Surviving M2 Medium, M3 Lee and M3 Grant tanks Last update : January 16th, 2010

Listed here are the M2 Medium, M3 Lee and M3 Grant tanks that still exist today.

Chris Neel, April 2007 - http://the.shadock.free.fr/aberdeen/index3.html

M2 Medium tank with M2A1 turret – Aberdeen U.S. Army Ordnance Museum, MD (USA)

Serial Number 2 (USA AFVs register)

Roger Davis, June 2007 - http://www.com-central.net/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=7077&start=15

M2A1 Medium tank – Patton Museum, Fort Knox, KY (USA)

"Bukvoevd", 2005 - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:M3-Lee-latrun-2.jpg

M3 Lee – Yad la-Shiryon Museum, Latrun (Israel)

“B737NG”, April 2009 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/lexich_76/3479620234/in/set-72157617290866869/

M3 Lee – Kubinka Tank Museum (Russia)

Doug Kibbey, August 2007 - http://www.com-central.net/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=7585&start=30

M3A1 Lee “Lu Lu Bell” – Aberdeen U.S. Army Ordnance Museum, MD (USA)

Serial Number 1962 (USA AFVs register)

Roger Davis, May 2009 - http://www.cdsg.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=260

M3A5 Lee – Aberdeen U.S. Army Ordnance Museum storage yard, MD (USA)

Serial Number 1355 (USA AFVs register)

Neil Baumgardner, July 2006 - http://www.com-central.net/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=4414

M3 Lee – Newark, DE (USA)

Serial Number 2. This tank seems to be the oldest M3 Lee still existing (USA AFVs register)

“Jebigler200” - http://news.webshots.com/album/551072867uaqWXb

M3 Lee – Virginia Museum of Military Vehicles, Nokesville, VA (USA)

Joe DeMarco, June 2006 - http://www.toadmanstankpictures.com/m3a4.htm

M3A4 Lee – Virginia Museum of Military Vehicles, Nokesville, VA (USA)

Gary Binder, May 2009 - http://picasaweb.google.com/gebinder01/ShermanTypesAtPattonMuseum52009#

M3A3 Lee “Kentucky” – Patton Museum, Fort Knox, KY (USA)

http://www.gordon.army.mil/pao/signal/Issues/2005/2005_09/0902%20Signal%20online.pdf

M3 (M3A4?) Lee wreck – Fort Gordon, Augusta, GA (USA)

http://www.com-central.net/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=4414&start=15

M3 Lee/Grant – U.S. Army Center for Military History Storage Facility, Anniston, AL (USA)

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

M3 Lee – 4th Infantry Division museum, Fort Hood, TX (USA)

Serial Number 4428 (to confirm). This tank is a late production vehicle (without side doors) with the low-profile, Far East-style cupola (Mark Neukom)

“Roy A. Lingle”, October 2009 - http://www.com-central.net/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=11712

M3 Lee – Fort Bliss Museum, Fort Bliss, TX (USA)

Serial Number 4559. This tank was previously displayed at Baumholder, Germany (“Roy A. Lingle”)

Chris Hugues, September 2006 - http://www.toadmanstankpictures.com/lee.htm

M3 Lee – Jacques Littlefield Collection, Portola, CA (USA)

Serial Number 4540 (USA AFVs register). This tank is also a late production vehicle (without side doors)

“mrclarke”, July 2007 - http://www.pbase.com/mrclark/image/63376645

M3 Lee – Canadian War Museum, Ottawa (Canada)

Serial Number 3714 (Canada AFVs register)

Alfredo André Tassara - http://www.defesanet.com.br/history/m-3.htm

M3A3 Lee – 13º Regimento de Cavalaria Mecanizado, Pirassununga (Brazil)

Gustavo Caetano - http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=53483

M3A5 Lee – Monument in Juis de Fora (Brazil)

Hélio Higuchi - http://www.defesanet.com.br/history/m-3.htm

M3A3 Lee – Praça do Ex-Combatente, São Gonçalo (Brazil)

André Claudio V. C. de Mendonça, May 2007 - http://www.pbase.com/andremendonca/museucondedelinhares

M3A3 Lee – Museu Militar Conde de Linhares, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Helio Higuchi - http://www.defesanet.com.br/zz/hist_m-3_1.htm

