Assault tank T14 | |
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Type | Heavy tank |
Place of origin | United States |
Production history | |
Manufacturer | American Locomotive Company |
No. built | 2[1] |
Specifications | |
Mass | 42.6 tons |
Length | 6.19 m (20 ft 4 in) |
Width | 3.17 m (10 ft 5 in) |
Height | 2.99 m (9 ft 10 in) |
Crew | 5 (Commander, gunner, loader, driver, co-driver) |
Armor | 133 mm (5.2 in) |
Main armament | 75 mm M3 Gun 50 rounds |
Secondary armament | .50 inch (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine gun 2x .30 (7.62 mm) M1919 Browning machine gun 9,000 rounds |
Engine | Ford GAA V8 520 hp (390 kW) |
Power/weight | 12.86 hp/ton |
Suspension | Vertical volute spring suspension (VVSS) |
Operational range | 100 mi (161 km) radius of action[2] |
Maximum speed | 28 km/h (17 mph) |
The assault tank T14 was a joint project between the United States and the United Kingdom with the goal being to produce a universal infantry tank.
The T14 project never came to fruition, as a pilot model was not delivered to the UK until 1944 by which time the British Churchill tank had been in service for two years and greatly improved over its initial model. US efforts working on a similarly well-armored tank but with a higher speed for use other than in infantry support led to the T20 Medium Tank.