T28 Super Heavy Tank
105mm Gun Motor Carriage T95
Aberdeen Proving Grounds, 1945
(Panzerstahl 89007)
- Weight: 95 tons
- Dimensions: 36'6" x 14'11" x 9'4"
- Crew: 4
- Power Plant: Ford GAF V-8 gasoline, 500 hp
- Armor: 12 in
- Speed: 8 mph
- Range: 100 road miles
- Armament: 1 x 105 mm T5E1 gun (62 rounds), 1 x .50 cal machine gun
- Notes: One of only two prototypes, built by Pacific Car and Foundry Co. Designed to deal with German heavy tanks and the Siegfried Line defences. Not completed in time for combat employment, the project was dropped in 1947. The sole survivor was discovered abandoned at Fort Belvoir, VA, in 1974, and is now a museum piece.
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