The M3 Light Tank, unsurprisingly, was a light tank, also dubbed the Stuart. This model was finished in the United States in 1940 and first saw combat the next year.

While the U.S. Army has fielded many exceptional tanks, several have been plagued by significant flaws. -The M3 Lee/Grant, a ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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.

M3 General Grant tanks nearing completion at the newly-built Chrysler Tank Arsenal. The Army Ordnance Department always perceived the M3 as an inadequate design, relied upon as a stopgap only.

We also included some tanks that did not see combat and some prototypes to give the full picture of what U.S. tanks were capable of in the World War II era. The M3 Stuart was one of the fastest ...

One of the first tanks produced in the Detroit Arsenal facility was the M3 Grant, which was used by the United States, Great Britain, and Australia during the early years of World War II ...

While Fiat was busy turning out trucks and planes for Mussolini’s military, Chrysler was building M3 Grant tanks, ... owing to the gun’s complexity. By the end of World War II, ...