The U.S. M3 Lee/Grant Tank: the Twin Gunned General!
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The Americans hurriedly started to develop a tank that would later become the legendary and highly successful M4 Sherman medium tank.
In the meantime, however, both the Americans and the British desperately needed a stop-gap tank to match the current generation of German tanks.
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Credit:
Created by Daniel Turner (B.A. (Hons) in History, University College London)
Script: Conan White
Narrator:
Bryan 'Lazlo' Beauregard
Animation: Maja Djokic
Sources:
M3 & M5 Stuart Light Tank 1940-45 by Steven J. Zaloga
The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II By Chris Bishop
Weapons of the Tankers By Harry Yeide
M3 Lee/Grant Medium Tank 1941-45 By Steven J. Zaloga
They took "were surrounded, good so we can shoot in all direction" to the next level.
Nah. Take a look at T-35 and you will change your mind.
@@papaversomniferum2365 the T35 was unfortunately not as effective as it could have been.
It would have been a better last resort "suzy-slide" retreat weapon.
@@THESLlCK I know, my response was strightly to Kenzie sormin, cause T-35 took "shooting at any direction" at new level, eventho it was failed design.
Laugh in da vinci's tank
Bob semple
This tank is severely underrated, it was a stopgap for Allied forces. While better tanks were being made, this was put into the fight to help fill the number of missing tanks in British and American forces. It wasn’t the greatest, but it didn’t need to be and it did it’s job well
I feel like an idiot. I posted the above comment before I had watched the entire video. So my apologies for my impatience to make a "scholarly comment" (ha ha) before I had finished the dadgum video.
Lee: "It ain't much but it's honest work."
Tbh, the Americans should've shipped all the Shermans to the west while all the Lee's to the Far East. Sure there less than 7,000 Lee's, but that's more than enough to deter Japanese attacks. Plus the Lee's were *a lot* better than whatever the Japanese fielded for their armor.
really wished panzer 3L's with the long 50mm gun would have been standard during the battle of gazala woudlve shredded grants
sometimes what's needed is something good enough the m3 fit that philosophy.
Oh wow, the art has improved MASSIVELY, yet the “simplistic” art feel still remains... Love it
100% agree
First thing I noticed too
@@CBielski87 it was a historical thing. Same way all army helicopters are named after native tribes.
@@chirpyr6219 except native tribes weren't traitors to the US gov
Now we got 3d T U R R E T S
The M3 is a perfect example of the philosophy of "A decent tank in the field is better than a perfect tank on the drawing board".
Shame it wasn't even decent
Someone should’ve told that to Germany
@@michaelchristy5652 Germany had no problem eliminating the M3 Lee
@@michaelchristy5652 Nah fam, we must make it bigger and bigger.
Screw the logistical nightmare it will be for supplying this tank on frontline
@@Weefy. that’s actually, not true.
The M3 75mm gun could knock out Panzer III’s and Panzer IV’s at long ranges, and the tank probably did better than expected for a stop-gap.
Imagine going to your uncle's farm expecting the worst and seeing a M3 being used as a tractor
First reply lol
Sounds like america to me
me : "yo uncle, u got some 37mm armour piercing bullet?"
Bob Semple: Oh hi there M3! Have a seat and come join us in the fields!
Breaking News 2 Australian men shoot each other drunk and in tanks
Tanks made in America, Australian man meets Florida man want to drink and drive tanks on a farm.
The British: "This thing is ugly, impractical, and is doomed failure in all possible ways...
*We'll take your entire stock."*
Considering the British tanks were way fucking worse, well what's left of them anyways, they pretty much had no choice.
@@dapperfield595 The British didn't have anywhere near enough tanks, true, but the ones they did have weren't jokes by any stretch. The Infantry Tank Mk. II for instance, better known as the Matilda/Matilda II, was quite respectable. It wasn't nicknamed "The Queen of the Desert" for nothing.
@@jakekaywell5972 Fair point, some British tanks did stick out during 1941 such as the matildas, valentines, and crusaders. From what I've read, it was more of how the British used these tanks that lead to their early defeats.
@@dapperfield595 That and the theory of tank warfare they were based on. They still had some pretty good ones but more limited than the american designs in some respects.
