The famous "T-34" tank must be known to everyone, and the tanks that have fought against it since World War II are also countless. The M46 Patton tank is one of them.
In World War II, the U.S. army was equipped with at least 49,000 M4 Sherman medium tanks, and in December 1944, the German army used the "Tiger King" heavy tank to break through the American defense line, and the American army was defeated, thus determining the fate of the M4 tank being eliminated.
After the war, due to the increasing tension between the United States and the Soviet Union, in the face of the strong armored forces of the Soviet Army, the United States decided in 1949 to develop three new models: the T41 light tank (later the M41 Bulldog", the T42 medium tank and the T43 heavy tank (later the M103 heavy tank), and at the same time improved the M26 tank, and successively installed new engines, transmissions and new guns. On 30 July 1948, the improved M26 Pershing Pershing tank, the M26E2, was renamed the M46 Patton Tank.
The gun was an M3A1 type 90 mm cannon with a smoke extraction device, but the gun stabilizer was eliminated. The engine is a "Continental" AV-1790-5 V-shaped 12-cylinder air-cooled gasoline engine with a power of 595 kW at a speed of 2600 rpm. Since the engine's two exhaust cylinders have an angle of 90 degrees, the height is reduced, providing an installation position for the fan, which in turn guarantees reliable cooling.
In addition, the engine also adopts two sets of independent ignition and supply systems to ensure the reliability of the engine. The transmission device is the "Alison" CD-850-4 hydraulic mechanical transmission device, due to the use of hydraulic torque converter and dual power flow to the mechanism, so that the tank starts smoothly, has good acceleration performance and light operation. The control device is a single-lever type, which uses 1 joystick regardless of speed change or steering, while the control device is multi-type and can be operated by the driver or his assistant. The mobile device is basically the same as that of the M26 tank, with 1 track tensioner between the active wheel and the rear load wheel. In addition, 2 shock absorbers have been added at the front load wheel.
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