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TANK OF THE WEEK: The Pershing.


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The Americans adopted the British practice of naming their tanks after famous generals; the T26 was christened after the WWI commander in France; General Pershing. This evolved from a 1942 design programme, the first of which crossed the Atlantic in February 1945 to be used by the 3rd and 9th Armoured Division of the US Army…

 

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