...wn as Schürzen were installed on the hull side to prevent the Soviet 14.5 mm anti-tank rifle from penetrating the Panzer III's side armour. More plates
...rank, the Panzer III M will suffer greatly, owing to the fact that the 50 mm KwK39 L/60 tank gun lacks the penetration required to engage enemies from a
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...d with the 88 mm Kampfwagenkanone (KwK) 36 tank gun, developed from the 88 mm Flugabwehrkanone (FlaK) 36 anti-aircraft gun. Henschel and Ferdinand Porsch
...2 L/70 on the [[Panther tank (Family)|Panthers]]. At longer ranges, the 88 mm KwK36 L/56 performed better in terms of penetration and accuracy. The Tiger
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.... The Tiger E also introduces the more powerful APCR ammunition for the 88 mm KwK 36 gun, a shorter commander cupola and the pintle-mounted MG.
...rom the lacklustre 100 mm of flat homogeneous armour to an extreme 200-400 mm thick. The turret suffers from the same problem of flat armour but this is
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...B and C. Armed with a short-barrelled 75 mm Kampfwagenkanone (KwK) 37 L/24 howitzer-like tank gun, which was primarily designed to fire high-explosive shells t
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...ks were rearmed with the larger gun, which replaced the short-barrelled 75 mm KwK37 L/24 tank gun previously used for infantry support.
...enetration. Due to the increase in calibre from 50 mm on Panzer IIIs to 75 mm on Panzer IV F2, destruction of enemy vehicles is generally immediate upon
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...signed to such tasks. Aside from its rearmament with the long-barrelled 75 mm Kampfwagenkanone (KwK) 40 L/43 tank gun, relatively few modifications were
...zzle brake was replaced with the more common double-chambered muzzle brake type. Third, since the new Panzer IV G's first operational employment was during
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...evelopment from the Panzer IV H variant. To conserve valuable steel, the 5 mm side skirts, known as Schürzen, were removed. The original single-speed el
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...y better armour-penetrating capability. Finally, it was the only Panzer IV type that received the Zimmerit anti-magnetic paste modification. While it was i
...a significant step forward from the Panzer IV G variant. The addition of 5 mm side skirts, known as Schürzen, is the most noteworthy difference. However
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...mkanone (StuK) 37 L/24 tank gun would be replaced with a long-barrelled 75 mm StuK40 L/43 tank gun, increasing its overall firepower significantly. This
With a maximum of only 50 mm of armour on the superstructure, the StuG III Ausf. F is vulnerable to most
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...irepower. The StuG III G, which is armed with a modified long-barrelled 75 mm Sturmkanone (StuK) 40 L/48 tank gun, has the same armour-penetrating power
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The Jagdpanzer 38(t) is a low-profile tank destroyer capable of concealing itself and annihil
...agdpanzer 38(t), an artillery or aerial strike could harass the Jagdpanzer 38(t) out of its comfort zone and even potentially disable it.
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...ur, this machine is suited to ambushes or supported urban combat. Its ~100 mm frontal armour is a force to be reckoned with (being about the same as a [[
...g the front and the sides are 60 mm, giving an effective thickness of ~100 mm when looking from the front, which is also able to neglect most tanks' ammu
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...AGENAME}} can begin boasting an effective plate thickness of more than 100 mm in some areas. This means that unless the enemy has a high-velocity anti-ta
...this case, and so the enemy has the opportunity of penetrating the bare 75 mm of the turret's armour plate. Not only that, such a penetration can knock o
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...ck armour overall, however, the hull sides were strengthened from 15 to 25 mm; the rest of the armour remained unchanged. The increased weight was compen
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...n a T-34 medium tank chassis, the main armament consists of a 122 mm M-30S howitzer. After the German Sturmgeschütz III assault guns proved successful, the So
...with 45 mm of steel, and an even stronger lower glacis reaching up to 100 mm of armour with an angle about 20-70°. This allows it to face most enemies
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...y fast reload to make follow-up shots to finish off enemies. Its secondary howitzer is able to fire HE shells, however, due to their inefficiency, it is recomm
...usly its armour. the 89 to 178 mm of the front hull together with the 63.5 mm of side armour means that this tank performs very well when angled. However
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...walking giant" which you do not want to have staring down at you. With 152 mm of armour, it is one of the most heavily protected tanks in Rank III, even
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...a]], it was armed with a new turret (ShinHōtō) boasting the [[Type 1 (47 mm)]] cannon to compete with late 1930s armour. Proving themselves very succes
...only 25 mm of armour on the turret cheeks and the frontal plate, and 20-25 mm at the hull sides, its protection is comparable with light tanks at its bat
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...o-Ro"}}) is an open-topped self-propelled gun with a short-barreled 150 mm howitzer, based on the [[Chi-Ha]]. Being pressed instantly into service on its creat
...i"]], the Ho-Ro has gained a reputation for being one of the most powerful howitzer-equipped SPGs in the game despite its low battle-rating, right up there wit
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...te Tiger H1 turret on a mid-production Tiger E hull. It still lacks the 80 mm turret ring protection and the improved turret-top armour, but is otherwise
One may feel the need to charge head-on into battle, blaring that 88 mm gun as shells bounce off the front armour while the ''Schachtellaufwerk'' s
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