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World War II Allied Tanks
This
section contains information about some of the World War II tanks featured on
Tankzone. Our aim is to build it up over time to be a useful reference source
for tank enthusiasts.
| | US
Tanks | British
Tanks | Russian
Tanks |
PzKpZw.
II - 1935
PzKpZw. III - 1937
PzKpZw. IV - 1937
PzKpZw. 38(t) - 1939
PzKpZw. V 'Panther' - 1942
PzKpZw. VI 'Tiger '1 - 1942
JgPz. 'Elephant'
- 1943
JgPz. 'Jagdpanther' - 1943
PzKpZw. VI King Tiger - 1944
JgPz.
'Hetzer' - 1944
JgPz. 'Jagdtiger' - 1944
The Tiger Family
Estimated
German Battle Tank Production | | Matilda
Mk II - 1939
Churchill - 1942
Cromwell - 1943
Sherman Firefly - 1943 |
KV1 - 1940
T34/76 - 1941
T34/85 - 1943
JS II - 1944
JSU152 - 1944
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WW II US M4 Sherman
| Specification: | M4
Sherman | | Country
of origin | USA |
| Crew: | 5 |
| Armament: | One
75mm M3 main gun, one .3in M1919A4 machine-gun co-axial with main gun, one .3in
M1919A4 machine-gun ball mount in hull front, one .5in machine-gun on turret roof,
one 2in M3 smoke mortat in turret roof. | | Armour: | Minimum:
0.6in (15mm), Maximum: 3.94in (100mm). | | Performance: | Road
speed: 26mph (42km/h), Road Range: 100 miles (160km), Vertical obstacle: 2ft (0.61m),
Trench: 7ft 6in (2.29m), Fording depth: 3ft (0.91m), Gradient: 60 degrees. |
| Powerplant: | Ford
GAA V-8 water-cooled petrol engine developing 500bhp at 2,600rpm. |
| Dimension: | Length:
20ft 7in (6.27m), Width: 8ft 11in (2.67m), Height: 11ft 1in (3.37m). |
| Combat
Weight: | 69,565lb
(31,554kg), 14.3lb/in2 (1kg/cm2) | | Brief
History | Entered
service in 1942 and saw extensive service with US Army and most Allied armies
during and after World War II. The M4 Sherman was the most prolific medium tank
of World War II and saw action in the Korean and Middle East wars. The M4 Sherman
had many deficiencies compared to the Panther being out-guned and out-armoured
but it made up for these shortcomings in reliability, endurance and sheer weight
of numbers. Nearly 50,000 in total were produced. The M4 proved a very versatile
chasis and many variants were built most notable of which were the specialist
tanks designed for the D-Day landing. |
WW II US M26 Pershing
| Specification: | M26
Pershing | | Country
of origin | USA |
| Crew: | 5 |
| Armament: | One
90mm M3 main gun, one .3in M1919A4 machine-gun co-axial with main gun, one .3in
M1919A4 machine-gun ball mount in hull front, one .5in machine-gun on turret roof. |
| Armour: | Minimum:
0.51in (13mm), Maximum: 4in (102mm). | | Performance: | Road
speed: 30mph (48km/h), Road Range: 100 miles (160km), Vertical obstacle: 3ft 10in
(1.17m), Trench: 8ft (2.44m), Fording depth: 4ft (1.22m), Gradient: 60 degrees. |
| Powerplant: | Ford
GAF V-8 water-cooled petrol engine developing 500bhp at 2,600rpm. |
| Dimension: | Length:
28ft 5in (8.65m), Width: 11ft 6in (3.51m), Height: 9ft 1in (2.78m). |
| Combat
Weight: | 92,355lb
(41,891kg), 13.1lb/in2 (0.92kg/cm2) | | Brief
History | The
Pershing entered US service late in 1945 towards the end of the second World War.
It was one of the few Allied tanks to take on the German Tigers and King Tigers
on equal terms. The M26 Pershing also served with the U.N. in the Korean War.
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