The most effective tank destroyer would be the jagdpanther. However, the best tank destroyer in terms of firepower, armor, mobility, simplicity,...
Submarines need air to recharge their batteries. The type XXI did not, and could stay fully submerged for extremely long periods of time.
the u-boat pictured is a Type XXI U-boat "Elektroboote", the first submarine that could operate fully submerged.
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That is quite correct. A King Tiger is absolutely terrifying, but when it breaks down or runs out of fuel, not so much.
Kursk, Stalingrad Berlin, Bulge, and Monte Cassino are my top choices.
It didn't destroy tigers (it could only penetrate its side armor at close range, and could not penetrate its frontal armor at any range), but it...
maybe 3 seconds?
in the middle your gewehr 41 runs empty, you have to insert 2 stripper clips 1 at a time, which is a time consuming process. with the gewehr 43,...
I meant that reloading the gewehr 41 is slower than reloading the gewehr 43, because the gewehr 41 loads with 2 striper clips, while the gewehr 43...
The g41's gas system was overly complex and caused the system to foul often. the stripper clips also reload much slower than a box magazine.
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we have ended the discussion. this thread is about tank destroyers, not tigers.
jagdpanther frontal armor was 80mm thick, but when you count the slop (55ยบ degree from the vertical) the armor is 140mm thick. This could only be...
Back to the main topic, due to criticisms of my earlier lists I have revised mine: 1. Jagdpanther The jagdpanther mixed the devastating power...
While the 11:1 K/D ratio of the tiger II may not be accurate, there are many instances where lone Tiger II's destroyed 20,30, and even 40 soviet...
I did not. Here is a page on the 503rd SS heavy tank battalion: Axis History Factbook: Schwere SS-Panzer Abteilung 103 / 503 and another Tiger...
Tiger II's had a turret rotation speed of 19 seconds if the engine was a full power. Compare this to the tiger I, which took 30 seconds, and the...
no i dont. For example, form january to april 1945 the 503rd SS Heavy Tank Battalion scored 500 enemy tank kills for the loss of only 45 Tiger...
I admit I am wrong on the issue of tiger IIs in normandy. However, I am right in that tiger II's had an average K/D ration of 11:1, and that more...
