T14 Heavy Tank

An experimental heavy tank that was designed and had two-prototypes built, but was never brought into active service. It exists in Flames of War as part of a T14 Assault Tank Company/Squadron. Think of it as a longer, harder, and thicker Sherman.

British

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American

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In Real Life

A joint American-British effort, the T-14 was meant to be an infantry/heavy tank to surpass the then-still-in-production Churchill infantry tank, which was built to assumed World War 1 conditions and doctrines (like, trenches, thinner armor on enemy tanks which would allow them to use smaller calibers on their guns, and unsloped armor, more in the Churchill page.) The Americans did not have an infantry tank of their own, so they consulted the British on what features they would like to see on this new heavy.

The American T-14 shares a lot of similarities and design-qualities with the early Sherman, sharing the same shape, the same short-barreled 75mm (though the Brits would've used the 6-pdr) and standardized modules, except built to be longer so that it could be used as mobile cover. Even the T-14's armor thickness was the same as the Sherman, but at a steeper angle, giving it effectively more armor while using less resources; even though the armor was thinner than a Churchill's, it offered similar protection. That being said, because it was longer, the tank was also quite a bit heavier than a Sherman, which strained its engine and made it too heavy for less-than-ideal off-road conditions and took up more space in a ship when transported to Europe.

When the time came, the British decided to stick with the Churchill. Though the design was inefficient, it was also easier to upgrade and modify to address its inherent flaws, and they already had the factory and tooling in place for the Churchill to be simply upgraded. Switching over would cause a loss in production that was seen as prohibitive.