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Originally Posted by Paul Reed  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! |
Who said it is imposible Sherman to survive by a hit?
Its imporatnd where the tank is hit however 50mm armor is really small it can be destroyed easy by fact.The importand of the tanks is the speed if the tank is fast its harder to be hit no wounder why the soviet tanks were so fast.If Tank is hit the posability the crew to survive is around 75% (if the engine and if the ammonitions dont blow up)