It wouldn't be as good as the german armor skirts ofc but would give it a little something, like an armor boost or some HP or something. Plus it would look cool
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(oops USF, not UFH, typo)
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Sandbags didn't have any effect vs panzerfausts or other shells, what they did was stress even further the sherman transmission, and was being constantly banned by High Command Regulations
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Sandbags didn't have any effect vs panzerfausts or other shells, what they did was stress even further the sherman transmission, and was being constantly banned by High Command Regulations
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I though sandbags were just so bullets wouldn't ricochet and hit the turret gunner.
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Well, first off, noone in they're right mind would shoot their rifles and/or mgs at a tank. One, it would certainly have no effect, and two, it would reveal you're position for the Sherman to shoot at you.
Second, the sandbags, wire mesh, chicken wire and armor plates we're all improvised defense vs the german infantry AT weapons, mostly panzerfausts and faustpatrones, which despite very low range, had a pretty good shot at knocking out any tank (panzerfaust 60 could go through 200 mm of armor). The sandbags wer're put with the purpose of stopping the HEAT warhead to punch through the armor, but off all the cases I've read, heard and saw documented, no upgrade installed on both Sherman or T-34 could prevent the HEAT warhead of going through, which is why in 44-45 all tank regiments going in close quarter combat, like street fighting for example, had to be escorted by infantry, snipers and even some times flamethrowers to smoke out the panzerfausters so that the tanks could shoot at the intended targets (like blockhouses turned fortresses) from safety.
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Sandbags didn't have any effect vs panzerfausts or other shells, what they did was stress even further the sherman transmission, and was being constantly banned by High Command Regulations
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When reading Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's book "Brothers in Arms: The Epic Story of the 761st Tank Battalion", I clearly remember Abdul-Jabbar distinctly addressing the tendency for Sherman crews to put sandbags, trees, anything they could on the front of their Sherman tanks. After realizing it didn't do anything, he said that the crews felt safer.
Just to note, he interviewed living members of the 761st when conducting his research.
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This is correct.
It is also the fact that Germans loved to put replacement tracks on their tanks at 'important' positions which was also banned by the German Army.
They did it nevertheless because they reported that they felt safer. Many tanks in CoH added this feature.
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Give me side log armour!
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Russian used logs on top of their tanks.
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