4x4s.org NAMED MODEL · 1941–45
NAMED MODELUnited States

M3A1 Scout Car under Lend-Lease.

Of 11,401 M3A1s allocated to Lend-Lease, 6,987 went to the British Commonwealth, 3,310 to the Soviet Union and 104 to the Chinese Nationalist Army.

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Sources & evidence
BASE VEHICLEM3A1 Scout Car (1939–44)BUILT BYWhite Motor Company, ClevelandIN SERVICE1941–45OPERATED INUnited Kingdom, Russia, ChinaPRODUCTION11,401 allocatedLAYOUT4 wheels

The record

Free Belgian, Free French, Czechoslovak and Polish forces took more. The scout car went everywhere the programme did, which is why it survives in such numbers.

Specification

MANUFACTURED1941–45
ENGINEHercules JXD six-cylinder petrol, 110 hpHercules JXD
PRODUCTION RUN11,401 allocated
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited States
OPERATED INUnited Kingdom, Russia, China, France, Poland
STATUSout of service
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEScout car
FAMILYScout car
WHEELS4
BODY STYLEopen

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

Variants & colours

Base model variants

Factory colours

  • Olive Drab

Codes on hover. Hex values are representative approximations of period paint unless a source states a measured value.

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Sources

  1. 1M3 Scout Car ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-23SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-23 · status: researched