The Chieftain's Hatch: Fury's Tiger Standoff

The_Chieftain: I've deleted some comments which contribute nothing to the conversation.   It is my sad experience that the military's level of education outside the proscribed course curriculum and requirements is unfortunately low, especially when one goes to the level of technical specifications, and can be somewhat superficial when it comes to historical analyses. (Look at how AFVID is taught and tested today, as my personal favourite).   The bottom line is that a non-HVAP 76mm shell could indeed still bounce off a Tiger 1, especially if it hit the reinforced parts of the mantlet or an angled front hull. That result was, however, by no means guaranteed, and the 76mm had a far chance of punching through. It was no longer the act of desperation to be firing rounds at a Tiger.   The ricochet off Pitt's tank doesn't seem unreasonable given the very shallow angle of impact on the front slope.