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irish ike, SASS #43615 Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 How thin was the armor on the Grant? A lot of small holes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted July 13 Author Share Posted July 13 2 hours ago, irish ike, SASS #43615 said: How thin was the armor on the Grant? A lot of small holes. Doesn't matter how many pits there are, what matters is how many went through. I'm guessing that not many of those "small holes" went through, or even caused spalling. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M3_Lee Manufacturer Detroit Tank Arsenal American Locomotive Company Pullman Standard Pressed Steel Car Company Baldwin Locomotive Works Unit cost $55,250[1] Produced August 1941 – December 1942 No. built 6,258 Variants See Variants Specifications Mass 30 short tons (27 long tons; 27 t) Length 18 ft 6 in (5.64 m) Width 8 ft 11 in (2.72 m) Height 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) – Lee Crew Seven (Lee); Six (Grant) Armor 51 mm (2.0 in) hull front, turret front, sides, and rear 38 mm (1.5 in) (hull sides and rear)[2] Main armament 1 × 75 mm Gun M2/M3 in hull 46 rounds 1 × 37mm Gun M5/M6 in turret 178 rounds Secondary armament 2–3–4 × .30-06 Browning M1919A4 machine guns 9,200 rounds Engine Wright-Continental R975 EC2 400 hp (300 kW)/340 hp (250 kW) Transmission Mack Synchromesh, five speeds forward, one reverse Suspension vertical volute spring Ground clearance 18 in (0.46 m) Fuel capacity 664 L (175 US gal) Operational range 120 mi (193 km) Maximum speed 26 mph (42 km/h) (road) 16 mph (26 km/h) (off-road) Steering system Controlled differential 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 Tanks! You're velcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redleg Reilly, SASS #46372 Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 German shells would hit the Grant and shear off the bolt heads. The bolt bodies would then ricochet around the inside of the tank. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 That particular M3 Grant was used as a range target to test the effectiveness of German anti-tank rifles. https://armourersbench.com/2022/07/31/a-look-inside-a-heavily-damaged-m3-grant/ Quote The tank was salvaged from Pirbright Ranges in Surrey in 2003 and restored mechanically but its external damage is going to be retained as a visual display of its history as a range target. According to the tank’s owner the M3 was used to test captured German Panzerfaust and Panzershreks and has approximately 100 10mm diameter holes from Panzershreks and nearly 400 12-13mm diameter wholes from Panzerfausts fired at the tank. There also appears to be larger holes, perhaps some HESH round damage and lots of small arms strikes or spalling marks. Quote With the tank on display I couldn’t resist getting some video of it, the surreal sight of light coming through both sides of the tank’s hull becomes sobering when you consider that Allied tanks faced the weapons which made the holes, in actual combat. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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