90-mm vs. Panther Armor

Posted on March 20, 2019 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The U.S. Ordnance Department published a handbook on the 90-mm M3 Gun which included the following photographs demonstrating the effectiveness of the 90-mm Hyper-Velocity Armor-Piercing Shot T30E16 and 90-mm Armor Piercing Shot T33 against the armor of the German Panther tank. Source: Armor-Piercing Ammunition for Gun, 90-mm, M3, Office of the Chief of Ordnance, Washington, D.C., 1945.

90mm mantlet penetration
Complete penetration of gun mantlet and turret front plate has been obtained against the German Pz Kpfw V “Panther” Tank by Shot, H.V., A.P., T30E16 at a range of 800 yards.
Panther zimmerit ball MG
Complete penetration at the juncture of machine gun ball mount with the glacis plate of German Pz Kpfw V “Panther” Tank by Shot, H.V., A.P., T30E16 at a range of 800 yards.
90mm Panther hull penetration
Complete penetration of lower nose plate of German Pz Kpfw V “Panther” Tank. Shot, H.V., A.P., T30E16 fired at a range of 600 yards.
Panzer V hull holed by 90mm
German Pz Kpfw V (Panther) Tank, before firing.
Panther tank hull vs. 90mm
Complete penetration of glacis plate of German Pz Kpfw V (Panther) Tank by Shot, A.P., 90mm, T33 at a range of 1000 yards.
Bow penetration 90mm Panther tank
German Pz Kpfw V (Panther) Tank; Complete penetration at 500 yards with Shot, A.P., 90mm, T33.
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