Duel At Dessau Super Pershing vs King Tiger

[Ex_Pat_Tanker]

Unloading the gun after ramming the shell would have been a major pain - it would be quicker for a well drilled crew to aim and fire what they had, and hope the HE round rattled the enemy crew long enough for the loader to heave an AP round into the breach.
A 90mm HE round bursting on a steel hull would probably have made the whole thing ring like a cathedrel bell!

[Woz]

I would seriously doubt that they would have fired a HE round at a Tiger II for fear that the Tigers own round could have penetrated, 1 chance per round get it wrong and you may never live to have another go

"The Super Pershing had been loaded with an HE only because Irwin had been expecting urban targets, such as buildings, personnel, and light anti-tank guns."

[Ex_Pat_Tanker]

Q.E.D.

[Matdragon]

lol i cant beleive i was right and i read it when the topic was first posted... 5 months ago!

cheers,

Matt

[Rooikat]

Matt,
Thank you very much for this fascinating history.
Any more information on the Super Pershing, e.g why more were not produced??
Sure would have been very useful in Korea
Red

[Matdragon]

Matt,
Thank you very much for this fascinating history.
Any more information on the Super Pershing, e.g why more were not produced??
Sure would have been very useful in Korea
Red

i, cant take the credit, Keith found it!

This is a good battle story about two giants of WWII, i wonder if the outcome would have been different if the KT had a better crew

http://www.3ad.com/history/news/super.pershing.1.htm

but yes i assume more we'nt produced because the war ended, and yes a few more were made and used in the Korean war i seem to remember, but only 2 in WW2 ...

cheers,

Matt

[Rooikat]

My aplogies Keith!
Thanks Matt!

[Woz]

Matt,

Any more information on the Super Pershing, e.g why more were not produced??

Because after the war the M-26 became the M-48 with an improved 90mm gun.

[Rooikat]

Thanks Woz

[Rooikat]

How does the Super Pershing's (aka T26E4-1) long-barreled T15E1 90mm gun compare with the T48's upgraded 90mm gun? 
Thanks
Red