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Originally Posted by JohnHale
As a side issue - has anyone ever killed anything using a Boys anti-tank rifle?
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I just damaged a German captured T34 tank with a Boys Rifle, so thought I'd better report it.
Lt Appleton's (British Light Infantry) section was facing a German T34 at 50yds. His section was trading fire with the tank, but Appleton kept rallying his men, and then they hit the T34 at a weak spot (+5) and damaged it (*).
A Cruiser tank moved forward and put another shell into it for ** damage, and then the pioneers moved forward and brewed it up. Some crew got out, but Lt Appleton finished them off.
So it's at least possible to damage a 'real' tank with a Boys.
I think to hit a weak point, you have to have over 80% hit chance.
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