@@dapperfield595 The BEF was defeated in Europe because they all deployed into Belgium where they were promptly cut off and surrounded. But the Matilda counterattack at Arras shocked the Germans because their antitank guns were useless against Matilda II armor. Rommel had to create an emergency defense with 88 flak guns to turn them back. In 1940 the British using 200 tanks and 36000 troops cut off 138000 Italians and bagged the lot, including 600 inferior Italian AFVs. England's early defeats were caused more by loyalty to reluctant allies than their equipment or tactics. Even a dozen Matildas could probably have saved Malaysia and Singapore.
The grind with this tank to get the M4 is legendary.
Yes
I just used the M10, M22, M24 and the M16
Or just play war thunder
:D :(
Wot or WT
M3 Lee has tier 8 MT DPM and tier 6 alpha. It is actually broken if used properly.
“And if that don’t work...use more gun.”
-Engineer
It's the American Way™️.
Totally agree for that
@@MisterNi, lol
Stolen.
@@CheezyIsEpic, oh. Sorry.
When simple history animators were given additional budget for their animation
The animation improvements were here since the vid about foxholes
@@jaggerfoxland8103l yup, take the example of YARNHUB animation
@@daveslark yes
America: Sent the M3 Lee to Australia
Australia: Finally we can beat the emus
And yet Australia still lost the Third Emu War, even with Australia having armor support.
Yet they were one of the any to realise that initially they were basically frag grenades for the crew.
Australia solved the Emu Problem with Fences Ahn
Fact: 0 Emu was harmed by M3 Lee tank during the Great Emu War ---> They're invincible!
*Emu overrun M3 Lee*
Emu: Just like Gettysburg.
Once again, you have proven that Bob Semple's tank was truly the cutting edge of superior design.
The M2 Medium tank was the United States' answer to the Bob Semple. However, the Bob Semple was still superior due to the highly effective water-cooled Bren light machine gun as well as having corrugated iron armor instead of rivets.
Man the first reply looking kinda sus
@@SergamingPlayz yes. Its spam. Report it and ignore their profiles. They try to send you to some scam site
“In Australia, the tanks were used as tractors...”
Suuuuuuure...
*Australian Farmer:* “THIS’LL TEACH YOU FOR RUINING MY ROOTS, WOMBATS! _FIRE!”_
Emu insurgents are a problem in that area to this day.
Meanwhile in New Zealand, a tractor was used as a tank.
FINALLY THE EMUS WILL PAY
Just some ordinary Aussie
@@tavernburner3066
Emus: can survive multiple bullets
Farmers: *loads 37 + 75mm guns*
"Parry this you f*cking casual"
"Only Lee can have two gun cannon."'
- Sun Tzu
Only T 35 Soviet tank that have 5 gun turret
Or not i dont know
@@Cheesed334 A1E1 Independent too
And the early Churchills had two guns also, a 2pdr and 3inch howitzer iirc
@@aslamnurfikri7640 ok
@@aslamnurfikri7640 KV 6 too
WW2 was the only time when Lee, Grant, Sherman, Stuart fought together.
The amount of MG’s on the M2 is stereotypically American.
How am i gonna stop some Mother-Hubbard german buzzsaw from tearin' me a structurally superfluous new behind? The answer: Use a gun. And if that don't work,
USE MORE GUN
1940-41 Germany, Britain and USSR fielded tanks with 3 or more turrets, see T35.
@@flavivsaetivs5738 Let's do this Texas style, yeeee haaaw!
Ah yes, US CULT OF MACHINEGUNS
Yeah the British were really mad about all of the machine guns. America wanted to add 2 more machine guns to the lee
The Lee tank is missing something
“Where is the general lee horn”
And the dixie flag don't forget the southern dixie flag
Throw in a hussy wearing daisy dukes and we're cookin' with gas!
What a beautiful piece of machinery
Interesting to see you here Wil
Hi fellow Filipino :D
The Soviets referred to it as the Coffin For Seven Brothers
Nah is ugly
@@gerardomartinez8000 ugly maybe. But a fine work horse nonetheless
Now the Animation of Simple history is more Remastered
The animation improvements were here since the vid about foxholes which was 4 weeks ago
@@jaggerfoxland8103l it was with Goose Green, Chapman, John Bobo
General: "What can we do to increase effectiveness of our tanks? Any ideas?"
