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The special 90mm ammunition had produced a muzzle velocity of 3,850 feet per second, or some 600 feet per second faster than the 88mm of the King Tiger. Even more remarkable, it had penetrated 13 inches of armor at 100 yards. gun had successfully penetrated 8.5 inches of armor at 1,000 yards at 30 degrees.

The Super Pershing (aka T26E4-1) was equipped with a new long-barreled T15E1 90mm gun that was designed to out-perform the German high-velocity 88mm on the King Tiger. Arriving very late in the war (March, 1945), it was field tested and modified inside Germany and subsequently saw about ten days of actual combat action, beginning several days after the Battle of Paderborn and ending with the Battle of Dessau on the Elbe River. Only two Super Pershings were ever built, and the 3AD had the only one in the European Theater - an experimental version with its remarkably long barrel. It would be the first and only meeting between a King Tiger and the Super Pershing, a modified standard M26 Pershing weighing 53 tons - an almost 'secret' tank that, to this day, remains largely an enigma to military historians. Only three days before the 3rd Armored Division's final combat action of WWII, a Super Pershing of the 33rd Armored Regiment met and defeated the most powerful and most heavily armored German tank of the war - the legendary 77-ton King Tiger, also known as the Tiger II or Tiger Royal. Not in the photo are the two remaining crewmen, whose names are not yet known (Photos from the Maduri family) Crewman at far left is believed to be 'Pete' (last name not yet known). Irwin of Pennsylvania, the tank's gunner, is at right in the group. Joseph Maduri of Massachusetts, commander of the Super Pershing, is shown in portrait at right and in middle of group photo. WWII's two most powerful tanks meet in a historic encounterģAD soldiers above in 1945: Staff Sgt.

Super pershing greatest tank battles gif