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Aniallator

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VonMudra said:
There are stories from Salerno, during 16th Panzer's attempted break to the beachhead (my usual example too of why an armoured counter attack on a beachhead where the enemy has total naval superiorty is doomed to failure), of Panzer IV's being literally lifted into the air and turned on their backs by 14in and 16in gun fire. One even noted that the flash fires caused the guys inside to cook to the point at which the bottom of the shell crater their tank was in was filled with liquified human fat....
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Whoa. I mean, whoa.
 
Miller786

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VonMudra said:
Generally, when you see that, it was simply because it got pushed to the side/rolled away from the road by work crews in order to clear the road. Either that, or Naval artillery. There are stories from Salerno, during 16th Panzer's attempted break to the beachhead (my usual example too of why an armoured counter attack on a beachhead where the enemy has total naval superiorty is doomed to failure), of Panzer IV's being literally lifted into the air and turned on their backs by 14in and 16in gun fire. One even noted that the flash fires caused the guys inside to cook to the point at which the bottom of the shell crater their tank was in was filled with liquified human fat....
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ouch, no tanks on beachheads when battleships are around, lesson learnt
 
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152mm shell vs Panther
 
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