Re: [SG2] Cover Penetration Question for all you Armour Experts

--- Allan Goodall <agoodall@att.net> wrote:

> Take, for example, a tank that is hull down in a
> man-made tank berm. If a
> modern anti-tank weapon (say a 120mm anti-tank gun,
> your choice of best suited
> ammunition) were to hit the berm instead of the
> tank, is it completely
> defeated from hitting the tank? Or is it defeated
> enough that it won't
> penetrate the armour even if it gets through? 

Depends on the type of soil, angle of attack, and
depth of berm.

It was pretty conclusively demonstrated in Desert
Storm that bulldozed berms of sand are pretty useless.
 But a proper tank fighting position is something else
entirely.

 
John

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