At the Armourgeddon tank museum, a fully restored M3 Lee is driven for the first time in 25 years, ending a long rebuild with a moment the team has waited years to see. From its World War Two service ...
Land combat in World War II was dominated by the tank. The role of these hefty vehicles changed somewhat as the war evolved, with new models being manufactured and their weapons and defenses evolving.
With the Sexton project complete, work begins on the rare M3 Lee, marking the start of a major restoration effort to return this historic vehicle to working condition.
Key point: While the M3 is generally described as an unwieldy and ultimately unsuccessful design, it provided effective service in 1942 through early 1943 The M3 medium tank, largely overshadowed by ...
The United States fielded thousands of tanks during World War II, and while most people know of the M4 Sherman, another tank preceded it. The M3 Lee (called the Grant in the U.K.) was designed to ...