If only as the same KV 1 when his armor was relevant.
Also, it seems like no armor will save you from a large-caliber projectile, since if the projectile did not penetrate, but did not ricochet, then the vibration will simply kill the crew. But I don’t know that well.
Probably the number of critical situations for him has decreased?
I think perhaps something of what you say was lost in translation, but by vibration did you mean Spalling? If that’s the case, then correct.
Late war Germany (almost any Time Period Italy) the lack of certain elements to alloy their Steel meant that a lot of tanks armor even while not being penetrated were subject to Spalling and Cracking. This could be deadly for crew inside of the tanks.
Even the Early use of the Czech Tanks showed that their armor was brittle and would fracture and spall regardless of the round going through.
For the Sherman, the amount of crew fatalities once they learned their initial lessons with the tank went drastically down. It was never perfect, and still could be situational but beyond the Churchill, you stood a really good chance of living if you were hit and the round went in. Though not all of that can be attributed to the re-design of the tank. One thing few historians ever take into consideration was the lack of QC and the use of forced labor meant that many many of the Axis Shells (AA, AT etc) had faulty fusing due to either sabatoge or bad materials, or bad QC.
Rather, I’m just an idiot.
I meant that a large-caliber shell, even if it did not penetrate, could have concussed the crew, and may even kill.
Probably the quality of the steel had a negative effect on the armor.
Probably the Americans were the only ones who could safely develop and monitor the quality of products, since nothing threatened their main land.
Thank you for the detailed answer.
You’re not an idiot Knyaz, I think sometimes when we cross language barriers some of it gets lost in translation. You are correct that even non-penetrating hits could be lethal to the crew.
Lack of, among other things, Vandium from Turkey due to the embargos. Less elasticity in the Steel makes it prone to this.
Yup. Quick to learn, and the factories were not being bombed. Coupled with a Very Strong Automotive industry meant that they could produce and develop at their leisure. Now, what a lot of people forget thinking the Sherman was this great production that just popped out of nowhere is that there were quite a few failed Prototypes (T20/23 ect ect) that came before the Sherman was really truly a thing. It was not easy for them either.
It doesn’t happen anywhere perfectly the first time, especially in something as difficult as tank building.