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Bob,

You are seeing 50 casualties out of 100 in German tanks before bailout losses.

The 4 studies of US and British tanks in my original post show:

1. 43% casualties (includes losses after bail out)
2. 22% casualties (using data of 352 serious losses over half of which burned)
3. 40% casualties (includes losses for all reasons, in & out of tank)
4. 28% casualties

'Casualties' mean 'not fit for duty'.

Sounds like even your excellent survival (make it out of the tank) rate of 50% is too low. The studies seem to show that about 70 to 75% should make it out of the tank OK.

My experience with Britsh tanks is that probably around 15% to 20% are making it out of the tank OK. This may not be accurate, but I do know it's way way less than 50%.