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Friday, October 26, 2012

[WoT] Digging Through Archives: On 8.8 cm PaK 43

Some "archive stuff". The image below represents penetration tests of 8.8 cm PaK (Germany), 122mm D-25T (USSR), and 152mm howitzer ML-20 (USSR) done against IS-3 prototype by Soviets.
 
Central Archive of the Russian Ministry of Defence, fund 38, inventory 11355, case N2943, page 16

IS-3 wasn't impressed at all.

Text above the image:
Front plate of IS-3 is practically immune to contemporary tank guns. The durability of welded plates ensures the required level of protection.
After 7 hits of 88-152mm rounds, the front plate is still good to go. 

Text under the image:
Mark 16: hit by 88mm round from 330m.
Marks 17 and 18: hits by 122mm and 152mm rounds respectively from 690m.

17 comments:

  1. IS-3 may nt be impressed bt IS-3 is impressive for sure :)

    bt why has it not got the beak in front?

    a lil off topic:-

    can u confirm aotoloaders for USA
    (t57 & t58)?

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    1. 1. Its a prototype with "flat" front.

      2. Not yet.

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    2. Thats obvious that there will be US tanks with autoloaders. Introducing tanks with oscillating turrets without autoloaders would be very... eccentric :) Oscilating turrets where designed specially to enable revolver loaders. It was the only reason to make such strange turrets. And we know that there will be at least 2 US tanks with oscillating turrets in the game - T69 and T57, cause their screenshots have already leaked.

      But it is very possible that there will be no T58. 155 mm autoloader in fully rotating turret is a little too much, even for X tier heavy tank. So far T57 was unofficially presented as X tier heavy.

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    3. After seeing how bad french autoloaders were nerfed to the point in-drum shell "reload" is as long as a non-autoloader gun's reload (amx 13/75-90) and drum reload is too long compared to the "benefit", I do not see why anyone would want to play american tanks with autoloader.

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    4. So the autoloaders are not restricted to French line anymore? Good! Still w8ting for an autoloader for Skoda T-25.

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  2. Looks like number 16 did better then the others. :)

    I gues that this prototype was too nose heavy because of the armor thickness and got scraped?

    What thickness it had? 140-160mm?

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  3. yeah .. prototype IS-3 was so awesome that it never made into production

    and because of it's awesomeness, they decided to pus some extra plates on that front armor .. you know, just because

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  4. Ovi,
    can you please go and slap the EU community team? We still don't have a Q%A thread after you left!
    Thanks!

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    1. WAItm
      They piss on the community and don't even tell us it'd be rain.

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    2. Sorry to hear that, guys. Ask here, if you have got Qs. I'm always ready to reply, if I can.

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  5. What noobs!:D Aim for LFP for pen:P

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    1. Pretty nice how PaK still harmed the plate more than the russian guns. Even without the fitting ammo. IS there a better photo to actually see if the 122mm scratched something?:D

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  6. Thats the gun the Tiger H and Tiger P use in game right?
    203 penetration goes through the IS-3 front easily if I remember correctly...
    Will that change anything?

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    1. After last changes not so easily, even on angled IS3 (when armor is pendincular to shot line) you got nice chances to get bounced.

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