The Tank, Cruiser, Ram was a cruiser tank designed and built by Canada in the Second World War, based on the U.S. M3 Medium tank chassis. Due to standardization on the American Sherman tank for frontline units, it was used exclusively for training purposes and was never used in combat as a gun tank.

Jul 6, 2021 · The Ram was a Canadian cruiser tank produced during the Second World War (WWII) to overcome the lack of tanks in Canada. This Canadian tank used a modified version of the US M3 tank chassis, with the addition of a turret that could accommodate a 40 mm anti-tank gun in the initial design and a 57 mm gun from 1942 on.

This Canadian indigenous tank design would become the standard armoured vehicle for the Canadian army. The result was the Ram cruiser tank, based on the chassis and running gear of the US M3 Lee; Rams were produced by the Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) from …

Aug 11, 2022 · The Ram is a Canadian cruiser tank from the Second World War that shared a similar appearance to the M4 Sherman. It was armed with the potent 6 pdr gun, but the Ram would most famously serve without a turret in the Kangaroo role.

The Canadian Ram cruiser tank was locally developped, used for training but almost never saw combat during WW2

Ram II tank with 6-pounder gun, marked No. 4, Canadian Armoured Corps Training Establishment, Camp Borden, Ontario, 7 July 1943. (Lt Ken Bell)

The Ram tank is used by the Canadian forces during the Battle of Normandy, in addition to the Shermans. Their use is limited to reconnaissance missions or transport of command posts as well as assault troops (modified version of the Ram without its turret: the Ram Kangaroo).

Another early RAM at Canadian Forces Base Borden. It wasn’t all a waste of time, and steel, the hulls were used for Kangaroo APCs, and a number were built or converted to command or observation post tanks, and they were used as ammo carriers. The Ram also made a good training tank allowing Shermans to be sent to combat units.

They were built at the Canadian Tank Arsenal by the Montreal Locomotive Works, which was a subsidiary of the American Locomotive Company. The primary guns if the Ram cruiser tanks were the British 2-pounder guns. The design was finalized in Jun 1941 and production began in …

The Canadian RAM Tank was a Canadian adaptation of the American M3 medium tank. It did away the hull mounted 75mm (76mm later on) gun so as to lower the vehicles height and fitted it with a new 3 man turret.