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Some of the cemeteries (non-military) in Toronto had a few Shermans in them. Me and a friend got to play inside one for a fews days. Non of the hatches opened but it was fun. Then I remembered reading that these puppies had escape hatches on the bottom of the hull. I crawled under and there was a steel plate very loosely welded on - so loosely I pulled on it and it came off. The tank hadn't been completely gutted before being parked there but we still spent hours in there. I just wished that the turret hatch opened.Of course there were no wrecked tanks anymore, when I was a kid end of the '60s, would have loved it too. We had a huge, partly destroyed flak fortress in the woods for playground until they buried the whole thing under a mountain of rubble in the '70s. The place was looted thousand times before at this time, but we managed to find a skull though.
Set 15.
3. Turret of a decapitated German Tiger tank. Another destroyed Tiger tank in the background.
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Once the Shermans went with wet stowage for live tank rounds their burn rate went from about 80% to 10-15%, on average. In comparison, a Panzer IV using dry stowage was usually worse and more likely to burn if the tank was hit than a Sherman with dry ammo stowage was. I don't know if/when the Germans might have adopted the same wet ammo storage to their tanks.I knew the Sherman tanks had issues with getting their ammo racks hit and having their turret blown off, but I'd never seen that happen to Tigers. Great set DH.
Once the Shermans went with wet stowage for live tank rounds their burn rate went from about 80% to 10-15%, on average. In comparison, a Panzer IV using dry stowage was usually worse and more likely to burn if the tank was hit than a Sherman with dry ammo stowage was. I don't know if/when the Germans might have adopted the same wet ammo storage to their tanks.
One of my uncles and his squad, serving with the British in Normandy, blew the lid off a Tiger by first disabling it and then pounding a bazooka round into the engine compartment at the back.
I don't think there was a tank (light, medium, heavy), from any side of the war, that could not be decapitated if hit in the right spot and igniting the tank's live ammo.
I was the same, the Tigers were, and still are my favorite tank of WW2 - but that changed a bit when my uncle showed me a black and photo of the Tiger they took out and decapitated.I think I just had a biased perception because I've always heard of German tanks as being held in high regards. That, plus I've seen so many photos of destroyed Shermans (labelled as "steel coffins" etc.). I didn't know they were eventually outfitted with the wet racks during WWII. They sure as shit needed it with their armor thickness. Thanks for the info.
Some of the cemeteries (non-military) in Toronto had a few Shermans in them. Me and a friend got to play inside one for a fews days. Non of the hatches opened but it was fun. Then I remembered reading that these puppies had escape hatches on the bottom of the hull. I crawled under and there was a steel plate very loosely welded on - so loosely I pulled on it and it came off. The tank hadn't been completely gutted before being parked there but we still spent hours in there. I just wished that the turret hatch opened.
Shit those rounds went IN and out just like it was butter!!!!!!!!A tanks firepower was nothing like it is today. Sometimes it'd be a PAK-50, or a Panzerkraust, or whatever that would take a tank out.
That was a good pic that you added. The Germans either took a dozen shots at it or it was a target practice tank. Several hits penetrated the turret and hull while other just melted into the steel like ricochets.
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