M3 Lee/Grant, did it serve anywhere besides N. Africa?

[chuckster]

I think the M3 Lee/Grant medium tank is an interesting design. It was intended as a stopgap measure and did indeed fill in the gap until the Sherman arrived. It performed adequately at El Alamein and it could have even performed adequately at Kassarine if the US had handled it properly. And I know many were sent to the Pacific or given to the Russians (who didn't think much of it, they called it the Coffin for Six Brothers). Is there any record of the M3 being used anywhere else in Europe as a combat tank rather than as a special engineering type vehicle etc?

[dima]

Kursk. 192 TBr. had 31 M3.

[Ngati Tumatauenga]

Burma and India.

[FallenAngel]

I'm gonna say negative on that. The M3 was withdrawn from front line service in the ETO in April 1943.

However, as you noted, it did serve in a support role in the ETO.

[Para]

It did sterling work out in Burma, even though it had been out classed in Europe, the Japs had nothing to touch it

[Minardiau]

Australia looked at it. But decided to build our own cruiser/MBT.

We did copy a few ideas though. Mainly in the suspension.

[baboon6]

Actually the Australian cruisers were never produced in numbers and a whole lot of Lee/Grants were supplied to the Australian Army instead. They never saw action (those RAAC units which did being equipped with Matildas and Stuarts) and were replaced by Centurions in the early 1950s.

[SamHamam]

It did sterling work out in Burma, even though it had been out classed in Europe, the Japs had nothing to touch it

Including IIRC a vital role at Kohima

[Kaplanr]

But the chassis and suspension lived on in the M7 Priest.

[Echo300]

http://www.totalmodel.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=20000&Main=19279 (You may have to get the cache of this)

[CPL Trevoga]

http://www.wf.weltkrieg.ru/black/vf43/foto/259s.jpg