Re: pinh cookie

On Apr 29, 9:24�am, "kim" <ntscu...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Bruce Burden wrote:
kim <ntscu...@xxxxxxx> wrote:

� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �The favourite
target of allied gunners was the turrent ring. Once the trunnions
were jammed the tank was a sitting duck.

I am confused to the relationship between the turret ring
� and the trunions. How does aiming for the former jam tha later?

The "trunions" in question are the bearings on which the turret rotate.
Early British tanks weren't powerful enough to penetrate anything so they
just blasted away at the turret ring from all directions and hoped a lucky
shot would distort the metal and jam the ring. The tactic worked against a
Tiger because it's traverse was so slow to begin with. It didn't work
against a Panther as the latter would simply pick off the weaker tanks
one-by-one till there were none left.

(kim)

Not quite. The turret race is what the turret sits on and is the ball
bearing ring on which it rotates. The turret trunnions are the pins
which hold the gun in the turret and on which it rotates. There is
little chance of hitting the trunnions on a Tiger II as they are very
well protected, but the turret race (and the gap between the turret
and the hull) are more vulnerable.

Cookie Sewell
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