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    The M26 Pershing is a heavy tank, later designated as a medium tank, formerly used by the United States Army. It was used in the last months of World War...
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  • shotgun system M26 motorway, a motorway in the United Kingdom M26 Pershing, an American tank used during World War II and the Korean War M26 Tractor, a component...
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    be effective. The M26 Pershing heavy tank came into service in 1945 under the designation of M26 heavy tank with the name "Pershing" named after General...
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    The M46 Patton is an American medium tank designed to replace the M26 Pershing and M4 Sherman. It was one of the U.S Army's principal medium tanks of the...
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    Shermans, 309 M26 Pershings, and 138 M24 Chaffee light tanks. Subsequent shipments of M46 and M46A1 Pattons allowed all remaining M26 Pershings to be withdrawn...
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  • U.S. ballistic missile M26 Pershing, U.S. tank Pershing boot, a type of boot used by U.S. soldiers in World War I Pershing Rifles, U.S. college military...
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    U.S. Army's and Marine Corps' primary tank, intended to replace the M26 Pershing and M46 Patton medium tanks. The M47 was widely used by U.S. Cold War...
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  • Eagle 7 was an M26 Pershing tank used by the American Army's 3rd Armored Division near the end of World War II, notable for a tank battle in front of the...
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    As a tank gun it was the main weapon of the M36 tank destroyer and M26 Pershing tank, as well as a number of post-war tanks like the M56 Scorpion. It...
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    The closest counterpart to the Tiger from the United States was the M26 Pershing (around 200 deployed to the European Theater of Operations (ETO) during...
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    An Eagle. Pershing is one of the main characters in Jeffrey Shaara's novel To the Last Man. General Pershing WWI casualty list M26 Pershing tank MGM-31...
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    common parts with the M26 Pershing. Despite its promising performance during the final stages of World War II, the M26 Pershing was thought to be too...
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  • the US Army's use of the M4 Sherman tank during the war instead of the M26 Pershing. Belton Youngblood Cooper (October 4, 1917 - May 26, 2007) served in...
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    had weaker anti-tank combat capability compared to the larger caliber M26 Pershing and the M46 Patton that were operated at the same time. However, the...
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    "Armor" branch collar insignia, which consists of the front view of a U.S. M26 Pershing tank superimposed over two crossed sabers, replaces the WWII collar insignia...
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    ranges. For example, the initial turret design of the Panther, Tiger II, M26 Pershing and KV-1 tanks had shot traps. The lower edge of the curved mantlet acted...
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    Tiger I; the Soviets used the IS-2 heavy tank and the U.S. used the M26 Pershing as the heavy tanks of their forces instead. Dimensions, road speed and...
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    sturdy enough to be able to mount a 100 mm (3.9 in) cannon. The American M26 Pershing, a medium tank of 40 short tons (36 t; 36 long tons) to replace the M4...
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    testing in 1944. However, a heavy tank design, the T26 (known later as the M26 Pershing) was instead put into production, also wielding the 90 mm gun M3. The...
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    the medium-gun tank class." It was designed as a replacement for the M26 Pershing, M4 Sherman, M46 and M47 Patton tanks, and was the main battle tank of...
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    entered service in 1944 United States T26E4 "Super Pershing" heavy tank – single prototype M26 Pershing with extra armor and improved gun; fought in Western...
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    Ground Force. Successive evolution of the basic design culminated in the M26 Pershing. Almost immediately after the M4 Sherman was standardized, the US Ordnance...
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    development and adoption of numerous weapons, including the M4 Sherman and M26 Pershing tanks, the DUKW amphibious truck, the Bell H-13 Sioux helicopter, and...
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    tank M3 Lee M4 Sherman M22 Locust M24 Chaffee Marmon-Herrington CTLS M26 Pershing Cold War M41 Walker Bulldog M46 Patton M103 T57 T110 M47 Patton M48 Patton...
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    tank M3 Lee M4 Sherman M22 Locust M24 Chaffee Marmon-Herrington CTLS M26 Pershing Cold War M41 Walker Bulldog M46 Patton M103 T57 T110 M47 Patton M48 Patton...
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    artillery and bombs and allowed it to carry heavier loads like the heavy M26 Pershing tanks, making it worth repairing. By 14 March, the Americans had 16 gun...
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    were few in number. Near the end of World War II, a few early model M26 Pershings were sent to Europe to gain combat experience. Aside from these the...
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    was becoming obsolete and was in the process of being replaced by the M26 Pershing and the upgraded M46 Patton. These tanks, however, were still very similar...
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    the M26 Pershing were also rushed into combat in late February 1945. A dramatic newsreel film was recorded by a U.S. Signal Corps cameraman of an M26 stalking...
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    variant), 309 M26 Pershings, and 138 M24 Chaffee light tanks. Subsequent shipments of M46 and M46A1 Pattons allowed all remaining M26 Pershings to be withdrawn...
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