Originally Posted by EvilTwin
Logs as supplementary armor is hilariously funny.


Maybe or maybe not..

WW2 crews did improvise all sorts of "armour", perhaps out of desperation more than anything, but consider what they were facing..

Because of the "arms race" between tanks and anti armour weapons, many of the weapons a Sherman might face would have limited effectiveness unless it was fired at relatively close range and at an optimal angle.

APDS was not really used until later in the war, and most anti armour shells were simple HE, HEAT (shaped charge) or APCBC. All these could have their effectiveness reduced if they were detonated away from the main armour.

I wonder if some of the improvised armour had this effect ie acting as spaced armour like modern day bar armour or RPG netting?

I am not suggest it would protect against the very latest APDS from the German 75mm and 88mm AT guns, but it might move the odds to a more favourable place against weapons like the Panzerfaust or the Pak38??


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