Lee/Grant

Type: Medium tank Nationality: USA
The Lee/Grant (the nickname were of British origin. The official US designation being "Medium Tank M3") is the first US medium tank to be used in operation since World War I.
Having no experience of a revolving turret with a 7.5 cm gun mounted inside, the Americans prefered to mount the main gun of their new Medium Tank in a sponson in the hull. In the above turret, there was only a 3.7 cm gun. That was, with the excessive height, the main weakness of this machine.
The first Grants to see action were those delivered to Great Britain and engaged against Rommel at Gazala in May of 1942. They were a nasty surprise for the chief of the Afrikakorps and they put him in a dire situation for several days.
The Grant took part in the campaign in North Africa until the end and were then transfered to less demanding areas, like Asia-Pacific, or were employed for second line tasks or training. The Sherman, with its main weapon mounted on a fully revolving turret, was clearly superior to the Lee/Grant.

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Users: USA, Australia, USSR, Great Britain

Built on this design:

Grant I
Grant II
Lee I
Lee II
Lee III
Lee V
Lee VI
M-12
M-31
Priest

M-12

Type: Self propelled gun Nationality: USA
Mounting of a 15.5 cm gun upon a Lee/Grant hull. Mechnical problems held up the operational deploiement until 1944 and only 75 saw active service.

GeneralWeight (combat ready): N/A

Armor & Weapons155mm How.

PropulsionPower: N/A

ProductionProduction: 100 units
From: 1942
To: 1943

(*) on road

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Users: USA

M-31

Type: Recovery tank Nationality: USA
Recovery version of the Lee/Grant. They were all reconverted from existing but phased out tanks (the different variants indicated the type of the orignal tank, Lee I for the M-31, Lee IV for the M-31 B1 and Grant II for the M-31 B2). The orginal armement was removed and replaced by only one light machine gun. The turret was replace by a wooden fake. The lift capacity was 13.5 tons.
As prototype, the vehicle was name "T2"
Other designation(s): T2
Production: 807 units

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A M-31 towing a Sherman during the war.