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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.
Vickers machine gun; Webley Mk IV revolver; Bren light machine gun; Browning Hi-Power; Chiang Kai-shek rifle; Degtyaryov machine gun; DShK; F1 grenade (Russia) FN Model 1949 (Belgian) Hanyang 88; Lewis Gun; M1 bayonet; M1 carbine; M1 Garand; M18 recoilless rifle; M1903 Springfield; M1917 Browning machine gun; M1917 Enfield; M1918 Browning ...
M26 Pershing; M36 tank destroyer; M42B5 Sherman (Armed with a 105 mm gun and a POA-CWS-H5 flamethrower) M46 Patton; A22 Churchill infantry tank (C Squadron 7th Royal Tank Regiment, 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars) A27M Cromwell tank cruiser (Royal Tank Regiment, 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars) A34 Comet tank cruiser
A survey after the war concluded that there were 119 tank vs. tank actions involving U.S. Army and Marine units during the Korean War, with 97 T-34-85 tanks knocked out and another 18 probable. The M4A3E8 was involved in 50% of the tank actions, the M26 in 32%, and the M46 in 10%.
A few days before the outbreak of the Korean Civil War, South Korean troops attacked in retaliation for a provocation. North Korea utilized its readiness state to muster its forces within 3 days. On June 25, 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea, sparking the Korean War, the Cold War's first major conflict that continued until 1953. When the ...
The battalion was briefly inactivated following World War II in 1946 before being reformed as a heavy tank battalion, and in 1949 was renumbered the 73rd Heavy Tank Battalion, under which name it served in the Korean War, with M4 Sherman and M26 Pershing tanks.
The M47 Patton entered production in 1951 and was used by the United States Army and Marine Corps but ongoing technical and production problems kept it from serving in the Korean War. This forced the US to field older tank models, such as the M26 Pershing and M46 Patton. In response, the Army launched several design projects for a replacement ...
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.