Soldier: "More gun"
General: "Brilliant"
Americans be like: if one gun isn't enough, just add another one!
Faxs
"use more gun"
-TF2 engineer
Did you know that the American M2 medium tank from right before the war could be mounted with up to 9 machine guns in addition to the main gun?
Edit: Whoops, they kinda mentioned it later in the video.
@@averagedemographic8933 uhh what
until it fires in frong of uou
“Use a gun, if that dont work, use more gun”
- The Engineer
Russian T35 : *Pathetic*
How many guns do you want on your tank?
Americans: yes
if gun does not work, use more gun
Even early M3 Grants had two fixed machine guns
@@aslamnurfikri7640 did they have mounts for anti-aircraft?
@@poikoi1530 no, the fixed MGs are on the hull and aimed by turning the tank
Just like B17
Commander: "enemy tank spotted!"
Gunner: "how many guns?"
Commander: "One in a small turret 37mm"
Gunner: "strange but ok"
Commander: "FIRE!"
Gunner: **fires but misses**
M3: **fires 37mm but also misses**
Commander: "Quick fire before they can relo-"
M3: **fires 75mm**
Everyone in the panzer: **curb your enthusiasm starts playing**
That's not how that usually happened, the top turret was perfect target for germans and that's how many m3 Lee's ended, as a big and easy target for much better tanks
@@Weefy. let me meme
This is a conceptually solid tank. Having a dedicated anti-tank and infantry support guns on their own increases the versatility and firepower hugely. Shame the profile was so tall, however.
Shame was reached when it was brought to USSR in late version when 1)armor wasn't holding anything; 2)they've welded the side doors shut to "improve armor". Result was the infamous "coffin for 7 comrades" which was being penetrated by anything and was borderline impossible to escape from; 3)calling it medium tank so that soviets would use it alongside T-34 where M3 was constantly at disadvantage as tasks laid before it were expected from a superior tank.
It's as if in this case americans had done it on purpose to help kill more soviets(yes, I literary mean it was better not to send M3 to USSR and give it to british, who had different tactical and operational use for it and instead send soviets Valentine's that were used as light infantry tanks instead of obsolete T-26).
@@TheArklyte I did say 'conceptually'. In reality it was overcrewed and underprotected - thus executed poorly
@@TheArklyte It was much better used in North Africa, where the HE shell it fired was useful for destroying deadly AT guns, and in the Pacific, where a truck with metal and a HMG was considered by the Japanese to be armor.
As for M3, you should consider that Churchill tanks were first created as analogues to french Char B1bis and only in 1939 was designed majorly reworked for a more modern version. Then it was passed to Vauxhall and young engineers working on adapting it for production basically saved it by redesigning it further removing several other obsolete WWI features while they were preparing it for production. And even after all that it was still a tank with 40mm cannon in turret and 75mm howitzer in hull, there was also a version with reverse gun arrangements. So even for 1942 M3 wasn't THAT obsolete. It was a compromise, meanwhile brits were producing NEW tank with same drawbacks.
US was actually never worse off then a third place in tank technology arms race. Video forgets to mention that 1)US had a LOT of prototypes and test vehicles build; 2)USSR and Germany had basically used resources other nations dedicated to their navies for land armies instead.
@@TheArklyte nope from the start it was a medium tank according to US spec.the Soviets appreciate every lend lease tanks they got
The M3 Lee's use in africa was partly the downfall of rommel
Yep, most of Rommel's armored strength was PzIII which had issues penetrating a Lee from the front. Also the Grant was the first British tank with a true dual use gun, that 75mm could throw useful AP and powerful HE out of the same barrel. This caused havoc with Rommel's use of emplaced guns, which had been successful for the lack of such weapons. Now instead of waiting for artillery to clear the ground the tannks could just do it.
@@hagamapama You elaborated on that quite nicely, thank you for the compact yet information-filled summary. Kudos sir, I wish you a good evening
Yep! Along with lack of fuel, ammunition, food, water, casualties, loss of intelligence etc. Sure played its part.
Funny thing is, the M2 has way more machine guns than the famous Bob Semple. 9 machine guns, 2 mounted on top for anti air.
