M26 Pershing
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|gun3=7, 90mm Gun M3, AP/APCR/HE, 240/240/320, 160/243/45, 7.31-9.01, 0.33, 2.0, 81 000, 2 050 | |gun3=7, 90mm Gun M3, AP/APCR/HE, 240/240/320, 160/243/45, 7.31-9.01, 0.33, 2.0, 81 000, 2 050 | |||
|gun4=8, 90 mm Gun T15E2M2, AP/APCR/HE, 240/240/320, 180/268/45, 8.4-9.01, 0.32, 2.0, 128 900, 2 050 | |gun4=8, 90 mm Gun T15E2M2, AP/APCR/HE, 240/240/320, 180/268/45, 8.4-9.01, 0.32, 2.0, 128 900, 2 050 | |||
+ | |gun5=5, 105mm SPHM4l23, HE/HEAT, 410/350, 53/150, 8.57, 0.48, 2, 40 300, 2 600 | |||
|turret1=7, M26M71, 114/76/76, 41, 430, 21 800, 8 000 | |turret1=7, M26M71, 114/76/76, 41, 430, 21 800, 8 000 |
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M26 Pershing
USA | Medium Tank | Tier VIII |
Compared to other tanks of its tier, its armor is excellent, capable of bouncing low tier tank guns. The tank's traverse values are excellent, allowing the Pershing to spin its deadly 90mm T15E2M2 around very quickly to confront threats from any direction. Excellent acceleration, mobility, and speed allows the driver to put the Pershing in any position where it's powerful cannon can be used to great effect.
- Research leads to the M46 Patton medium tank.
Modules
Historical Info
Considerable effort was then made to develop a gun system capable of competing with the German counterparts. The result was the M26 Pershing armed with a 90mm main gun (nearly on par with the German '88') and heavily armored overall. It was the closest weapon that the Allies would field that was akin to the German Panther, in terms of firepower and crew survivability. The M26 Pershing arrived too late to be of any effective use (overall) in the European Theater, but a few (roughly 200) saw service with the 3rd and 9th Armored Divisions. At least 100 were kept in reserve as well.
The mammoth M26 Pershings would be part of the armored column that would cross the Remagen Bridge over the Rhine River and into Germany with the 9th Armored. About 20 M26s were reported to have seen any action at all. Ten M26s were also shipped out to the Pacific Theater for action in Okinawa, though arriving too late to be of any effective tactical use.
This was not the end of the line for the M26, however. It would go on to see extensive combat in the Korean War and, for the most part, handle the Soviet-Built T34/85, credited with destroying half of all T34's destroyed in that war (modified 76mm M4 Shermans accounted for the other half).
Post-war use saw a great number stationed throughout Europe with NATO through the Cold War. Many alternative variants were devised, though some, like the self-propelled gun platform, not used by the US Army.
The M26 Pershing would later be reclassified as a Medium Tank and become the blueprint for tanks such as the M46, M47, M48 Patton, and M60 Main Battle Tanks. The M47 was merely a base M26 Pershing with a new engine, transmission, and main gun.
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