{"id":55232,"date":"2020-02-24T04:00:20","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T09:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=55232"},"modified":"2025-08-29T19:57:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T23:57:26","slug":"the-british-lee-tank-that-is-not-a-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2020\/02\/24\/the-british-lee-tank-that-is-not-a-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"The British Lee tank (that is not a Grant)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pzQCqKr6xHw\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Lindybeige<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 23 Feb 2020<\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audible.com\/lindybeige\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.audible.com\/lindybeige<\/a> or text &#8216;<code>Lindybeige<\/code>&#8216; to 500 500 to find out more about the free trial offer.<\/p>\n<p>The Lee tank was an American hastily-made tank that saw action in the north African desert, and the Grant was a British version of the same vehicle. But there were also Lee tanks that were more like Grants. I try to explain the confusion.<\/p>\n<p>Support me on Patreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/Lindybeige\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/Lindybeige<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Buy the music &#8211; the music played at the end of my videos is now available here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Flindybeige.bandcamp.com%2Ftrack%2Fthe-mandeville-march&#038;v=pzQCqKr6xHw&#038;event=video_description&#038;redir_token=Zxs3R0fb-W_Fy-J-dKhgRQBdIMd8MTU4MjU3Mjc5OEAxNTgyNDg2Mzk4\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/lindybeige.bandcamp.com\/track&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Buy tat (merch):<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Foutloudmerch.com%2Fcollections%2Flindybeige&#038;v=pzQCqKr6xHw&#038;event=video_description&#038;redir_token=Zxs3R0fb-W_Fy-J-dKhgRQBdIMd8MTU4MjU3Mjc5OEAxNTgyNDg2Mzk4\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/outloudmerch.com\/collections\/&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lindybeige: a channel of archaeology, ancient and medieval warfare, rants, swing dance, travelogues, evolution, and whatever else occurs to me to make.<\/p>\n<p>\u25bc Follow me&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lindybeige\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lindybeige<\/a>  I may have some drivel to contribute to the Twittersphere, plus you get notice of uploads.<\/p>\n<p>My website:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.LloydianAspects.co.uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.LloydianAspects.co.uk<\/a> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_2020-02-24-The-British-Lee-tank-that-is-not-a-Grant.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_2020-02-24-The-British-Lee-tank-that-is-not-a-Grant-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-55234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_2020-02-24-The-British-Lee-tank-that-is-not-a-Grant-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_2020-02-24-The-British-Lee-tank-that-is-not-a-Grant-853x480.png 853w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_2020-02-24-The-British-Lee-tank-that-is-not-a-Grant-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_2020-02-24-The-British-Lee-tank-that-is-not-a-Grant-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_2020-02-24-The-British-Lee-tank-that-is-not-a-Grant.png 930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lindybeige Published 23 Feb 2020 Visit https:\/\/www.audible.com\/lindybeige or text &#8216;Lindybeige&#8216; to 500 500 to find out more about the free trial offer. The Lee tank was an American hastily-made tank that saw action in the north African desert, and the Grant was a British version of the same vehicle. 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