Wiedzmin написал(а):certainly interesting!
if you have any report about 105mm/84mm etc vs soviet tanks it is very interesting
Отредактировано Wiedzmin (2015-07-10 11:07:27)
Ok. So, extract from UK 1955 report on 76 mm HESH versus T-34/85 tank:
Round no.7
76 mm HESH hit in turret right side, compound angle 29 degrees, strike on turret corner 6 inches below roof. Hit made an impression 6 on 7 inches wide, 0,15 inch deep. Scab 5 on 5 inches wide, 0,6 inch thick. No internal damage, commander and loader killed.
Round no.8
76 mm HESH hit in right rear road wheel, angle 45 degrees. Cap blown off, flange sheared all round. Wheel deformed and cracked, outer ball race smashed. Axle bent and flattened. Outer wheel rim distorted, 4 spokes scooped, 1 fractured. Inner wheel rim split and deformed. Two track links in upper length damaged, one hole, one cracked bulge and one hinge lug split open. Pannier floor undamaged. Slight effect on mobility.
Round no.11
76 mm HESH on glacis plate, 60 degrees to normal. Strike on plate 12 inches left of driver hatch, 24 inches down. Impression 10 on 11 inches wide, 0,8 inch deep. Scab 6 on 7 inches wide, 0,5 inch thick, in two pieces. No internal damage, driver killed, gunner injured.
Round no.12
76 mm HESH on track over left side idler wheel, normal angle. Track severed, one link fractured, two damaged, two pins broken. Idler wheels blown off, 6 inches of rim of outer wheel torn out, rim of inner wheel dished locally, ball races smashed. Tank immobilised.
Round no.13
76 mm HESH on glacis plate protected by track links, 60 degrees to normal. Two links damaged. Outer face of glacis plate with impression, 7 on 9 inches wide, 0,25 inch deep. Lifting eyes bent outwards, welds cracked nearly all round. No back damage on glacis plate.
Nothing on 20 pdr versus Soviet tanks, but in Tank Museum files there was short presentation with two slides of KOed T-55s (unfortunately, no information about date or place where taken; just guess on of Israel-Arab wars). The first tank was hit twice by L28 APDS, turret and hull penetrated, vehicle burned out, all crew killed. The second was hit three times with 105 mm HESH, no fire, driver killed. No more details, sorry.
Ага! Против больших масс пехоты.
