Author Topic: Just to make sure (Read 455 times)

bagrat · « **on:** December 31, 2005, 02:33:17 AM »

Just to make sure, but it isn't possible to kill a Tiger with a T-34, right?

If it is would you tell me where to shoot and how close you need to be to have any effect.

I've snuck up on tigers so close to where Im shooting them with the crosshairs directly on them an try to shoot em in the track, the black space between the track an body, the turret and the back. no effect.

sharp8th · « **Reply #1 on:** December 31, 2005, 02:43:59 AM »

ya its SO hard to kill a tiger in a T34 but there has to be a way but i dont think you can kill a tiger with a T-34

715 · « **Reply #2 on:** December 31, 2005, 03:10:55 AM »

My testing relates to offline since online Tigers rarely allow you to investigate things like multiple hits.

It used to be that the offline Tiger was entirely and completely immune to the AH modeled T-34. You could empty the entire 100 AP rounds at point blank range to any point of the Tiger and not so much as scratch the paint.

Something changed recently, however. Offline testing (awhile ago.. perhaps things have changed again) showed that 5 or 6 hits at 90 degrees at point blank range into the side of the Tiger (aim at the little cross) will actually, amazingly, destroy the offline Tiger.

I do not know how this relates to online use however.

Respectfully, 715

Howitzer · « **Reply #3 on:** December 31, 2005, 03:30:55 AM »

Well, its been forever since I was in a GV, but I thought you could strike a hit on the back of the tiger. Be forewarned, you could pummel that tiger in the back for hours, but all you will ever do is just kill the engine, can't actually take him out that way. Anyone try tests where you slide an HE round underneath the tiger? That is the best way to take one out with a panzer. Don't actually hit the armor, just slide the round as far underneath it as possible.

Donzo · « **Reply #4 on:** December 31, 2005, 04:50:31 PM »

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Originally posted by sharp8th
ya its SO hard to kill a tiger in a T34 but there has to be a way but i dont think you can kill a tiger with a T-34

1) It's so hard.
2) But there has to be a way.
3) Don't think you can kill a tiger with a T-34.

What?

Slash27 · « **Reply #5 on:** December 31, 2005, 05:01:24 PM »

I dont think its possible.

Donzo · « **Reply #6 on:** December 31, 2005, 07:49:08 PM »

Stats show T-34's have killed Tiger's 22 times this tour.

All proxies? Possible, I guess.

Urchin · « **Reply #7 on:** December 31, 2005, 08:30:32 PM »

Seen some interest in this topic, so I'll repost my findings from ~ a year ago.

"OK, the results of our findings.

At ranges up to around 150 yards, if the T-34 is exactly perpendicular (within about 2 degrees) to the surface it is shooting at on the Tiger (rear or side) the round will not ricochet. It doesn't seem to do any damage either, which is about right, considering the upper range of its penetration is just about the thickness of the armor on the Tiger.

Inside of 100 yards, it seems that 3 hits to the same panel (the Tiger has a hexogonal turret, front, 2 front side, 2 rear side, 1 rear "panel") will disable the turret. It was always 3 hits, every time we did it (many many times). Again, the T34 shot must come in almost directly perpendicular to the panel you are shooting at, or the round will ricochet off.

Shooting at the rear never knocked out the engine (well, perhaps I just didn't have the patience to do it). Shooting the side (hull) about 12-14 times seemed to kill the Tiger. Shooting the Tiger a seemingly random number of times after the turret was disabled killed the Tiger. These hits didn't necesarily have to be to the same panel you hit 3 times to knock out the turret, sometimes one hit to an undamaged panel will kill the Tiger if the turret is already disabled.

Should a T-34 catch a Tiger with a roof shot (seemed the threshold was fairly steep, we were unable to replicate this other than by having the Tiger basically tip himself over one of the flat sided hills used to get hull down with), it can kill it with one shot inside of about 1500 yards.. takes 2 at that range. I don't see this happening in the MA.

I'd still like to have the BR-350P round modelled with a limited number of rounds per load (4 seems nice, and historical ), simply because I think it is exceedingly unlikely any Tiger would sit still and let a T-34 pound out 3 shots at the exact same panel of the turret without moving either the tank or the turret even slightly.

It is possible for the T-34 to kill a Tiger however, if the Tiger driver is cooperative enough."

Basically grabbed a friend and went to tanktown in the DA.