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.

In 1940, the US Army faced challenges as Germany showcased the effectiveness of armored warfare. In response, the design ...

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.

Meet The M3 Lee/Grant Tank. The M3 Lee/Grant tank was a “stopgap” tank designed to aid the US and its British allies in North Africa until the M4 Shermans began rolling off the assembly lines.

Thus, the M3 Lee arose as a stop-gap solution. It mounted a 75-millimeter M2 gun in a swiveling sponson on one side of an expanded M2 medium tank hull, ...

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.

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.

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.” ...