Pershing Tank What type of Gasoline Engine would've you mounted in a M26 Pershing Tank if you had to get at least 700 BHP?
What engine or combination of engines would you mount into a M26 Pershing if you were told you you could adapt the engine bay but had to use a gasoline engine producing at a minimum of 700 BHP.
I've always been curious if the Metor would have fit. I suppose it probably would. Doesn't quite get you 700hp but it was available, reliable and would have made the tank adequate. Of course the air-cooled Continental engine was already in the works and the M26 was being re-engined with this by the time of Korea.
There was a 700hp version of the Ford G series tank engine in the works at the end of the war to power the various super heavy tanks then in development. I'm not sure how they got 700hp out of it (supercharging?) or how reliable it might have been at that rating - but it definately would have fit.
Produced by the Army during the Korean war, this DVD is an overview of the concept of the "Combat Team" and the employment of its firepower in battle. Combat film footage includes: Pershing tanks providing fire support, and infantrymen firing M1 rifles, Browning Automatic Rifles (BAR), rocket launchers, ...
Engage in ferocious firefights! As the Allied forces broke out of the Normandy beaches and the battle for France began, the American Sherman tank-crews quickly found out how inadequate their tanks were...
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Engage in ferocious firefights! As the Allied forces broke out of the Normandy beaches and the battle for France began, the American Sherman tank-crews quickly found out how inadequate their tanks were...
REMOTE CONTROLLED Remote Control US M26 Pershing 1/30 Scale Tank Model: 70194
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1/72 Scale. Almost three years of intensive developmentre fruit with finally bo the introduction of theT26E3 General Pershing into battle during the closing months of European War.After its baptism of fire,the Pershing was standardized as the M26 in late March 1945.
A hotly-debated topic amongst tank buffs is of the relative merits of the Soviet and American tanks of World War II. Using recently revealed documents, Steven Zaloga sheds light on the crucial tank battles of the Korean War as the rival superpowers' finest tanks battled for supremacy...
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Pershing tank M 26 moved out of the garage
Korean War, how did later WW2 & Post WW2 Tanks from US, UK and Commonwealth countries fair against USSR Tanks?
I don't know much about Korean War Tanks in action, this got me thinking, how the Russian IS2 Tanks faired against US M48 Tanks, M29 Pershing Tanks and UK/Commonwealth Centurion Tanks? I wonder how the Later M4 Medium Tanks faired against T34 Variants esp. T34/85 Tanks? Cheers John. P.S Mark the Aussies used Diamond T Tank Transporters. My YA profile picture/photo from the Australian War Memorial site is small but there are 4 Diamond T Tank Transporters and I copied this writing from underneath the photo "TANK TRANSPORTERS OF THE 2/1ST AUSTRALIAN MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS."
There were during the Korean Conflict approximately 150 tank-on-tank engagements, which ain't a lot for a 3 year long war that caused several million casualties. I wouldn't draw too many conclusions from it. Overall they represent a tiny fraction of a percent of what tanks did in Korea.
U.S. Army tanks employed in Korea were the M24 Light Tank, which until July was the ONLY American tank in Korea and completely unsuited to tank-on-tank warfare Then came the M4A3(76)W HVSS Medium which first arrived in July 1951 followed by the M26 Heavy Tank in September, and finally the M46 Heavy tank and the M45 howitzer tank which saw service only with the 6th Tank Battalion. These were employed in the Divisional Tank Battalion (originally either Medium (M4) or Heavy (M26/46) but later just "Tank" Battalions) and Regimental Tank Companies of the Infantry Divisions. No Armored Divisions were deployed to Korea. The Marines standard tank was the M4A3(105) HVSS and I know of no tank-on-tank actions involving them.
M4's in Korea initially used only HVAP anti-tank ammunition along with HE for general work. HVAP was quite effective against the only North Korean tank - the T-34 Model 1944 (calling it T-34/85 while common isn't correct). Overally the two were more or less equally matched. After enemy tank targets essentially disappeared from early 1951 onwards APC replaced HVAP for bunker-busting. The M26 was not successful in Korea being badly underpowered and was replaced by the far more mobile M4 and M46 during 1951, the M46 being essentially the M26 with a much better engine. The 90mm gun on the M26/46 could destroy a T-34 at all normal combat ranges with little difficulty - no surprise really. It was possible for the Soviet 85mm gun to penetrate the M26/46 however and several were knocked out in this way. The Soviet 57mm anti-tank gun could also be a nasty affair being unusually powerful for its caliber.
The Commonwealth tank contribution was the Churchill Crocodile equipping C Squadron , 7 RTR which proved nearly worthless and the Centurion which first deployed with 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars in November 1950. The communist tank force was essentially eliminated before the Centurion went into action and I know of no tank-on-tank engagements between them.
American tanks did not face IS tanks until the 1967 Arab-Isreali wars when the 90mm gun of the M48 firing HEAT proved adequate but difficulties against the IS-3 and the glacis of the T-54 clearly dictated the need to move up to the 105mm L7.
The Wiki is sorely lacking for a decent overview of what armaments the Allied forces have used, any tips? Can’t find the first introduction of the Pershing tank, for instance.
ME, MYSELF, AND I November 2nd, 2011 @ 12:42 pm
Not sure about all of those but I can tell you right now that the M1A2 Abrams that the US Army is fielding can EASILY take on any take in the world and win hands down!
April 8th, 2011 @ 3:19 am
So far so good for the US.
May 19th, 2011 @ 10:58 am
The Wiki is sorely lacking for a decent overview of what armaments the Allied forces have used, any tips? Can’t find the first introduction of the Pershing tank, for instance.
November 2nd, 2011 @ 12:42 pm
Not sure about all of those but I can tell you right now that the M1A2 Abrams that the US Army is fielding can EASILY take on any take in the world and win hands down!