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Old October 21st, 2009, 11:06 AM
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Default Re: StuG IIIg BMG

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Originally Posted by gila View Post
An AP hit doesn't make a star-shaped hole like that,unless it was made of glass.
Hard armour plate can be quite brittle and will crack and shatter like this when hit. There is plenty of pictures of German AFVs from WWII where the armour has cracked and split like the gun mantlet on the "canadian" StuG.

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