This, then, was the tank that the M3 Grant/Lee would have been the first time around, had the Allies had the time and experience to have made it so. The Lee/Grant, and Sherman in context.

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 ...

Before the Sherman, there was the Lee. Rushed into service and armed with two cannons, the M3 Lee/Grant wasn’t perfect—but it held the line when it mattered most.

M3 Lee/Grant (United States) I was hesitant to put the M3 on this list as I am personally quite fond of it, but I think it deserves to be here due to its impractical design.

The genesis of the Grant sprang less from inspiration and more from desperation. In 1939, the U.S. Army had just 400 tanks, mostly M-2 light tanks and a few M-2 mediums, neither of which would ...

As America entered World War II, the U.S. Army utilized the “General Lee” tank, the M3 tank, arguably the functional predecessor to the Sherman tank, which was used for the balance of the war.

At around 4:20 p.m. Lee’s Summit firefighters responded to a fire coming from a large metal barn that stored equipment, horses and other livestock on East 99th Street near South Noland Road.

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 ...

After three years of lobbying and grant applications, Lee County Airport will be fueling more than piston-engined aircraft. New jet fuel tank gets public debut at Lee County air/car show ...

TOWN OF ULSTER, N.Y. — The Town Board will seek a grant that covers most of the estimated $1.81 million cost to replace the smaller of the two Water District’s tanks. Under a resolution ...

The Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky (TANK) is set to receive a $3.1 million grant from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to purchase new low-emission buses powered by hybrid electricity.

The genesis of the Grant sprang less from inspiration and more from desperation. In 1939, the U.S. Army had just 400 tanks, mostly M-2 light tanks and a few M-2 mediums, neither of which would ...