![]() In early 1945 the entire anti-tank gun issue was re-examined to evaluate the need for large-bore anti-tank guns, as the need in the Pacific did not exist as Japanese armor could easily be penetrated by 37 mm and 57 mm M1 anti-tank guns then available. The Zebra team was sent to the ETO to respond to the criticism of the inadequate anti-tank guns that were then in service. One of the three guns was sent to Europe with the Zebra mission in February, 1945. Three T8 guns were completed in 1944, and a production batch of 400 was ordered. The final design selected was the T20E1 gun with the T15 carriage. Two new gun/carriages were proposed and tested. Alternative carriages were tested, with no carriage found acceptable. After additional trials at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, the T8 gun was found to be too heavy. After two redesigned carriages were tested, the T5E2 was classified as limited standard. The T5 gun carriage proved unacceptable due to structural weaknesses found while towing off-road. The example was designated 90 mm anti-tank gun T8 on carriage T5. The first proposal was a combination of the 90 mm M1 Anti-aircraft gun mated to the M2 recoil mechanism from the M2A1 105 mm howitzer. ![]() The US Ordnance Department began preliminary studies on a gun design similar to the German 88 mm Pak 43/41 anti-aircraft gun which was then successfully being used as an anti-tank gun. In December, 1942, Allied forces reported that new German armored vehicle designs were resistant to 57 mm anti-tank guns, the largest anti-tank gun available. Soon afterwards the project was cancelled. The development started in October 1944 the gun reached trials in February 1946. This gun's design was influenced by German 88 mm Pak 43/41 anti-tank guns captured by the U.S. Anti-tank gun 105mm gun T8 on carriage T19ฤก05mm gun T8 was an anti-tank gun developed in the United States in mid-1940s.
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