US M26 Pershing Tank

[South]

https://www.wearethemighty.com/best-mil ... pace-force

Good morning all,

Above tells of the M26 and why it's not prominent.

I found the couple of pictures interesting.

General McNair, of course, mentioned.


~ Bob
eastern Virginia, USA

[Richard Anderson]

https://www.wearethemighty.com/best-mil ... pace-force

Good morning all,

Above tells of the M26 and why it's not prominent.

I found the couple of pictures interesting.

General McNair, of course, mentioned.


~ Bob
eastern Virginia, USA

Wow. Took a while to find it. Wish I hadn't.

" Prior to World War II, the United States Army didn't think that tanks should fight other tanks. Instead, that job was relegated to the aptly named tank destroyer class of vehicle. "

No. Prior to World War II, the tank destroyer did not exist, so it wold have been difficult to relegate any job to it.

"Leslie McNair, who headed Army Ground Forces, stuck with the pre-war theory."

No. He stuck with wartime doctrine, which was that the primary tank killer should be the Tank Destroyers, allowing the Armored Force to do its primary job of rupturing the enemy front, exploiting the penetration, and pursuing a defeated enemy.

"His opposition to a new tank delayed the M26's service entry."

No. The inexperience of the Ordnance Department, combined with poor coordination between the using arm, the Armored Force, led to developmental dead ends and simple design failures, which delayed production of an acceptable pilot.

"The Pershing reached the front lines after the Battle of the Bulge proved the inadequacy of the M4 Sherman in tank combat."

No. The last combat of the Heavy Tank M26 was in 1953. The last combat of the Medium Tank M4 was in 1973. Inadequate?

[South]

Good morning Rich,

Sidebar; Hope you're well-settled in new place.

Appreciate injections of accuracy into article's points.


~ Bob
eastern Virginia, USA

[Richard Anderson]

Good morning Rich,

Sidebar; Hope you're well-settled in new place.

Yep, I'm enjoying the one cool spot in the country.

Appreciate injections of accuracy into article's points.


~ Bob
eastern Virginia, USA

[Aber]

No. Prior to World War II, the tank destroyer did not exist, so it wold have been difficult to relegate any job to it.

Unless your definition of the start of WW2 is 7 December 1941...

[Richard Anderson]

No. Prior to World War II, the tank destroyer did not exist, so it wold have been difficult to relegate any job to it.

Unless your definition of the start of WW2 is 7 December 1941...

Just barely even then. Marshall ordered the establishment of a Tank Destroyer Command in a conference on 7 October 1941, just two months earlier. The official announcement was 21 November 1941, just a week before the Kido Butai sailed and it officially activated at Fort Meade on 1 December 1941, six days before Pearl Harbor.