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[MarkSheppard]

Record of Army Ordnance, R&D: Heavy and Assault Tanks by Charles A. Wright dated 10 July 1945 says:

Realizing that a heavy tank mounting a gun having a great penetrative power would be needed as our troops advanced further into German defenses, the Chief, Research & Development Service, in August 1944 proposed to the Commanding General, Army Service Forces, that fifteen of the available tanks be modernized and armed with the hi-velocity 105-mm gun. It was estimated that if immediate authorization were given to this project, the tank, with sufficient spare parts, could be made availaole in 90 days.

General Eisenhower was contacted as to his views on such a tank. On 18 August 1944, he cabled: "We do not want at this time the 15 tanks M6 that were offered, as they are not considered practicable for use in this theatre now."