tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post2402673652115645687..comments2024-03-20T11:41:56.776-04:00Comments on Tank Archives: American Guns vs German TanksPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09622237223229485503noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-78287788474134505712017-01-25T19:57:18.254-05:002017-01-25T19:57:18.254-05:00The 75mm HE shells sent with the Lees may have bee...The 75mm HE shells sent with the Lees may have been the very aged stock left over from WWI and immediately afterwards. These were supplied to the British early on because new production was inadequate and the U.S. Army desperately wanted to build up its own stocks.<br /><br />If so, the propellant had degraded, so the actual ballistics didn't match the gunsights. I believe that the explosives had probably degraded as well, so with the combination of lower imapact velocity and lower explosive propagation, it's possible that the anti-armor (and anti-track) effects were far less than they should have been with fresh rounds.<br /><br />The problems were bad enough that in North Africa, the British removed the projectiles from the cases as they arrived, dumped out the propellant, and replaced it with fresh propellant ...<br /><br />So, not trying to be nationalistic here because a lot of the ammunition that the U.S. supplied early in the war was crap, and it's hard to understand how the slightly heavier American HE shell with with either slightly less explosive filler, or considerably more filler, could be so much less effective.<br /><br />I'll throw out one other possibility: someone set the fuses to delay (0.15s) instead of super-quick (0.05s). That seems unlikely, but if I told you about some of the screw-ups around here, you literally wouldn't believe me.Chits 'n' Thingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01819307975178436315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-32272122817040456562015-03-04T15:58:26.246-05:002015-03-04T15:58:26.246-05:00Almost certainly. I will post them if I ever see t...Almost certainly. I will post them if I ever see them.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09622237223229485503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-69251970038380638272015-03-04T14:47:21.375-05:002015-03-04T14:47:21.375-05:00How about any tests of shelling M4 itself, done in...How about any tests of shelling M4 itself, done in USSR?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com