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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
 
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The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a rank {{Specs|rank}} American heavy tank {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update "Ground Breaking"]].  
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The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a rank {{Specs|rank}} American heavy tank {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update "Ground Breaking"]].
  
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It is a American assault tank intended to be used like [[M4A3E2]]. It is based on [[M26]] Pershing but with additional armour on the front and the turret. It's use the same gun as the M26, M3 90mm gun. Thus, This vehicle is able to effectively compete with late world war II vehicle even more than it's predecessor due to it additional armour.  
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It is a American assault tank intended to be used like [[M4A3E2]]. It is based on the [[M26]] Pershing, uses the same 90 mm M3 gun but has additional armour on the front and the turret. Therefore, the T26E5 is able to effectively compete with late World war II vehicle even more than its predecessor thanks to the additional armour.  
  
 
== General info ==
 
== General info ==
 
=== Survivability and armour ===
 
=== Survivability and armour ===
 
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Frontal armour is quite strong, able to resist Panther's gun or even Tiger II's Kwk 43 gun if well-angled. On the other hand side armour can protect you to a certain degree when angled, closer toward the front side armor cannot protect you even from Weaker gun. and when un-angled any gun will punch right through your side armour. Notable weak-spot on this tank include Machine gun port, and a weird-looking bulge on the front of the hull. The other notable weak spot is lower front plate. With only 140-150mm Effective Thickness It is not able to resist even Panther's or Tiger II's gun and there as no Transmission to block shell as well.
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The turret consists of variable thickness armour ranging from 89 - 198mm. In some place near the cannon breech can even reach 230-280mm. Turret front ranging from near the gun consists of 177.5mm Cast homogenous plate but because of volumetric shell, cannon breech and optics enemy shell might not penetrate through here and cause significant damage to crew members. There are not many weak spot on the turret except the rear and side rear as there is only 160mm effective thickness there and rear of 127mm effective thickness. Any shell hitting turret from the side or rear will most likely knock out all of your crew members in the turret. And as there are also First-stage ammo rack on the left side of the turret any shell hitting there have a high chance of ammunition explosion as well.  
 
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Cupola with it's 76.2mm can be penetrated and damage your gunner and commander by any APHE shell hitting there. But because of the small cupola size it's might be difficult to hit it in the first place.
 
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Survivability is Average, you have 5 crew members like majority of the tank at your BR. But because of spacing a single large enough APHE shell such as IS-2 shell can one-shot all your crew members.
 
  
 
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! Armour !! Front (Slope angle) !! Sides !! Rear !! Roof
 
! Armour !! Front (Slope angle) !! Sides !! Rear !! Roof
 
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| Hull ||152.6 mm (46°) ''Front Glacis''
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| Hull || ___ mm || ___ mm ''Top'' <br> ___ mm ''Bottom'' || ___ mm || ___ - ___ mm
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25.4 mm ''MG port''
 
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101.6 mm (54°) ''Lower Glacis''<ref name=":0">Heavy Tank T26E5 - Tanks Encyclopedia (tanks-encyclopedia.com)</ref>
 
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|76.2 mm|| 51 mm || 38 mm (Roof Front)
 
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23 mm (Roof Rear)<ref name=":0" />
 
 
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| Turret || 191 - 198 mm ''Turret front'' <br> 191- 279 mm ''Gun mantlet'' <ref name=":0" /> || 89 - 198 mm<ref name=":0" /> || 127 mm<ref name=":0" /> || 25 mm<ref name=":0" />
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| Turret || ___ - ___ mm ''Turret front'' <br> ___ mm ''Gun mantlet'' || ___ - ___ mm || ___ - ___ mm || ___ - ___ mm
 
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| Cupola || colspan="3" | 76.2 mm (Spherical) || 25 mm
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| Cupola || ___ mm || ___ mm || ___ mm || ___ mm
 
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* Suspension Wheels and Tracks are 20 mm thick.
 
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* There are steel boxes and few spare track on the turret that can block vision on some part of the tank and act as additional protection. <!-- Any additional notes which the user needs to be aware of -->
 
 
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=== Mobility ===
 
=== Mobility ===
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The T26E5 use the same power pack as on the M26 Pershing. Including the Ford GAF gasoline engine producing 500 hp.<ref name=":0" /> Which was proven to be underpowered for the M26 that weight over 41 tonnes, and when used with the T26E5 that weight over 46 tonnes It's would suffer even more from reduced performance, with abysmal power-to-weight ratio of only 10.7hp/ton. As such, It's maximum speed limit are only limited to 48 - 40 km/h. But expect average speed when travelling on-road to be 25-35 km/h and that is when not turning for a period of time. When off-road the speed will drop even more. Due to the lacks of neutral steering it's might be difficult to turn in urban environment. As such, Player should think about route they should take carefully and avoid flanking maneuver that would take them a lot of time to do so.
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=== Main armament ===
 
=== Main armament ===
 
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{{main|M3 (90 mm)}}
 
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T26E5 use the same 90mm M3 as the M36, T25 or the M26. Once unlocked, the T26E5 will have APBC as it's default shell. The APBC have a decent characteristic but because it's doesn't have explosive filler It's should be replaced by APCBC as soon as possible. APCR can be used to penetrate some heavily armoured vehicle such as [[Ferdinand]], [[Jagdtiger]] or [[Tiger II (H)]] but the player should be aware of the poor post-penetration damage of the shell. Thus, player should always aim to disarm the target first if they wish to use APCR. HE shell can be used to damage lightly armoured vehicle and Smoke shell can be used to provide smoke cover for player or teammates.
 
