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Originally Posted by Sledgehammer427
I'm no expert, but my guess is that towards the middle of the war, when the PzIV's were being upgunned and upggraded constantly, 5cm of armor was simply enough. At the ranges the PzIV was built to work at, 5cm would be able to handle most incoming rounds, and by the time Allied weaponry got more lethal, the "main battle tank" of the war was the Tiger, or the Panther, both of which could absorb a lot more punishment.
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My underestanding is that 50mm front amour can merely withstand Soviet's 45mm Anti-tank gun's punishment at normal combat range. but when model G introduced red army already issue 76.2mm AT widely. I realy cannot figure out why German leaves PzIV front turret amour untouched. 30mm should not caues too much weight.
