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Initially named Heavy Tank T28 when construction was authorized in 1944, the design did not fit in the usual categories of vehicles, leading to reclassification. [4] As it did not have its armament in a revolving turret, the Ordnance Department requested a name change to 105 mm Gun Motor Carriage T95 , the change becoming official in March 1945 ...
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.
Printable version; Page information; ... T28 Super Heavy Tank at the US Army Armor & Cavalry Collection. ... Dimensions User Comment; current: 02:19, 29 June 2023 ...
Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. ... T-28 (medium tank), a Soviet tank; T28 super-heavy tank, an American experimental self-propelled gun;
T-28-57-experimental version with ZiS-4 57mm high-velocity gun, contemporary of the T-34-57 and KV-1-57 experimental tanks. T-28-85 — prototype with the improved F30 85 mm gun. T-28 Model 1940 – the final batch of about thirteen tanks with main conical turret similar to ones on the late‑production T-35 tanks.
U.S. Navy land-based trainer version with 1,425 hp (1,063 kW) Wright R-1820-86 radial engine driving a three-bladed propeller and fitted with a belly-mounted speed brake; 489 built from new and 17 converted from T-28. [23] [22] T-28C U.S. Navy version, a T-28B with shortened propeller blades and tailhook for carrier-landing training; 299 built ...
Although the T28 was found out to be more mobile than the T27, both were superior to the mobility of the M8. After more testing at Fort Riley , the T28 was found superior to the T27 and was officially designated the M38, but it was later cancelled because there was no apparent need for new armored cars after it finished testing.
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.