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Offline Pannono

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Re: The king on the WW2 battlefield
« Reply #30 on: April 25, 2008, 04:44:19 PM »

hey hey were talkin about the kingtiger not tiger 2 or is2
lmao dp u dont know much about tanks do u?
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Re: The king on the WW2 battlefield
« Reply #31 on: April 25, 2008, 07:56:36 PM »
lmao dp u dont know much about tanks do u?

lol pan shut up
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Re: The king on the WW2 battlefield
« Reply #32 on: April 27, 2008, 10:00:17 AM »
Su-100 and T-34/85 don't match up very well with the King Tiger unless close. Is-2 would be a decent counter.

which model of the Is-2? the 1 with the 122mm main gun? IIRC, the Js-2s (Is-2s) with the 122mm main gun only had HE rounds distrubuted during the war.
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Re: The king on the WW2 battlefield
« Reply #33 on: April 27, 2008, 03:41:58 PM »
its a very good tank its slanted armor {102mm} and that big 88mm cannon makes it very reliable and surviable :rock :O :salute :aok

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Re: The king on the WW2 battlefield
« Reply #34 on: April 27, 2008, 04:24:06 PM »
which model of the Is-2? the 1 with the 122mm main gun? IIRC, the Js-2s (Is-2s) with the 122mm main gun only had HE rounds distrubuted during the war.

Yeah if I remember right there was such a shortage of 100mm barrels that the Uncle Joe tank had to use the 122mm. The Reds made a tank killer tho with the 100mm gun didnt they? the SU-100? With the best gun of the war on it?
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Re: The king on the WW2 battlefield
« Reply #35 on: April 27, 2008, 08:00:17 PM »
oh i dont no i thout all tanks could kill each other :huh

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Re: The king on the WW2 battlefield
« Reply #36 on: April 27, 2008, 09:07:39 PM »
oh i dont no i thout all tanks could kill each other :huh
same here lol  :lol
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Re: The king on the WW2 battlefield
« Reply #37 on: April 27, 2008, 10:30:57 PM »
But if they did give the Is-2 the 122mm AP rounds LETS SEE IT!!.
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Re: The king on the WW2 battlefield
« Reply #38 on: April 28, 2008, 11:26:09 AM »
Yeah if I remember right there was such a shortage of 100mm barrels that the Uncle Joe tank had to use the 122mm. The Reds made a tank killer tho with the 100mm gun didnt they? the SU-100? With the best gun of the war on it?

The best gun the Russians had but the high velocity 88 was the best anti tank gun hands down in the war, well maybe the JadgTigers gun was more lethal but it was designed as a naval gun.

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Re: The king on the WW2 battlefield
« Reply #39 on: April 28, 2008, 03:52:20 PM »
which model of the Is-2? the 1 with the 122mm main gun? IIRC, the Js-2s (Is-2s) with the 122mm main gun only had HE rounds distrubuted during the war.

The D-25T gun fired a combination round (BR-471 APHE) which proved to be pretty effective against German armor late in the war, but largely because the Germans helped! Due to a shortage of manganese starting in the summer of '44, the Germans were forced to switch to nickel alloyed high-carbon steel, which if you're familiar with metallurgy means HARD but BRITTLE. In many cases the JS-2's 122mm didn't penetrate, but shatter the panzer's armor, especially at the welds.

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http://www.battlefield.ru/content/view/32/47/lang,en/
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Re: The king on the WW2 battlefield
« Reply #40 on: April 28, 2008, 04:31:48 PM »
well then..... LETS BRING IN THE IS-2!!!!!  :D
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