in 1979–1983. Yugoslav partisans variants Yugoslav partisans received Stuarts from the British Army. In 1945, obsolete as tanks, many were modified to carry specialized armament: M3A1 with 81 mm mortar: 2 built M3A1 and M3A3 with 7.5 cm Pak 40 designated SO-75 M3A3 with four guns Flakvierling 38: 1 built M3A3 with 7.5 cm Pak 50: 5 built M3A3 with 15 cm sIG 33: 1 built designated SO-150 Operators Current operators — 10 in service (5 M3 and 5 M3A1) and 4 in storage in 2014. Former operators — Around 370. — 18 M3A1, last 4 donated by Venezuela for training. — 350 M3A2, M3A3/A5. — Stuart V (M3A3) tanks were widely used in the reconnaissance troop of armoured regiments. In the 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade after the Normandy landings, the establishment for each regiment was 49 Sherman tanks, both 75 mm and 17-pounder, and up to 9 Stuart tanks. — Some captured from the Nationalist Chinese Army during the Chinese Civil War, but primary received from the Soviet Union. — imported from the United States; put into operation around the year 1945. — eight M3A1 and five M5A1. — captured at least three from the Soviets. — M3A1 and M3A3 from the Netherlands. — Operated captured vehicles, for example in the Philippines and at the Battle of Imphal. — The M3A1 was supplied in 1941–42 (89) and some were used in the Pacific. They were withdrawn in 1953–55. — four M3A1 were used by the National Guard from the mid-1940s to 1979. — 70 vehicles in service with the Portuguese Army and other 20 with the Republican National Guard from 1956 to 1972. — captured at least five from the Soviets — 210 British M3s received from 1942 to 1944. 44 tanks were received in 1944 through the EDA (Excess Defense Article) program from 1942 – 1945, were in use for training until 1999. — 1,676 M3 series tanks received as part of Lend-Lease, and 5 M5 series tanks. — M3A1 and M3A3, used during and after the war. Surviving examples The Ontario Regiment Museum has an operational M3 Stuart. Indonesian Army retains one M3A1 Stuart in operational condition used for historical theater show. In the media The 1941 US military propaganda short film The Tanks Are Coming. features the M3 and its manufacturing process. The 1945 Mexican film comedy "Un día con el diablo" (A Day with the