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M4 Sherman w/ Pershing-style turret and 90mm gun
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This was a prototype Sherman variant that never entered service probably due to General McNair and his Tank Destroyer Doctrine and he was also responsible for delaying the deployment of the M26 to Europe.
Source: Ww2incolor.com
Not sure if this has been posted before.
why not :P
"Source: Ww2incolor.com"
Okay then.
But seriously, is that the Jumbo chassis the turret is mounted on?
Probably since I doubt a regular sherman's suspension would've been able to handle the recoil from the 90mm or the weight of the turret.
I bet it would have blown it's own turret off xD
aiming fowards probably not, aiming sideways it might have (kind of like the kv2)
but wasn't this just a prototype to test the new pershing turret and gun ? it wasn't really meant as a standalone tank was it ?
Well according to what've I've read some commanders did want a 90mm fitted onto the Sherman, but Mcnair refused since he was determined to maintain the Tank Destroyer doctrine(aka TDs took on the enemy's tanks while the tanks themselves took on the infantry). Hell he didn't even really want the 76mm fitted onto the Sherman and somebody thankfully overridden him on that as well.
The only reason that the Pershing ever reached Europe was because Mcnair died in the the Battle of the Bulge and General Marshall overridden him.
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that's pretty cool design, 90mm with pershing turret mounted on sherman hull. but why did not use the easy eight chassis?