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Tomanbeg -> (3/22/2002 8:19:37 AM)
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by risto.nikula
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about that...
I'm not sure were they uset in other fronts, but there was one used in finnish front,. this particular js3 was destroyed by single shot from lahti at-rifle. The wreckage was investigated, and apparently the bullet went throug the drivers driver's hatch(what is the correct word for the small view hole?) and the riccocet killed everyone inside.
and the tanks:
ot34/85,firefly,hellcat, late stugs and panthers. [/B][/QUOTE]
The most powerful was the Tiger II with 700 hp. Tied was the Panther with the same Engine(I forget what mark). The JS-3 had a 690 hp engine, so it would be #2 I guess. Combat effectveness is another matter. And are we talking tactical, operational or Strategic? Stratigic my $ is on the sherman. Cheap, Light it was easy to ship around the world. It was a good tank for killing natives, didn't need as much in the way of logistics as most armor of that day. The M4 series(SPA, Tanks, TD, Engineering vehicles, etc.), might have been the most relaible vehicle of it's kind and day. Remember the T-34 was shipped from the factory with an extra gear box straped to the deck. The Panther and TigerII were just as bad. If a real war Soviet Commander, I wouldn't worry about Tigers. Let them drive around for a while then shoot the crew after it breaks down. They can be a bitch in WaW, if used properly.
BTW the JS-3(T-10 series) had Periscopes for the driver( an Idea they picked up from the American Lend Lease vehicles). So it would have been impossible for a ATR round to penatrate a slot that doesn't exist. Some body is either blowing smoke, or has mis-identafied the Tank that was killed. Not unusual. In normandy, Almost every tank kill was credited to the 88, but whan the brits and ami went thru the records post war, There were very few 88's in normandy. The Efficent germans sent most to the East where they were needed to deal with the heavier Soviet Armor. In von Lucks book he describes how he took control at gunpoint of a 88 battery and used it against tanks. He goes into 88 fear later in the book. His recon Battl had the Lorrine chassies with 76.2 ATG's grafted on them. Only according to the guys on theother side of the hill, 88's were slaughtering them. von Luck says it was 75's and 76.2's that were doing the killing. All this proves how easy it is for someone to make mistakes in the confusion of battle.
T.
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