Hello everyone,

I know a very limited number of these tanks made it to the ETO in time to participate in combat operations but I was wondering if anyone has any images they can post. I’ve tried a couple google searches but so far have had very limited success.

Thanks,
Noah

BTW – any reference books you can suggest will be very welcome too.

14th Tank Regiment,9th AD T26E3 Pershing Heavy Tank photographed near Vettweiss, Germany in March 1945.


3rd Armoured Division T26E3 going across the Rhine with the added rear turret stowage rack and the rear fender stowage :






T26E3 of the Company E, 32nd Tank Regiment, 3rd AD in Cologne (March 1945)


Company C 19th Tank Battalion 9ht AD T26E3 passing a M32B1 ARV near Thum (March 1945)


HTH

Frenchy

Noah,
Here's the vehicle gallery on my clubs' website. The M26 is next to last on the list.
http://militarymodelers.org/?page_id=100
The best technical reference would be the Hunnicutt Pershing book. Try to find it on inter-library loan.

Well that's rare, red "X's" on a reply from Frenchy
There's also the famous video clip of a M-26 firing at a Panther G at all most point blank range. The name of the town escapes me right now.

http://www.ferreamole.it/images/pershing_man/m_26_pers_01m.htm

This is useful too

The city was Cologne and it was right in front of the big cathedral:

Combat Footage - Pershing vs Panther

Pershing vs Panther Cologne 1945

Cologne Panther

3rd Armored in Cologne

Cheers

jjumbo

Strange...All the pics are OK for me ...Anyway here are the links you can copy and paste to your browser. This should fix the problem :

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CbwnjooteyI/STLAlHfUWkI/AAAAAAAAdIU/XCbL9OPlr1M/s1600/49.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CbwnjooteyI/STLGVRNMFiI/AAAAAAAAdKE/TWKli3fgvIQ/s1600/7.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CbwnjooteyI/STLKwa8h3zI/AAAAAAAAdM8/86NAiHk0OkE/s1600/50.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CbwnjooteyI/STLSfMrh-eI/AAAAAAAAdN8/dLRDuAjjs_o/s1600/55.jpg

http://vn-parabellum.com/images/us-m26-zebra_69.jpg

http://www.armee-americaine.net/blindes/chardassaut/images/image02.jpg

M26A1 walkaround on svsm.org : http://svsm.org/gallery/M26

HTH

Frenchy

Another one :


Frenchy

A Pershing in Cologne

Mantel detail

More mantel detail

This is the crew that killed the Panther in Cologne

Cologne Pershing

Here are some Pershing Photos for you

Here is my T26E3 Diorama

These are from Frenchy





Enjoy

Osprey Publishing (New Vanguard #35) M26/M46 Pershing Tank 1943-1953 is a decent reference....ISBN is 1-84176-202-4. Should be really easy to find cheap on eBay.

HTH,

Mike

Future builds: Super Pershing, Pershing, M45.

Hi! This is the unfortunate 'Pershing' that lost it's tag team brawl with a Tiger 1 in Elsdorf, a sister M26 was victorious in the return match with another Tiger 1 in Elsdorf... Thanks for posting these ETO images fellas, as I am looking at depicting an 'Elsdorf M26 Pershing' in a planned project with a Tiger.

Cheers Phil.

Thanks for the effort Frank

Frenchy

Hi, Please note no phone box on ETO T26E3

Frank-- what a great job on the T26 diorama. What did you use for the signal panel (material and paint)?
Thanks
DJ

Actually I crafted the sign on my PC using Powerpoint. Cut and pasted the 9th Armor Division from a web site. I pasted the finished work to a piece of white foam and then covered the exposed ends with spackle followed by paint. The end result did take on a look of fabric rather than paper.

The whole diorame is made from white foam coated with spackle. The end result is a very light diorama that will take some bump without breaking.

Thanks for the complement -

No phone box and no turnbuckles from the hull to the fenders. The phone box mounted on the hull rear is a Korean War modification. Imagine trying to talk to a Pershing tank crew while standing next to that direct exhaust pipe -