The M3 Lee, officially Medium Tank, M3, was an American medium tank used during World War II. The turret was produced in two different forms, one for US needs and one modified to British requirements to place the radio next to the commander.

2014年11月28日 · A Lend-Lease stopgap tank. The Lee/Grant never achieved the fame of the Sherman. This was due to its very roots and the role it played during the war. Born as a replacement for the unsuccessful M2 Medium Tank (1938), which never left the American soil, the M3 was designed and equipped in a rush. When war broke out in Europe in 1939, the USA …

2024年11月19日 · THE M3 Lee tank may not have been the most famous or beloved armoured vehicle of World War II, but it played a critical role during a time when the Allies desperately needed tanks. Developed by the United States in the early years of the war, the M3 Lee was a stopgap solution meant to counter German armor until more advanced designs could be ...

Standing 10 feet tall, equipped with both a 75mm and 37mm, an impressive mass of steel and rivets, the Grant and Lee M3 tank seemed like the definitive answer to Hitler’s raging panzer tanks. And it was—for a whole month. After that, it was universally regarded as a death trap.

A Lend-Lease stopgap tank. If the Lee/Grant never achieved the fame of the Sherman, this was due to its very roots and the role it played during the war. Born as a replacement for the unsuccessful M2 Medium Tank (1938), which never left the American soil, the M3 was designed and equipped in a rush.

2018年8月12日 · During World War II, the M3 Lee was an early American medium tank. It was known by two names, “Lee” and “Grant”. The names were dependent on the turret configuration of the tanks and the crew size.

2016年10月30日 · The M3 was an American WWII-era medium tank that saw action on all fronts of the war, whether as part of the U.S. Army or the USSR, as it was one of the tanks that were part of the lend-and-lease program provided by the American government.

2017年1月23日 · It was the M-3 Grant, an American-made tank sent to the British under Lend-Lease. As Rommel wrote in “The Rommel Papers”, “Up to May of 1942, our tanks had in general been superior in quality...

American medium tank M3 Lee and Grant of World War II. History, development, service, specifications, statistics, pictures and 3D model.

2024年6月23日 · The ungainly M3 Lee/Grant tanks, rushed into service early in WWII, served as crucial stopgaps until the Sherman arrived.