![]() The M1 has a very high wheelbase to center of mass height ratio, even for a tank, so rollover accidents are nearly impossible - unless the M1 was hanging over the side of a cliff and went over (I think this happened in Iraq - an M1 fell into the Tigris and it and all aboard were lost).Īs for damage, I'm not sure how well armored the M1 is from below. Even the lightest of the tanks in this face - off weigh 50+ tons. The M1 would have to be on a hill overhanging a cliff or some such thing. It would be almost impossible to even get a glancing blow to the bottom of a tank with another tank. The 88mm has extreme trouble taking on immediate post-war designs like the M47 Patton or Centurion Tank, it has pathetic firepower against Chobham Armor. The Tiger is equipped with an 88mm gun originally designed in the early 1930s as an AA gun not a dedicated anti-tank platform. At 3000 meters or closer, the two guns are comparably equal in anti-tank use. The Abrams is equipped with either a 105mm M68 rifled gun (M1 variant only) or 120mm smoothbore gun (A1 and later variants) that both fire several varieties of ammunition. A KEP fired by one would result in a One-Hit Polykill against a Tiger formation. The Tiger I is 1940s-era carbon steel, it couldn't resist even a near miss by an Abrams' HEAT round. ![]() The Abrams is composite armor that's durable to everything but high caliber HEAT (usually tandem warhead rounds) and kinetic energy penetrators. The Tiger I's 88mm gun could at best get a hit at 2000 meters with some semblance of accuracy. The fire control systems and gun of the Abrams is extremely accurate against tank sized objects out to 4000 meters. The biggest reasons why you would need 1000 Tigers to take on 1 Abrams is three fold. The Tiger was built that at best and only if it had the jump and/or a well defendable position could take on maybe 4 or 5 Shermans. "Allah may guide their bullets, but Jesus helps those who aim down the sights."įour or five? The Abrams was built that 1,000 of them could take on 10,000 T-72s and win. 50 cal and KPV) But a mobility kill with a Tiger (I or II) is about the best you can possibly do.Įdited 7th Nov '10 7:02:47 PM by MajorTom (Fun fact, modern tank treads are vulnerable to 12.7mm and 14.5mm rounds like from the Browning. However aim for the tracks and you can easily mobility kill it. You'll be blasted to next Sunday seven times over before you pummel the M1 Abrams enough with 88mm fire to destroy it. However it can be used strategically against modern armor. (Don't get me started on lighter stuff like the PT-76 or BMP-1, the results aren't pretty for the Soviet stuff from the few times a 90mm faced one of those) (Sadly it didn't see widespread enough use in Europe before war's end) In the Cold War-era it would stand toe-to-toe with the T-55 and win at various ranges. For example the M3 90mm gun used by the Americans is one of the few guns of the era superior to the 88mm in anti-tank use. The German 88mm gun is terrible compared to late- WW 2 and postwar weaponry. Closer than that, the Tiger might be able to get the jump on an Abrams' rear and damage the engine or tracks. ![]() In a 1 on 1 fight beyond 500 meters, the Tiger doesn't stand a ghost of a chance no matter where it aims.
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