Interesting thanks for the correction.
The only problem is I dont believe the 8cm thick plates on the Mark IV H's were Face Hardened, and for sure the J series was not as all FH armor...
The Shermans 75mm should statistically be able to penetrate or at least cause spalling at 500 yards, not great but the 8cm thick hull would put up...
No nothing was wrong with you posting that video, it is the best thing I have seen that clearly explains to me the transmission problems of the...
Discovery wasnt doing itself any favors by calling neutral steering on modern tanks a "legacy" of the Panther given the British implemented it on...
Interesting. I knew about the British doctrine being quite flexible in regards to interpretation (ironic when one considers the "by the book"...
The second bren would probably come from either the company or Battalion level. I dont remember which (I think it was the company level), but...
This is actually a quite hard question to answer. I would have to place my bets on the early panzer divisions that fought in the first two or...
Not common at all until *perhaps* the last year of the war. British and Commonwealth units tended to be rather light on automatic firepower in...
US version had a US gunsight installed, but otherwise I believe they were identical. US 57mms didnt get any APDS ammunition though.
Tanks in general will take more hits their two sides and rear armor than the front armor, though individually the front plate takes more impacts...
Not to mention allied Operational Research of Sherman losses found most were being KOed from hits in the sides and rear. The Brits did some...
Actually this is untrue. Rifle Caliber MG rounds have different ballistics than tank shells. In fact tracers have different ballistics than...
Generally ineffective and made things worse for the crews if anything. Shaped charges can actually be more effective if there is a certain amount...
You can read up on the author here: James Bacque - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Seems to be the big argument with his works is that while...
LW members did in fact get this tattoo, which was a bad thing when the Russians caught them since they didnt know anyone else but the SS had them.
Allies didnt keep track really of their tank aces, but I can think of three. Lt. G.K Henry (Cdn) of the the 1st Hussars killed 5 Panthers in a...
Nice of the Russians to conveniently forget that little non-aggression pact that guaranteed to the Germans the Russians would not come knocking...
Yeah but is the caption right? None of us took that picture, could be anywhere in western europe from late 44 to 45. Not the first time captions...
Where did you get that info from about the armor quality? Have never heard anything like before. Be interested to learn more if its true.
