ah youre correct i meant to put 75mm the 88 was on the tiger , the one you have pic of at the bottom rip
I realise that tanks taking hits has some culmalative affect but if you have seen the report on the German tiger ace who made a record when he killed something like 14 allied tanks in one battle they said his tank had something rediculous like 20 hits on its armour, none of which penetrated.
there was also an interveiw with an allied(brit) tank gunner who describes how he and his friends were parked up in a field in normandy and he looked out the hatch to see a man with blonde hair sitting on a tank some 400 yards away combing his hair.
The gunner got an enourmous shock when the man put on his cap and he suddenly realised he was German!!
he says the german also noticed their tank at that same instant and strang into action. He then describes how he traversed the turret and fired as the german tank (a tiger) tried to traverse his gun.
He said he was astounded as their own shell hit the turret and bounced off high into the sky.The commander immediately ordered them to reverse and as they did so the tiger fired.
'well that was our lot!' was his words. He then describes how the tank filled with acrid black smoke and he and his mates bailed out.
So this is a 75mm shot from 400 yards which failed to penetrate!
However i have recently been to the British museum and they are lucky enough to have a King Tiger on display that boasts several holes still from when it was knocked out.
I examined these holes and they were amazing!
there must have been 8 or 10 cm of armour and there were holes around the 75mm size right thru them like a hot poker had peirced the side.
There were also marks on the barrel of the gun where shells had hit and glanced off.Amazing to see.
I guess all thicknesses CAN be penetrated if the shot is a lucky or good one but it isnt always too easy to kill these huge tanks.
The story of how this tank was taken out is on a plaque nearby and describes how they had to surround this vehicle and continue to fire as even after it had been disabled it continued to fire.
They must have been a daunting enemy to fight.
I think AH should do its best to reflect this.After all its really the whole reason these tanks have become such legends.The Tiger especially is always described as a tank that the shells bounced off.
This after all is a game we are playing and most of us want to see in AH what we read about in the stories about them.Its why i play AH myself.I want to get the feeling im in a war film
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can we please have some of our shots on tiger frontal armour richochette off? If AH armour modelling adds each shot until it gets to a certain number and then makes it a kill.
And all tanks have this, can we please have the better armoured tanks deflecting SOME of these shots that land?
It would also be cool if im in a sherman or smaller type tank (or even the m8 armoured car
) and i see my shells bounce off the tiger!. much like the mg's do now
