The M3 Lee is a tower of a tank. Its unusual appearance derives from the desire to add the 75mm gun to it, a mighty weapon that was improvised onto its body on a sponson. By doing so, and with the ...

But the M3’s design was in fact based upon expediency. Entering World War II, the United States fielded only M2A4 and M3 Stuart light tanks and a few dozen M2 medium tank suitable only for training.

The Americans created the M3 Lee. The British demanded that their versions of the M3 were different and thus the M3 Grant was ...

The M3 Lee (called the Grant in the U.K.) was designed to function as the Army's primary medium tank across the entire theater of war until the M4 rolled off assembly lines.

Key Points and Summary – While the U.S. Army has fielded many exceptional tanks, several have been plagued by significant flaws. -The M3 Lee/Grant, a WWII stopgap, was a top contender for the ...

On Aug. 16, Michigan's Military Heritage Museum in Jackson received "Lulubelle" the M3 Lee Tank, as seen in the 1943 Humphrey Bogart film and the 1995 Jim Belushi film "Sahara.” ...

The American M3 was produced in two variants, as the M3 Lee and M3 Grant tanks. Both variants were used by the Allies. The M3 Lee Tank saw action with in North Africa, Sicily and the Pacific.