Heavy Tank T29: when late is not better than never
Дата: 12.02.2021 19:07:48
stabbymckill: Yuri Pasholok's new article on Warspot
goes into great detail about the design and development of the T29
Heavy Tank project.
T29E3 prototype showing the characteristic "ears" of the T31E1 stereoscopic rangefinder.
Conceived in the aftermath of the M6 heavy tank project, the T29 was meant to fight Tiger II's in western europe, but the war ended before the project could be fielded and late war development of the Soviet IS tanks proved that the T29 was redundant. Lessons learned from the design and development of this vehicle were applied in the later M46 and M103 tanks however. What are your thoughts on the story behind the late war and post war design and development of this vehicle?
T29E3 prototype showing the characteristic "ears" of the T31E1 stereoscopic rangefinder.
Conceived in the aftermath of the M6 heavy tank project, the T29 was meant to fight Tiger II's in western europe, but the war ended before the project could be fielded and late war development of the Soviet IS tanks proved that the T29 was redundant. Lessons learned from the design and development of this vehicle were applied in the later M46 and M103 tanks however. What are your thoughts on the story behind the late war and post war design and development of this vehicle?
Heavy Tank T29: when late is not better than never