الدبابات الثقيلة الأمريكية في الحرب العالمية الثانية

During World War II, The US Army worked on new heavy tank projects , which are documented in This Study Illustrated of the tank M6 and derivative T14, T28 and Pershing tank designs that were never built. In this book, world armor expert Stephen J. Zaloga describes the US Army's efforts to develop a heavy tank in World War II. The first design was the M6, which was not used in combat despite being classified as a type. The T14 heavy assault tank, intended for the British under the Lend-Lease programme, was also developed, while the M4A3E2 assault tank entered production as an interim solution for the 1944 campaign in France. The most daring American tank project of the war was the T28/T95 super-heavy tank, which was so massive that it required four sets of suspension carriages instead of the usual two. The M26 Pershing medium tank program also gave rise to a number of heavy tank projects, such as the T29, T30, and T34, which were also analysed. Although production of these tanks was planned in 1945-1946, the end of the war eliminated any possibility of their mass manufacture. However, these tanks were greatly influenced by the lessons of World War II, and this book discusses their development and technical characteristics. Supported by rare archival photographs and meticulous new illustrations of key designs, the book shows the US Army's efforts to develop heavy tanks comparable to the German Tigers, and the reasons that prevented the need for such mighty machines.