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I found one of anecdotes I've read:


The second shot from the enemy's giant cannon raced past a few meters above the roof of the
tank destroyer, but the third was on target. Bix noticed that the recoil guard of his own cannon
rose backward and felt the blow of the impacting shell. The fearful crash of the impact left him
deaf. Thus he did not hear the gunner report that he could no longer see, as the optics port had
been shattered.

Bix tried to open the cannon's breech in order to peer down the barrel and aim in that way. But
he found that the recoil guard was up at the edge of the turret on the inner armor. Now he knew
that the gun mantlet had been sprung from its trunnions and that the end was near for them.

Panzer Aces, Franz Kurowski, 1992, J.J.Fedorowicz Publishing



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