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To: BroJoeK
artillery fire

My guess not many Panzers were knocked out by artillery fire because indirect artillery fire is mostly ineffective against armored targets( in the 1940's there were no arty munitions like the copper head etc.) and direct artillery fire requires a dual purpose weapon like the 88. As Allies didn't do much direct artillery fire at armored targets like the Krauts because the true crew operated anti-tank weapons were just to light to knock out a Mk V or VI..

30 posted on 07/24/2011 4:38:00 AM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va; PzLdr
central_va: "My guess not many Panzers were knocked out by artillery fire..."

You are likely correct, and statistics might show it.
But another category which comes to mind is air-attacks, by both ground assault aircraft -- i.e., P-41 Thunderbolt -- and strategic bombers.

Here I'm thinking about the break-out from Normandy, where the Allies finally grew tired of fritzing around with the Germans, and brought in their heavy bombers.
The result was, many Americans including a general, killed by our own bombers, but also the destruction of German opposition in front of Patton's army.

And how many German tanks were destroyed by aircraft, soon after, in the Falaise pocket?


31 posted on 07/24/2011 5:06:43 AM PDT by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective....)
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