The M3 Lee is a tower of a tank. Its unusual appearance derives from the desire to add the 75mm gun to it, a mighty weapon that was improvised onto its body on a sponson.

But the M3’s design was in fact based upon expediency. Entering World War II, the United States fielded only M2A4 and M3 Stuart light tanks and a few dozen M2 medium tank suitable only for training.

The M3 Lee (called the Grant in the U.K.) was designed to function as the Army's primary medium tank across the entire theater of war until the M4 rolled off assembly lines.

By the time U.S. forces landed in French North Africa, superior Sherman tank were replacing the M3 Lee/Grant. Still, Lee tanks served in the 13 th Armored Regiment of the 1 st Armored Division ...

This video explores the differences between the M3 Lee and the M3 Grant tanks, examining the reasons for the British demand for changes and why they couldn't use the M3 as designed. It presents ...

The M3 Lee medium tank was more successful. It was unique in that it had two main armaments: a 37 mm gun in a turret on the top and a 75 mm gun mounted in the hull.

The M3 Lee tank model took Jim three years to make, about half of which was spent on "thinking time," during which he went as far as examining stills of the film in order to get the number of ...

This included almost 300 T1E4 light tanks during the interwar years and the early World War II-era M2A1 medium tank. The arsenal also aided in the overhaul, assembly, and production of M3 Lee ...

On Aug. 16, Michigan's Military Heritage Museum in Jackson received "Lulubelle" the M3 Lee Tank, as seen in the 1943 Humphrey Bogart film and the 1995 Jim Belushi film "Sahara.” ...

Michigan's Military Heritage Museum, 311 N. Wisner St. in Jackson, has received a wooden replica of "Lulubelle," which was an M3 Lee Tank that was featured in the 1943 action war film Sahara.