M3A5 Lee – Parque Regional de Manutenção da 1ª Região Militar, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Helio Higuchi - http://www.defesanet.com.br/zz/hist_m-3_1.htm

M3A5 Lee – Escola de Material Bélico, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

“alexj1975”, December 2007 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexj1975/2455643977/in/set-72157604820222986/

M3A3 Lee – Academia Militar de Agulhas Negras (AMAN), Resende (Brazil)

“Jeffro” - http://www.1jma.dk/Pics/Jeffrotanks1.htm

M3 Lee – Royal Australian Armoured Corps Tank Museum Puckapunyal, VIC (Australia)

Mike Grebler - http://www.pbase.com/kiml/mgruss

Mike Grebler - http://www.pbase.com/kiml/mgruss

Mike Grebler - http://www.pbase.com/kiml/mgruss

Mike Grebler - http://www.pbase.com/kiml/mgruss

Four M3 Lee tanks – on the seabed near Sambro Island (Canada)

The ship “Kolkhosnik” sank on January 16, 1942. Heading for Halifax to join a convoy, she struck an unknown object near Sambro Island and soon sank. Her crew took to lifeboats and all safely reached the Sambro lighthouse. The cause was first thought to be a

torpedo, but no German submarines reported an attack and none were recorded in the area. More likely she was off course and struck one of the ledges aground Sambro. Her wreck was salvaged after the war. Today it attracts divers and underwater photographers,

especially for the M3 Lee tanks carried as deck cargo (Marine Heritage database)

”f0rbe5”, April 2009 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/67307569@N00/3728905893/in/set-72157617097696996/

M3 Grant – Bovington Tank Museum (UK)

“Nelson”, April 2007 - http://users.boardnation.com/~tommy_atkins_society/index.php?board=6;action=display;threadid=969

M3 Grant “Monty” – Imperial War Museum, London (UK)

This tank was Field Marshal Montgomery's command 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-tanktanks/

M3 Grant – Rex & Ron Cadman Collection (UK) – running condition

This tank is in running condition, despite its target range wreck look

Paul Hermans, February 2005 - http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:M3Grant.jpg

M3 Grant – Royal Museum of the Armed Forces, Brussels (Belgium)

"Bukvoevd", 2005 - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:M3-Grant-latrun-1.jpg

M3 Grant – Yad la-Shiryon Museum, Latrun (Israel)

“BumBum” - http://www.afrika-korps.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=347&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=30

M3 Grant – El-Alamein War Museum (Egypt)

This tank, like the most of the vehicles on display in this museum, was undoubtly recovered from the battlefield, because of the numerous hits on the hull and driving train (Mark Neukom)

Tej Kogekar, 2005 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulEi046NXBY

M3 Grant – Armoured Corps Museum, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra (India)

Chris Madison, December 2006 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/cmadison/327318113/

M3 Grant – Monument in Pune, Maharashtra (India)

http://picasaweb.google.com/ayepee99/TripToNorthEastIndia28Sep09Oct2009Volume4#5396923636403423282

M3 Grant – Monument in Kohima, Nagaland (India)

“patilraosaheb”, June 2009 - http://picasaweb.google.com/patilraosaheb/NagarTankMuseum#

M3 Grant CDL - Canal Defence Light

Armoured Corps Museum, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra (India) This tank carries a long-barrel M3 75mm gun

“Venik”, June 2003 - http://www.aeronautics.ru/archive/armored_vehicles/museums/aberdeen/jun_2003/page_04.htm

M3 Grant Mk I – Aberdeen U.S. Army Ordnance Museum, MD (USA)

Serial Number 1054. This tank is indeed an M3 Lee with a Grant turret (USA AFVs register)

“Jebigler200” - http://news.webshots.com/album/551072867uaqWXb

M3 Grant – Virginia Museum of Military Vehicles, Nokesville, VA (USA) This tank was part of the Budge Collection (UK) before the collection was scattered

Chris Hugues, January 2006 - http://www.toadmanstankpictures.com/grant.htm

M3A5 Grant Mk IX – Jacques Littlefield Collection, Portola, CA (USA)

Leife Hulbert, 2006 - http://www.ammssydney.com/content/CntArtGen_PH_MTM_AFV.html

M3A3 Grant – Melbourne Tank Museum, VIC (Australia)

