T29

Přehled variant

Heavy Tank T29 - an overview of options



A number of prototypes of a heavy tank whose development was started in přeznu 1944 as a counterweight to Tiger II and making use of the knowledge and components from the middle tankou M26. One machine was completed in June 1945 at the Pressed Steel Car Co., after the victory over japan was but the production of interrupted and unfinished second machine was with all the manufactured parts moved to the Detroit tank arsenal, where the production later continued. The knowledge gained from the testing tanks of a number T29 were used for the development of a heavy tank M103.


     
Type Kanon Engine Posaveno Year Notes
T29105 mm T5E2Ford GAC81945, 1947-1948
T29E1 105 mm T5E1 General Motors V-1710-E32 1 conversion 1945?
T29E2105 mm T5E2Ford GAC1 conversion1948hydraulic turret rotation and stabilization of the cannon
T29E3 105 mm T5E1 Ford GAC 1 conversion 1948 rangefinder T31E1

T30155 mm T7Continental AV-1790-321947?
T30E1155 mm T7Continental AV-1790-31 conversion1947?automatic charging, higher command turret
T34120 mm T53Continental AV-1790-321947?
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