Nashorn Incident

I read on Wikipedia a while ago that a Nashorn tank destroyer knocked out a Soviet IS-II from 4,600 meters away. However, it had the "citation needed" thing after it. Could such an incident have occurred? If so, does anybody know anything about it?

 

That is close to 2 1/2 miles. I think it feasible for a Flak 88mm to do that But don't know about the PAK 43 version which can penetrate 200mm of armor at 1000m. It would have to be a very very lucky shot

 

You can say that again, PzJgr! The 8.8 PaK 43 was a great long rifle, but just hitting a target the size of a small truck at that distance must have been an achievement in itself, bar going after the target being penetrated or not. Yes, it does need confirmation.

 

Ah-hah! found this: Achtung Panzer! - Hornisse/Nashorn

 

speaking of long range shots, i was reading in the combat history of s. Pz. Abt. 507 that a tiger crew spotted a t-34 accompanying a convoy about 6-7 kilos distant. by applying maximum elevation and a 300 meter lead the tank was hit! talk about a million dollar shot!

 

Then the others would have been 100,000 $ shots

 

Thanks for that interesting info ceraphix, and the source for it.

 

Note that the website said "it was reported..." which suggests it hasn't been proved.

 

While it is possible for this to happen, I would not say that it is a common thing. So the story could be true but don't believe that happens all the time