This British Innovation Made German Heavy Armor Vulnerable for the First Time
Автор: WW2 Secret Weapons
Загружено: 2025-12-22
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By June 1944, British tank crews faced a nightmare: German Tigers and Panthers could destroy them from a mile away, while British shells simply bounced off German frontal armor. Encounters with heavy German tanks weren't battles—they were executions. Crews maneuvered desperately for flanking shots they rarely reached, knowing that courage and skill couldn't overcome physics.
Then came the 17-pounder—a powerful British anti-tank gun originally designed for anti-aircraft use, modified under desperate wartime pressure to fit inside a Sherman tank turret. The result was the Sherman Firefly, a weapon that could finally penetrate Tiger and Panther frontal armor at combat ranges. For the first time since 1942, British gunners had a chance to kill German heavy tanks head-on instead of simply dying first.
This documentary reveals how British engineers raced against time to modify the 17-pounder, how tank crews learned to trust this violent, hard-recoiling weapon, and how the Firefly changed the balance of armored combat in Normandy. Discover the tactics, the psychological shift, and the desperate innovation that turned British tanks from liabilities into credible threats against Germany's best armor.
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