Here's What You Need To Remember: The T28 never saw combat. How would it have fared if it had? Its 105-millimeter cannon would have been sufficient to take out German pillboxes—and tanks as well. But more important for the U.S. Army in 1945, the T28’s foot-thick frontal armor would have rendered it proof against dreaded German antitank guns like the eighty-eight-millimeter.
When it comes to tanks, America can only hope that size isn’t everything.
During World War II, Germany had its armored giants, such as the seventy-ton King Tiger, the 188-ton Maus or the never-built P.1000, a thousand-ton behemoth that waddled across the line between ambition and insanity. For their part, the Soviets fielded regiments of fifty-six-ton JS-2 heavy tanks.
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Did they ever build a tank transporter.
ReplyDeleteNow that would have been impressive.
Let's see an air drop !!
DeleteThe short answer is "Transportation".
ReplyDeleteGermany's production facilities were already there.
One of these is at the Patton museum at Fort Knox. If I remember correctly, the sign on the exhibit said it could not be used because of a lack of transportation and suitable roads to transport it on. In other words, it was too damn heavy to drive or be hauled around.
ReplyDelete"The T28 never saw combat."
ReplyDeleteThat's where you're wrong, kiddo!
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