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The T28 super-heavy tank was an American super-heavy tank/assault gun designed for the United States Army during World War II. It was originally designed to break through German defenses of the Siegfried Line and was later considered as a possible participant in the planned invasion of the Japanese mainland.
Designed to break through German fortrifications, the single suriviving T28 Super Heavy Tank has 12 inches of frontal armor and weighs in at 90 tons total, with each outer track weighing 15 tons. The outer tracks were designed to come off and be towed as a single unit behind the T28 for ease of transportation.
T-28 tanks, with horseshoe radio antennas. The Finns nicknamed the T-28 Postivaunu ("mail coach" or "postal wagon") after a lone Soviet T-28 tank commander was captured with his knocked out tank that carried the monthly salary of, and mail addressed to, the 91st Tank Battalion (this occurred 19–20 December 1939, during the battle of Summa). [4]
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T-28 (medium tank), a Soviet tank; T28 super-heavy tank, an American experimental self-propelled gun; T28 armored car, an American armored vehicle; Naval vessels.
A United States Army Armored Force requirement for a mobile anti-aircraft gun to support the coming North African Campaign resulted in the T28 project being revived soon after its cancellation. [2] The new vehicles used the larger M3 half-track chassis and an M2E1 sight for target spotting, [ 10 ] [ 11 ] receiving the designation T28E1 ...
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The T5E1 was mounted on the M6A2E1 heavy tank for testing purposes The T5E1 as mounted on the T28 super-heavy tank. The 105mm L/65 T5 was an American rifled anti-tank gun developed in 1945. The T5E1 was the main armament for several American WWII heavy tanks designs, including the double-tracked T28 super-heavy tank and T29 heavy tank.