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Originally Posted by Raptor1
Don't forget that the T-34, besides being (eventually) reliable, cheap and simple to produce, was also a highly effective tank. A Panther was in no way guaranteed to win one on one if the crew was good.
Cheaper equipment doesn't necessarily mean it will only win with numbers.
Yup, ask the pilot of 82-0806...
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1 loss, shot down while likely being tracked by mk. 1 eyeball, at the planes most vulnerable time- when the bay doors were opened.
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It is believed that the SA-3 crews and spotters were able to locate and track F-117A 82-806 visually
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Thats what I would call a lucky shot.