Medium Tank, M3 A5 Grant • Imperial War Museum Duxford
Medium Tank, M3 A5 Grant. Photo credit: Joshua McDade
- Type
- Medium Tank, M3
- Version
- A5 Grant
- Location
- Imperial War Museum Duxford
- Cambridgeshire
CB22 4QR - United Kingdom
- Formerly at the Imperial War Museum London
Current Condition
Good. Has an open hatch to allow interior viewing
Vehicle History
This tank was used by Lieutenant General (later Field Marshal) B L Montgomery during the Battle of El Alamein.
From museum plaque.
Montgomery used this tank for forward observation on the battlefields of North Africa in 1942-3.
To fulfil Montgomery's wishes, the tank was returned to his old regiment, the Royal Warwickshire, in 1948. It was later displayed at the Bassingbourn depot of the Queen's Division, which the Royal Warwickshire Regiment joined in 1968. The tank was completely restored at the Army's Armoured Vehicle Depot, Ludgershall, Hampshire in 1985-8. It was handed over to the Museum, on loan from the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (formerly the Royal Warwickshire Regiment), in June 1988.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/70000108