The 105mm T5E1 gun selected was known to have very good performance against concrete and "expected to be extremely effective at reducing heavy fortifications" After the vehicle passed trials, the German Siegfried Line had already been infiltrated and overwhelmed by the Allied forces, so the designers decided to have the T28/T95 tanks to fight on the Japanese mainland later in the war. The T28/T95 was designed to be used for attacking the heavy defenses expected of the Siegfried Line along the western borders of Germany.
However, due to its heavy armor and armament-while self-propelled guns in United States service were lightly armored-it was renamed Super Heavy Tank T28 in June 1946 by OCM 37058. As it did not have its armament in a revolving turret, Ordnance requested a name change to 105 mm Gun Motor Carriage T95, the change becoming official in March 1945. Initially named Heavy Tank T28 when construction was authorized in 1944, the design did not fit in the usual categories of vehicles leading to reclassification.
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