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T95 medium tank

Scratchy2's Photo Scratchy2 Feb 22 2012

I just stumbled on this tank on wikipedia maybe someone could do some more research. It looks like an alternate medium line to me
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Sirus_Patton's Photo Sirus_Patton Feb 22 2012

Clicked hoping for some information really.......  Your best bet is to look it up yourself, and I'm not saying that to sound rude.
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SapphireFox's Photo SapphireFox Feb 22 2012

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The T95 medium... Basically you could consider it an attempt to produce an equivilant to the T-54/55 series. The silhouette is similar enough. I doubt it would be used in WoT though as it has a 90 mm T208 smoothbore and I do believe it has composite armor.
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Scratchy2's Photo Scratchy2 Feb 22 2012

View PostSapphireFox, on Feb 22 2012 - 01:21, said:

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The T95 medium... Basically you could consider it an attempt to produce an equivilant to the T-54/55 series. The silhouette is similar enough. I doubt it would be used in WoT though as it has a 90 mm T208 smoothbore and I do believe it has composite armor.
I did  little research, and it turn out to be a test tank... the americans put untested technology in it. it seems that it would be a well balanced medium. it used advanced armor, turbine engine, and vertical stabilizers. it seems that it would, in fact be faster than the t54 and have some of the lovely americn traits, like on the move shooting, and detection range. the game developers would love this tank, because it looked like a soviet tank... it would seem that the ammericans copied the russians, when in fact the americans ha no idea of the t54 when this was developed.
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Scratchy2's Photo Scratchy2 Feb 22 2012

View PostSirus_Patton, on Feb 22 2012 - 01:05, said:

Clicked hoping for some information really.......  Your best bet is to look it up yourself, and I'm not saying that to sound rude.
i hardly know anything about this tank. I heard it had many different models, some used the 105, some used advanced scopes and turbine engines. basically, it was used to test new technology. i'm not sure about any of this info. like i said it would be awesome if someone could do some research.
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Scratchy2's Photo Scratchy2 Feb 22 2012

i found this with some digging.
Technologies, including76mm,90mm, 105mm, and 120mm tank guns, as well as concepts such as autoloaders and low profile and oscillating turrets. the t95 tank prototype became, in 1954, the center of us army future tank development;the vehicle featured a low chassis with a flat track suspension similar to the t54. the t95 program included the t53 optical tracking, acquisition, and ranging[OPTAR]system[precurser of the laser rangefinder]and compound steel with silica core armor that provided resistance to HEAT rounds than steel[similar in concept to the later Chobham composite armor]. t95 prototypes were also used to test multiple turrets, various hydro-pneumatic suspension systems, a cross drive transmission, and even a gas turbine engine. a total of 11 t95 prototypes were developed and tested.
i could also see 2 mediums coming out of this. the t95, and the t96. the t96 was a t95 with a 105mm cannon, a different turret, and a turbine engine.
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Scratchy2's Photo Scratchy2 Feb 22 2012

here's a link to some more pics and info
http://afvdb.50megs....a/pics/t95.html
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