Variants included the British Army's model, the M3 Grant (which Chris Copson describes ... weapon capable of launching "high explosive and armor-piercing shot," Fletcher goes on, "and was quite ...

The M3 Lee (called the Grant in the U.K.) was designed to function ... the U.S. needed something to help support its infantry while opposing enemy armor, so the M3 boasted a 75mm gun capable ...

and its armor was insufficient against German anti-tank weapons. While it served as a stopgap measure, the M3 Lee/Grant was quickly replaced by more effective designs like the M4 Sherman.

The M3 medium tank was an interim tank that addressed a significant armor capability gap in both ... which is used by American forces, and the M3 Grant, which is used by the British.

The M3’s armor provided adequate long-range protection ... superior Sherman tank were replacing the M3 Lee/Grant. Still, Lee tanks served in the 13 th Armored Regiment of the 1 st Armored ...

But armor and lethality don’t tell the whole ... The first American export, the M3 Grant, had a 75-millimeter low-velocity gun mounted in the hull for engaging infantry, and a high-velocity ...

So says tank restorer Carl Brown, who’ll be demonstrating this bullethole-riddled 1941 M3 Grant at the Classic and Sports Car Show in association with Flywheel later this month. The M3 Grant was the ...