T28 super-heavy tank

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Super-heavy tank T28
105 mm gun motor carriage T95
TypeSuper-heavy tank, assault gun
Place of originUnited States
Service history
Used byUnited States
Production history
ManufacturerPacific Car and Foundry
Produced1945
No. built2
Specifications
Mass95 short tons (85 long tons; 86 t)
Length36 ft 6 in (11.1 m)
Width14 ft 10 in (4.52 m)
Height9 ft 4 in (2.84 m)
Crew4[1][2]

Armor12 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
EngineFord GAF V-8 gasoline
500 hp (372 kW)[1]
Power/weight5.8 hp/tonne
Suspensiondouble tracks, horizontal volute spring
Operational
range
100 miles (160 km)
Maximum speed 8 mph (13 km/h)[2]

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]

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