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Motor Carriage T92
Motor Carriage T92
Specifications
Mass	62.4 t (61.4 long tons; 68.8 short tons) /// 127,000 lb (58 t)
Length	384 in (9.8 m; 32.0 ft)
Width	133 in (3.4 m; 11.1 ft)
Height	125 in (3.2 m; 10.4 ft)
Crew	8 (Commander, driver, co-driver (5x) gun crew)
Recoil	M8 (Hydro-Pneu Constant)
Carriage	Pintle
Rate of fire	1 r/min
Armor	25 mm
Main; armament	240 mm howitzer M1
Engine	Ford GAF; 8 cylinder, gasoline; 470 hp (350.48 kW)
Power/weight	8.1
Suspension	torsion bar
Operational; range	25,255 yd (23.093 km)
Maximum speed	24 km/h (15 mph)

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The 240 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage T92 was self-propelled howitzer developed by the United States of America during World War II.

The 240 mm M1 howitzer was mounted on a slightly modified Heavy Tank T26E3 (later the "Heavy Tank M26 Pershing") chassis - it used an extra bogie wheel, to bring a total of seven.

A limited production run was ordered in March 1945, and the first test model was finished in July of that year. Total production of the T92 was five.

A similar vehicle was also built in conjunction with the T92, the 8in Gun Motor Carriage T93. The T93 mounted the longer 8in M1 gun.

Limited numbers of both 240mm HMC T92s and 8in GMC T93s were going to be used in Operation Downfall, the planned invasion of the Japanese mainland. However, after the Japanese surrender on 14 August 1945, the T92s and T93s were not shipped to the Pacific Theater of Operations.

The surviving T92 is at the Detroit Arsenal in Warren, MI.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Maj. Gen. Louis E. Hibbs (July 1946). Col. Devere Armstrong (ed.). "Report on the field - Artillery conference" (PDF). The Field Artillery Journal. 36 (7). The United States Field Artillery Association.
^ Col. Devere Armstrong, ed. (September 1946). "To the editor" (PDF). The Field Artillery Journal. 36 (9). The United States Field Artillery Association: 549.

External links

R.P. Hunnicutt. Pershing: A History of the Medium Tank T20 Series. ISBN 978-0982190708.

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[FAJ_july-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Maj. Gen. Louis E. Hibbs (July 1946). Col. Devere Armstrong (ed.). "Report on the field - Artillery conference" (PDF). The Field Artillery Journal. 36 (7). The United States Field Artillery Association.

[2] Col. Devere Armstrong, ed. (September 1946). "To the editor" (PDF). The Field Artillery Journal. 36 (9). The United States Field Artillery Association: 549.

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 ==See also==
 * [[M110 howitzer]]
 ==References==
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