T20 Medium Tank - T22 Series

T22 Series

Ford GAN V8 engine with M4 type mechanical transmission

T22: 76 mm gun and horizontal volute suspension

T22E1: 75 mm automatic gun and horizontal volute suspension

There was only one T22 constructed. The T22E1 was the T22 pilot vehicle re-equipped with the turret originally built for the T20E1. The T22E2 with 3 inch gun and torsion bar suspension was never constructed. Modified for rear drive the M4 type transmission proved troublesome, hence the cancellation of the T22 program. The 75 mm automatic gun was tested in this installation and gave a maximum rate of fire of 20 rounds a minute, but was abandoned in December 1944 on the basis that it was unreliable and larger calibre guns were now the priority.

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