- TOG2 (tank)
Infobox Weapon
name=Tank, Heavy, TOG 2
caption=TOG 2 at Bovington museum
origin=United Kingdom
type=Heavy tank
is_vehicle=yes
length=10 m
width=3.1 m
height=3 m
weight=80 t
suspension=unsprung
speed= 8 mph / 13 kph
vehicle_range=
primary_armament=QF 17 pdr (8 kg)
secondary_armament=
armour=
engine=Paxmandiesel generator
engine_power=600 hp (450 kW)
pw_ratio=
crew=6 (Commander, gunner, (2x) loaders, driver, co-driver)The Tank, Heavy, TOG 2 was a prototype British heavy tank design produced in the early part of the
Second World War in case the battlefields of northern France turned into a morass of mud, trenches and craters as had happened during theFirst World War .History
The second design to come out of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, or as it was called "The Old Gang", the TOG 2 was similar to the TOG 1 and kept many of its features but mounted the latest tank gun, the QF
17-pounder (76.2 mm). Instead of the track path arrangement of the TOG 1 which was like that of the First World War British tanks, the track path was lower on the return run and the doors were above the tracks. Ordered in 1940, built by Foster's of Lincoln, the prototype ran for the first time in March 1941.Although equipped the same electro-mechanical drive as the TOG 1, the TOG 2 used twin generators and no problems were reported. It was modified to include among other things a change from the unsprung tracks for a torsion bar suspension and as the TOG 2* trialled successfully in May 1943.No further development occurred, although a shorter version, the TOG 2 (R) was mooted.The TOG 2 can be seen at the
Bovington Tank Museum .External links
* [http://www.nelmes.fsnet.co.uk/paxman/paxtanks.htm Paxman engines history]
ee also
*
Panzer VII Löwe
*M6 Heavy Tank
*Super Heavy Tank
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