tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post1779089090008047811..comments2024-03-28T14:35:30.147-04:00Comments on Tank Archives: Tiger ManualPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09622237223229485503noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-1969801135750790422016-08-09T10:48:10.473-04:002016-08-09T10:48:10.473-04:00No. Only the tabulation is. The textual reference ...No. Only the tabulation is. The textual reference of 76.2mm capable to perforate TIGER side at 1500m and TIGER front from 500m is a direct reference to soviet 76.2mm firing german Pzgr.39 ammunition.critical masshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366274198749901618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-69155705509314022662016-07-04T13:06:52.013-04:002016-07-04T13:06:52.013-04:00Trophy refers to captured enemy equipment. Trophy refers to captured enemy equipment. Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09622237223229485503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-31268739938837262782016-07-04T09:22:48.169-04:002016-07-04T09:22:48.169-04:00"A battalion of Tigers only has one repair co..."A battalion of Tigers only has one repair company and one battalion for recovery of trophies."<br /><br />Is "trophies" a euphemism for knocked-out Tigers that can't be repaired in the field?Jonathan Hendryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11969795168617852589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-3304904147733287842016-06-28T17:43:33.113-04:002016-06-28T17:43:33.113-04:00This document claims its table to be based on &quo...This document claims its table to be based on "Russian data" though...?Kellomieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04915110653443066212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-91381457352400479202016-06-28T14:29:18.801-04:002016-06-28T14:29:18.801-04:00Projectile break up. Subcalibre and even normal 76...Projectile break up. Subcalibre and even normal 76.2mm APCBC shouldn´t have a problem defeating the 100mm front plate but inferior or uncapped projectiles tend to break up, if the stopping shock was sufficiently large, as f.e. at high impact velocities.<br />Break up cause the penetrator to spread more of it´s energy over a wider area and also to reduce the energy density of the fragments, in effect greatly enhancing the plate´s ability to resist the impact in the first place.<br /><br />High hardness armour -and face hardened armour (harveyeized and KC)- was very effective in causing uncapped AP -and even some types of capped AP to undergo premature break up, particularely at high velocities and low obliquities. <br /><br />Designing a projectile which stays intacts during the unimaginable shock of high velocity impact was not a trivial task for the technology of the time.critical masshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366274198749901618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-6878369654032682562016-06-28T13:06:47.266-04:002016-06-28T13:06:47.266-04:00I noticed a vast difference in the range where the...I noticed a vast difference in the range where the 76mm Subcaliber shell can penetrate the front and side of the Tiger. 100 meter and 700 meter. That's quite a big gap for 100 mm and 80 mm armor plate, what's the reason for that?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12817617846711775462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-7293439745736121692016-06-28T04:31:10.702-04:002016-06-28T04:31:10.702-04:00Notice that the ranges given in the german documen...Notice that the ranges given in the german document are calculations based upon german projectile quality. They are correct against german type of 76.2mm Pzgr39 APCBC ammunition, not for soviet soft steel, uncapped AP ammunition.<br /><br />The 76.2mm PzGr 39 was specially manufactured for captured soviet 76.2mm guns to be used in MARDER TD and T34 tank guns. This projectile, fitted with an armour piercing cap, a ballistic cap and deep nose hardening made from steel with somehow higher alloy content and corresponding hardenability was so superior to captured soviet 76.2mm AP ammunition that the Army command re-issued the PzGr39 intead of captured stock of soviet ammunition.<br /><br />It was capable to perforate 125mm RHA (95-105kg/mm^2) at 0° or 107mm RHA at 30° obliquity and close range. At 1.5km range, it could till penetrate the TIGER I´s side as mentioned in the document.<br /><br />critical masshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366274198749901618noreply@blogger.com