War Machines The U.S. Planned to Use On Japan

T-28 Super Heavy Tank

The T-28, dubbed the “Super-Heavy Tank”, was originally designed to be impervious to everything on European battlefields, including Germany’s mighty Tiger II; its main gun was expected to make short work of enemy concrete fortifications. But the Allies also hoped the massive armoured fighting vehicle would take part in the invasion of Japan. Also known as the T-95 105mm Gun Motor Carriage, the T-28 was 36 feet long and weighed nearly 100 tons (more than three times heavier than the workhorse M4 Sherman tank), but was without a rotating turret. Due to its immense size and weight, the T-28 had a top speed of only 8 mph (12 km/h), not to mention an impractical combat range of less than 20 miles (32 km).