QUOTE: Originally posted by spector822002
could you just imagine the sound of being hit by a high powered tank gun ? The sound alone must stun you , much less the superheated metal flying around ! What a hellish way to die I say , I think I will stick to regular motor vehicles for transportation TY!
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It's funny you mention that. I was just re-reading some of the descriptions of German 88mm shells (from the Flak 88, or from the Tigers of 501) coming at the allied tanks in Rick Atkinson's book
An Army at Dawn, a cool book, a great read.
Scary stuff. The shell's approach was so furious that it pulled dust up behind it as it tore across the landscape, kind of like a wake of dust. Then it would hit a Sherman, a Lee, or a Stuart, with predictable results.