rexford Posted December 29, 2000 Share Posted December 29, 2000 An article by Robert Livingston in AFV NEWS several years ago pointed out that Tiger I mantley was actually thicker than most publications listed. A drawing by Livingston showed that Tiger I mantlet was 140mm to 145mm thick through most of mantlet, 175mm over sight holes and 97mm to 127mm on upper and lower edges but backed by 100 turret front bar. 110mm left and right edges were backed by turret side wall. A hull down Tiger I would be a most difficult target for 76mm APCBC, a point that has been noted in several books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panther131 Posted December 29, 2000 Share Posted December 29, 2000 That is interesting. I wonder if this will/should be loked into by BTS. I for one would like to more accuracy in armor units. Not that armor unit acuracy is not accurate, but if there is new infromation about a certain unit, if true, I would like to see the update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Michael emrys Posted December 29, 2000 Share Posted December 29, 2000 There was a loooooong thread on this very subject about four months ago. While I wouldn't go so far as to say that there is nothing new to be said on the subject, I wouldn't give it very good odds. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted December 29, 2000 Share Posted December 29, 2000 This has been mentioned, discussed, and argued on many threads.One of the patches address'd this and made the mantlet up to 200 mm at area's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bil Hardenberger Posted December 29, 2000 Share Posted December 29, 2000 Yes this has been addressed in CM. From personal experience I can tell you that the Tiger I is now a very tough foe from the front, as it should be. Rexford, I am really enjoying your posts, keep them coming. Bil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin Posted December 29, 2000 Share Posted December 29, 2000 Yes, and please give links or full bibliographical info for those of us who would like to read more on these issues. Thanks. ------------------ War is cruel and you cannot refine it. --Sherman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rexford Posted December 29, 2000 Author Share Posted December 29, 2000 Robert Livingston found a scaled drawing of the Tiger I mantlet in Culver and Feist Tiger I, with the OKH mark (Wa Pruf 6). His figures are based on that drawing. Later Tiger mantlets added 35mm around holes to bolster openings. Figure around 140mm minimum resistance on any area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDesertFox Posted December 29, 2000 Share Posted December 29, 2000 Hi folks, We discussed this in the past ad nauseam and IIRC Charles changed the armour values accordingly. Check out this thread: http://www.battlefront.com/discuss/Forum1/HTML/008480.html Enjoy reading ! Cheers Helge ------------------ Sbelling chequed wyth MICROSOFT SPELLCHECKER - vorgs grate! - The DesertFox - Email: TheDesertFox@gmx.net WWW: http://www.geocities.com/desertfox1891 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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