M6 Heavy Tanks Questions and What-if Ideas

[jcf]

So that big turret from the T29 was enough to bring the weight from 63 tons to 77...... or did the electric transmission also play a role in the M6A2E1 being so heavy?

There is only a 500lb difference in the empty (unstowed) weight between the electrical (T1E1) and mechanical (T1E2) transmission versions of the base vehicle - 120,500 lbs vs. 120,000 lbs.

Adding the T29 turret to the T1E1 ballooned the empty (unstowed) weight up to 147,000 lbs.

[dy031101]

There is only a 500lb difference in the empty (unstowed) weight between the electrical (T1E1) and mechanical (T1E2) transmission versions of the base vehicle - 120,500 lbs vs. 120,000 lbs.

Which transmission was relatively more successful?

[Doc Yo]

Forgive this tangential question- I've seen the first US 'heavy tank'* described as a multi-turret beast
mounting a pair of 75mm and another pair of 37mm cannons. Though I have run across the description
more than once, I've never seen any plans or illustrations of the project. Did it ever get as far as blueprints,
or was it never mor than a list of requirements?


* Discounting the 'Universal' tank of 1918.

No illustration in Hunnicutt's Firepower, so if he couldn't find one it probably doesn't exist.
He does state that the "military characteristics were revised" by OCM16200 prior to the construction of a mockup.
Those revisions embodied the single turret T1 as built.

Ah, thats what I was afraid of, but thanks for the response anyhow. may have to start another thread...
ideas are percolating...