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engine displacing 895.9 cubic inches. It was intended to fulfill OTCM 32529's, dated
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124:Without Gun: 232.1 in (5.90 m)
120:Gun forward: 314.7 in (7.99 m)
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112:Unstowed: 68,080 lb (30.88 t)
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62:Place of origin
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440:Hunnicutt, R.P. (1984).
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241:70 mi (110 km)
197:Coaxial: .50 cal HB M2E1
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44:Aberdeen Proving Ground
219:T69: 13.2 gross hp/ton
217:T42: 13.4 gross hp/ton
205:Continental AOS-895-3
18:T-42 super-heavy tank
257:The 90mm gun tank
183:T69: 90mm Gun T178
181:T42: 90mm Gun T119
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207:500 gross hp
89:6 prototypes
282:Development
235:Operational
228:Torsion bar
86: built
56:Medium tank
23:Medium tank
451:0891412301
320:References
263:air cooled
224:Suspension
209:370 net hp
189:Secondary
463:Category
299:Variants
191:armament
177:armament
97:T69, T87
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137:Height
117:Length
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237:range
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446:ISBN
175:Main
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107:Mass
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313:T87
306:T69
293:M48
289:M47
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259:T42
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