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T20 Tank Research Paper

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Info about T20 Tanks during World War ll

This tank is called a Medium T20 Tank which you probably read in the title, but if you didn’t you just read it in this paragraph. Anyway this tank can haul jeeps and several crew members. The abandoned T20 Medium Tank was envisioned as a possible successor to the famous M4 Sherman Medium Tank line for the Americans. There was also a T23 Tank that was just the same body and equipment on it. The production amount of this T20 Tank was only a total of 4 tanks built of this type tank, which is not a lot of tanks, but it cost a lot of money.

The T20 Tank weighs 32.9 tons making it a lot heavier than a semi truck. Lots of people/crew liked the tank, however, it needed a bigger engine to be able to go …show more content…

18.70 feet is long, but not as long as the modern day tanks. Today people can make tanks, cars, trucks, etc. as big as they want to, but not too big to fit on the road.

The T20 Tank is originally made in the United States and the manufacturer is the U.S Ordnance Department. This T20 Tank is made in the year of 1944, which means that the tank is 72 years old.

The government makes replica’s of the T20 Tank. The only thing about the tank is, is that it cannot start up and that the tanks are life size replica’s. A replica means that it looks like the object, such as the T20 Tank but it is not functional.

Power to this tank was served through a Ford GAN V-8 gasoline fueled engine of 470 horsepower output. The engine offered road speeds of 25 mph and an operational range of 99 miles. The engine was at the rear of the hull and the main armament was sat within a 360-degree traversing turret.

The tank ammunition was 75mm, 30 caliber, and a 50 caliber. The 50 caliber could penetrate through a building. The 50 caliber is heavy, but the part of the 50 caliber that shoots off is not that big. It may be 1 inch to maybe 2 inches in size so it is likely that it could penetrate through a

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