Stopping a german tank with a Garand

[bob4wd]

Was talking to a WWII vet yesterday, still very sharp BTW, and got to talking about my rifles collection. He mentioned that it was well-known at the time that a good shot, if he was super cool, could place a bullet between the turret and the hull of a German tank and it would go inside, ricocheting all over the place. He didn't recall just what model of tank this would have been (i imagine they would have all looked alike to a scared infantryman at the time!), but seemed to be pretty confident that this was true.
So I allowed as how that was very interesting and the conversation went on to other interesting things. The whole time, though, I was thinking that this fell into the same ejected Garand clip "ping" category- everybody knew somebody else that swore it was real, but nobody ever actuallyhad it happen to them. I can't imagine any tank designer allowing such an obvious defect to exist, but still.....
So could such a thing be possible? What say you?

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