Preview: Takom's 35th scale T28 & T28A1/A2 Super Assault Tank

New information on Takom's T28 & M28 A1/A2 superheavy tank is here. We look at the announcement & the features of these two kits in our preview...

Preview: Takom's 35th scale T28 & T28A1/A2 Super Assault Tank

Takom is playing shadow puppetry again with this not very hard to guess poser – the T28/T95 superheavy tank, and in 35th scale. We will save guessing until we get information in a day or so, so here is more about the original machine.

The Subject: The T28 & T28 A1/A2 Super Heavy Assault Tank

The T28, later redesignated the T95, was an American super‑heavy armoured vehicle developed during World War II with a very specific purpose: breaking through the formidable German Siegfried Line. Conceived in 1943 and weighing roughly 95 tonnes, it featured exceptionally thick armour—up to 12 inches in places—and a powerful 105 mm T5E1 gun designed to destroy concrete fortifications. Unlike conventional tanks, it lacked a rotating turret, mounting its gun directly into the hull. This unusual configuration gave it tremendous frontal firepower but severely limited its ability to engage targets off‑axis.

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Manufacturing delays and shifting wartime priorities meant the first T28/T95 prototypes were not completed until early 1946, months after the war had already ended. By that time, the Siegfried Line had long been breached, leaving the massive vehicle without a battlefield role. Only two prototypes were ever built; both were used primarily for engineering tests rather than combat. Despite its impressive armour and armament, the tank’s enormous weight, slow speed, and poor mobility made it impractical for postwar military needs.

After the programme was cancelled in 1949, the prototypes met very different fates. One vehicle was damaged by an engine fire in 1947 and eventually scrapped, while the other vanished until it was rediscovered in 1974 abandoned in a field at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Today, the surviving T28 rests at Fort Moore, Georgia, serving as a rare reminder of the U.S. Army’s brief experimentation with extreme heavy‑armour concepts. Its unusual design and limited production have since made it one of the most recognisable and historically intriguing armoured prototypes ever built.

The T28 more closely resembled an assault gun and was redesignated as "T95 gun motor carriage" in 1945, but in June 1946, the vehicle was redesignated again as "super heavy tank T28". The M28 A1/A2 version was never made but several changes and upgrades were proposed for the T28 that never left the drawing table (or Wargaming's mind.)

The kit features:

Coming in two boxings, the "T28 Super Heavy Tank (Gun Motor Carriage T95)" & the "M28A1/A2 Super Assault Tank".

T28 Super Heavy Tank (Gun Motor Carriage T95)

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Kit No

1/35th scale

Metal parts & Photo-etch included

This kit features either four or two sets of tracks for your choice but gives the full setup with either transition or travel modes with opening compartments.

Clear parts are included for the vision ports & lights, along with a 105mm gun made from turned metal. Photoetch is, of course, included for the thinner parts of the kit.

The road wheels and suspension can be posed, with two different types of track and suspension included. A jig is included for the track assembly also.

For travel mode, the extra tracks can be shown posed as towed behind the vehicle.

The T5E1 gun can be posed in the limited range of the real gun.

The hatches can be posed opened or closed, and the top MGs can be rotated; the sponson winches can also be rotated.

The stowage from the real T28 is replicated very well in this kit.

M28A1/A2 Super Assault Tank

From Takom

Kit No

1/35th scale

Metal parts & Photo-etch included

The real stowage from the museum's T28 is included along with the barrel-like fuel tanks for this version.

Two types of possable suspension and tracks are provided for the kit, along with a track jig to assemble all of those four track runs!

A CAD mockup of the towed sponsons in travel mode.

Both of the 1200 mm & 155 mm guns for this version can be posed in a rather limited range, but the same as the real thing may have been.

Both guns are supplied in metal with turned barrels, the infrared searchlight is above the gun, and the photo-etch is provided for the thinner parts of the model. Twisted brass cable is provided for the towing cables also.

The sponson winches and the top MG can be rotated. Hatches can be opened or closed and clear parts are provided for the transparencies of the kit.

The sponsons can be towed in travel mode, and they have internal spaces that can be displayed opened or closed.

That is all we know about this release for now. You can see more about Takom's kits on their website or on their Facebook page.