Oh, hey! We have a new pair of tanks today, not as heavy as the previous pair, though. Check the description of each tank below and don't forget to tell us which model you like and why.
Panzer III Ausf. J
Panzer III Ausf J. is the most common version of Panzer III which saw fighting in Russia and North Africa. It was equipped with a short-barreled 50mm gun. The tank fared well in fighting against British Crusader cruiser and US-supplied M3 Stuart light tanks. However, this model was less effective against heavily armored Matilda II tanks. The production stopped in 1942.
M3 Lee
M3 Lee is an American medium tank named after Confederate general Robert E Lee. The main weapon – a larger caliber, medium-velocity 75 mm gun – was in an offset sponson mounted in the hull with limited traverse. The sponson mount was necessary because, at the time, American tank plants did not have the design experience necessary to make a gun turret capable of holding a 75 mm weapon. A small turret with a lighter, high-velocity 37 mm gun sat on top of the tall hull. Also, there were two Browning machine guns mounted in the hull. M3 Lee saw fighting in North Africa where it brought much-needed firepower to British forces and on the Eastern front, used by the Red Army. Its overall performance was not satisfactory, and the tank was withdrawn from combat in most theaters as soon as the M4 Sherman tank became available in larger numbers. In spite of this, the design was considered to be superior to the best German tank at the time of its introduction, the Panzer IV, until the F variant.