But m2 has an canon and wasnt a litterall armored tractor
@King of the Manlets i was talking about m2 medium. M2a2 is an 50 cal variant of the m2a4
@King of the Manlets i see what you mean
But does it have Bren Light Machine Guns? No. Does it have corrugated iron roof armor? No. Does it have a bed for maximum crew comfort? No.
Sorry but the Bob Semple is still superior to the pathetic M2.
@King of the Manlets oh wait messed it up a bit, thanks for correcting lol
Can we just appreciate how far the animation has come along? Been a subscriber for years, and looking back it’s awesome to see their skills increase.
The animation improvements were here since the vid about foxholes which was 4 weeks ago
Ah yes, the mutant sherman
Mutant Ninja Whaaaaa Yaaaa!
A sherman and a Char Bis 1 loved each other very much
Shermans are M4s but this is M3 so this is mutant stuart
@@kirpi9438 but the hull is based from the sherman
@@voyager2230 it's the other way around
the Sherman was based off the Lee
“Chiefly consisting of the panzer 3” is untrue, during the blitzkrieg years, contrary to popular belief, German tank forces mainly consisted of earlier panzer 1s and panzer 2s
I was looking for this comment. Also, in the attack on Poland, Germany used more horses than tanks.
@@conradmcdougall3629 They always used more horses than guns. The German army had hundreds of thousands of horses in every part of the war.
Rommel's forces if I remember correctly is made up of StuGs and PzIIIs, maybe that's what SH is talking about
Grant and Lee in heaven.
Grant: Never would have thought I would fight side by side with a Confederate.
Lee: How about side by side with a friend.
Grant: Aye, I could do that
Lee was well respected by both sides of the war. I'm sure most people would have gladly fought by his side if they had a common enemy.
@@supremecaffeine2633 it's a shame people see him as the American Hitler, dude was pretty rad if only people started doing research on him
@@supremecaffeine2633 they did. Mexican-American war
@@kaedyngraham1860 The American Hitler? Nah. He was worse than Benedict Arnold, though. He betrayed his oath to the Constitution, and took up arms against the United States. Also was brutal to his slaves.
@@kaedyngraham1860 He'd be pretty rad if only he didn't fight for the people with slaves
The other allide tank with a hull mounted 75mm gun with a smaller turret gun was the British Churchill. The space available when that big gun was removed allowed several additions. Flame throwers, radio equipment, two officers, cases of beer. Widened and upgraded, it was called the Black Prince.
"Double the guns, Double the fun"
- M3 Lee
Wow the animation has come along way. It’s crazy how I’ve been watching simple history for almost 5 years now
The animation improvements were here since the vid about foxholes which was 4 weeks ago
I absolutely love how the art style has evolved
The animation improvements were here since the vid about foxholes which was 4 weeks ago
You fail to mention what the Russians called the M3, "A coffin for 7 brothers".
Fun fact: During the Battle of Stalingrad, factories in the city continued to produce tanks. These tanks, unpainted and lacking gunsights, were driven directly from the factory floor to the front line and were often crewed by factory workers.
@@d3vond all or nothing
Desperate times need desperate measures
@@d3vond "THROW THEM EVERYTHING WE GOT!!"
"Wait we stil-"
"EVERYTHING!"
@@Murrel. it's throw everything or nothing
Anyone remember COD Finest Hour? There was a mission where you got to defend a T34 factory in Stalingrad while the workers finished building one. Then you got to play as that same T34 in the very next mission. Best mission, imo.
FINALLY U DID THE LEE
You know what people say when they defeat someone with the M3 Lee? TAKE THE L(ee)
*Badum tssss
Chessy, I know.
@@fennisiaw thank god im not lactose intolerant
Awesome tank and soldier
@@SouthernGentleman e thx thats actually me
Since you mention the Yaramba, you ought've mentioned the M7 Priest which was also a howitzer on an M3 hull.
Also the M3 Lee was know as the ''A grave for Seven Brothers'' in Soviet service. They did not like that tank to much.
In other words, they’d prefer a T-26 or T-70 over the Lee
@@AuroraWolf655 probably yes
@@AuroraWolf655 They did not like them either from what i have read. The tank crew rather would be in a T-34.
