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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 Mark VIII (or "Liberty", after its engine) was an Anglo-American tank design of the First World War, a collaborative effort to equip France, the U.K., and the U.S. with a single heavy tank design built in France for an offensive in 1919. Testing of the design was not finished until after the war, and it was decided to build 100 ...
Other significant differences between tank destroyers and tanks was that tank destroyers lacked coaxial and bow .30-caliber machine guns. This reduced their ability for infantry support and close-in self defense. Tank destroyers did retain a turret top .50-caliber machine gun as did medium tanks and useful for reconnaissance by fire and self ...
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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 ...
The multi-turreted T-28 medium tank. The T-28 was designed as an infantry support tank and was used to break through fortifications. Based on a mixed force of foreign tanks and imported prototypes, the Soviets developed an impressive domestic design and production capability.
T-28 Model 1934 (German designation: T-28A) – main production model with the same machine gun turrets, and similar main turret, with the KT-28 76.2 mm gun, as the T-35 heavy tank. During the production minor changes were introduced, such as the addition of a grille above the rear fan in 1935, two hatches replacing the larger one on the turret ...