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The M26 Pershing is a heavy tank, ... The Ford GAN V-8, a lower silhouette version of the GAA engine used in later variants of the M4, had become available.
The T32 heavy tank was a heavy tank project started by the United States Army to create an appropriate successor to the M4A3E2 Sherman "Jumbo".The US Ordnance board managed the production of four prototypes, the main goal being to have the new tank share many common parts with the M26 Pershing.
M26 tractor + M15 trailer. Used from 1944 to 1945; M26 tractor, 12-ton, armored cab. Component of the Dragon Wagon tank transporter; M27 bomb service, GMC CCKW 2½-ton 6×6 truck; M28 unknown; M29 unknown; M30 signal corps repair, GMC CCKW 2½-ton 6×6 truck; M31 signal corps repair, GMC CCKW 2½-ton 6×6 truck
Eagle 7 was an M26 Pershing tank used by the American Army's 3rd Armored Division near the end of World War II, notable for a tank battle in front of the Cologne Cathedral and the belated award of the Bronze Star to its crew.
The M26 Pershing heavy tank had heavier armor, a more powerful gun, and improved torsion bar suspension compared to the Sherman. The main armament of the M26 Pershing was its 90 mm gun. Secondary .30-06 machine guns were mounted co-axially in the turret and in the bow. [b] A .50 BMG heavy machine gun was mounted on top of the turret.
The M46 Patton is an American medium tank designed to replace the M26 Pershing and M4 Sherman.It was one of the U.S Army's principal medium tanks of the early Cold War, with models in service from 1949 until the mid-1950s.
The M48 Patton is an American first-generation main battle tank (MBT) introduced in February 1952, being designated as the 90mm Gun Tank: M48.It was designed as a replacement for the M26 Pershing, M4 Sherman, M46 and M47 Patton tanks, and was the main battle tank of the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps in the Vietnam War.
Work began in early 1945 to develop a significantly heavier variant of the M26 Pershing, the T32 Heavy Tank, but after the end of the World War II, the project was cancelled and the four prototype vehicles were scrapped.