Post by PUFF88 on Jan 14, 2003 12:46:22 GMT -5
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i just got this book, i had another book years ago with a few things from this one. But it was worth the money for the stuff the other book did not have. Basically it goes over most of the weapons the germans had, some are larger than others, 4-10 pages on average. the section it had on tiger tanks was excellent, it also has a little chart talking about ranges the enemy tanks by type had to get to destroy each other. some of them were amazing , some i was suprised that the allies later upgunned tanks did better, some not as much as i thought, but the british Firefly was able to knock them out at the longest range. Ill put the ranges here in case anyone was interested.
tiger penetrates cromwell front armor at 2500 meters
cromwell 75mm unable to penetrate tiger front armor at any distance
tiger penetrates m4a2 sherman front armour 1800m
short barrled 75mm unable to penetrate tiger front armour at any distance
tiger penetrates m4a4 sherman at 1800m
m4a4 with 76mm has to close to 700m to penetrate tiger front armour
tiger penetrates sherman firefly at 1800m
Firefly (m4 armed with british 17 pdr) can pierce tiger front armour at 1750m
tiger penetrates t-34/85 at 1400m
t-34/85 has to get within 500 meters to have a chance at penetration
i just got this book, i had another book years ago with a few things from this one. But it was worth the money for the stuff the other book did not have. Basically it goes over most of the weapons the germans had, some are larger than others, 4-10 pages on average. the section it had on tiger tanks was excellent, it also has a little chart talking about ranges the enemy tanks by type had to get to destroy each other. some of them were amazing , some i was suprised that the allies later upgunned tanks did better, some not as much as i thought, but the british Firefly was able to knock them out at the longest range. Ill put the ranges here in case anyone was interested.
tiger penetrates cromwell front armor at 2500 meters
cromwell 75mm unable to penetrate tiger front armor at any distance
tiger penetrates m4a2 sherman front armour 1800m
short barrled 75mm unable to penetrate tiger front armour at any distance
tiger penetrates m4a4 sherman at 1800m
m4a4 with 76mm has to close to 700m to penetrate tiger front armour
tiger penetrates sherman firefly at 1800m
Firefly (m4 armed with british 17 pdr) can pierce tiger front armour at 1750m
tiger penetrates t-34/85 at 1400m
t-34/85 has to get within 500 meters to have a chance at penetration