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Old 12-16-2014, 12:02 PM   #14739 (permalink)
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A nobel prize in tactics for that one!
They can fight like they did in World of Tanks, in so called "real life" tiger's 88 mm KwK 36 L/5 (~8 rounds per minute rate of fire) didn't bounce off shermans or logs of wood, it went straight through shermans. At 2 km. The fighting took place on a distance of 500-1000 meters, at this distance Tigers gun had a 93% combat hit rate and would penetrate(assuming it's using the "regular" PzGr 39 ammo, not the more advanced shells that were introduced later on) 99mm (at 1000meters) to 110mm (at 500meters) of armor (sloped at 30 degrees), while the M4A3E8 "easy eight" sherman our heroes were driving had 73mm of armor in the thickest spot.
That Tiger wouldn't move, it would just take down these fools charing through the middle of the field in 4 shots.
So there. I'm a huge nerd. That's probably why I didn't enjoy Fury too much
Edit: they got one thing right though - penetrating tigers armor using the 76mm M1A2 gun on the E8 tiger would be very hard unless done at almost point blank range (if at all possible from the front)


Oh god I love it when you talk dirty. What would be some good English language books on WWII tank stuff anyway?
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