Comments on: The Fearsome, Flawed Tiger I http://www.historynet.com/september-2008-the-fearsome-flawed-tiger-i.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=september-2008-the-fearsome-flawed-tiger-i From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:15:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Malcolm Duncan http://www.historynet.com/september-2008-the-fearsome-flawed-tiger-i.htm#comment-342866 Malcolm Duncan Tue, 28 Sep 2010 02:05:52 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13680806#comment-342866 It wasn't the Sherman Firefly's armor......it was the QF 17 pound gun that the Brits put in.Firing APDS(Armor Piercing Descarding Sabot)rounds it could penetrate the Tiger's frontal armor at 2000 meters. It wasn't the Sherman Firefly's armor……it was the QF 17 pound gun that the Brits put in.Firing APDS(Armor Piercing Descarding Sabot)rounds it could penetrate the Tiger's frontal armor at 2000 meters.

]]> By: Mike Reese http://www.historynet.com/september-2008-the-fearsome-flawed-tiger-i.htm#comment-291224 Mike Reese Mon, 07 Jun 2010 03:10:54 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13680806#comment-291224 Hmmm. Wonder where the Sherman Firefly obtained all of that armor? The range it can be killed by the Tiger is half that of a normal Sherman and Cromwell tank. Wonder why? It had the same armor as any Sherman except the M4A3E2 Jumbo. IS-2 out-ranged the Tiger I but could the crews hit anything at those ranges? The Germans had very good optics. The Soviets did not. The IS-2 had 28 rounds of main gun ammunition, which took a lot longer to load, being a separate shell and cartridge. Half of these, 14 rounds, would be armor piercing. The Tiger I had 92 rounds with at least half Armor Piercing. The Germans found the IS-2 a tough nut and of course the Soviets had many more IS-2 then the Germans had Tigers. Still - this chart seems flawed.. Hmmm. Wonder where the Sherman Firefly obtained all of that armor? The range it can be killed by the Tiger is half that of a normal Sherman and Cromwell tank. Wonder why? It had the same armor as any Sherman except the M4A3E2 Jumbo.

IS-2 out-ranged the Tiger I but could the crews hit anything at those ranges? The Germans had very good optics. The Soviets did not. The IS-2 had 28 rounds of main gun ammunition, which took a lot longer to load, being a separate shell and cartridge. Half of these, 14 rounds, would be armor piercing. The Tiger I had 92 rounds with at least half Armor Piercing. The Germans found the IS-2 a tough nut and of course the Soviets had many more IS-2 then the Germans had Tigers. Still – this chart seems flawed..

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