T32 heavy tank

T32 heavy tank
TypeHeavy tank
Place of originUnited States
Service history
Used byUnited States
Warsnone
Production history
Designed1945
Produced1945–1946
No. built4
VariantsT32 (2)
T32E1 (2)
Specifications
Mass120,000 lb (54,431 kg; 54 t)
Length426.6 in (35.55 ft; 10.84 m) with gun
278.4 in (23.20 ft; 7.07 m) without gun
Width148.3 in (12.36 ft; 3.77 m)
Height110.7 in (9.23 ft; 2.81 m)
Crew5

ArmorTurret

Front: 298 mm (11.7 in)
Side: 152–197 mm (6.0–7.8 in)
Rear: 152 mm
Gun shield: 298 mm
Hull
Front: 95–127 mm (3.7–5.0 in)
Side: 76 mm (3.0 in)

Rear: 51 mm (2.0 in)
Main
armament
T15E2 90mm L/73 gun
Secondary
armament
T32:

1 × Browning .50 in (12.7 mm) caliber heavy machine gun HMG
2 × Browning .30 in (7.62 mm) caliber medium machine gun MMG
T32E1:
1 × Browning .50 caliber HMG

1 × Browning .30 caliber MMG
EngineFord GAC V12,
770 hp (570 kW)
Power/weight14.36 hp/t (10.71 kW/t)
TransmissionCross Drive Transmission
Suspensiontorsion-bar
Operational
range
100 mi (160 km) (road range)
Maximum speed 22 mph (35 km/h) (roads)

The T32 heavy tank was a heavy tank project started by the United States Army to create an appropriate successor to the M4A3E2 Sherman "Jumbo". The US Ordnance board managed the production of four prototypes, the main goal being to have the new tank share many common parts with the M26 Pershing.