M3 medium was in service at Kursk 1943 after it had been withdrawn from frontline service in Europe by US and British forces.
Yeeeeah... but all of Russia and Europe is a grave for Russian brothers. Every house, ditch, road, factory, and hill was a grave for Russian brothers.
You didn't choose your job in the Russian army. You chose a way in which you'd like to die.
I always thought this one Was perfect for clearing out villages and the urban battle ground, being able to defend and attack into three directions at the same time
In Soviet Union, they call this lend-leased tank “coffin for 5 brothers” because of the thin armor
7 not 5
*7 brothers
Oops i guess the soviets lost few brothers on the way to the front hahah! 😂
T-60 armor 7-20 mm
@@nickdanger3802 considering that T-60 is a 2 crewed light tank, it's quite understandable
one of the convoys that where shipping M3´s to the soviets turned them into makeshift turrets for their ships after they got separated from their escort in a storm
i believe you are talking about convoy PQ17.
That convoy was forced to scatter when the tirpitz and multiple other german ship traveled north, seemingly to intercept.
they didnt reached the convoy but many submarines were already waiting in the area.
When the ship scattered to avoid the german warship, they became easy target for the submarines.
During the massacre, there was indeed a case where a cargoship, having fled toward the north had to cross the submarine infested area to reach a russian harbour.
They used the ship crane to lift some sherman tanks on the front deck (to make it have the outline of a destroyer at short to medium range) and used the white paint to improve the camouflage (to make it seem like an iceberg at long range)
Destroyer had asdic, the ancestor of the sonar, they could detect submarine in given directions (early models had only front detection, late models included side detection) but the asdic detection range wasnt great (2km at start, 4km at best) so german submariner tended to stay away from a destroyer to avoid being detected and were reserving their torpedoes for cargoship.
Americans be like: if gun don’t work, use more gun.
"meet the engineer" reference
And use bigger gun.
American engineering
Me: Is this the way?
U.S. M3 Lee/ Grant Tank: *This is the way.*
If you do not know the way spit on him!
M2 medium tank be like:
“Cover it with machine guns”
*Bob Semple furiously scribbling notes*
@@ricojes “WRITE IT DOWN, WRITE IT DOWN”
CULT OF THE MACHINE GUN
Still not enough DAKKA!
@@Joshua_N-A *all machine guns mysteriously point towards you*
The M3 Lee is my favorite tank, thanks for talking about it! And wow, the art is beautiful!
Playing world of tanks be like: "we didn't even scratch them"
Is that a Squire joke?
@@destroyer_fletcher7415 the video is about tanks and is sponsored by world of tanks. And sometimes when playing your shot doesn't penetrate tje enemy tanks armor.
Meanwhile in war Thunder: one shot or nothing
@@rafifafkaralhafizh787 your making a valid point.
@@rafifafkaralhafizh787 yeah it was fun fighting the lees in warthunder
Is it just me, or has Simple History got a budget increase. Either way I very happy to see how far Simple History had gone, may you continue with these amazing videos.
M3 Lee/Grant was a commanding tank that served on North African Campaign and Western Front
That ad was so high quality, you found the last few world of tanks players, respect
Nostalgia when started to playing R.U.S.E.
Lol I love that game.
Those were the glory days mate... The best ones are the first to die...
I still play RUSE IN THE PC ♥️♥️
I know about the Lees existence because of Ruse, same for the most things I know
@@Spencerinio5 Yea me too. I introduced a friend of mine to RUSE and he knew a lot of the tanks because of World of Tanks. It was interesting to hear his opinion on the game.
These animations keep getting better and better, love it man.
What about the Italian M3 Lee? The Carro Armato M11/39? That tank was pretty cool!
I admit the tank is very sexy looking, it only has one main cannon so I wouldn't call it the Italian Lee
Uhh is that a tank destroyer with 37mm cannon plus and turret armed with 2x8mm MG ?
@@SchlueterMan Yeah mostly why i call it the Italian Lee is that it has it's main "big" gun in the hull and the secondary gun in the rotating turret.
@@voyager2230 Italians called it a Medium tank.
@@Mestari1Gaming Yeah I guess that makes sense but I wouldn't consider the MGs as the secondary gun, but hey, it works
Pretty sure the so called "bush tactic" would've been a hilarious failure to see.
