[beebuster2000]

By all accounts the M3 tank was a bust. a couple thousand were fobbed off on the Brits, but as soon as the Sherman was available, it was pulled.

high silhouette and dysfunctional offset sponson main gun apparently doomed itGuy smoking the Camels looks happy, but who knew back then.

[PAR35]

Number built 6,258

It was a lousy design, and inferior to Russian and German armor. It was better than contemporary British tanks in North Africa, and remained competitive with the Japanese armor it faced later in the war.