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T26E3 Pershing Question
BillGorm
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Posted: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 04:59 AM UTC
Question about the T26E3 Pershing. Were the tracks entirely steel or a combination of steel and rubber? I think the former but want to check before painting. Thanks for any help.
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Posted: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 05:37 AM UTC
Think I answered my own question. From another Pershing thread:

"The tracks used in WW2 were single-piece steel links (very similar to Panther tracks), while the Korean-era ones rode on the wide twin-padded rubber tracks as seen on Sherman "Easy Eights" and most post-war US tanks."
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Posted: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 06:16 AM UTC
Both track types made it into WW2 The T80E1 double pin track is the Sherman track you are refering to.
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