348 US HEAVY TANKS OF WORLD WAR II

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Charts the projects for heavy tanks that the US Army worked on through World War II. The first design was the M6, which never saw combat use despite being type classified. The heavy T14 assault tank was also developed, while the M4A3E2 assault tank went into production as a stopgap for the 1944 campaign in France. Argues that the most outrageous US tank project of the war was the T28/T95 superheavy tank, which was so large that it required four sets of suspension bogies instead of the usual two. The M26 Pershing medium tank program spawned a number of heavy tank projects, such as the T29, T30 and T34, which are also examined. Illustrated throughout with 40 photos and 8 pages of color illustrations.