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Originally Posted by MikB  No, he didn't hit that column moving. He had them bottled up in a sunken lane and knocked out the lead and tail vehicles. It was a turkey shoot after that. I don't know whether he planned it, or just took an opportunity offered by carelessness. IIRC only one British tank, a Cromwell, missed a chance of replying with a round through Wittmann's turret side.
Come to that, I'm not even sure there were any Shermans there....
Regards,
MikB |
The HQ troops had Fireflys at Villers-Bocage, and there was at least one M4 OP tank knocked out in the village.
I have some operational reports on Shermans from the National Archives in London. I will see if I can find them and post some extracts here over the next week. They make interesting reading.
Incidentally, I am living proof a Sherman can take a direct hit from a Tiger and survive; my father was inside one at the Po Battle in 1945 which took a direct hit from a 88 - and it was an OP tank armed with a wooden gun and a .50 cal only! Considering I was born in 1967, it shows my father lived to relate that particular incident!