Overkill Posted November 26, 2002 Share Posted November 26, 2002 Was experimenting with the door knocker and noticed that sometimes it comes with HC rounds witch can knock out most tanks. Sometimes you get them, sometimes you dont. Is it random? Or does it depend on the year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demoss Posted November 26, 2002 Share Posted November 26, 2002 Both, I believe. It apparently becomes available in 1942, but there's no guarantee you'll get them. This represents the Stielgranate 41 round, which was like a cross between a panzerfaust and a rifle grenade. If you search for that in the forums, you can probably find pictures. It was a big mother - much bigger than the 37mm bore size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParaBellum Posted November 26, 2002 Share Posted November 26, 2002 Available from January '42 on. Here's a pic: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Leader Posted November 26, 2002 Share Posted November 26, 2002 I think they showed one of thes in the 3-4th Band of Brothers episode, IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterGoodale Posted November 26, 2002 Share Posted November 26, 2002 Originally posted by ParaBellum: Available from January '42 on. Here's a pic: Where's my turn maggot!!??? :mad: :mad: :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParaBellum Posted November 26, 2002 Share Posted November 26, 2002 Originally posted by MasterGoodale: Where's my turn maggot!!??? :mad: :mad: :mad: That's what I should ask you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Steiner Posted November 27, 2002 Share Posted November 27, 2002 Yes, the German paras in the "Carentan" episode of BoB did indeed have a 37mm with the HC round. Although it did seem a bit unrealistic that they would fire such a round at a single GI, and not save it for enemy armor. But that's Hollywood I suppose.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echo Posted November 27, 2002 Share Posted November 27, 2002 "Theres one Fritz! Quick, unscrew that door knocker popper and load an HE round before he gets away!". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted November 27, 2002 Share Posted November 27, 2002 Originally posted by Sgt. Steiner: Yes, the German paras in the "Carentan" episode of BoB did indeed have a 37mm with the HC round. Although it did seem a bit unrealistic that they would fire such a round at a single GI, and not save it for enemy armor. But that's Hollywood I suppose..If you're being overrun by enemy infantry, want to wheel your heavy weapons away, but have a huge freakin explosive bomb on the end of the barrel...wouldn't you fire the damn thing off and then foot it as fast as possible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Steiner Posted November 27, 2002 Share Posted November 27, 2002 Yes, when you put it that way, I suppose it would be a bit easier to trundle off the AT gun without a bomb sticking out the barrel. It just seemed like killing an ant with a sledgehammer when I watched that particular episode.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KwK43 L/71 Posted November 27, 2002 Share Posted November 27, 2002 It's been about 3 weeks since I saw the episode of Band of Brothers but yes, it was in the 3rd or fourth episode. I remeber having read about it on a website a day or two before and then seeing it on BoB was a pleasant surprise. Yeah it's overkill but I would imagine that that happens a lot in combat. Course if you think about it a .22 is all you really need to kill someone, everything else is just insurance. [ November 26, 2002, 11:15 PM: Message edited by: KwK43 L/71 ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebulon Pleasure Beast Posted November 27, 2002 Share Posted November 27, 2002 I'm in love with that round. In early war I got maybe 5 HC rounds for a single 37mm doorknocker I had in a forward position overlooking a road, upon which 3 KV-1's advanced. I would've been toast without those nasty lil rounds to pop them Klim's with. IIRC it had something like 100 m/s speed and 140mm penetration at 100m / 0 angle. Was a nasty surprise for my opponent <3 <3 <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overkill Posted November 27, 2002 Author Share Posted November 27, 2002 Thanks for all the info guys.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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