  
 
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{{main|M2HB (12.7 mm)|M1919A4 (7.62 mm)}}
 
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Common for almost every American tank at it's Battle rating. a 12.7mm M2HB Browning Machine gun. It's can shred light tank which is quite common at it's BR bracket and can also engage low flying aircraft to a certain degree as well. On the other hand the coaxial Low caliber machine gun are not able to damage anything except open top vehicle.
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The 12.7 mm M2HB Browning can shred light tanks and also engage low-flying aircraft to a certain degree. The coaxial low-calibre machine gun is not able to damage anything except open-topped vehicles.
  
 
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Revision as of 20:02, 2 November 2021

Rank VI USSR | Premium | Golden Eagles
Su-25K Pack
This page is about the American heavy tank T26E5. For other versions, see M26 (Family).
T26E5
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T26E5
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IV Rank
Battle rating:
AB RB SB
6.7 6.7 6.7
Class:
Research:54 000 Specs-Card-Exp.png
Purchase:185 000 Specs-Card-Lion.png
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Description

The Assault tank T26E5 is a rank IV American heavy tank with a battle rating of 6.7 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update "Ground Breaking".

It is a American assault tank intended to be used like M4A3E2. It is based on the M26 Pershing, uses the same 90 mm M3 gun but has additional armour on the front and the turret. Therefore, the T26E5 is able to effectively compete with late World war II vehicle even more than its predecessor thanks to the additional armour.

General info

Survivability and armour

Armourfront / side / back
Hull152 / 76 / 51
Turret177 / 107 / 127
Crew5 people
Visibility105 %

Describe armour protection. Note the most well protected and key weak areas. Appreciate the layout of modules as well as the number and location of crew members. Is the level of armour protection sufficient, is the placement of modules helpful for survival in combat? If necessary use a visual template to indicate the most secure and weak zones of the armour.

Armour type:

Armour Front (Slope angle) Sides Rear Roof
Hull ___ mm ___ mm Top
___ mm Bottom 		___ mm ___ - ___ mm
Turret ___ - ___ mm Turret front
___ mm Gun mantlet 		___ - ___ mm ___ - ___ mm ___ - ___ mm
Cupola ___ mm ___ mm ___ mm ___ mm

Notes:

Mobility

Speedforward / back
AB43 / 14 km/h
RB and SB41 / 13 km/h
Number of gears6 forward
2 back
Weight46.4 t
Engine power
AB954 hp
RB and SB500 hp
Power-to-weight ratio
AB20.6 hp/t
RB and SB10.8 hp/t

Write about the mobility of the ground vehicle. Estimate the specific power and manoeuvrability, as well as the maximum speed forwards and backwards.

Game Mode Max Speed (km/h) Weight (tons) Engine power (horsepower) Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton)
Forward Reverse Stock Upgraded Stock Upgraded
Arcade 43 14 46.4 646 954 13.92 20.56
Realistic 41 13 442 500 9.53 10.78

Modifications and economy

Repair costBasic → Reference
AB3 779 → 4 674 Sl icon.png
RB4 054 → 5 014 Sl icon.png
SB5 592 → 6 917 Sl icon.png
Total cost of modifications47 100 Rp icon.png
85 800 Sl icon.png
Talisman cost1 500 Ge icon.png
Crew training52 000 Sl icon.png
Experts185 000 Sl icon.png
Aces710 Ge icon.png
Research Aces480 000 Rp icon.png
Reward for battleAB / RB / SB
120 / 170 / 200 % Sl icon.png
166 / 166 / 166 % Rp icon.png
Modifications
Mobility Protection Firepower
Mods new tank traks.png
Tracks
Research:
2 400 Rp icon.png
Cost:
4 400 Sl icon.png
135 Ge icon.png
Mods new tank suspension.png
Suspension
Research:
2 100 Rp icon.png
Cost:
3 800 Sl icon.png
120 Ge icon.png
Mods new tank break.png
Brake System
Research:
2 100 Rp icon.png
Cost:
3 800 Sl icon.png
120 Ge icon.png
Mods new tank filter.png
Filters
Research:
3 900 Rp icon.png
Cost:
7 100 Sl icon.png
220 Ge icon.png
Mods new tank transmission.png
Transmission
Research:
5 100 Rp icon.png
Cost:
9 300 Sl icon.png
290 Ge icon.png
Mods new tank engine.png
Engine
Research:
5 100 Rp icon.png
Cost:
9 300 Sl icon.png
290 Ge icon.png
Mods tank tool kit.png
Improved Parts
Research:
2 400 Rp icon.png
Cost:
4 400 Sl icon.png
135 Ge icon.png
Mods extinguisher.png
Improved FPE
Research:
2 100 Rp icon.png
Cost:
3 800 Sl icon.png
120 Ge icon.png
Mods tank reinforcement us.png
Crew Replenishment
Research:
3 900 Rp icon.png
Cost:
7 100 Sl icon.png
220 Ge icon.png
Mods new tank horizontal aiming.png
Horizontal Drive
Research:
2 400 Rp icon.png
Cost:
4 400 Sl icon.png
135 Ge icon.png
Mods tank ammo.png
90mm_us_M82_APCBC_ammo_pack
Research:
2 400 Rp icon.png
Cost:
4 400 Sl icon.png
135 Ge icon.png
Mods tank cannon.png
Adjustment of Fire
Research:
2 100 Rp icon.png
Cost:
3 800 Sl icon.png
120 Ge icon.png
Mods tank ammo.png
90mm_us_M304_APCR_ammo_pack
Research:
2 100 Rp icon.png
Cost:
3 800 Sl icon.png
120 Ge icon.png
Mods new tank vertical aiming.png
Elevation Mechanism
Research:
3 900 Rp icon.png
Cost:
7 100 Sl icon.png
220 Ge icon.png
Mods tank ammo.png
90mm_us_M313_Smoke_ammo_pack
Research:
5 100 Rp icon.png
Cost:
9 300 Sl icon.png
290 Ge icon.png

