M3 Lee / Grant
Medium Tank, M3
Technical Information

Background
The M3 Lee, officially Medium Tank, M3, was a U.S. Army medium tank produced during 1941–1942 and used by the U.S. Army, British, Commonwealth and Russia during World War II. The U.S. pattern turret was known as the M3 Lee named after Civil War Confederate General Robert E. Lee. The M3 with the British pattern turret were known as M3 Grant named after Civil War Union general Ulysses S. Grant.

Australian Army
A total of 777 surplus from British ordered M3 medium tanks including three variants: Lee (M3), Grant I (M3 and M3A2) and Grant II (M3A3 and M3A5) were shipped to Australia for use by the Australian Army, Australian Armoured Corps.

Production
A total of 6,258 were built between August 1941–December 1942

Technical Details
Crew  6 (British/Commonwealth Grant) or 7 (US Army Lee)
Armor  51 mm hull front, turret front, sides and rear, 38 mm hull sides and rear
Maximum Speed  26 mph (road), 16 mph (off-road)
Main Turret  75mm gun M2/M3 in hull with 46 rounds, 37mm gun M5/M6 in turret with 178 rounds
Secondary Armament  2-4 Browning .30 caliber M1919A4 machine guns with 9,200 rounds