That´s despite all hits beeing too closely spaced to be counted as a fair hit.īoth, M82 and M77 were found to be inferior to 88mm Pzgr39 in Aberdeen trials due to premature and more complete break up. None of the three M77 impacts in the photo shows a complete penetration, therefore it only confirms that they could not penetrate at 1300m, which is, as You might notice, the exact opposite of what the author claimed.Īt best, two out of three cases resulted in the projectile stuck in plate (one of them broke up somehow below the fwd bourrolet), which may or may not result in a partial penetration (hole through, but little effect behind plate). Trials showed that the M77 shell can penetrate an 82 mm thick plate at 50 degrees from 1300 meters.'

In so doing, less emphasis is placed on the number of battles or even on the complete treatment of all campaigns and strategic decisions, but on the essential and important operations for an important time interval of the WW2 War Diary or the armies‘ organization. Individual plates from a Tiger tank, installed at various angles, were used as targets. Attack of German infantry during the Blitzkrieg campaigns.

Two types of shells were used: M77 without a cap, and M82 APCBC. 'The results of the penetration trials were also mixed. During the final battles on World War IIs Western Front, the legendary German Tiger I heavy tank clashed with the brand-new M26 Pershing fielded by the United.

First ww2 battle using pershing tank