THH149 Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 (edited) Yep, happened in Following the Euphrates. A T62 reinforcement landed on map and promptly destroyed an Abrams at front left hull, tick one burning wreck. Next turn a different T62 had a Stryker drive passed it from the Crossroads up the hill road towards Militia HQ just as the T62 was reversing into a defilade position - not need to turn turret or hull and easily spotted at 50mtrs or so. The T62 gets a partial penetration on the rear of the Stryker and .... it just keeps moving up the hill. The T62 later gets clobbered by artillery, tick another burning wreck. We ceasedfire after 35mins - we gave the US a minor victory - as the system wasn't recognising touch objectives when US vehicles touched the militia buildings. US lost 2 Abrams overall. G-Man Edited November 17, 2020 by THH149 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLeftFlank Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Like the old bar sign says: liquor in the front, poker in the rear. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Joch Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 On 11/16/2020 at 7:24 PM, THH149 said: A T62 reinforcement landed on map and promptly destroyed an Abrams at front left hull, tick one burning wreck. I have seen that, although in my experience, if you check carefully, you will probably see that the shell entered the tank from the side. Abrams are tough in front, but weak on the sides and rear, even a lowly RPG can kill an Abrams with a side shot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerKommissar Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 I've had a RPG hit a LEO 2's driver's hatch, wound the driver and force the crew to bail. If I remember correctly, a 115mm APFSDS can do about 0.5 m RHE at 2km. I can imagine it'd do damage to an M1's front hull , at point blank -- especially if it hit a weak spot or lower glacis. It probably went straight through a Stryker's rear without bouncing about and just left two shiney new pistol ports. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Have heard of reports of shells going thru a vehicle without damaging anything or anybody. However, have wondered if that is possible. Would there not be a severe concussion effect at least - which would effectively force the crew to bail out or shock it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THH149 Posted November 22, 2020 Author Share Posted November 22, 2020 On 11/21/2020 at 4:06 AM, Sgt Joch said: I have seen that, although in my experience, if you check carefully, you will probably see that the shell entered the tank from the side. Abrams are tough in front, but weak on the sides and rear, even a lowly RPG can kill an Abrams with a side shot. Actually, that was the case here, after a very close review, I saw that it was left side very forward hull. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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