<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Hiram Sedai:
When I purchase armor, I've been looking at the gun size (no innuendo intended). It seems that 75MM and below does not seem to work well against German Armor. I had some mini Tank ranges set up and I learned about which tanks not to use. Anything below a Sherman 76 seems to be too inefectual.
As for British Armor, I am liking the Challenger. It killed a Hetzer for me last night.
My favorite German tank is the Lynx because of how fast it is and how well it covers infantry. Never heard of the jaguar though.
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Hi Hiram
Don't compare the size of the gun. You have to look at the lenght of the gun. The Panther has a 75mm just as many Shermans, but it will cut through most of the allied tanks, very unlike the performance off a Sherman.
The longer the gun the more velocity witch means more power against tanks. Against soft targets like inf. you don't need high velocity, and that explains why the AVRE is so poor against tanks but great against inf.
As many allied soldiers put it, the Tiger and the Panther had guns "the size of a telephone pole". Take a look at the Fireflies. The turrent had to be modified to fit the gun, and the gun is much longer than the ones you normally see on a Sherman.
Hope it makes sense...
Dr. Buhl