M26 Pershing – National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey, Sea Girt, NJ (USA) M26 Pershing – Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum, Pyongyang (North Korea) M26 Pershing – Caserme "Nacci" e "Zappalà", Lecce (Italy) M26 Pershing – Caserma "Tagliamento", Arzene (Italy) M26 Pershing – Italian 132nd Armored Brigade Ariete barracks, Pordenone (Italy) M26 Pershing – Brescello (Italy) The tank has a fake mantlet and the muzzle brake comes from an M47 Patton (Massimo Foti) M26 Pershing – Caserma "Babini", Bellinzago Novarese (Italy) It looks like it belongs on a T34/85 (Michael Lembo) There is a big domed ventilator cover on the turret roof, forward of the loader's hatch. It has the strengthened final drive mounting, but no bore evacuator, so it is not a full M26A1 conversion. The interior control handle for the spotlight is also still mounted inside. The spotlight cable reel mount is cut off of the turret wall, but the spotlight mount is still on the turret roof. Army Garrison Schweinfurt (Germany) Serial Number 1097. M26 Pershing – Bovington Tank Museum (UK) It is currently stored and is not publicly visible T26E3 Pershing – National Armor and Cavalry Museum, Fort Benning, GA (USA) Serial Number 221 (USA AFVs register). It was saved from a fire range and fully restored Of the ten Pershing tanks, only three made it to the Remagen Bridge, and only this one survived. According to the museum’s website, this tank was one of the ten Pershing tanks attached to the 9th Armored Division, which were part of the Remagen Bridge capture. T26E3 Pershing – Wright Museum, Wolfeboro, NH (USA) Serial Number 35 (USA AFVs register). T26E3 Pershing – Royal Museum of the Armed Forces, Brussels (Belgium) This tank is currently stored at the depot of the Tank Museum in Vissenaken (Belgium) This tank was on display in front of the Vilseck HQ building from at least the mid-1950's and was still there in 1994 (Michael Lembo) It has the first type of all steel track which was rarely used after the war. It has no evidence of post-war rebuild - the spotlight mount is still on the turret roof and even the cordomatic cable reel for the spotlight is still in the tank. T26E3 Pershing – Grafenwöhr Training Area, Grafenwöhr (Germany) Serial Number 94.
Listed here are the M26 Pershings that still exist today. Surviving M26 Pershing Heavy Tanks Last update : 13 January 2015
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