Armaments

Main armament

90 mm M3 cannon
Ammunition70 rounds
First-order10 rounds
Reloadbasic crew → aces
9.7 → 7.5 s
Vertical guidance-10° / 20°
Main article: M3 (90 mm)

Give the reader information about the characteristics of the main gun. Assess its effectiveness in a battle based on the reloading speed, ballistics and the power of shells. Do not forget about the flexibility of the fire, that is how quickly the cannon can be aimed at the target, open fire on it and aim at another enemy. Add a link to the main article on the gun: {{main|Name of the weapon}}. Describe in general terms the ammunition available for the main gun. Give advice on how to use them and how to fill the ammunition storage.

90 mm M3 Turret rotation speed (°/s) Reloading rate (seconds)
Mode Capacity Vertical Horizontal Stabilizer Stock Upgraded Full Expert Aced Stock Full Expert Aced
Arcade 70 -10°/+20° ±180° N/A __._ __._ __._ __._ __._ _.__ _.__ _.__ _.__
Realistic __._ __._ __._ __._ __._

Ammunition

Penetration statistics
Ammunition Type of
warhead 		Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
10 m 100 m 500 m 1,000 m 1,500 m 2,000 m
T33 shot APBC 175 172 160 146 132 122
M82 shot APCBC 173 170 159 147 135 124
M304 shot APCR 287 281 259 234 211 191
M71 shell HE 13 13 13 13 13 13
Shell details
Ammunition Type of
warhead 		Velocity
(m/s) 		Projectile
Mass (kg) 		Fuse delay
(m) 		Fuse sensitivity
(mm) 		Explosive Mass
(TNT equivalent) (g) 		Ricochet
0% 50% 100%
T33 shot APBC 853 10.9 N/A N/A N/A 47 60 65
M82 shot APCBC 813 10.9 1.2 14 137.2 48 63 71
M304 shot APCR 1,021 7.6 N/A N/A N/A 66 70 72
M71 shell HE 823 10.6 0 0.1 925 79 80 81
Smoke shell characteristics
Ammunition Velocity
(m/s) 		Projectile
Mass (kg) 		Screen radius
(m) 		Screen deploy time
(s) 		Screen hold time
(s) 		Explosive Mass
(TNT equivalent) (g)
M313 821 10.7 13 5 20 50

Ammo racks

Full
ammo 		1st
rack empty 		2nd
rack empty 		3rd
rack empty 		4th
rack empty 		5th
rack empty 		6th
rack empty 		Visual
discrepancy
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Machine guns

12.7 mm M2HB machine gun
Ammunition600 rounds
Belt capacity200 rounds
Reloadbasic crew → aces
10.4 → 8.0 s
Fire rate575 shots/min
Vertical guidance-10° / 50°
Horizontal guidance-120° / 120°
Main articles: M2HB (12.7 mm), M1919A4 (7.62 mm)

The 12.7 mm M2HB Browning can shred light tanks and also engage low-flying aircraft to a certain degree. The coaxial low-calibre machine gun is not able to damage anything except open-topped vehicles.

12.7 mm M2HB
Mount Capacity (Belt) Fire rate Vertical Horizontal
Pintle 600 (200) 577 -10°/+30° ±60°
7.62 mm M1919A4
Mount Capacity (Belt) Fire rate Vertical Horizontal
Coaxial 3000 (250) 500 N/A N/A

Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

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Cons:

History

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Media

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See also

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  • reference to the series of the vehicles;
  • links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.

External links

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  • other literature.


USA heavy tanks
M4 Jumbo  M4A3E2 · Cobra King · M4A3E2 (76) W
M6  M6A1 · T1E1 · T1E1 (90) · M6A2E1
T26  T26E1-1 · T26E5
T29/30/34  T29 · T30 · T34
T32  T32 · T32E1
M103  M103
Others  T14

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