T29 Heavy Tank
The Heavy Tank T29 was an American heavy tank project started in March 1944 to counter the appearance of the German Tiger II heavy tank. The T26E3 medium tank (which entered service as the M26 Pershing), weighed around 45 short tons, but was not considered heavily enough armed or armored to counter the Tiger II, which weighed closer to 69 t (76 short tons). The T29 was not ready in time for the war in Europe, but it did provide post-war engineers with opportunities for applying engineering concepts to artillery and automotive components.
T29 Heavy Tank 
The T29E3 heavy tank at Aberdeen Proving Ground on 4 May 1948. 
T29 heavy tank at the Aberdeen Proving Ground on 31 October 1947 
Production T29 at the Pressed Steel Car works, 1947 
T29 Heavy Tank 
T29 Heavy Tank 
T29 Heavy Tank 
T29 Heavy Tank 
The first T29 pilot finished at Milford Proving Ground in July 1945. 
The front and rear position of the T29 Pilot, September 1945. 
Wooden mockup of the second turret. 
T29 Heavy Tank Commander’s seat (left) and driver’s seat (right) 
T29 commander’s seat in the turret bulge with the cupola above T29 gunner’s fire control, including telescopic and periscopic sights inside the second wooden turret mockup 
T29 Fort_Knox Attrib: UserFat yankey via Creative Commons 
T29 Heavy Tank
