Hobby Master T26E4 Super  Pershing Ofice Chief of Ordanance, Detroit  1/72 scale diecast metal and plastic parts. HG3208

The M26 Pershing was developed at the end of WWII as the successor of the M4 Sherman. Weighing in at 46 tons with 127mm of armor, excellent agility and a 90mm M3 gun for its punch, the Pershing was a tank capable of standing up to the Panthers and Tiger I's. At the start of the Korean War the M26 was sent to combat the Soviet built T-34/85s. The M26 became the model for designing the M46, M48 and M60 tanks.  This Super Pershing variant utilized the T15E2 gun which still used a 90mm bore, but a much longer barrel resulted in higher muzzle velocities.