Surviving M2 Medium, M3 Lee and M3 Grant tanks - Qattara
Surviving M2 Medium, M3 Lee and M3 Grant tanks - Qattara
Surviving M2 Medium, M3 Lee and M3 Grant tanks - Qattara
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<strong>Surviving</strong> <strong>M2</strong> <strong>Medium</strong>, <strong>M3</strong> <strong>Lee</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>M3</strong> <strong>Grant</strong> <strong>tanks</strong><br />
Last update : January 16 th , 2010<br />
Listed here are the <strong>M2</strong> <strong>Medium</strong>, <strong>M3</strong> <strong>Lee</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>M3</strong> <strong>Grant</strong> <strong>tanks</strong> that still exist today.<br />
Chris Neel, April 2007 - http://the.shadock.free.fr/aberdeen/index3.html<br />
<strong>M2</strong> <strong>Medium</strong> tank with <strong>M2</strong>A1 turret – Aberdeen U.S. Army Ordnance Museum, MD (USA)<br />
Serial Number 2 (USA AFVs register)<br />
Roger Davis, June 2007 - http://www.com-central.net/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=7077&start=15<br />
<strong>M2</strong>A1 <strong>Medium</strong> tank – Patton Museum, Fort Knox, KY (USA)
"Bukvoevd", 2005 - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:<strong>M3</strong>-<strong>Lee</strong>-latrun-2.jpg<br />
<strong>M3</strong> <strong>Lee</strong> – Yad la-Shiryon Museum, Latrun (Israel)<br />
“B737NG”, April 2009 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/lexich_76/3479620234/in/set-72157617290866869/<br />
<strong>M3</strong> <strong>Lee</strong> – Kubinka Tank Museum (Russia)
Doug Kibbey, August 2007 - http://www.com-central.net/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=7585&start=30<br />
<strong>M3</strong>A1 <strong>Lee</strong> “Lu Lu Bell” – Aberdeen U.S. Army Ordnance Museum, MD (USA)<br />
Serial Number 1962 (USA AFVs register)<br />
Roger Davis, May 2009 - http://www.cdsg.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=260<br />
<strong>M3</strong>A5 <strong>Lee</strong> – Aberdeen U.S. Army Ordnance Museum storage yard, MD (USA)<br />
Serial Number 1355 (USA AFVs register)
Neil Baumgardner, July 2006 - http://www.com-central.net/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=4414<br />
<strong>M3</strong> <strong>Lee</strong> – Newark, DE (USA)<br />
Serial Number 2. This tank seems to be the oldest <strong>M3</strong> <strong>Lee</strong> still existing (USA AFVs register)<br />
“Jebigler200” - http://news.webshots.com/album/551072867uaqWXb<br />
<strong>M3</strong> <strong>Lee</strong> – Virginia Museum of Military Vehicles, Nokesville, VA (USA)
Joe DeMarco, June 2006 - http://www.toadmanstankpictures.com/m3a4.htm<br />
<strong>M3</strong>A4 <strong>Lee</strong> – Virginia Museum of Military Vehicles, Nokesville, VA (USA)<br />
Gary Binder, May 2009 - http://picasaweb.google.com/gebinder01/ShermanTypesAtPattonMuseum52009#<br />
<strong>M3</strong>A3 <strong>Lee</strong> “Kentucky” – Patton Museum, Fort Knox, KY (USA)
http://www.gordon.army.mil/pao/signal/Issues/2005/2005_09/0902%20Signal%20online.pdf<br />
<strong>M3</strong> (<strong>M3</strong>A4?) <strong>Lee</strong> wreck – Fort Gordon, Augusta, GA (USA)<br />
http://www.com-central.net/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=4414&start=15<br />
<strong>M3</strong> <strong>Lee</strong>/<strong>Grant</strong> – U.S. Army Center for Military History Storage Facility, Anniston, AL (USA)<br />
Serial Number 727 (Sherman Register), the turret is missing on this tank
Chris Neel - http://www.com-central.net/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=4414<br />
<strong>M3</strong> <strong>Lee</strong> – 4th Infantry Division museum, Fort Hood, TX (USA)<br />
Serial Number 4428 (to confirm). This tank is a late production vehicle (without side doors) with the low-profile, Far East-style cupola<br />
(Mark Neukom)<br />
“Roy A. Lingle”, October 2009 - http://www.com-central.net/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=11712<br />
<strong>M3</strong> <strong>Lee</strong> – Fort Bliss Museum, Fort Bliss, TX (USA)<br />
Serial Number 4559. This tank was previously displayed at Baumholder, Germany (“Roy A. Lingle”)
