 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Pakazosvika 1942, M3 GMCs yaishandiswa nemauto ekuparadza matangi muNorth Africa Campaign, imwe neimwe yaive ne36 M3s uye ina 37 mm M6 GMCs. M3 GMCs, iyo yakagadzirirwa kurwisa matangi, yakaratidza kuti haina kukwana pabasa iri muhondo dzeSidi Bou Ziduye Kasserine Pass, zvikurukuru nemhaka yenzira dzakaipa. Kunyange zvakadaro, M3 yakazoshandiswa muHondo yeEl Guettar nekubudirira, ichiti matangi makumi matatu echiGerman, kusanganisira zvingangoita matangi maviri eTiger, pamutengo wemakumi maviri nemaviri eM3. Vamwe M3s zvakare akaona basa iri Allied nechisimba kweSisiri Operation Husky, asi panguva iyoyo, M10 chombo anoparadza akanga atora nzvimbo muU.S. Army. Nhamba yose ye1 360 M3 GMCs yakashandurwa zvakare kuva M3A1 hafu-tracks. 