Close, Kai- I've got his Battles in the East, but haven't picked up West.
Also- the site you listed- same one that I listed above! Seems pretty good, but you're right, no way to tell.
Very interesting stuff though. Based on the information M.Kenny provided... at least 5 Tigers were put out of action. I'll have to check (unless Mr. Kenny provides!
) on how many Tigers s.Pz.Abt had operational at this time.
But- that would certainly suggest that at least the German armor was in fact hit by some of the bombing.
I'm getting the idea here that the failure of Goodwood was much more based on plannign and logistical problems, as opposed to serious german resistance. Sounds to me like most fo the resistance came from small groups of German soldiers ambushing the tanks with any weapons they had. Problem is, if the tank operation only has a couple routes to use... or, like Mahross notes, if there is no infantry support- this means that each little ambush holds up the entire offensive. Seems like it would not necessarily matter specifically how strong the german ambush parties were, or even what kinds of weapons/tanks they had. Just as long as the Germans could knock out a single tank, they could hold up the whole offensive.
Again, we could use the example Kai noted of the forward air controller. No back-up? No contingency plan?