![]() ![]() True, the dimensions remained approximately the same. ![]() The tank inherited the undercarriage, lower part of the hull and the gun of its predecessor, however, they abandoned the stubborn design with a gun in the fuselage of the hull and stuffed it into the turret. We decided (not unreasonably) that using the components and assemblies of the "Lee" tank would be a good idea - so the development started February 1, 941, the prototype appeared on September 2 of the same year. ![]() The M3 "Lee" tank, developed in an emergency, was considered obsolete in design already at the development stage, therefore there were already requirements for a tank that would replace it. History of creation (briefly, no seriously, very briefly):īy the beginning of the Second World War, the United States came up without a single adequate model of a medium or heavy tank in production and in service, there was only a handful of "medium" "tanks" M2. US main medium tank period of the Second World War, well, or almost the main tank in general, because they sawed a bunch of modifications for different tasks and I decided to unearth this whole pile in the name of the Satan of mankind. In the first part, about the main modifications made in the USA) In this series of posts, I will talk about the main serial modifications, operation features and the history of the development and use of this overseas unit.
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