![]() ![]() The barrel was capped at the muzzle with a baffled muzzle brake to content with the main gun's recoil. The main gun was fitted into a fully traversing turret protected by slab sided surfaces with rounded edges, giving the entire tank a rather high, however necessary, profile. The T30 made use of one of the largest guns ever fitted to an American tank - this being a 155mm T7 L/40 main gun. Eventually, all heavy tank projects (as well as a myriad of other interesting wartime developments) were cancelled with surviving examples inevitably becoming museum pieces in the Fort Knox, Kentucky area. By then, the war in the Pacific had also concluded leaving the T28, T29 and T30 designs in limbo. ![]() Prototypes (known in the tank world as "pilots") of the T30 were being designed as early as April of 1945 - this turning out to be the end of the war in Europe - though completed forms were not made available until 1947. While the T28 was essentially more akin to a self-propelled gun, the T30 and T29 designs utilized a turreted layout and were much lighter than their four-tracked forerunner - however still heavily armed and armored. The T30, along with the similar T29, followed behind the T28 Super Heavy Tank development. The T30 was developed for the American Army during the latter stages of World War 2 to counter the appearance of German Army heavy tanks during Nazi Germany's "last gasp" in 1945.
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