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  2. M26 Pershing - Wikipedia

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    An M26 Pershing T26E3 of A Company, 14th Tank Battalion, is transported aboard a pontoon ferry built by the First Engineer Heavy Pontoon Battalion across the Rhine on 12 March 1945. On the same day, another T26E3 was knocked out in the town of Niehl near Cologne, by a rarely-seen Nashorn 88 mm tank destroyer , at a range of under 300 yd (270 m ...

  3. Battle of Cologne (1945) - Wikipedia

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    The Shermans got stuck in a narrow street, which made them an easy target for the German tank. Two of the Panther's 75mm shells hit the turret of the leading Sherman, a third shell hit the tracks of the second Sherman tank behind it. A nearby Pershing tank, informally known as Eagle 7, was sent to take out the Panther. The two tanks were in ...

  4. Panther tank - Wikipedia

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    Small numbers of the M26 Pershing were also rushed into combat in late February 1945. [155] A dramatic newsreel film was recorded by a U.S. Signal Corps cameraman of an M26 stalking and then blowing up a Panther in the city of Cologne, after the Panther had knocked out two M4 Shermans. [156]

  5. Eagle 7 (tank) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Talk:M26 Pershing/Archive 1 - Wikipedia

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    The M26 at best could hold its own against the Panther and Tiger tanks. As demonstrated by the photo of the knocked out M26 Fireball versus the video of the Cologne Panther getting brewed up by an M26, it just all depended on who shot first and who shot the most accurately. The tactical situation most often dictated the outcome of a tank battle ...

  7. Tanks of the United States in the Cold War - Wikipedia

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    The mobility of the M26 Pershing was deemed unsatisfactory for a medium tank, as it used the same engine that powered the much lighter M4 Sherman. Work began in 1948 on replacing the power plant in the M26 Pershing. Modifications continued to accumulate, and eventually the Bureau of Ordnance decided that the tank needed its own unique designation.

  8. Tanks of the United States - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. T32 heavy tank - Wikipedia

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    The T32 heavy tank was a heavy tank project started by the United States Army to create an appropriate successor to the M4A3E2 Sherman "Jumbo".The US Ordnance board managed the production of four prototypes, the main goal being to have the new tank share many common parts with the M26 Pershing.