So, aside from the M26 Pershing's lower profile, the tank also featured thicker armor. Its upper front hull had armor 100 mm thick at 46 degrees, giving it an effective thickness of 139 mm.

M26 Pershing vs T34-85. Posted: June 12, 2025 | Last updated: June 12, 2025. It’s the evening of August 17th, 1950, near the city of Pusan, in South Korea.

Here's your chance to drive an actual World War II tank. If you've ever wanted to operate an M4 Sherman, M24 Chaffee, or M26 Pershing, it's now or never.

M26 Pershing Heavy Tank Better protected and better armed than the M4 Sherman, the Heavy Tank M26 Pershing sacrifices mobility for power. Armed with a powerful 90mm main gun, ...

It also comes with various half-track assault vehicles, 3-inch towed AT guns, and the M26 Pershing as its crown jewel. Poster for Company of Heroes 3: Fire & Steel showing four heavy tanks.

Army veteran Clarence Smoyer, the 'Hero of Cologne' who helped take the town of Cologne, Germany in March 1945 as tank gunner with the famous 'Eagle 7' M26 Pershing tank crew, finally received the ...

While heavy tanks like the King Tiger, M26 Pershing and IS-3 dominated lighter tanks in armament and armor, they were expensive to produce, slow and not well suited for fast mobile warfare.

Yarnhub. M26 Pershing vs T34-85. Posted: April 30, 2025 | Last updated: April 30, 2025. August 17, 1950—cornered at Pusan, UN forces make a desperate stand.