WWII M3 Medium Tank ( Lee )

M3 Medium Tank (Lee)

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To equal the firepower of the German tanks, the US Army needed a tank with a 75mm gun but their M2 couldn't carry such a heavy weapon. The answer was to mount a 75mm gun with limited traverse on to the right-hand side of a modified M2 hull. A small cast turret with a 37mm gun was located on the top left. In American service the M3 was used principally as a training tank, 6,258 had been produced when production ceased in December 1942 following the arrival of the M4, Many M3s were converted to other uses.

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