| The T28 was developed as a heavy armoured assault tank and armed with a high-velocity 105mm gun for attacking heavily fortified positions.
The hull was a cast turtle-shaped structure, two-thirds the length of the track assemblies and set towards the rear. It featured a vision cupola for the
commander fitted with an AA machine- gun on a ring mount and a jib at the rear for loading ammunition into the fighting compartement.
The 105mm TE51 gun was mounted in the hull front with a ball shaped mantlet of 12in armour, limited traverse of 10 degrees left and right, and an
elevation of -10 to +20 degrees.
Each track assembly was a twin unit made up of two complete sherman-type HVSS units, the outer unit on each side could be disconnected and removed
to reduce the vehicle's weight and width for transportation. The two detached track units could then be linked together to form a dumb unit which could
be towed by the parent vehicle or an attendant prime-mover.
As the main armament was not turret mounted the designation was changed to 105mm Gun Motor Carriage T95 in March 1945.
Five pilots were ordered, but this was later reduced to two when the war in Europe ended. After preliminary tests by the manufacturers 'Pacific Car &
Foundry', the first completed pilot model was sent to the Aberdeen Proving Ground for trials during December 1945, followed by pilot No 2 in January
1946. But due to the successful development of the Heavy Tank T29 which also mounted the same calibre gun in a turret with 360 degree traverse all
work on the T28/T95 project was terminated in October 1947.
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