Saturday, July 21, 2012

This is why

This is why I prefer a 1911.  Captain Miller carried one.  And there is a half way decent chance he used it to explode a Tiger tank.















Sure, a P-51 flew over at the same time.  But I'm thinking there is a 50/50 chance the 230 grain projectile went down the barrel of the 88 mm tank main gun and caused the HE round in battery to explode prematurely.

I wonder how many other tanks have been taken down with pistol/rifle fire?
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2 comments:

  1. Angus McThagJuly 22, 2012 at 8:48 PM

    On teensy little quibble.

    Hitting the detonator on the nose of the round wouldn't work until the round had been fired. It's not armed until acceleration from firing knocks a little pin out of the way.

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  2. New Jovian ThunderboltJuly 24, 2012 at 6:26 PM

    Dangit!

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