Comet Tank v Sherman Tank

[LineDoggie]

We finished paying the HP installments in 2006

Anglo American loan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-American_loan

https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hans ... -agreement
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4757181.stm

[Curious George]

Anyone know what happened to all the British Shermans post-war?

There's a 50s film starring Jack Hawkins called "The Intruder", early in the film there's a scene where they film Shermans being cut up in a field... must be over 50 of them. I think they cut the barrels off and remove the engines. [demilitarised and removed the usable part? I think the army would have removed radios and anything re-usable? ]

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0048211/

You may see it on a new tv channel focussing on showing old film/tv called "talking pictures'.

[Attrition]

Weren't they converted to tractors?

[Attrition]

Surely sloped armour is a misnomer and should be called "armour sloped when resting on level ground"?

[Michael Kenny]

From Alamy

[Delta Tank]

Surely sloped armour is a misnomer and should be called "armour sloped when resting on level ground"?

And fired at by a gun that is also on that same level ground.

Mike

[Attrition]

[quote="Delta Tank"][quote="Attrition"]Surely sloped armour is a misnomer and should be called "armour sloped when resting on level ground"?[/quote]

And fired at by a gun that is also on that same level ground.

Mike[/quote]

Not too far away either, so the shell doesn't have a parabolic trajectory.

[Delta Tank]

Surely sloped armour is a misnomer and should be called "armour sloped when resting on level ground"?

And fired at by a gun that is also on that same level ground.

Mike

Not too far away either, so the shell doesn't have a parabolic trajectory.

Good point! Forgot about plunging fire! But, hopefully no one would fire at a tank at that distance, even if he could see it!!

Mike

[Sheldrake]

Good point! Forgot about plunging fire! But, hopefully no one would fire at a tank at that distance, even if he could see it!!

Mike

Plunging fire by a US 155mm battalion or British 5.5" Medium Regiment could KO tanks

[Delta Tank]

I assumed the discussion was tank to tank or tank to anti-tank fire, direct fire.

Mike