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I'll bet I know why. Because it was as far too big, heavy, slow, and vulnerable?
Why America Only Built Two 100 Ton T28 Heavy Tanks
13 Jun 2020
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/why-america-only-built-two-100-ton-t28-heavy-tanks-162679
Here's What You Need To Remember: The T28 never saw combat. How would it have fared if it had? Its 105-millimeter cannon would have been sufficient to take out German pillboxes—and tanks as well. But more important for the U.S. Army in 1945, the T28’s foot-thick frontal armor would have rendered it proof against dreaded German antitank guns like the eighty-eight-millimeter.
When it comes to tanks, America can only hope that size isn’t everything.
During World War II, Germany had its armored giants, such as the 70-ton King Tiger, the 188-ton Maus or the never-built P.1000, a 1000-ton behemoth that waddled across the line between ambition and insanity. For their part, the Soviets fielded regiments of 56-ton JS-2 heavy tanks.
Yet it turns out that the United States did build a monster tank during World War II. The 95-ton T28 would have been the heaviest tank in American history.
Technically speaking—and we’ll be speaking of this later—the T28 was not a tank.
It was actually a self-propelled gun (also known as an assault gun). Instead of mounting the gun in a revolving turret as in a regular tank, the gun was stuck into the front hull, which meant it could only fire to the front.
Why America Only Built Two 100 Ton T28 Heavy Tanks
13 Jun 2020
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/why-america-only-built-two-100-ton-t28-heavy-tanks-162679
Here's What You Need To Remember: The T28 never saw combat. How would it have fared if it had? Its 105-millimeter cannon would have been sufficient to take out German pillboxes—and tanks as well. But more important for the U.S. Army in 1945, the T28’s foot-thick frontal armor would have rendered it proof against dreaded German antitank guns like the eighty-eight-millimeter.
When it comes to tanks, America can only hope that size isn’t everything.
During World War II, Germany had its armored giants, such as the 70-ton King Tiger, the 188-ton Maus or the never-built P.1000, a 1000-ton behemoth that waddled across the line between ambition and insanity. For their part, the Soviets fielded regiments of 56-ton JS-2 heavy tanks.
Yet it turns out that the United States did build a monster tank during World War II. The 95-ton T28 would have been the heaviest tank in American history.
Technically speaking—and we’ll be speaking of this later—the T28 was not a tank.
It was actually a self-propelled gun (also known as an assault gun). Instead of mounting the gun in a revolving turret as in a regular tank, the gun was stuck into the front hull, which meant it could only fire to the front.
