Re: HE Penetration
Haw! The same thing could happen--and perhaps almost did--when a US 101st Airborne platoon mistook a German tank for friendly armor during their assault on Noville, January 15, 1945:
"The tank commander turned, and [Sgt] Alley realized he had mistaken a German tank for an American. The German swore, dropped into his tank, and began traversing his turret toward Alley and [Lt] Shames.
They said not a word to each other. They took off so fast they were kicking snow in the German's face. The tank followed. The Americans ran around a corner [and took cover]...
The tank turned the corner and drove right past Shames and Alley. It came to the place where 2d platoon was clearing out buildings, near the burned-out Shermans [from December's fighting]. [Sgt]Lipton and his men dived under the Shermans or ducked behind walls...The German tank stopped and, swiveling its turret, put a shell into each one of the knocked-out Shermans to prevent anyone from using their guns...as he drove past. Lipton recalled, "When those shells hit the Shermans, it felt to us under them that they jumped a foot in the air." The tank then retreated and was destroyed by a bomb from a P-47.
In the game a similar result might occur from a failed assault, or no assault at all, without casualties on either side.
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