Chris Hugues, September 2006 - http://www.toadmanstankpictures.com/lee.htm<br />
<strong>M3</strong> <strong>Lee</strong> – Jacques Littlefield Collection, Portola, CA (USA)<br />
Serial Number 4540 (USA AFVs register). This tank is also a late production vehicle (without side doors)<br />
“mrclarke”, July 2007 - http://www.pbase.com/mrclark/image/63376645<br />
<strong>M3</strong> <strong>Lee</strong> – Canadian War Museum, Ottawa (Canada)<br />
Serial Number 3714 (Canada AFVs register)
Alfredo André Tassara - http://www.defesanet.com.br/history/m-3.htm<br />
<strong>M3</strong>A3 <strong>Lee</strong> – 13º Regimento de Cavalaria Mecanizado, Pirassununga (Brazil)<br />
Gustavo Caetano - http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=53483<br />
<strong>M3</strong>A5 <strong>Lee</strong> – Monument in Juis de Fora (Brazil)
Hélio Higuchi - http://www.defesanet.com.br/history/m-3.htm<br />
<strong>M3</strong>A3 <strong>Lee</strong> – Praça do Ex-Combatente, São Gonçalo (Brazil)<br />
André Claudio V. C. de Mendonça, May 2007 - http://www.pbase.com/<strong>and</strong>remendonca/museucondedelinhares<br />
<strong>M3</strong>A3 <strong>Lee</strong> – Museu Militar Conde de Linhares, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Helio Higuchi - http://www.defesanet.com.br/zz/hist_m-3_1.htm<br />
<strong>M3</strong>A5 <strong>Lee</strong> – Parque Regional de Manutenção da 1ª Região Militar, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)<br />
Helio Higuchi - http://www.defesanet.com.br/zz/hist_m-3_1.htm<br />
<strong>M3</strong>A5 <strong>Lee</strong> – Escola de Material Bélico, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
“alexj1975”, December 2007 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexj1975/2455643977/in/set-72157604820222986/<br />
<strong>M3</strong>A3 <strong>Lee</strong> – Academia Militar de Agulhas Negras (AMAN), Resende (Brazil)<br />
“Jeffro” - http://www.1jma.dk/Pics/Jeffro<strong>tanks</strong>1.htm<br />
<strong>M3</strong> <strong>Lee</strong> – Royal Australian Armoured Corps Tank Museum Puckapunyal, VIC (Australia)
Mike Grebler - http://www.pbase.com/kiml/mgruss<br />
Mike Grebler - http://www.pbase.com/kiml/mgruss
Mike Grebler - http://www.pbase.com/kiml/mgruss<br />
Mike Grebler - http://www.pbase.com/kiml/mgruss<br />
Four <strong>M3</strong> <strong>Lee</strong> <strong>tanks</strong> – on the seabed near Sambro Isl<strong>and</strong> (Canada)<br />
The ship “Kolkhosnik” sank on January 16, 1942. Heading for Halifax to join a convoy, she struck an unknown object near Sambro<br />
Isl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> soon sank. Her crew took to lifeboats <strong>and</strong> all safely reached the Sambro lighthouse. The cause was first thought to be a<br />
torpedo, but no German submarines reported an attack <strong>and</strong> none were recorded in the area. More likely she was off course <strong>and</strong> struck<br />
one of the ledges aground Sambro. Her wreck was salvaged after the war. Today it attracts divers <strong>and</strong> underwater photographers,<br />
especially for the <strong>M3</strong> <strong>Lee</strong> <strong>tanks</strong> carried as deck cargo (Marine Heritage database)
”f0rbe5”, April 2009 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/67307569@N00/3728905893/in/set-72157617097696996/<br />
<strong>M3</strong> <strong>Grant</strong> – Bovington Tank Museum (UK)<br />
“Nelson”, April 2007 - http://users.boardnation.com/~tommy_atkins_society/index.php?board=6;action=display;threadid=969<br />
<strong>M3</strong> <strong>Grant</strong> “Monty” – Imperial War Museum, London (UK)<br />
This tank was Field Marshal Montgomery's comm<strong>and</strong> tank. The guns (or at least the main 75mm in the hull) are fake
“Rikdom”, July 2006 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikdom/182805055/in/pool-tank<strong>tanks</strong>/<br />
<strong>M3</strong> <strong>Grant</strong> – Rex & Ron Cadman Collection (UK) – running condition<br />
This tank is in running condition, despite its target range wreck look<br />
Paul Hermans, February 2005 - http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:<strong>M3</strong><strong>Grant</strong>.jpg<br />
