M3 Medium Tank: The Lee and Grant Tanks in World War II War Throughout he draws on a

Throughout he draws on a vast range of memoirs and personal interviews with survivors to give a vivid sense of what it was like to encounter enemy combatants and civilians face to face

German & British tank crew

Aside from new tactical aspects Carbine Fortress also served as the proving ground for new military technology

In January 1944

Montgomery's Eighth Army

M3 Medium Tank: The Lee and Grant Tanks in World War II War Throughout he draws on aBy David Doyle The M3 Lee was America's first mass produced combat tank. Its unusual configuration of hull mounted 75 mm gun and turret mounted 37 mm cannon was a result of the rush to get the vehicle in production following Nazi Germany's rapid advances in Europe. Following heavy British tank losses in France, the Commonwealth turned to the US to bolster their tank stocks, and the M3 was adapted, through the use of a different turret style, to fill