The T95 was an American prototype medium tank developed from 1955 to 1959. These tanks used many advanced or unusual features, such as siliceous-cored armor, new transmissions, and OPTAR fire-control systems.

The T28 super-heavy tank was an American super-heavy tank/assault gun designed for the United States Army during World War II. It was originally designed to break through German defenses of the Siegfried Line and was later considered as a possible participant in the planned invasion of the Japanese mainland.

Nov 30, 2017 · It led to the production of a tank that looked much more powerful on paper than it did in reality. The T-95 project featured the OPTAC fire-control system; a siliceous cored armor, and an entirely new transmission design.

Apr 6, 2019 · But the T95’s overall design, with composite armor, electrical fire control, smoothbore guns, and a gas turbine would eventually be implemented down the line in the M1 Abrams.

T-95 is the common informal designation of the Russian fourth-generation [3] main battle tank internally designated as the Object 195, that was under development at Uralvagonzavod from 1988 until its cancelation in 2010. Little about the tank is publicly known.

Apr 13, 2023 · The Army built two prototypes of a super-heavy, super armored tank for just that purpose in 1945 – and then lost one of them almost as quickly. T28 Super Heavy Tank, Patton Museum, Fort Knox, Kentucky (Mark Holloway, Wikimedia Commons) Toward the end of 1944, American war planners knew the war was coming to a close.

Nov 25, 2021 · The T-95 engine would have been a powerful diesel with 1,500 horsepower leading to a potentially greater speed than other Russian tanks such as most variants of the T-90, which only get 1,000 or 1,100 horsepower from their engines.

Mar 23, 2020 · The T-95 is a tanker’s dream: highly mobile, well armored, with firepower — lots of firepower. Equipped with a 152-millimeter main gun, the T-95 would have outclassed any other tank it faced.

Jan 5, 2022 · But at the end of the Cold War, the Soviet Union developed an actual prototype “super-tank” that if fielded would have outclassed every contemporary NATO tank: the T-95 (Object 195).

A Quantum Leap in Russian Tank Design. Research on the T-95 began as far back as 1988 under the project name “Improving-88.” The intent was to replace the already aging T-72 with a main battle ...