rexford Posted December 26, 2001 Share Posted December 26, 2001 If a round penetrated the superstructure side of a T34 (45mm armor at 40°), was there any sort of plate or shield behind the armor to further slow or help defeat the penetrating round? Years ago in the cloudy recesses of memory, I remember seeing a schematic of a T34 with a slice of the side armor removed, and it looked like there was some sort of vertical shield that penetrations of the superstructure would have to go through to reach the tank interior. The reason for this question is that 50mm penetration of the T34 side hull seems vey likely yet the hits often do little or nothing. If the hard side armor fractured the round then it might take very little behind the armor to neutralize the hits. So, if hits penetrated the 45mm at 40 degrees armor was it clear sailing? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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