The U.S. M3 Lee/Grant Tank: the Twin Gunned General!

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The Americans hurriedly started to develop a tank that would later become the legendary and highly successful M4 Sherman medium tank.
In the meantime, however, both the Americans and the British desperately needed a stop-gap tank to match the current generation of German tanks.

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Credit:
Created by Daniel Turner (B.A. (Hons) in History, University College London)
Script: Conan White
Narrator:

Bryan 'Lazlo' Beauregard

Animation: Maja Djokic

Sources:

M3 & M5 Stuart Light Tank 1940–45 by Steven J. Zaloga
The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II By Chris Bishop
Weapons of the Tankers By Harry Yeide
M3 Lee/Grant Medium Tank 1941–45 By Steven J. Zaloga