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Originally Posted by CharlieC
The length of the guns looks a bit strange - the hull 75mm seems too long and the turret 37mm too short.
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Probably not the most obvious photo angle for showing a Lee with the longer 75, but here one is,
https://tankandafvnews.com/2016/12/2...from-a-m3-lee/
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US Sgt. Hiram E. Prouty (20344717) of US 175th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division dressed as Santa Claus arriving on a late production M3 tank (W-3,028,835) “Buccaneer” at Camp Perham Down, Wiltshire, England. December 1942
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If you can find one and have a few dollars floating around loose, R. P. Hunnicutt's 1978, nearly 600 page, book, Sherman: A History of the American Medium, has a thorough look at the M3 Lee/Grant.
It went through an evolution as did its 'offspring' the M4 Sherman.