tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post8302735631289785999..comments2024-03-28T14:35:30.147-04:00Comments on Tank Archives: Pershing With A Long HandPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09622237223229485503noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-38994222219742868182020-08-14T17:07:57.312-04:002020-08-14T17:07:57.312-04:00Such a shame to the us army to scrap this beautifu...Such a shame to the us army to scrap this beautiful beast would have been such an interesting to see this beautiful beast in display in it's all original form with the add-on armor, counter weight spring for the gun and the gun it self with the interesting tank.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09454661411341806352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-38627452454590274932018-06-02T14:31:13.088-04:002018-06-02T14:31:13.088-04:00@Stewart Millen: In regards to coming up with a ex...@Stewart Millen: In regards to coming up with a existing weapon system to carry the 90mm T15E1 gun, personally I think the best option (pre-Pershing) would be a Sherman with a casemate, as odd as it sounds (Think of the T25 AT in WoT). Its the only solution that I could come up with that would give the necessary space to load the ammunition without hammering out an entirely new tank. The Builderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242924608059447367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-48338771311435692762018-05-30T22:08:33.077-04:002018-05-30T22:08:33.077-04:00Fair point. But not having fuel or a busted track ...Fair point. But not having fuel or a busted track the result is the same with the American Army coming down the road. A lot of German solders had doubts about dying for the Third Reich at this point of the war.Sager ,William A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06830369127449299646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-66394903073340395032018-05-30T10:17:58.571-04:002018-05-30T10:17:58.571-04:00I wonder if the US brass weren't just somewhat...I wonder if the US brass weren't just somewhat overreacting in the wake of the only too recent and quite embarassing misjudgement over the Panther? Damn thing turned out to be a LOT more common than projected so it wouldn't be strange if they wanted to avoid repeating the error.<br /><br />Plus more practically the Tiger II might have been representative of the next stage in the upward spiral of protection and firepower; even if that specific vehicle should turn out to be too rare to be of consequence (as happened) there was a lengthy list of good reasons to see if their fancy new tank could be "souped up" to deal with those kinds of specs.Kellomieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04915110653443066212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-62066492304937566982018-05-30T10:14:07.360-04:002018-05-30T10:14:07.360-04:00Hardly any German tanks were knocked out by aircra...Hardly any German tanks were knocked out by aircraft. The USAAF and RAF own BDAs conform this. Aircraft in WW2 did not have accurate enough bombs or powerful enough cannon to knock out very many tanks. <br /><br />What they were extremely good at was destroying the logistics train on which the armor depended. Dat34https://www.blogger.com/profile/05191197983174208313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-9776251883594721662018-05-30T00:36:00.117-04:002018-05-30T00:36:00.117-04:00You are a 100% correct about these being one trick...You are a 100% correct about these being one trick ponies and only had a tiny chance of coming in contact with a Tiger 2. Nor was it needed. By this time in the war the US had complete air superiority and any Nazi supper tank could be blasted on it's side by a 500 pound bomb. The time and effort would of been better spent giving all American tanks spaced armor for defense against Panzerfaust.Sager ,William A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06830369127449299646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-40402115986770233012018-05-28T09:43:07.397-04:002018-05-28T09:43:07.397-04:00Interestingly enough, some 90-mm ammo destined for...Interestingly enough, some 90-mm ammo destined for the "Super-Pershings" ended up being sent to the 635th TD battalion by mistake, much to their confusion ('why are you sending us these oversized shells that won't fit into our 90-mms')?<br /><br />Reading more about the M36, I see they had to redesign the M10's turret to accommodate the 90-mm M3 gun. So I suppose you may be right, if the M-36's redesigned turret was barely adequate for the M3, a further redesign to handle the T15E1 gun probably wasn't doable. I agree with you in concept, but I was searching around where a fit for this gun could be accommodated on an existing weapons system w/o having to redesign a whole new weapon (which likely would not be ready by war's end).Stewart Millenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01261690405884935161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-65880108282737176962018-05-28T05:20:15.333-04:002018-05-28T05:20:15.333-04:00The M36 turret wasnt really any larger. In fact th...The M36 turret wasnt really any larger. In fact the ammo rack being in the bustle would have made loading even more difficult (remember that on the M26 turret the casings were already too long) and complicated things by a lot. Add to that the Sherman chassis underneath needing to carry the weight of the gun, counterweights and also somehow finding ways to stuff ammo in there as well. <br /><br />Personally I would have thought a Waffenträger-esque solution being the best idea, of just mounting the gun on a very low hull with a gun shield, which would take us pretty much to a M56 Scorpion. The Builderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242924608059447367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-41732227390925906022018-05-27T21:20:03.177-04:002018-05-27T21:20:03.177-04:00Reading this, I was reminded of similar Soviet eff...Reading this, I was reminded of similar Soviet efforts--say, to mount the D-25T on a KV chassis as a cheap stop-gap for the IS series. Just too many problems to make it worth solving. Trying to up the armor to King Tiger standards just made the problems worse.<br /><br />Mounting this gun on a M-26 repeated the same mistake the Germans made with the Panther and the Tiger II--of making essentially tanks that were one-trick ponies, 'heavy' tanks that might excel fighting defensively against armor but which were far less impressive in other roles. People tend to forget that tanks shoot most of their ammo at non-armored targets. If you just wanted to bring the T15E1 to the war on a dedicated heavy tank destroyer platform, to increase US anti-tank capabilities against heavy armor, why wasn't an attempt made to mount this weapon on an M-36 TD instead?<br /><br />Stewart Millenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01261690405884935161noreply@blogger.com