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German Penetration Tests with 37mm AP Ammo


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The British BIOS report brings to light an interesting aspect of the German penetration figures for 37mm guns. While the U.S. and British based most of their penetration data on a 50% success rate, the Germans required that ten straight 37mm hits penetrate within a narrow velocity band.

This means that the actual penetration for 37mm guns at 50% success would be about 21% higher than the listed figures (see books by Jentz or Chamberlain) at 30 degrees, and about 28% higher at 0 degrees.

[ January 15, 2003, 09:56 PM: Message edited by: rexford ]

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so you're saying the usual penetration values in the litterature , for the german 37mm, (and thus these used inside CMBB) are 20% too small ?

Or are you just talking about the internal way for the germans to mesure their gun's penetration abilities ?

Any über-pak-grog out there ?

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