T28 super-heavy tank
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Super Heavy Tank T28 105 mm Gun Motor Carriage T95 | |
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Type | Super-heavy tank, Assault gun |
Place of origin | United States |
Service history | |
Used by | United States |
Production history | |
Manufacturer | Pacific Car and Foundry |
Produced | 1945 |
No. built | 2 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 95 short tons (86 t) |
Length | 36 ft 6 in (11.1 m) |
Width | 14 ft 11 in (4.39 m) |
Height | 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m) |
Crew | 4[1][2] |
Armor | 12 in (305 mm) |
Main armament | 105 mm T5E1 gun, with 62 rounds |
Secondary armament | .50 cal (12.7 mm) Browning heavy machine gun, with 660 rounds |
Engine | Ford GAF V-8 gasoline 500 hp (372 kW)[1] |
Power/weight | 5.8 hp/tonne |
Suspension | double tracks, horizontal volute spring |
Operational range | 100 miles (160 km) |
Maximum speed | 8 mph (13 km/h)[2] |
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The T28 Super Heavy Tank was an American super-heavy tank/assault gun designed for the United States Army during World War II. It was originally designed to break through German defenses of the Siegfried Line and was later considered as a possible participant in the planned invasion of the Japanese mainland.
The near 100-ton vehicle was initially designated a heavy tank. It was re-designated as the 105 mm Gun Motor Carriage T95 in 1945, and then renamed in 1946 as the Super Heavy Tank T28.
Only two prototypes were built before the project was terminated.[3]