The turret was set upon a tracked chassis at the middle of the design. Work on the T29 began in March of 1944.ĭesign of the T29 was rather straightforward and conventional as tanks go. The main differentiating feature between the T29 and T30 heavy tanks was in the former's use of a 105mm main gun instead of the latter's 155mm T7 series. To power the type, a Ford brand GAC series gasoline engine was selected and fitted in a rear compartment. The T29 and T30 tanks were both designed and developed at the same time and based on the T26 Pershing chassis.Īmerican engineers took the T26E3 as a starting point, lengthening the hull and adding extra road wheels to compensate for the expected weight gains. Designed along the same lines as the T30 was the "T29", a 70-ton product with up to 279mm of armor protection and fielding a high-velocity 105mm main gun in a traversing turret. The T30 was of 75 tons, protected over in 280mm of armor and fitting a 155mm main gun in a traversing turret. The T28 Super Heavy Tank was built in two pilot vehicle forms by Pacific Car and Foundry, featured 12 inch thick armor and a 105mm main gun set within a fixed hull structure - essentially a heavily armored self-propelled gun designed to break through the last remnants of the German defenses, opening up gaps for other forces to exploit. As such, something of monstrous proportions was in order and the Americans set to work on several well-known heavy and "super-heavy" tank creations that eventually became the T28, T29 and T30 series of tanks - though none entered serial production nor saw combat service in the war. However, the Pershing was a heavy tank in the 46 ton range and "only" mounting a 90mm main gun. The Americans had begun work on a heavy tank all their own that eventually became the M26 "Pershing" by war's end. tons with stout, thick armor protection and mounting the famous 8.8cm KwK 42 L/71 series anti-tank gun (the "88"). In addition to its fabled Panther (regarded as the best all-around German tank of the war) and Tiger I heavy tanks, the Germans unveiled their " Tiger II", a formidable heavy-class tank of 75.5. Such an initiative would require weapon systems of equal footing against the powerful, late-war implements being fielded by the German Army at this stage. As World War 2 progressed on all fronts in favor of the Allies, attention began to turn to the final thrust required in Europe, this operation to be aimed squarely at the head of the Nazi empire in Berlin.
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