"Report on the results of testing the T-6-B King Tiger superheavy tank in order to determine its weak points held on September 2nd, 1944, near Staszów by a commission composed of the following: [names]
The results of the trials are summarized in the following table:
Component of the tank |
Gun caliber |
Type of ammunition |
Range |
Angle |
Result |
Hull front |
152 |
HEAT* |
250 m |
90 |
First hit: 350 mm wide breach in the machine gun ball. |
46 |
Second hit: 70 mm deep dent 230 mm in diameter. |
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85 |
AP |
200 m |
46 |
60 mm deep dent 170 mm in diameter. |
|
Turret front |
57 |
Subcaliber |
200 m |
75 |
165 mm deep dent 70 mm in diameter. |
Turret side |
152 |
HEAT* |
1200 m |
70 |
Penetration, 200 mm breach. |
250 |
86 |
Penetration of both sides, entrance breach is 190 mm in diameter, exit breach is 840 mm in diameter. |
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85 |
AP |
200 |
86 |
Penetration 170 mm in diameter. |
|
Superstructure side |
152 |
HEAT* |
465 |
85 |
Penetration of both sides, entrance breach is 170 mm in diameter, exit breach is 750 mm in diameter. |
85 |
AP |
400 |
85 |
Penetration 150 mm in diameter. |
|
76 |
Subcaliber |
300 |
88 |
Penetration 40 mm in diameter. |
|
AP |
Dent 75 mm deep 84 mm in diameter. |
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57 |
Subcaliber |
200 |
88 |
Penetration 70 mm in diameter. |
|
AP |
200 |
88 |
Penetration 60 mm in diameter. |
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45 |
Subcaliber |
150 |
80 |
Penetration 30 mm in diameter. |
The hull and superstructure side can be penetrated by:
- Subcaliber ammunition:
- 45 mm at 150 meters.
- 76 mm at 300-400 meters.
- AP ammunition:
- 45 mm cannot penetrate at 150 m.
- 76 mm cannot penetrate at 200-300 m.
- 85 mm can penetrate at 400-600 m.
- 152 mm can penetrate at 1200 m.
- Subcaliber ammunition:
- 45 mm at 150 m.
- 76 mm at 300-400 m.
- AP ammunition:
- 76 mm at 200 m.
- 85 mm at 400-800 m.
- 152 mm at 1200-1500 m.
Are these angles a horizontal angle, and are they "backwards" to Western convention (i.e., 75 degrees is 25 degrees, 88 degress is 12 degrees, 90 is 0, etc)
ReplyDeleteLooks like it, yeah. Most shots are at close to 90 degrees firing right at whatever plate was in front of it.
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