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Offline porkfrog

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« on: July 28, 2007, 05:12:49 PM »
Saw this picture in an issue of Military Officer and thought some of you might enjoy it. It's a photo of an M26 Pershing fighting in the Korean War. I can't imagine how loud that main gun going off had to be for the guy crouching on the aft section of the tank.


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Offline Blooz

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« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2007, 05:36:05 PM »
The first shot is the worst.

After that, the deafness helps.

Ex M60A3 tanker myself.
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« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2007, 07:27:43 PM »
How big was the main gun on that thing you were on?
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Offline Hornet33

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« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2007, 07:38:57 PM »
IIRC the M-26 had a 90mm main gun and usd high velocity ammo as well as HEAT rounds.
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Offline RAIDER14

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« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2007, 07:41:40 PM »
M26 pulling out of garage
nice sound to the engine

nice tank
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Offline AquaShrimp

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« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2007, 07:43:12 PM »
Most M60s had a 105mm cannon.  Some had a very large (but short) cannon that could fire both missles and shells.
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Offline AKIron

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« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2007, 07:50:40 PM »
Quick and easy comparison page:

http://www.battletanks.com/m26_pershing.htm
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« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2007, 08:31:56 PM »
105mm rifled cannon on M60A3. Computer ballistics and laser rangefinding with thermal sights.

As Aquashrimp stated the M60A2 had a 152mm weapon that was very unique. It was the same weapon that the M551 Sheridan carried. Fired shells and missiles. Not many produced.
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« Reply #8 on: July 28, 2007, 09:28:47 PM »
Nice link AKIron. When I was reading the engine size on the Pershing I thought to myself that it sounded a little underpowered, then I read you link info and it said is was terribly underpowered. Still a great looking tank.

I watched the youtube video of that Pershing coming out of the building. Sounded tough.
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« Reply #9 on: July 28, 2007, 09:35:45 PM »
M60, M60A1 and A3 all had the same gun, the 105mm. The A3 had the upgrade similar in capability to the M1. It had the IR system, stabilized gun, laser range finder, wind sensor and very upgraded balistic computer. All in all a very nice upgrade.
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« Reply #10 on: July 30, 2007, 01:33:54 PM »
M26 is a beautiful weapon.  Too bad we didnt have a few armored divisions of these tanks on D-Day.
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