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Old 09-30-2011, 03:57 PM
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Yes, the Sherman name, IIRC, was actually a suggestion from the British. We did name the M-3, though -- the Grant for the American version and the Lee for the British version. (The Lee had a bigger turret because the British wanted to stuff more radios into some of their M-3s.)
Actually, I thought this was because the American practice was to put radios in the hulls and the British put them in the turret.
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