The design was a compromise meant to produce a tank as soon as possible. The US Army needed a medium tank armed with a 75mm gun and, coupled with the United Kingdom's immediate demand for 3,650 medium tanks, the Lee began production by late 1940. Grant.ĭesign commenced in July 1940, and the first M3s were operational in late 1941. Lee, while those with British pattern turrets were known as " Grant," named after Union general Ulysses S. In British Commonwealth service, the tank was called by two names: tanks employing US pattern turrets were called " Lee," named after Confederate general Robert E. The turret was produced in two forms, one for US needs and one modified to British requirements to place the radio next to the commander. The M3 Lee, officially Medium Tank, M3, was an American medium tank used during World War II.
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