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Originally posted by Paul_9686:
I'll tell you what I positively despise about the Stalin--that anemic ammunition load! Twenty-eight rounds! Sheesh! Give me the Panther's 82 rounds (on the G model) any day.
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Tell
that to the guys who faced up to the tiger 1 that took 120+ rounds to the front armour and limped "back to base" (I'll get more details of this later...)
other accounts:
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" A tiger tank appeared from out of a wood firing on the move. It had already destroyed 6 of my T-34 tanks at ranges of between 200 - 600 meters. We fired bteween 20- 30 AP shells all of which simply bounced off the thick armour. We had to call in air support to fend the tank off which retreted back into the wood & got away "
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Soviet tank crewman's report preblinka 1944
Better to fire 28 rounds and know that when they penetrate, it will be all you need! Besides, if we were to think like a russian in 1944, the life expectancy of a Russian Tanker could not have been that high, not with their strategies anyhow, so why put 60 more rounds in when it's going to be wasted