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MirekK píše:Tady mám pár fotek taranovanýho Kingtigra Shermanem (já je mám samozřejmě kvůli tomu Shermanu ). Je to během operace Goodwood, Kingtiger je č. 122 z Schw.Pz.Abt.503 a Sherman V "Ballyragget" je z Irský Gardy. Chtěl bych to někdy stavět jako diorámu, bohužel při mý rychlosti je to tak za 10 let.
Vici píše:The Day the Sherman met the King Tiger
Whilst taking part in Operation Goodwood east of Cagny, Lt John Gorman who was a Troop Commander in the 2nd Armoured Battalion was probing forward in his Sherman tank 'Ballyragget' when suddenly he found himself broadside to a German King Tiger , the massive German tank that no-one had yet seen. On seeing the tank he gave the order to fire his 75mm gun at it but it just bounced off the armour of the great German monster. On giving the order to fire again he was informed by the gunner that the gun was jammed and could not fire again. By now the German Tiger Tank was traversing his 88m gun onto the defenceless Sherman tank. On seeing this Lt Gorman ordered his driver L/Cpl James Brown to ram the Tiger Tank. Ballyragget struck the German tank amidships disabling the tank and causing it's crew to bail out. After seeing his own crew to saftey, Lt Gorman commandeered a Firefly, 'Ballymena', whose commander had been killed and continued to fire at the Tiger tank with his new-found 18 pounder gun until it's destruction was complete. For this action Lt John Gorman was awarded the Military Cross and his driver L/Cpl James Brown was awarded the Military Medal.
Zpět na Německá technika 1939-45
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