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Originally Posted by machine shop tom  For raw destrucive power, the Pak 43 88mm of the Tiger II, Nashorn/Hornisse, and Jagdpanther would be hard to beat, plus it fired a useful HE round as well. Anything smaller would have a hard time beating the frontal armor of German and Russian amor, and anything much bigger would be harder to load.
At shorter ranges, anything in the 75mm or 76mm class would be adequate, but I'd feel better behind an 88.
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Assuming the same type of propellant is used, I think the size of cartridge case is a good indication of how much energy is behind a shell..... I used to have a nice little collection; British 2 pdr longcase AP (cartridge case was about 35cm long and 5cm diameter), Russian 85mm and German 88mm (Kwk36 ala Tiger 1) - these two were very similar in size, both about 60cm long and 9-10cm diameter), but the 88mm Kwk43 (or Pak43) case I had was a monster.... about twice the volume of the Tiger1's ammo.