![]() ![]() Over the course of the test, the four tanks ran the following distances. The first thing they did was break them in gently, running about 200 road miles, and not exceeding 2,200 rpm. Whenever the driver fully opens his hatch, the gun would automatically elevate to near maximum in order for the driver to get out and for his safety should the weapon (s) go off. These new M46 tanks showed up in the very beginning of 1950, Fort Knox immediately ceased the T40 testing program, parked the four vehicles, and set about the four M46s they received. Posted Janu(edited) On at 10:30 PM, RedWardancer said: Former 11M Infantryman here, crewed the M2A1 Bradley IFV. Some defects had been noticed by Aberdeen before Fort Knox received the vehicles, and some modifications incorporated. Bearing in mind that the M46 entered production before Armored Board had even started testing T40, the testing was as much just to prepare Fort Knox for things to keep a particular eye out when they finally did get some M46s to play with. Last week, we saw how Armored Board was not entirely happy with the T40 medium tanks which they had received for testing. Over at the WoT forum, Nicholas “The Chieftain” Moran has posted a second article about the issues encountered during the early testing of the M46 “Patton” Medium Tank. ![]()
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