Monday, November 6, 2017

One of my favorites, M3 Lee, not Stuart, Medium tank

The M3 Lee was not one of our best tanks, as a matter of fact, it was hardly a tank, a small 37mm turret gun, and a 75mm mounted in a sponson. Heavily armored and a lot of fire power vs the other tanks in the African war, but she was not that good in all terrains, could not pivot the large gun far without rotating the tank, plus had a high profile and riveted armor.


With a female crew at Aberdeen




One of my reasons for falling in love with this tank was Bogart. In the Movie Sahara. His tank was LuLu Belle, and as he says in the flick as to why it's good for the desert, "It's an M3 Air-cooled job"






The Movie was remade later on, bloodier but still a good movie, with James Belushi.



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