Man the M-29 was a HUGE tank. was it any good Pattoncommander? do you have any good info ont. it looks like it was twice the size of a Royal tiger.

For anyone who wants to see what a m-29 looked like
http://www.peachmountain.com/5Star/T..._M29_tank.aspx
Jonathan

Woah that looks like a stretched pershing with a bigger turret to boot

Actually it was the T-29. Only a prototype, not a production model. It was along the same line as the T-28, T-30 and T-34. Just google those with the word tank following it and you'll see.

Someone just mislabeled it.

The T-29 (not M) was part of a T-28-T-34 heavy tank program started in 1943 and concluded in 1948. The only example of the super heavy T-28 is at Tt Knox as well as various others, T-29, T-32 and T-34. All but the T-28 were bases on the M-26 design. (Panther F posted a great video of the T-28 rolling.) We have a T-30 here at Ft Jackson, one of 8 made. I have accounted for 4, but have no idea where the others are...probably down range, shot to pieces. After the A-bomb ended the war, there was no need for super heavies for the invisioned invasion of the Japanese mainland and all but two were dropped. The T-34 with the 120mm was retained for testing which resulted in the T-43, later M-103 and became the 3d tank with the heavy classification in the US arsenal, (T-6 (M-1), M-26 and M-103) and the second to actually be used. The T-30 was used to test the Continental 810 HP V-12 engine and Allison CD-850 transmission, which was used in 1951 to upgrade the M-26 Pershing. The engine swap plus adding a bore evacuator and dropping the dbl baffle muzzle brake to single , redisignated the tank as M-46 Patton, the first tank of three to be names for Patton.

The T-30 carried a 155mm...largest gun ever mounted on a US combat tank and required a 6 man crew....2 loaders to handle the ammo. A special crane was mounted in the turret roof to swing the 98 lb projo to a tray behind the breech and a special rammer was cranked back by loader #2 to kick it into the chamber and follow it with a 40 lb ammo casing. Turret sides were 5 inches thick and the T-30 turret weighed nearly as much as the entire M-26 tank. The T-29 was very similar. They were all experimental heavy tank developement projects and none were ever issued and used by combat troops.

Here's the T-30 with me to show size.

wow, the T-30 is huge. Nice legs too patton

Imagine turning a T-30 around on an R/C battlefield!

which american tank is the one that had double tracks on each side? I think it was a prototype tank.. I think?? I remember seeing some photos of it online somewhere.. Looked badass..

I think its the T-28

That's the T-28. Panther F posted a great video on it last week. Wish we hand more like that.

Here are some pics that show the size of our huge T-30. The tank had the "new" Allison CD tranny and could theoretically pivot...BUT, 72 tons with 8 road wheels length on the ground, it would have dropped a track or dug itself into and soaft ground. The T-29 thru T-34 were about the same size with mostly 120mm guns.

The photos; me at rear of turret. It's so big, you almost have to use the MG stowage pintle as a step to get onto the turret.
A shot of ther breech end....that is a HUGE recoil system and breech that takes up the entire inside. At upper center left is the crane.
A photo of the projo rammer. That spring is super strong...can hear it slam about 3 blocks away.
A shot lf looking over the turret from the TC hatch and looking rear from the mantlet. The turret top feels like a Navy carrier deck.

Here are some newer (new to me) photos of the T-28 posted on Com-Central.Net.

http://www.com-central.net/index.php...wtopic&t=10944

I told ya it was Freakin Huge. LOL wow could you imagine scratch biulding one of these and taking it to an competition. The KT boys would be s*^&%%*@$ pickles. yoou would need 2 pershing lower hulls just to make the hull alone.