Even as the M4 Sherman entered production in 1942, the U.S. Army was already racing to replace it. The T20 tank program became a sprawling experiment in armor, firepower, and mobility, ultimately ...
In the final months of World War II, the United States finally deployed the M26 Pershing against German armor. Built to challenge Panthers and Tigers, the Pershing saw combat in battles from Elsdorf ...
Key point: In the 1940s and 1950s, the Soviets, British, and French all fielded heavy tanks. The United States had fielded the forty-six-ton M-26 Pershing at the the end of World War II ...