m3 lee/grant

M3中戦車

The Medium Tank M3 was an American tank used during World War II.

The tank is easily identified by its peculiar design, with the main 75mm gun in a casemate sponson on the right side of the hull, and a smaller turret atop the hull mounting a 37mm gun.

The British outfitted some M3 tanks with British-pattern turrets, visually identified by their top turrets looking "flatter" compared to United States models. In accordance with British practice to name their Lend-Lease tanks after generals from the American Civil War, tanks with the taller, American-made turrets were named for Robert E. Lee, while those with the smaller, British-made turrets were named for Ulysses S. Grant.

Appearance

M3 Lee
(Taller, squarish turret)
M3 Grant
(Shorter, rounded turret)

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