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T42 medium tank

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Type
  
Medium tank

Designed
  
1948-1953

Place of origin
  
United States

Variants
  
T69, T87

T42 medium tank

Weight
  
Combat loaded: 74,500 lb (33.8 t) Unstowed: 68,080 lb (30.88 t)

Length
  
Gun forward: 314.7 in (7.99 m) Gun in Travel Position: 273.4 in (6.94 m) Without Gun: 232.1 in (5.90 m)

The 90mm GUN TANK T42 was a medium tank powered by the AOS-895-3, a 6-cylinder, Air cooled, Opposed cylinder, Supercharged engine displacing 895.9 cubic inches. It was intended to fulfill OTCM 32529's, dated December 2, 1948, call for a tank weighing 36 tons and equivalently armed as the M46 while having superior armour. With an engine producing only 500 hp, concern about the T42's performance was expressed. Testing, with a T40 loaded to the weight of T42 and powered by the AOS-895 through a CD-500 transmission, revealed it to be only equivalent in performance to the late model M4A3, which was below the design estimates.

Contents

Variants

  • T69: armed with a 90mm T178 in an oscillating turret with an autoloader
  • T87: proposed improvement of the T42 including features such as a cast steel elliptical hull and a flat track suspension

    • Bibliography

  • Hunnicutt, R.P. (1984). Patton: A History of the American MBT. Presidio. ISBN 0891412301. 

    • References

    T42 medium tank Wikipedia
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