M3 General Lee medium tanks of the British 8th Army at the Battle of El Ghazala
American-made M3 General Lee medium tanks from the British 8th Army at the Battle of El Ghazala.
8th Army had approximately 200 of the American M3 General Lee tanks.
The picture shows, presumably, M3 General Lee tanks from the 1st or 32nd Army Tank Brigades, which were subordinated to the XIII Corps of the British 8th Army and supported the northern sector of the El Ghazala defense line.
Location: Libya
Photo time: May 1942
Photo by: Ivan Shagin