-9A-7 cylinder radial gas 250 hp engine but by mid 1941 the Stuart IVs came off the production lines with Guiberson T-1020 air cooled radial diesel engine ...

A model construction kit of the most resilient workhorse in the American Armed Forces Detailed off-road vehicle M34 Truck with many surface details Removable tarpaulin Flatbed construction with benches Rubber tyres Detailed chassis Authentic representation of the following versions M34 25t Truck US Army 77th Transportation Company 106th Transportation Battalion La Rochelle France 1957M34 25t Truck Spanish Army Melilla North Africa 1976 Off-Road Vehicle US Army 77th Transportation Company 106th Transportation Battalion La Rochelle France 1957 Off-Road Vehicle US Marine Corps Lebanon 1950&s ...

The M36 was introduced to replace the M10 which only had a 76mm gun The M36 had a 90mm gun with greater armour piercing capability In the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944 it gave it the capability of combating the Tigers & Panthers of the Wehrmacht The M36 with its new turret was placed on converted M10A1 hulls The M36B2 used the same turret but was placed on the M4A2 hulls which had a diesel engine They both had a long service life particularly in other nations services ...

The M36 tank destroyer formally 90 mm Gun Motor Carriage M36 was an American tank destroyer used during World War II The M36 combined the hull of the M10 tank destroyer which used the M4 Sherman's reliable chassis & drivetrain combined with sloped armour Conceived in 1943 the M36 first served in combat in Europe in October 1944 where it partially replaced the M10 tank destroyer However when coming up against the heaviest tanks of the Wermarcht at the end of that year the need for 90 mm gunned tank destroyers became urgent & during October&8211; December 1944 187 conversions of standard Medium Tank M4A3 hulls were produced by Grand Blanc Arsenal These vehicles designated M36B1 were rushed to the European Theater of Operations & used in combat alongside standard M36s ...

The M40 GMC self-propelled gun carries the nickname Long Tom due to its long 155mm gun barrel It was used during the last days of World War II & in the Korean War EUR Used in World War II & the Korean War EUR Matchbox tooling ...

A model construction kit of a US Army Light Armoured Howitzer during the Second World War
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Everybody&8217;s welcome at Ma&8217;s But good luck getting home safe Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer stars as Sue Ann a loner who keeps to herself in her quiet Ohio town One day she is asked by Maggie a new teenager in town (Diana Silvers Glass) to buy some booze for her & her friends & Sue Ann sees the chance to make some unsuspecting if younger friends of her own She offers the kids the chance to avoid drinking & driving by hanging out in the basement of her home But there are some house rules One of the kids has to stay sober Don&8217;t curse Never go upstairs & call her &8220; Ma” But as Ma&8217;s hospitality starts to curdle into obsession what began as a teenage dream turns into a terrorizing nightmare & Ma&8217;s place goes from the best place in town to the worst place on earth Actors Octavia Spencer Diana Silvers Juliette Lewis Mc Kaley Miller Corey Fogelmanis Directors Tate Taylor Format PALLanguage English Subtitles Arabic Danish Dutch Finnish French Dubbed French Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Aspect Ratio Unknown Number of discs 1 ...

A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR A DAILY MAIL BOOK OF THE YEAR An original memorable & substantial achievement' TLS A masterpiece' Mail on Sunday I honked so loudly the man sitting next to me dropped his sandwich' Observer She made John Lennon blush & Marlon Brando clam up She cold-shouldered Princess Diana & humiliated Elizabeth Taylor Andy Warhol photographed her Jack Nicholson offered her cocaine Gore Vidal revered her John Fowles hoped to keep her as his sex-slave Dudley Moore propositioned her Francis Bacon heckled her Peter Sellers was in love with her For Pablo Picasso she was the object of sexual fantasy " If they knew what I had done in my dreams with your royal ladies" he confided to a friend "they would take me to the Tower of London & chop off my head!" Princess Margaret aroused passion & indignation in equal measures To her friends she was witty & regal To her enemies she was rude & demanding In her 1950's heyday she was seen as one of the most glamorous & desirable women in the world By the time of her death she had come to personify disappointment One friend said he had never known an unhappier woman The tale of Princess Margaret is pantomime as tragedy & tragedy as pantomime It is Cinderella in reverse hope dashed happiness mislaid life mishandled Combining interviews parodies dreams parallel lives diaries announcements lists catalogues & essays Ma'am Darling is a kaleidoscopic experiment in biography & a witty meditation on fame & art snobbery & deference bohemia & high society Brown has been our best parodist & satirist for decades now Ma'am Darling is as you would expect very funny; also full of quirky facts & genial footnotes Brown has managed to ingest huge numbers of royal books & documents without losing either his judgment or his sanity He adores the spectacle of human vanity' Julian Barnes Guardian ...

Aged thirteen Martha is rescued by the courts from the clutches of her evil stepfather Jackser & her feckless mother Sally After numerous arrests for shoplifting a judge rules that she is to be sent to a convent school with the instruction that she is to get an education Her initial relief at escaping the abuse & neglect she suffered at home is however short-lived as she soon realises that there are many forms of cruelty in this life As she says ' You can have a full belly but your heart can be very empty' Ostracised by the other children for being a 'street kid' & put to back-breaking work by the nuns she leads a lonely existence her only joy coming from the books she devours & her mischievous sense of humour Desperate for love & a little place where she feels she belongs despite all that she has suffered Martha retains her compassion for others & still continues to hope for a brighter future when she will be free to make her own way in life ...

After a failed suicide attempt & recovery in the mad house Martha is heading for France to be reunited with the one true love of her life Father Ralph Fitzgerald rescued her from the streets when she was sixteen & was the first person to show Martha true love & affection But their relationship threatened his vocation & he eventually fled to Africa to take up missionary work Martha never got over losing him & now after nearly twenty years he has made contact again She sets off on a mission to find him & uncover his motives for getting in touch Does he still love her? Has he left the priesthood? Is he now free to marry her? She needs to know what the future is going to hold ...