Most Important tanks in history

[zraver]

How about a number 11? M26 Pershing

From it came 40 years of American tanks (M46/47/48/60)

But none of them was really ground breaking, they were in every respect an average tank

[RustyBattleship]

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Originally Posted by Albany Rifles
How about a number 11? M26 Pershing

From it came 40 years of American tanks (M46/47/48/60)

But none of them was really ground breaking, they were in every respect an average tank

Actually, the Pershing really was the first American "Heavy" tank put in the field (later downgraded to a "Medium" tank). It was about equal, more or less, to the German Panther but still needed improvements in Armor design and elimination of "shell traps". Saw a picture of one where a German shell caught right underneath the lifting padeye of the frontal plate and punched on through.

[Big K]

and i find past US tanks very ugly :)

except Stuart "honey"

[Albany Rifles]

But none of them was really ground breaking, they were in every respect an average tank

It was a major departure for American tank design, that was more what I meant.

[Equalizert]

I love the sherman even if it was the tommy cooker.



-Equalizer T-

[sourkraut115]

That is awesome. My boys would kill for one of those (and then destroy it within a week)

[zraver]

It was a major departure for American tank design, that was more what I meant.

Not really, the T1E2/M6 was the ground breaker there. Although the Liberty tank was the first US heavy, it was a rhomboid.

[Albany Rifles]

Not really, the T1E2/M6 was the ground breaker there. Although the Liberty tank was the first US heavy, it was a rhomboid.

I think you are wrong there.

The T1/M6 looked more like and was designed more like the M3/M4. The M26 was a new design.