I searched the forums and found no mention on the topic. Will there be a drivable Tiger 2? Of course very limited as it was right?
Pycckuu said:While not necesserily penetrating, a hit from an 85mm gun could cause shattering of the armor, which resulted in the tiger crew getting showered in shrapnel. A hit from 122mm round caused even the frontal armor to crack, and sometimes the armor plates detached completely.
Richard_B. said:As I said, I would prefer light tnaks for close sombat in towns, so I made a little .pdf-File which shows a bit more clearly what I meant in my first post in this thread.
DL:http://www.4shared.com/file/676799/bf4cb015/PzKfpw2F_vs_BA-10.html
HSCN-II-gd1944 said:What I want to see most is this:
A SU-100 will be able to balance the Tiger II.
Correct, there are no records or photographs to prove that the Tiger II's frontal armor was ever penetrated in combat.Richard.B said:I heard that there is no proof that the frontal armor of the King Tiger was ever penetrated...
Source?Pycckuu said:Fortunately for us, you are not entirely correct. Because of the lack of materials, the late war production German tanks were noted to have fragile armor. While not necesserily penetrating, a hit from an 85mm gun could cause shattering of the armor, which resulted in the tiger crew getting showered in shrapnel. A hit from 122mm round caused even the frontal armor to crack, and sometimes the armor plates detached completely.
"The armor quality of the Tiger-B in comparison to "Tiger-N", "Panther", and SPG "Ferdinand" of the early production, has significantly decreased. Single hits cause the armor to crack slightly, and result in scabbing. A group of hits(3-4) cause significant scabbing, and create large cracks in the armor."1. Качество брони танка "Тигр-Б" по сравнению с качеством брони танков: "Тигр-Н", "Пантера" и СУ "Фердинант" первых выпусков, резко ухудшилось. В броне танка "Тигр-Б" от первых одиночных попаданий образуются трещины и отколы. От группы снарядных попаданий (3-4 снарядов) в броне образуются отколы и проломы большой величины.
"The frontal armor of the tank has plates ranging from 100mm to 190mm in thickness. After 3-4 hits with armor piercing or high explosive rounds of caliber 152mm, 122mm, and 100mm, from the distance of 500-1000m, the armor cracks and the welding is disconnected, shrapnell breaks off, leading to the damage of the gearbox, resulting in the tank becoming unrecoverable."3. В броне лобовых листов танка толщиной от 100 до 190 мм, при попадании в них 3-4 бронебойных или осколочно-фугасных снарядов артсистем калибра 152, 122 и 100 мм, с дистанции 500-1000 м, образуются трещины, отколы и разрушения сварных швов, влекущие за собой нарушение работы трансмиссии и выход танка из строя как безвозвратные потери.