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Duel At Dessau Super Pershing vs King Tiger
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 11:04 am
by FireflyKeith
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
Re: Duel At Dessau Super Pershing vs King Tiger
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 6:23 pm
by Matdragon
hey thanks mate, that was a brilliant piece of history to read scene as im in the process of building one!!!
cheers,
matt
Re: Duel At Dessau Super Pershing vs King Tiger
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 7:35 pm
by tiger205
this is one thing i like about this forum, you learn something new almost everytime youre on line, i didnt know there were so few super pershings made, and only one in europe in ww2, as matt said, a great piece of history,
Tony
Re: Duel At Dessau Super Pershing vs King Tiger
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 8:58 pm
by BIGMIG
Yup,I read through it to and it was interesting.
BIGMIG
Re: Duel At Dessau Super Pershing vs King Tiger
Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 2:26 am
by Mackem
tiger205 wrote:
this is one thing i like about this forum, you learn something new almost everytime youre on line, i didnt know there were so few super pershings made, and only one in europe in ww2, as matt said, a great piece of history,
Tony
I thought they were more common aswell. Like Tony said, you learn something everyday. Thanks for sharing.
John
PS: Can you imagine what it was like trying to operate either one of those beasts in a built up area, nightmare!!!!!
Re: Duel At Dessau Super Pershing vs King Tiger
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 12:42 am
by Mad Fox
The Tiger was KO'd by a shot to the underside, so it makes you wonder if they would have penetrated the tigers armour if it had been on the front glacis or the turret.
Re: Duel At Dessau Super Pershing vs King Tiger
Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 8:25 pm
by swathdiver
The first shot did ricochet off the Royal Monster if memory serves.
Re: Duel At Dessau Super Pershing vs King Tiger
Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 10:34 pm
by Woz
swathdiver wrote:
The first shot did ricochet off the Royal Monster if memory serves.
But that was a HE round.
Re: Duel At Dessau Super Pershing vs King Tiger
Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 9:59 pm
by Rivetcounter
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
Re: Duel At Dessau Super Pershing vs King Tiger
Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 11:04 pm
by Matdragon
but they may have allready loaded the round into the break and decided rather than swap the round to just fire it instead ... then load and fire the AP
cheers,
matt