TOG2
| Heavy Tank, TOG II | |
|---|---|
TOG II* at The Tank Museum, Bovington | |
| Type | Super-heavy tank |
| Place of origin | United Kingdom |
| Production history | |
| Designed | 1940 |
| Manufacturer | William Foster & Co. |
| Produced | 1941 |
| No. built | 1 prototype |
| Specifications (TOG 2*) | |
| Mass | 80 long tons (81.3 metric tons) |
| Length | 10.13 m (33 ft 3 in) |
| Width | 3.12 m (10 ft 3 in) |
| Height | 3.05 m (10 ft 0 in) |
| Crew | 6 (Commander, gunner, 2 loaders, driver, co-driver) |
| Armour | 114 mm at the front of the turret and hull 76 mm at the sides of the hull, 50 mm at the rear of the tank cemented armour on 12.7 mm (0.5 inch) mild steel |
Main armament | 28-pounder 3.7 in (94 mm) gun |
Secondary armament | 7.92 mm Besa machine gun |
| Engine | Paxman-Ricardo 12-cylinder diesel-electric 600 hp (450 kW) |
| Power/weight | 7.5 hp/t |
| Transmission | 2 electric motors |
| Suspension | unsprung torsion bar (TOG II*) |
Operational range | 50 mi (80 km) |
| Maximum speed | 8.5 mph (13.7 km/h) (achieved) 15 mph (24 km/h) (theoretical) |
The TOG 2, officially known as the Heavy Tank, TOG II, was a British super-heavy tank design produced during the early stages of World War II for a scenario where the battlefields of northern France and Belgium devolved into a morass of mud, trenches, and craters as had happened during World War I. When this did not happen, the tank was deemed unnecessary, and the project terminated. A development of the TOG I design, only a single prototype was built before its termination.