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Old January 7th, 2012, 10:29 PM
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Default Re: Early HEAT for Soviet tanks...

Using different powder charges, thus different length shell cases, for the same caliber gun wasn't exactly rare during WW II.
I seem to recall some German anti-tank gun(s) using a longer shell then the same caliber weapon used in tanks.
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