Pershing tank packs 90 mm. punch
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Pershing tank packs 90 mm. punch
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Pershing tank packs 90 mm. punch
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AMERICA’S new General Pershing, or
M-26, is the Joe Louis of tanks. It is
neither the biggest nor the heaviest tank
of World War II, but has what is needed to
outfight any other tank. The function of a
tank is to provide firepower, mobility, and
crew protection for offensive action, and its
value must be judged on this basis.
The Germans’ 60-ton Tigers
and 75-ton Royal Tigers had 8§-
mm. guns (P.S.M., June '45, p.
68). But the 45-ton Pershing
carries a 90-mm. gun, with such
high muzzle velocity and armor-
penetrating power that this tank
has been nicknamed the “Tiger
Tamer.”
The Pershing is driven by an
eight-cylinder, 500-horsepower en-
gine, has a top speed of 25 miles
an hour, and can negotiate grades
up to 60 percent. Its moving
tracks are two feet wide. Torsion-
bar suspension makes this mon-
ster ride smoother than its
predecessors. The fluid drive is
similar to that used in automo-
biles, and the tank is steered with
levers. Dual controls make it pos-
sible for the assistant driver to
take over its operation promptly if the
driver is put out of action.
Its crew of five is protected by front
armor and a gunshield four inches thick,
and by inch-thick armor in back. The M-26
is 19 1/2 feet long, 11 feet 2 inches wide, and
only slightly over nine feet high.
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eng
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Date Issued (Dublin Core)
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1945-07
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71
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Rights (Dublin Core)
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Public domain
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Archived by (Dublin Core)
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Sami Akbiyik
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Marco Bortolami (editor)
Popular Science Monthly, v. 147, n. 1, 1945