This tank carries a long-barrel M3 75mm gun (Mark Neukom)

Bonhams & Goodman, 2006 - http://www.ammssydney.com/content/CntArtGen_PH_MTM_AFV.html

M3A5 Grant – Melbourne Tank Museum, VIC (Australia)

These two tanks were sold on an auction in late 2006 to a unknown collectors. There was no engine in both tanks at that moment

“Jeffro” - http://www.1jma.dk/Pics/Jeffrotanks1.htm

M3 Grant – Royal Australian Armoured Corps Tank Museum

Puckapunyal, VIC (Australia) This Grant has the Australian-produced final drive shield fitted (Mark Neukom)

Terry Ashley - http://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/reference/armour/m3grant/m3grant.htm

M3 Grant – Army Museum of Western Australia in Artillery Barracks

Fremantle (Australia)

“Dean”, May 2009 - http://picasaweb.google.com/dean.stalker/EmuGullyLandAndAirSpectacular#5338596277202484130

M3 Grant – Peter Ray (private owner, Nanango, Queensland, Australia)

The turret, the main gun barrel and the side doors are all reproductions

http://www.angelfire.com/pq2/armour/Puckapunyal/grant_dozer/index.html

M3 Grant Dozer – RAAC Tank Museum Puckapunyal, VIC (Australia)

“Bukvoed”, January 2007 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Puckapunyal-M3-BARV-2.jpg

M3 BARV – Royal Australian Armoured Corps Tank Museum

Puckapunyal, VIC (Australia) A single M3A5 Grant 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

M3 Lee partial hull – Old Benicia Arsenal, CA (USA)

The tank hull was used to destroy old ammunition (“geologyjohn”)

“Rod Diery”, June 2006 - http://www.mapleleafup.org/forums/showthread.php?t=6407

Two M3 Grant hulls – Nungarin, WA (Australia)

“Rod Diery”, June 2006 - http://www.mapleleafup.org/forums/showthread.php?t=6407

M3 Grant – Private collection, somewhere in Western Australia

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170296462851

M3 Grant hull – Private owner, Brisbane, QLD (Australia)

This hull was for sale on Ebay in 2009

“landrovermick”, December 2007 - http://www.aulro.com/afvb/remlr-discoveries/47497-matilda-grant-south-oz-somewhere.html

“landrovermick”, December 2007 - http://www.aulro.com/afvb/remlr-discoveries/47497-matilda-grant-south-oz-somewhere.html

Two M3 Grant hulls – Murrayville, VIC (Australia)

http://www.oldcmp.net/Cav_Grants.html#Anchor-47857

http://www.oldcmp.net/Cav_Grants.html#Anchor-47857

Two M3 Grant hulls – Private collection, somewhere in Western Victoria (Australia)

Keith Webb - http://oldcmp.net/Fry_tracked.html

Keith Webb - http://oldcmp.net/Fry_tracked.html

Keith Webb - http://oldcmp.net/Fry_tracked.html

Three M3 Grant – Ron Fry (Private owner, Australia)

http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/06-week/

M3 Grant – Private collection (Australia) – running condition

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/

Vis-mod M3 Grant hull – Private collection (Australia) – running condition

This M4A3 reproduction was used for the 2005 film “The Great Raid”. The hull was used to build a Sherman M4A3 reproduction, because M3 Grant hulls are easy to find in Australia, and it was too expensive to rent a real M4A3 to make the film (AFV News forum)

“Colin” - http://www.livesteammodels.co.uk/dhmg/grant01.html

Vis-mod M3 Grant hull – Private collection, somewhere in NSW (Australia)

The chassis has a mixed matched set of tracks, left being the rubber block type and the right being the later all steel Grouser type (“Colin”)

I’m looking for photos of those tanks :

M3 Lee chassis – Fort Gordon, Augusta, GA (USA) M3 Grant – Yanks Air Museum, Chino, CA (USA)

any M3 Lee or Grant that I forgot….

This document is a compilation of photos published on the web. I would like to thank especially Rafał Białęcki, who deserved the most of the job on this document, and also the people who took these photos and put them on their websites, or sent them to me,

and those who helped me doing these lists (particularly people of the AFV News Discussion Board). For any question, you can email me at soldat_ryan@hotmail.com

Main page : http://the.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_Panzers.html