Willyslancs Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 anyone got any other pics of this armour on a sherman?........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadline Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Could it be stuff like the Germans used to defeat magnetic mines? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willyslancs Posted May 7, 2011 Author Share Posted May 7, 2011 Zimmerit? i was wondering that mate....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzkpfw-e Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 Never seen a Sherman with that before! I know some Stugs had some cast either side of the mantlet area. Magnetic mines? Doubt it, you wouldn't tend to run up to a tank and try and slap one onto its glacis plate. Would it have any effect on Panzerfausts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 It is fairly common for point tanks in battalions without an M4A3E2 available purely to contact detonate hollow charge panzerfaust style weapons. It is about the nicest job I've seen but othe photos exist for example page 319 of Sherman by Hunnicutt unfortunately scanner not on line at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 As mentioned previously a pic of an M4105 howitzer tank getting a facial , the tank in post 1 has the concrete restricted to the main glacis leaving the pannier section of the glacis exposed -whether this was to allow retention of lights and lift lugs or to save weight on the front suspension units in a 76mm gun tank (which is already nose heavy) is conjecture but it would significantly reduce the effectiveness of the proceedure- Panzer faust because of the nature tend to be fired from the flank rather than front on -although there is evidence for a few shooters firing straight at an advancing tank- probably shortly before they were squashed:nut: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 With all those types of additional armour (sandbags, concrete, tracks etc.) I wonder if there is evidence it actually helped? Any proof of tanks surviving a hit because of these improvised extra armour? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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