Keywords: M26 Super Pershing.jpg en The first Super Pershing a T26E1 mounted with the L73 90mm T15 gun This photograph was taken after the tank arrived in Europe and maintenance units in the Third Armor Division added extra armor to the front of the tank The Pershing's gun mantlet was a known weak point in the armor and so an 80mm piece from a Panther tank was added Note the coil springs on top of the gun mount which were required to balance the extra weight of the long gun barrel U S Army Photo from Zaloga Steven Armored Thunderbolt 2008 Stackpole Books p 294 US Army PD-USGov-Military-Army PD-USGov Original upload log page en wikipedia M26_Super_Pershing jpg 2010-02-14 13 18 DarthRad 800×359× 177910 bytes Improved version 2009-11-21 23 00 DarthRad 800×350× 230252 bytes Photograph of the first Super Pershing a T26E1 mounted with the L73 90mm T15 gun This photograph was taken after the tank arrived in Europe and maintenance units in the Third Armor Division added extra armor to the front The Pershing's mantlet was M26 Pershing |