T-28

T-28

This is the sole survivor of a two vehicle super heavy tank program designed to deal with the Siegfried Line.  Completed in December 1945, too late to see combat, it was not surprisingly impractical for battlefield use.  With frontal armor of 12 inches, the vehicle weighed 95 tons and required four tracks.  The tank featured a horizontal volute suspension and a 105 mm gun.  Powered by the same V-8 used in the Pershing, the vehicle could only manage 8 mph. 

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