To: Onthebrink
2 posted on
02/02/2021 8:58:52 AM PST by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Great looking tank—but a death trap!
To: BenLurkin
For a short time, the M3 was very an able tank while in North Africa. But with anything, in a short time it was outclassed with new upgrades from our adversaries.
There are a few more tanks I would have considered. I think the Brits had a few early tanks that struggled, like a few of the Mk types or Matilda.
To: BenLurkin
The M3 was an attempt to get a 75mm on the battlefield. The 75mm was not really for killing other tanks, but to attack AT guns and infantry with HE shells. The 37mm was the AT gun.
14 posted on
02/02/2021 9:16:52 AM PST by
Little Ray
(The Government is always its own largest and most important Special Interest. .)
To: BenLurkin
Actually, the M3 Grant performed well in an infantry support role for the British in North Africa. It was better than anything else they had, until they got Shermans in quantity, and the equal of the early Panzers.
19 posted on
02/02/2021 9:29:43 AM PST by
jimtorr
To: BenLurkin
Was the Lee tank, not crappy enough?
39 posted on
02/02/2021 3:36:12 PM PST by
Sirius Lee
(They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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