When your design is outdated but you send it to the frontlines anyways
In mid 1942 it was the best tank in North Africa in significant numbers.
@@nickdanger3802 not really, it was more like good enough for the situation.
@@nickdanger3802 Weren't the Americans calling it a dated design though lmao
@@micahdadbeh5955 "Up to May of 1942, our tanks had in general been superior in quality to the corresponding British types. This was now no longer true, at least not to the same extent." Rommel page 196 The Rommel Papers Hart
The M3 Lee had a relatively short time before it was outclassed, but it was a very good tank during that period
Ad: "historic battles"
Also ad: *drops maus from cliff on three tanks*
Dropping for more kills at once. Only for the madlads.
Cold weather in the morning plus watching these kinds of videos are so relaxing.
M3 Lee design in a nutshell
Firepower: *yes*
Engine: moderate.
Concealment: no
Armor: what is it again?
The armour is average for a tank of it's time
I somehow knew the sponsorship is gonna be World of Tanks.
Bruh ur profile is japanese army in the 40s and canadian flag is nothing like that.
Yeah ikr
@@NoelRyan01 Atleast both of them only have white and red coloured flags
I was actually thinking it would be war thunder
Therapist: Mark Sherman IV isn't real he can't hurt you.
Mark Sherman IV: *Exists**
Russians called it "Coffin for 7 siblings"
@@Dylan-vj9yl bruh that’s Bc they all died
T-60 armor 7-20 mm
Coffin for seven brothers
@@nickdanger3802 T-60 is a two man pre ww2 light tank
you can't compare it to a 7 man mid WW2 medium tank
Personally, the m3 Lee grant was a tank that, although it had some defects, was effective in the African campaign against Africa
Against Africa?
Against the Italians and Germans*
Make a video about the Forest Brothers, that would be nice
"The British were very underwhelmed"
Also the British: *Independent, TOG I and II, Matilda I*
Simple history is the best channel in my opinion
Wow, you can really see the difference in quality compared to the older videos. The animation looks sooo good
Really like the new tank sprites. The animations definitely improved aswell, good job!
The animation improvements were here since the vid about foxholes which was 4 weeks ago
"Could not dig in a defence position"
Girls und panzer ep 11: pathetic
Pathetic indeed
37mm. Loader: Butterfly
@@Momo_Kawashima hey momo chan
@@announcerspeakerboxbfdi4966 don't call me Momo-chan
Rabbit team
I wish I could ignore that 37mm turret having an extra barrel down there........ugh
Actually, that isn't a barrel. That's a weight that's screwed onto the gun, and is vital for a stabilization system fitted to it. That being said, 99% of the lee and grants discarded this weight because A. literally nobody was taught how to properly use the stabilizers, as it was concidered too important and secret to risk it falling into enemy hands, and B. without the benefit of the stabilizers, the extra weight made vertical traverse take longer.
This is also what the thing on the end of (some) of the pictures of the M3 is- this is a weight that was fitted to the 75mm M2 cannon for the same purpose of stabilization. Again, usually removed because no info on how to use it, and slower traverse. Some M3s were equipped with the 75mm M3 (seen on the Sherman), which could operate with the stabilizer without an extra weight, as it was better balanced than the 75mm M2 or the 37mm M6.
....Basically a long way of saying, that is techically a correct detail, just one that is VERY RARE to see.
(also you can probably see all this info on stabilizers in the Chiefain's videos- I know the M2 75mm is mentioned in the grant video, I don't remember if the weight for the M6 is mentioned in that video or in one of the other videos involving that cannon)
4:08 German tank commander: "FIRE!...How did you miss?!"
American tank commander: "They missed, Now's out chance!... how did you miss?!"
When you hear two shoot explosion sound nearby :
Current objective : Survive
I love that the art improved. Much more detail while still keeping that "Simple history" style.
4:08 How you guys miss that shot! It's just a 10-15 metre, Think Gunner! THINK!!
Probably an ex-bomber gunner from War Thunder.
The animation quality has improved and the tank models look quite nice! Nice job simple history!
The animation improvements were here since the vid about foxholes which was 4 weeks ago
@@jaggerfoxland8103l huh, I guess I didn’t notice, I’m just really impressed by the tank models which are a vast improvement over the ones I’ve watched in the past.
