Tank origin

Although the M4 Sherman was widely deployed by Allied forces in World War II, its reliability against enemy armor came into question as the war progressed. In response, the United States sent twenty units of the newly produced T26E3, later standardized as the M26 Pershing, to Belgium in January 1945. The tank performed well against Germany’s Tiger tanks, but it saw little use during the war due to its late development. The T99 was an experimental multiple launch rocket system tested on the M26 in late 1945 but ultimately not selected for production.