| Full Name | M26 Pershing |
| Class | Heavy Vehicle |
| Movement | 6 |
| Armor Value | 6 |
| Vs Infantry (RNG / FPR) | 5/6 |
| Vs Vehicle (RNG / FPR) | 8/12 |
| Traits | |
| Period | Early 1945 |
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The prototype of this series began as a medium tank upgrade of the M4 Sherman and ended as the U.S. Army's first operational 'heavy' tank. The U.S. Army introduced this tank late into World War II and it saw only limited combat (notably in the 9th Armored Division's dash to take the Ludendorff Bridge during the Battle of Remagen). In limited engagements with Tigers and Panthers, the M26 performed well. Its 90 mm M3 (L/53) main gun was similar in effectiveness to the German 88 mm KwK 36 used on the Tiger I. Of the 2,202 units produced through 1945, only 310 made it to Western Europe before the end of World War II, and of these only twenty saw combat (after the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944). It carried a crew of five and had a top speed of 30 mph.