Mexican M3A1 and M5A1 Light Tanks

Purchased in 1943, this was a 4 man light tank. Mexican M3A1 and M5A1 light tanks, 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. These relics were used in combat as recently as 1994! O_o Mexico has since updated their armor divisions to an extent. But they still lack any actual "tanks". Instead operating wheeled AFVs.
Purchased in 1943, this was a 4 man light tank. Mexican M3A1 and M5A1 light tanks, 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. These relics were used in combat as recently as 1994! O_o Mexico has since updated their armor divisions to an extent. But they still lack any actual "tanks". Instead operating wheeled AFVs.