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Pages in category "World War II heavy tanks" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 44M Tas; C.
The M4 Medium became the second-most-produced tank of World War II, and was the only tank to be used by virtually all Allied forces (thanks to the American lend-lease program); approximately 40,000 M4 Mediums were produced during the war. [30] M4s formed the main tank of American, British, Canadian, French, Polish, and Chinese units.
At the start of World War II, France and the Soviet Union were the only countries to have inventories of heavy tanks, such as the Char B1, T-35, and KV-1. The Matilda II was designed under the British infantry tank concept, which is similar to the heavy tank, having thick armour and tending to weigh more than their other tanks.
Nazi Germany developed numerous tank designs used in World War II.In addition to domestic designs, Germany also used various captured and foreign-built tanks. [1]German tanks were an important part of the Wehrmacht and played a fundamental role during the whole war, and especially in the blitzkrieg battle strategy.
The M26 Pershing is a heavy tank, later designated as a medium tank, [nb 1] formerly used by the United States Army.It was used in the last months of World War II during the Invasion of Germany and extensively during the Korean War.
Type 95 heavy tank; 4 built in 1934; Hi-Ro Sha 10 cm cannon self-propelled gun on Type 95 heavy tank chassis; Ji-Ro Type 92 10 cm cannon self-propelled gun on Type 95 heavy tank chassis; Type 97 Chi-Ni medium tank; one prototype built; Type 98 Chi-Ho medium tank; 4 built, two in 1940 and two in 1941; O-I super-heavy tank design in the 120-ton ...
Tortoise heavy assault tank – a very heavy armoured tank for use in breaching fixed defences in Europe; Valiant – a heavily armoured but small assault tank designed as successor of the Valentine tank and intended for use in the Far East. Alecto – a self-propelled gun based on the Harry Hopkins light tank chassis
Heavy tank M26 Pershing (1,436) M6 heavy tank – prototype; M4A3E2 Sherman "Jumbo" (~290) T34 heavy tank – prototype; T29 heavy tank – prototype; T28 super-heavy tank a.k.a. 105 mm gun motor carriage T95 (2) – prototype; T30 heavy tank – prototype; T14 heavy tank – prototype; T32 heavy tank – prototype