Panzer III M vs T-34E SPACED ARMOUR | 50mm APCR Armour Piercing Simulation

The T-34E featured spaced armour on the hull and turret, intended to protect against sub-calibre and HEAT munitions, with the simulation showing how it would fair against APCR from the long-barrelled 50mm KwK39 L/60. The KwK39 offered a higher muzzle velocity than the Panzer III’s previous KwK38 cannon, and its Armour-Piercing Composite-Rigid (APCR) projectile provided it with excellent penetration. However, spaced armour can cause shattering of the brittle core. The T-34’s armour has been modelled as 440BHN steel, with the applique plate being 500BHN. The spacing and angling has been approximated from the Warthunder 3D model. *It should be noted that the image of live fire-testing is not of the T-34E, but one of it’s prototypes, using high hardness applique plates but with a closer spacing, and likely not an impact from , but Soviet APCR.* Amazing Thumbnail Artwork from: Santiparp Steenholt