See Inside The M3 Grant | Tank Chats Reloaded
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Published 2023-06-30
Thank you to Cuneo Trust & Kohima Museum for permission to use 'The Battle of Kohima, April 1944'
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00:00 | Intro
00:34 | Development
05:40 | See Inside
14:33 | Conclusion
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All Comments (21)
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We hope you enjoyed this weeks video - which tank would you like to see inside next?
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The commanders memoir was so amazingly funny that i can't take it off my mind that it came off from a Monty Python bit, perfection!
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The Lee/Grant was the P-40 Warhawk of tanks. It was adequate to the immediate task at hand and it was available in sufficient numbers to do the job.
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As a native of Pittsburgh, I'm very happy to see one of "our" tanks has been preserved in such great fashion.
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That commander's tale is hilarious and terrifying at the same time!
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I am 81, and the first tank movie I remember starred Bogart. It was in North Africa, and the tank was a Grant. As a child, I was very impressed with the Grant, and, of course, Bogart and his crew were very heroic. I have always had a special liking for that tank because of the movie. I'm glad it really did have some good points for its time.
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In the Australian Armor Museum they are presently rebuilding a Grant also, and a hopefully, coming functioning Tiger!!!
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Worth popping over to Australian Arms and Artillery YouTube channel with todays offering of a Grant Restoration.
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These stop gap tanks played a decisive role in the 'Battle of the Admin Box' in Burma late on in 1944 - my grandfather fought the Japanese there.
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Battle of kohima was just plain crazy. I'd always wondered how the m3 ended up where it lies now as there's no path to its present position. It still sits there as a silent sentinel.
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The Lee/Grant was basically an enlarged and improved version of the French Char 1B's configuration, which is, and was, universally praised. The Char 1B's sponson-mounted 75mm had zero side traverse, and its turret held only one man, the overworked commander.
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The M3 doesn't get the credit it deserves. For a short time it was one of the better tanks available. It had flaws yes but it was a reliable machine and had a good gun. It was a bit silly with its different turrets on top and the side mounted 75. But it got the job done till the far superior M4 arrived.
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Lees crewed by the 25th Dragoons played a decisive role at the Battle of the Admin Box in the Arakan campaign in February 1944.
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After a naturally nervous start. Chris is well spoken, has a calm cadence when delivering. And is easy to listen to. Keep it up Chris 😎👍
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Unsung hero of WWII, far as I'm concerned.
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As a total Avalon Hill geek starting in the mid '70s, I can tell you that the M3/Lee/Grant was the queen of the desert in their "Tobruk" board game. Despite it's impracticality is one of my favorite tanks. It was Steampunk before Steampunk.
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This is my favorite tank of WW2, love to see it get covered! It's such a weird tank, but that's what makes it so cool.
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I’ve always loved the Grant, since I watched “Sahara” with the great Humphrey Bogart when I was a boy.
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I'm always fascinated by the fact that people understand that M3 Lee/Grant is a mdeium tank, but at the same time don't get that infantry tank like Churchill and battle tank like B1bis are ALSO medium tanks with specialization in their respective roles. It's not ONLY weight and armor that make tank heavy.
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Always one of my favorite tanks, along with the Stuart, & Sherman! I've lived in the Pittsburgh, Pa. area my whole life, no doubt, our steel mills contributed mightily to the war effort!
