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Old 05-28-06, 12:24 PM   #8
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I severly doubt that dedicated anti-tank-rounds, especially SABOT, do "bounce off". It's more likely that the armour is meant to be penetrated, and the shot then get stuck. I once wrongly assumed myself, looking at the wedge of the turret's front of the new Leo2-A5 and A6 series, that the downside of the wedge almost would funnel any incoming frontal shot towards the ring between turret and hull where tanks are said to be vulnerable. But insiders and tankers told me that such ammunition is very unlikely just to bounce off, no matter at what angle it would hit the armor.

Germans know a thing or two about constructing fully competitive tanks I would think the engineers have their reasons why they built the modern Leos the way they are.
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