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Guns : 90 mm Gun T7; 90 mm Gun M3
Engines : Ford GAF (500 hp); Ford GAN (525 hp)
Turrets (Turret Armor (mm)): T26E5 Early (203/127/127); T26E5 (191*/89/127)
*measuring the turret front, not the thicker gun shield.
Suspensions/Alternate Hulls, Total Weight (metric tons) : T26E5 Early (50.64); T26E5 (46.4)
Hull Armor (mm): 203/76/51 (T26E5 Early); 152/76/51 (T26E5)
Top Speed: 32 km/h
Crew : 5 (Driver; Gunner; Loader; Commander; Radio)
The Pershing development mirrors much Sherman in that the first was the most balanced between gun and armor. The Jumbo had more armor and the firefly had a better gun. The M26 Pershing is the Sherman the M26E1 has a better gun and the M26E5 is a Pershing Jumbo. I would like to see the M26E5 in the game as a BR5 event tank. I would love it to be tech tree a more comparable counter to the Tiger 2 H.
The successful use of the heavily armored M4A3E2 “Sherman Jumbo” created a desirability to make equivalent versions of future tank designs. This was first going to be applied to the M26 and the new up-armored variant was designated T26E5. In February 1945, it was recommended to convert ten T26E3s into T26E5s. 