Using only original official period documents from the Second World
War this book tries to provide the reader with the same information
on the Panzer V Panther tank that was available to British and
Commonwealth senior officers and tank crews during the war. As soon
as intelligence reports confirmed the existence of the Panther tank
the hunt was on to find reliable information on how to knock out
this new German tank. Most people believe that the only way to stop
a Panther was to penetrate its armour with an armour piercing A.P.
round. Luckily the British 17 pdr anti-tank gun could do that but
the British were also looking how to knock them out by using other
weapons. They tested using high explosive artillery rounds and 20
mm air attack aircraft canon rounds to penetrate and damage the
tank's rear engine deck and puncture the vehicle's radiators. Loss
of water would cause the engine to overheat and stop working. Tank
radiators were large and spares were not carried on the tank. If
the Panther could not be recovered back to a maintenance depot the
crew would have to abandon the tank and disable it by setting off
internal explosive charges.
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