Stalin's perspective of a T-35
Joseph Stalin: Did you engineers just put a department store inside of a tank???
Engineers: Yup, that is capitalist style...
Joseph Stalin: That is Gulag for you!!!
Stalin's perspective of a M3 Lee
Joseph Stalin: It is Beautiful!!!
Engineers: Uhm...it is a capitalist tank...
Joseph Stalin: We don't care!!! It is wonderful like a department store inside of a tank!!!
Stalin=Capitalist
lol
I get that it's a joke, but the Russians really didn't like the M3
@@file4130 Yeah I know. The Soviets only liked the big space inside the tank and never like the 75mm cannon and armor. However, Stalin did appreciated almost every U.S tank that came in to the USSR by lend lease since they were in a desperate situation.
@@sunnybang4575 the big space is something they didn't like because it gave the tank have a massive sillouette
Pretty much the only thing they liked about it was the reliable
@@file4130 every tank crew appreciate space
5:44
You know…
There’s this book series called “among the hidden”, and in the second book there’s this person the main character is posing as named “lee Grant”.
It’s also a great book series too
Germany in 1944: “Let’s build a huge tank to stop the allies”
Soviets in 1944: “We don’t need to upgrade anything, just throw it in large waves”
Japanese in 1944: “We have no good tanks :(“
Americans in 1944: “MORE GUNS BABY!”
1:18
If you guys compare this scene to Simple History's "Invasion of Poland" video.. The difference is so huge! Good job simple history! Your animations are improving at a quick rate!
Fun fact: The Russians' nickname for the Lee was "The Coffin for Seven Brothers", due to their obsolete design and poor performance by the time they were lend-leased.
That’s really dark, but yet again most of the eastern front was horrific so it only makes sense
@@thegreatrobin2329 It also makes sense because the M3 Lee was garbage
It is a stop gap design with old philosophy of American tank design. It performed well, for a stop gap. The Eastern plains made this tank's performance lower because of the anti tank guns of Germany, especially when it's in flat plains.
I compared some of your older videos to your newer ones, and the difference is amazing! You did so much work and we can tell, keep going and good job!
Did you see the the foxhole vid that's where animation improvements started
Am I the only one who finds it ironic that the two tanks combined were Lee and Grant? Two famous generals who were fighting each other in the US Civil War
Wow this episode was so good I had to watch it twice cuz I couldn’t get enough of simple history’s story telling and animations
The animation improvements were here since the vid about foxholes which was 4 weeks ago
@@jaggerfoxland8103l true
I find this ironic because the video is sponsored by world of tanks but in a world of tanks you can’t even shoot both of the Guns
Correction sorry you can’t even shoot both of the M3 Lee’s guns
"But the gun's in a fixed spot! What if we miss and they flank left?"
"Easy, don't fckn miss."
I’ve got to admit the tank is just mmmmm perfectly overpowered
What game?
Or are you talking about real life
5:52 the irony it hurts
37 takes out the gun
75 does the rest
It is interesting how evolutionary was US medium tank program in the ww2, from humble M2 medium, thru M3 stopgap to M4 mass produced and modernised beyond even WW2 with Israeli "Super Shermans" seving well into 1970s.
We needed this tank in BFV
Legend has it this tank was so impressive, General Lee himself had high regards for it.
A Panzer is not a type of tank its just tank in German.
You guys forget about the M3 Priest conversion. 105mm Howitzer centrally mounted on an M3 medium chassis. Open top, usually with an M2 mounted on the roof in a ring. Also the troop transport version made by the Brits and the Aussies.
The amount of guns on this tank are so American , my sandwich turned into a burger .
0:27 "Feel like a real tank commander"
0:50
The M7 Priest as well as the Sexton I and II were heavily based on the chassis, incorporating its suspension, drive train and lower hull with the upper works changing as and when required. I believe the Australians also converted some into troop transports.
my day was immediately ruined upon seeing world of tanks
“Double gun, double fun”
-M3 Lee
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@@nigelmarvin1387 who asked you?
The M3 also had a starring role opposite no less than the immortal Humphrey Bogart in Columbia Pictures' "Sahara" (1943).