<strong>M3</strong> <strong>Grant</strong> – Royal Museum of the Armed Forces, Brussels (Belgium)
"Bukvoevd", 2005 - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:<strong>M3</strong>-<strong>Grant</strong>-latrun-1.jpg<br />
<strong>M3</strong> <strong>Grant</strong> – Yad la-Shiryon Museum, Latrun (Israel)<br />
“BumBum” - http://www.afrika-korps.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=347&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=30<br />
<strong>M3</strong> <strong>Grant</strong> – El-Alamein War Museum (Egypt)<br />
This tank, like the most of the vehicles on display in this museum, was undoubtly recovered from the battlefield, because of the<br />
numerous hits on the hull <strong>and</strong> driving train (Mark Neukom)
Tej Kogekar, 2005 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulEi046NXBY<br />
<strong>M3</strong> <strong>Grant</strong> – Armoured Corps Museum, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra (India)<br />
Chris Madison, December 2006 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/cmadison/327318113/<br />
<strong>M3</strong> <strong>Grant</strong> – Monument in Pune, Maharashtra (India)
http://picasaweb.google.com/ayepee99/TripToNorthEastIndia28Sep09Oct2009Volume4#5396923636403423282<br />
<strong>M3</strong> <strong>Grant</strong> – Monument in Kohima, Nagal<strong>and</strong> (India)<br />
“patilraosaheb”, June 2009 - http://picasaweb.google.com/patilraosaheb/NagarTankMuseum#<br />
<strong>M3</strong> <strong>Grant</strong> CDL - Canal Defence Light<br />
Armoured Corps Museum, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra (India)<br />
This tank carries a long-barrel <strong>M3</strong> 75mm gun
“Venik”, June 2003 - http://www.aeronautics.ru/archive/armored_vehicles/museums/aberdeen/jun_2003/page_04.htm<br />
<strong>M3</strong> <strong>Grant</strong> Mk I – Aberdeen U.S. Army Ordnance Museum, MD (USA)<br />
Serial Number 1054. This tank is indeed an <strong>M3</strong> <strong>Lee</strong> with a <strong>Grant</strong> turret (USA AFVs register)<br />
“Jebigler200” - http://news.webshots.com/album/551072867uaqWXb<br />
<strong>M3</strong> <strong>Grant</strong> – Virginia Museum of Military Vehicles, Nokesville, VA (USA)<br />
This tank was part of the Budge Collection (UK) before the collection was scattered
Chris Hugues, January 2006 - http://www.toadmanstankpictures.com/grant.htm<br />
<strong>M3</strong>A5 <strong>Grant</strong> Mk IX – Jacques Littlefield Collection, Portola, CA (USA)<br />
Leife Hulbert, 2006 - http://www.ammssydney.com/content/CntArtGen_PH_MTM_AFV.html<br />
<strong>M3</strong>A3 <strong>Grant</strong> – Melbourne Tank Museum, VIC (Australia)<br />
This tank carries a long-barrel <strong>M3</strong> 75mm gun (Mark Neukom)
Bonhams & Goodman, 2006 - http://www.ammssydney.com/content/CntArtGen_PH_MTM_AFV.html<br />
<strong>M3</strong>A5 <strong>Grant</strong> – Melbourne Tank Museum, VIC (Australia)<br />
These two <strong>tanks</strong> were sold on an auction in late 2006 to a unknown collectors. There was no engine in both <strong>tanks</strong> at that moment<br />
“Jeffro” - http://www.1jma.dk/Pics/Jeffro<strong>tanks</strong>1.htm<br />
<strong>M3</strong> <strong>Grant</strong> – Royal Australian Armoured Corps Tank Museum<br />
Puckapunyal, VIC (Australia)<br />
This <strong>Grant</strong> has the Australian-produced final drive shield fitted (Mark Neukom)
Terry Ashley - http://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/reference/armour/m3grant/m3grant.htm<br />
<strong>M3</strong> <strong>Grant</strong> – Army Museum of Western Australia in Artillery Barracks<br />
Fremantle (Australia)<br />
“Dean”, May 2009 - http://picasaweb.google.com/dean.stalker/EmuGullyL<strong>and</strong>AndAirSpectacular#5338596277202484130<br />
<strong>M3</strong> <strong>Grant</strong> – Peter Ray (private owner, Nanango, Queensl<strong>and</strong>, Australia)<br />
The turret, the main gun barrel <strong>and</strong> the side doors are all reproductions
http://www.angelfire.com/pq2/armour/Puckapunyal/grant_dozer/index.html<br />
<strong>M3</strong> <strong>Grant</strong> Dozer – RAAC Tank Museum Puckapunyal, VIC (Australia)<br />
