Well technically the Sherman had 14cm thick turret armor if you combine the mantle and rotor shield, though the rotor shield had lots of gaps in...
The Russian 122mm may have had better penetration, but at 1 shot every 30 seconds and a max ammo load of 20ish rounds, I would go with the 90mm....
The 262 was delayed due to engine shortages, not Hitlers insistence on it being a bomber, though he did want it to be a fighter bomber regardless...
Not sure about the bazooka, but "British Armor in the Normandy Campaing 1944" by John Buckly states that British losses to HEAT weapons were...
It was issued one per platoon, with several more being available at company or battalion level, think battalion level. Muzzle velocity of 80...
Its a Hetzer for sure. Not a tank I would wanna be in from what I read about the ergonomics of it. Kinda sounds like the German T-34 frankly, good...
Well thanks for the correction, seems my info was wrong. :( No the argument I saw was that besides the handful of MP 43s there were basically no...
Hard to find too many pictures from that theatre, but here are two: [IMG] Soldier with a springfield as denoted by the end of the barrel, M1s...
I think you are reading too much into the fact the US army accepted a solid semi auto like the M1 when it was presented to them by Garand. Every...
The French actually had a semi auto rifle in development, it was modified and became the Mas 49 after the war, but originally the Mas 39/40 was a...
Depends on what you mean by performance. While it certainly had the same tank killing ability, it was a much easier tank to knock out than the...
57mm had superior AP performance over the M3 75mm. To keep things standardized, the 57mm was rated 81mm at 500 yards against RHA. In comparison...
I've seen stuff that puts the 17 pounder as the more powerful gun of the two. Not sure we will ever know to be honest which was better.
Err, not true, there were a number of areas to grab, the area right infront of the trigger but behind the magazine, the area infront of the...
Yeah well over 100,000 made, what happened to them all?
UC was a very unique vehicle, and frankly I think it was a very useful thing to have. It was used for a variety of tasks, and in many ways it was...
I'm for the Lancaster. B-17 was a good plane but it sacrificed more bombs in an attempt to cater to concepts that did not ultimately work, that...
Petal seperation is in regards to APDS, the above comment about accuracy was in regards to APCBC rounds allegedly. I personally think the author...
I am some what skeptical of that. German optics tended to have much wider fields of view than allied guns. The 2.4x magnified German sight on Mark...
I have seen it both ways, including the opinion put forward by the creater of Panzer IV world that the Mark IVH may initially have had 8cm FHA...
