An M3 Lee/Grant tank with riveted hull. The vehicle has been painted in a two tone camouflage ...

Accession Number P05457.017
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unidentified
Place made Australia: Victoria, Bandiana
Date made c 1942 - 1947
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

An M3 Lee/Grant tank with riveted hull. The vehicle has been painted in a two tone camouflage scheme and is armed with a 75 mm gun fitted into a starboard side sponson and a 37 mm gun fitted into a turret on top of the hull. During the Second World War, the Australian army used hundreds of M3 tanks for training purposes.

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