M3 Lee
Tier IV Medium Tank USA

M3 Lee

Tank ID 3105

Vehicle description

Wargaming Tankopedia

A WWII-era U.S. medium tank. The vehicle was named after the Confederate General of the U.S. Civil War, R. Lee. Also, widely recognized under its U.K. designation, M3 Grant, named after the General of the federal troops U. Grant. M3 was created in 1940 on the basis of the M2 tank, and saw mass production from June 1941 through December 1942. A total of 6,258 M3 tanks of various modifications were produced.

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Technical profile

Standard configuration

Hit points

475

Weight

27.9 t

Forward speed

38 km/h

Reverse speed

16 km/h

View range

320 m

Signal range

265 m

Armour

Front Sides Rear
Hull 51 38 38
Turret

Engine: Wright R-975EC2 · 400 hp

Radio: SCR 200

Armament

Standard gun and ammunition

75 mm Gun M2

Calibre 75 mm
Reload time 3.6 s
Aiming time 1.8 s
Dispersion 0.47
Rate of fire 16.67 /min
Ammo capacity 75

Shell types

AP · armour-piercing Damage 83 / 110 / 138

Penetration 68 / 90 / 113 mm

APCR · composite rigid Damage 83 / 110 / 138

Penetration 94 / 125 / 156 mm

HE · high explosive Damage 131 / 175 / 219

Penetration 29 / 38 / 48 mm

Marks of Excellence

Damage thresholds

Combined Damage (Damage + Assist + Tracking)

Combined damage
1 Mark ≥ 65 %
594
2 Marks ≥ 85 %
864
3 Marks ≥ 95 %
1,116

Approximation based on WN8 expected values — not an official Wargaming figure.

WN8 Expected Values

XVM reference

XVM Expected Values for WN8 calculation (per battle)

Per battle (avg.)
Avg. damage 360
Avg. spotted 0.84
Avg. kills 1.04
Avg. defence 1.08
Exp. win rate 55.22 %

Community stats

Measured, not estimated

Average across every profile stored on WG-Watch — real battles instead of expected values.

Win rate

49.33 %

Avg. WN8

781

Battles

18,963

As of Aug 31, 2026

Rank 56 of 57 at Tier IV

Best players on this tank

By WN8

From the stored profiles, minimum 50 battles on this vehicle. Updated daily.

# Player WN8 Battles Win rate
1 m00h eu 5,268 56 83.93 %
2 SAMCRO81 eu 3,432 163 67.48 %
3 RedHagen eu 3,037 93 60.22 %
4 Quickfingers eu 2,950 163 49.69 %
5 GehakteMolen eu 2,191 74 52.70 %
6 kai666kai eu 2,030 148 61.49 %
7 skill4ltu eu 1,978 260 59.62 %
8 Iceprince eu 1,884 96 58.33 %
9 Welcometocity17 eu 1,709 50 60.00 %
10 farmerman1379 na 1,641 75 65.33 %

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