tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post6491777348172281451..comments2024-03-28T14:35:30.147-04:00Comments on Tank Archives: Medium Tank M3Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09622237223229485503noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-11089809702195261202017-10-10T12:58:59.421-04:002017-10-10T12:58:59.421-04:00AgreedAgreedDat34https://www.blogger.com/profile/05191197983174208313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-10721817127684419662017-10-10T12:58:29.459-04:002017-10-10T12:58:29.459-04:00The British in North Africa may not have loved the...The British in North Africa may not have loved the *design*, which was very obviously flawed, but they sure loved the thick armor, big gun and especially the engine that consistently worked. Three things that cannot be said of any British-manufactured tank in the desert in 1942. The M3 was the only tank in the desert that could engage German AT guns with HE until the M4 came along. Dat34https://www.blogger.com/profile/05191197983174208313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-73041613411531652062017-10-10T12:55:37.470-04:002017-10-10T12:55:37.470-04:00The US 1st Armord Division had a mix of M4, M4A1 a...The US 1st Armord Division had a mix of M4, M4A1 and M3 tanks in its medium tank companies in North Africa. It *had* been fully equipped with Shermans but some of them had been taken for shipment to the British 8th Army. Dat34https://www.blogger.com/profile/05191197983174208313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-77613522222363566052017-10-10T11:03:47.107-04:002017-10-10T11:03:47.107-04:00Not like the Britishers had anything meaningfully ...Not like the Britishers had anything meaningfully better at the time ofc... or for that matter for pretty much the rest of the war.<br />ʅ ( • ε • ) ʃ<br />Far as I've read about it for their part the Germans and Italians sat up and seriously took notice when these things started turning up in North Africa. The issues stemming from the rather ad hoc layout aside it was a quite powerful tank for the period in question.Kellomieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04915110653443066212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-90238464346725460622017-10-09T00:15:24.796-04:002017-10-09T00:15:24.796-04:00The British weren't overly happy with the desi...The British weren't overly happy with the design of the M3, nor the Canadians. Part of the reason the Ram was developed. The Americans had a large order placed for Rams that the British wanted that would be acquired via lend lease. When M4 production had reached such a stage that they could met the demands for users outside of the US the order was canceled.<br /><br />Around the 1940-1941 period they were still calling it the Canadian M3, and sometimes the M4C. US tested a hull to destruction and had the pilot model shipped to them as well for testing. They compared the cast hull to a cast M3 hull. <br /><br />Ballistic tests of cast armor hulls for medium tanks M3 APG 218-9 <br /><br />"Weight differences between American and Canadian hulls was not too great. Resistance to penetration of test hull was comparable to that of American hull, which was very satisfactory. Since the test hull was thicker and had more high obliquity surfaces, it was considered the test hull would yield greater protection than American design"whelmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09171057315413506371noreply@blogger.com