Stopping a german tank with a Garand

[browningautorifle]

I speak as an experienced engineer

That's what I mean exactly. Go take a look and think about what you're suggesting. Badger used to live in a tank and he just laughed...(post 2)...

don't be so quick to criticise others, you don't know everything

I assure you, I have a good handle on armor and the inside of a tank. I was advance driver and maint instructor...you don't know anything about me.

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[matthanne1]

Perhaps one may have better chance at the vision block, not the turret race ring. These are built to absorb and distribute the weight at angle as well as residual recoil from firing. Think the recoil assembly handles it all? This is why the chassis also jumps when firing. Most race rings are, first and foremost, channels in the hull roof and turret base in which those proverbial steel 1" or so ball bearings roll. Interior wall plates protect from debris and allow water runoff. An inner ring is toothed to facilitate the turret traverse drive. No clear path. A round will expend energy bouncing until it reaches the ball bearing race, in which it will likely be ground up.

Instead, the slit slots (not periscopes, but in particular the driver vision and machinegunner aiming ports and especially the nearly vertical turret walls) which did not have glass behind them are much more appealing, and while causing a brew-up is unlikely, there is a chance that eyes are behind that slot which WILL cause a reaction.

[Flying10uk]

.you don't know anything about me.

You don't anything about me either, Jim; don't be so critical of others.