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Originally Posted by Trintron
I have heard a story similar to this as well, if I had to guess, this story originated during the middle of WW2. During Mid 1942 to Early 1943, many of the armies of the various combatants in the war still had 37mm and 50mm or equivalent caliber guns as the standard Anti-Tank weapon still in wide use, the Soviet army was still using the 14.5 Anti-Tank Rife right up to 1943.
These guns would not be strong enough to penetrate the Tiger's front or side armor, so it would have been entirely possilbe that the Tiger I tank would have been able to take that many hits from all sides and still drive away.
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Yes....
but eleven were from 76.2mm shells - thats the main gun of the T34 as well as the main Soviet AT gun - thats nothing to sneeze at when you consider the other stuff. 3 anti tank mines?!
And it STILL kept going for 60km?!?