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The M26 Pershing is a heavy tank, ... T23 with production cast turret mounting 76 mm M1A1 gun. The T23 turret was used for the 76-mm M4 Sherman. Note the vertical ...
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.
M35 tank, prime mover, turret removed, full-track, (M10A1 hull) M39 armored utility vehicle , full-track, converted M18 M41 Walker Bulldog tank, light, 23.5-ton, 76 mm gun
The anti-aircraft guns were phased out in the middle 1950s as their role was taken over by surface-to-air missiles such as the MIM-3 Nike Ajax. [3] As a tank gun it was the main weapon of the M36 tank destroyer and M26 Pershing tank, as well as a number of post-war tanks like the M56 Scorpion.
The M47 was the last American-designed tank to include a bow machine gun. The T42 turret had a larger turret ring than the M26/M46 turret, and featured a needle-nose design, which improved armor protection of the turret front, an elongated turret bustle and storage bin which protruded halfway across the engine deck, and sloped sides to further ...
The upgraded M26 received a new power plant and a main gun with a bore evacuator. Upon completion of the first model of the Detroit Tank Arsenal production line in November 1948, the M46 was christened after the late General George S. Patton Jr. [ 4 ] By December the Army had ordered several hundred. [ 5 ]
Designed between mid-1943 and early 1944, the major innovation of the T25 was the newer and more powerful 90 mm gun M3. [2] Two prototypes were completed and ready for testing in 1944. [3] However, a heavy tank design, the T26 (known later as the M26 Pershing) was instead put into production, [4] also wielding the 90 mm gun M3.