“Bukvoed”, January 2007 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Puckapunyal-<strong>M3</strong>-BARV-2.jpg<br />
<strong>M3</strong> BARV – Royal Australian Armoured Corps Tank Museum<br />
Puckapunyal, VIC (Australia)<br />
A single <strong>M3</strong>A5 <strong>Grant</strong> tank was converted into a BARV in 1950 by the Australian Army. This remained in service until 1970 (Wikipedia)
“geologyjohn”, 2007 - http://g503.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=82&t=93742<br />
<strong>M3</strong> <strong>Lee</strong> partial hull – Old Benicia Arsenal, CA (USA)<br />
The tank hull was used to destroy old ammunition (“geologyjohn”)<br />
“Rod Diery”, June 2006 - http://www.mapleleafup.org/forums/showthread.php?t=6407<br />
Two <strong>M3</strong> <strong>Grant</strong> hulls – Nungarin, WA (Australia)
“Rod Diery”, June 2006 - http://www.mapleleafup.org/forums/showthread.php?t=6407<br />
<strong>M3</strong> <strong>Grant</strong> – Private collection, somewhere in Western Australia<br />
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170296462851<br />
<strong>M3</strong> <strong>Grant</strong> hull – Private owner, Brisbane, QLD (Australia)<br />
This hull was for sale on Ebay in 2009
“l<strong>and</strong>rovermick”, December 2007 - http://www.aulro.com/afvb/remlr-discoveries/47497-matilda-grant-south-oz-somewhere.html<br />
“l<strong>and</strong>rovermick”, December 2007 - http://www.aulro.com/afvb/remlr-discoveries/47497-matilda-grant-south-oz-somewhere.html<br />
Two <strong>M3</strong> <strong>Grant</strong> hulls – Murrayville, VIC (Australia)
http://www.oldcmp.net/Cav_<strong>Grant</strong>s.html#Anchor-47857<br />
http://www.oldcmp.net/Cav_<strong>Grant</strong>s.html#Anchor-47857<br />
Two <strong>M3</strong> <strong>Grant</strong> hulls – Private collection, somewhere in Western Victoria (Australia)
Keith Webb - http://oldcmp.net/Fry_tracked.html<br />
Keith Webb - http://oldcmp.net/Fry_tracked.html
Three <strong>M3</strong> <strong>Grant</strong> – Ron Fry (Private owner, Australia)<br />
Keith Webb - http://oldcmp.net/Fry_tracked.html<br />
http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/06-week/<br />
<strong>M3</strong> <strong>Grant</strong> – Private collection (Australia) – running condition<br />
The owner of this tank is reported to own the turret too
“bparo2003”, March 2009 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/bparo2003/3337782456/in/set-72157614958804038/<br />
Vis-mod <strong>M3</strong> <strong>Grant</strong> hull – Private collection (Australia) – running condition<br />
This M4A3 reproduction was used for the 2005 film “The Great Raid”. The hull was used to build a Sherman M4A3 reproduction,<br />
because <strong>M3</strong> <strong>Grant</strong> hulls are easy to find in Australia, <strong>and</strong> it was too expensive to rent a real M4A3 to make the film (AFV News forum)<br />
“Colin” - http://www.livesteammodels.co.uk/dhmg/grant01.html<br />
Vis-mod <strong>M3</strong> <strong>Grant</strong> hull – Private collection, somewhere in NSW (Australia)<br />
The chassis has a mixed matched set of tracks, left being the rubber block type <strong>and</strong> the right being the later<br />
all steel Grouser type (“Colin”)
<strong>M3</strong> <strong>Lee</strong> chassis – Fort Gordon, Augusta, GA (USA)<br />
<strong>M3</strong> <strong>Grant</strong> – Yanks Air Museum, Chino, CA (USA)<br />
any <strong>M3</strong> <strong>Lee</strong> or <strong>Grant</strong> that I forgot….<br />
I’m looking for photos of those <strong>tanks</strong> :<br />
This document is a compilation of photos published on the web. I would like to thank<br />
especially Rafał Białęcki, who deserved the most of the job on this document, <strong>and</strong> also<br />
the people who took these photos <strong>and</strong> put them on their websites, or sent them to me,<br />
<strong>and</strong> those who helped me doing these lists (particularly people of the AFV News<br />
Discussion Board). For any question, you can email me at soldat_ryan@hotmail.com<br />
Main page : http://the.shadock.free.fr/<strong>Surviving</strong>_Panzers.html
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