Hello and welcome to another episode of the World War II podcast I'm Angus Wallace

In this episode I'm talking to David Fletcher David is a prolific writer on tanks and for many years worked at the Tank Museum

at Bovington here in the UK. He's also an internet sensation on YouTube with his tank chats where he discusses one of the tanks in the collection at the museum.

He has a new book out British Battle Tanks, American Made World War II

tanks with Stephen Zologna looking at American Made tanks used by the British in World War II.

It's a lovely book.

Now if you would like a copy I've got one to give away to a lucky patron. At the end of September 2018 I'll put all the names of the

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So an odd dollar or two, all larger contributions even from people like Coriwright or

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David, it's an honor to have you with me.

I thought we'd aim to focus on the M3 grant,

which is the first tank I associated as an American tank in British use when I saw

Montes at the Imperial War Museum when I was a small boy. But before we get to the M3, let's start by looking

at the British need for tanks. I think I'm correcting saying Britain was attempting to purchase

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