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The medium tank T20, medium tank T22 and medium tank T23 were prototype medium tanks, developed by the United States Army during World War II. They were designed as successors to the M4 Sherman . The standard main weapon for production versions of these designs was to be the 76 mm gun M1 .
Production for the M2 medium tanks was 18 M2 tanks, and 94 M2A1 tanks, for a total of 112. For combat it was a poor design, with thin armor, inadequate main armament and a high-profile. The four sponson -mounted machine guns proved to be completely unnecessary.
A medium tank is a classification of tanks, particularly prevalent during World War II, which represented a compromise between the mobility oriented light tanks and the armour and armament oriented heavy tanks. A medium tank's classification is not actually based on weight, but on tactical usage and intended purpose; for instance the German ...
T20 prototype medium tank. M6 heavy tank; M7 medium tank; M38 Wolfhound; T14 heavy tank; T18 howitzer motor carriage; 75 mm howitzer on a M3 chassis; T20 medium tank; T27 armored car; T28 super-heavy tank; T29 heavy tank; T30 heavy tank; T32 heavy tank; T34 heavy tank; T40/M9 tank destroyer; T54 gun motor carriage; T55E1 gun motor carriage; T82 ...
In the spring of 1942, as the M4 Sherman was entering production, U.S. Army Ordnance began work on a follow-up tank. The T20 tank reached a mock-up stage in May 1942, and was intended as an improved medium tank to follow the M4. [10] An earlier heavy tank, the M6, had been standardized in February 1942, but proved to be a failure. The U.S. Army ...
T20 medium tank; T22 Medium Tank; T23 Medium Tank; Tanks of Canada; Type 1 Chi-He medium tank; Type 3 Chi-Nu medium tank; Type 97 ShinHōtō Chi-Ha medium tank; V. VK 20;
The T25 Medium tank was a prototype designed and tested in the United States, in 1944–45. A variant of an earlier series of prototypes, the T20/T22/T23, the T25 was conceived as a possible replacement for both the M4 Sherman Medium tank, and its previously proposed successor, the T23.
The Fiat-Ansaldo M11/39 medium tank was used from 1940 through the early period of World War II. The M11/39 was developed as a "breakthrough tank" (Carro di Rottura). It was replaced by the Fiat-Ansaldo M13/40 medium tank which was used in the Greek campaign and in the North African Campaign. The first of over 700 M13/40s were delivered ...