tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3335175720102608134.post8401283674807370102..comments2024-01-18T00:59:52.237-08:00Comments on Christos military and intelligence corner: Another nail in the T-34’s coffinChristos T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04246906263926130737noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3335175720102608134.post-42008858017581391732019-06-08T12:05:33.278-07:002019-06-08T12:05:33.278-07:00The british installed a much better gun in their S...The british installed a much better gun in their Shermans ( called Firefly) but the Americans refused to adapt this modification and continued with an inferior gun. In normandy, this British tank was the only one that could reliably penetrate the frontal armour of Panthers and Tigers at the standard combat ranges in Normandy.<br /><br />The U.S army Shermans (with both 75 mm and 76.2 mm guns) could not penetrate the frontal armour of Panthers.<br /><br />https://worldoftanks.com/en/news/chieftain/chieftains-hatch-us-guns-vs-german-armour-part-1/<br /><br />the Luftwaffe itself regarded the Fiat G.55 fighter as "the best Axis fighter", but the German industry rejected it on the ground of complex manufacturing, although it had a german engine.<br /><br />The german general Guderian appreciated the Russian T-34 tank and asked for a German direct copy of the T-34, but the manufacturers resisted.<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_encounter_of_Soviet_T-34_and_KV_tanks<br /><br /><br />Except of the fighting soldiers, the generals and the industry are a bunch of conservative and egocentric guys.<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3335175720102608134.post-17526399700531343512015-02-17T23:57:01.115-08:002015-02-17T23:57:01.115-08:00Also check this report:
http://www.scribd.com/doc...Also check this report: <br />http://www.scribd.com/doc/230672358/ENGINEERING-ANALYSIS-OF-THE-RUSSIAN-T34-85-TANKChristos T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04246906263926130737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3335175720102608134.post-46888640477899373532015-02-17T23:29:52.689-08:002015-02-17T23:29:52.689-08:00The T-34 is definitely over glorified more so nowa...The T-34 is definitely over glorified more so nowadays thanks to irresponsible authors of "history" publications (those duel books are by far the worst), documentaries( "History" channel), & blogs for certain fantasy games that cherry pick excepts to justify their bias.<br /><br />According to the US parts of the T-34 the turret ring was not heat treated: I stumbled on this picture of a T-34 in WWII:<br /><br />http://imgur.com/l1CoYAC<br /> That's a good ragged hole bigger than the penetrating round suggesting poor quality. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com