Someone give me the scoop on that Jagdpanther at the Imperial War Museum in London. Four shots on the starboard rear. Was this multi shots from more than one tank/ATG? Target practice? First German vehicle I've ever seen. Nice outside but I wish they'd do something for the inside: gauges, seating, periscope, etc. I took more pictures of that thing than anything else in the Museum (people must have thought me mad taking pics of the wheels, track, inside, outside from every angle, etc.). Canterbury and Dover castle were nice. Stonehenge...what a tourist trap!!! Oh yeah, HMS Victory: Although another tourist trap was fun and INSIGHTFUL: I kept bumping my head...did not help being 6'3" below deck of that thing! I would go back to England but never again to London. It's just to damn crowded (and hot as hell with no A/C). Plus...NOSPACE...to take a dump..like being in a damn closet. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

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Glad you enjoyed the IWM, Wilconqr ! [img]smile.gif[/img]

There's a lot of controversy about the shellholes in the Jagdpanther.

According to the IWM, it was ambushed by a Cromwell and knocked out by shots to the rear.

According to others, it was abandoned by its' crew and the holes came courtesy of US target practice.

The jury is out.....

You're right about London ( I live here ! ). I always look at the hordes of tired, bedraggled, confused-looking tourists every year and think - there's a lot more to see in Britain than Nelson's Column ! [img]graemlins/no.gif[/img]

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Most likely given everything I have read on US / British tank actions it was one or two vehicles firing as rapidly as they could that did the damage. Allied crews rarely spared ammunition in making sure their opponets were really "dead." This usually meant multiple hits and the target exploding or brewing up. I can show plenty of other photographic evidence to back this claim up.

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