German heavy/medium armour

[mTk]

Bugs Bunny put a carrot in the end.

 

[Louis]

Albert Speer inspecting a Panther

 

[Louis]

A Panther "fixed" on street in Berlin / Post war, 1945

 

[Louis]

British soldier under a damaged Tiger, 1944.

 

[Louis]

StuG IV with gun removed, used to clear German streets due to enemy bombing.

 

[Louis]

Looks good, a coat of paint always comes in handy!!. Somewhere in France, 1944.

 

[jobu88]

Excellent demonstration of the size of the 88mm L71 shell used in the Ferdinand / Elephant / Nashorn / JagdPanther and King Tiger.

 

[Louis]

Marder III destroyed by the impact of a heavy artillery shell in the vicinity of Saint Lo, July 1944.

 

[Gunner]

Are you sure he didn't just shoot it with his .45?

 

[Hardradi]

Panther at Breda in the Netherlands. Ausf D model. In good condition. Dedicated to the town by the Polish 1st Armoured Division.

 

[Gunner]

If anything, these posts give me a good geography lesson!

 

[Nathangun]

Panther at Breda in the Netherlands. Ausf D model. In good condition.

Only one previous owner

 

[Hardradi]

Only one previous owner

Yes, has not been driven since Oct/Nov 1944 and no dings.

I also have a couple of Finnish StuG's, a T-34/85, three of T-26's. Also some Finnish British tanks WW2 era and post. Also various Soviet era armour of all types, including...

 

[jobu88]

Another excellent demonstration of the size of the shell used with the 88mm L71 gun. Yikes

 

[jobu88]

Another one. 88mm/L71 round.

 

[jobu88]

KV-1 heavy tank captured by the Germans and field modified with what looks like the 75mm/L43 gun used on the mid-war Pz IV G.
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[jobu88]

Great example of the shell trap / ricochet problem with the early Panther's curved gun mantle, which the Germans corrected with the Panther G. In this case the turret is at a 90 degree angle to the hull, so this is a side hull penetration. not downward into the radio operator's position in the front.

 

[Gunner]

Good picture giving the thickness of the zimmerit.
Thanks JoBu.

 

[mTk]

From the pic I don't quite understand why the shell deflected down, given the armor angle.
Unless the round came in from a higher level?

 

[Nort]

From the pic I don't quite understand why the shell deflected down, given the armor angle.
Unless the round came in from a higher level?

Look at the bottom of the gun mantlet. The shell initially hit there, and was deflected down into the turret ring, penetrating through into the crew compartment.