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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.
Pages in category "World War II tank destroyers of the United States" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The tank destroyer units were formed in response to the German use of massed formations of armored vehicles units early in WWII. The tank destroyer concept envisioned the battalions acting as independent units that would respond at high speed to large enemy tank attacks. In this role, they would be attached in groups or brigades to corps or ...
A M10 Wolverine tank destroyer of the 628th Tank Destroyer Battalion, in Dreux, Normandy during August 1944. The United States Army raised a large number of tank destroyer units during World War II. For most of the war US Army doctrine called for tank destroyers to primarily operate as concentrated tank destroyer battalions during combat.
By far the most common US design, and the first that was fully tracked and turreted (which became the American hallmark of World War II "tank destroyer" design) was the 3-inch gun motor carriage M10, later supplemented by the 90 mm gun motor carriage M36—both based on the M4 Sherman hull and powertrain—and the 76 mm gun motor carriage M18 ...
Pages in category "World War II destroyers of the United States" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 556 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The tank killers: a history of America's World War II tank destroyer force. Casemate. ISBN 978-1-932033-80-9. Victory TD: the history of the 628th Tank Destroyer Battalion, ed. Elmer V. Sparks. 1945. Online copy; Armor-Cavalry Regiments: Army National Guard Lineage, by Jeffrey Lynn Pope & Leonid E. Kondratiuk. DIANE Publishing. 1995.
These included M32 and M74 "tow truck"-style recovery tanks with winches, booms, and an 81 mm mortar for smoke screens; M34 (from M32B1) and M35 (from M10A1) artillery prime movers; M7B1, M12, M40, and M43 self-propelled artillery; and the M10 and M36 tank destroyers. The M4 Sherman served with the U.S. Army and Marine Corps during