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Hetzer, Marsch!
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M3 Stuart vs Hetzer...who wins?
The audience wins.
Definately hetzer.
Achtung, Hetzer kampfgruppe forwärts marsch!
Hetzer wins
Stuart wins at that range, especailly since the Hetzer isn't even facing the Stuart, and taht he's backed by a Sherman whos free to open fire at any time. Anyway, WTF is a Hetzer doing in teh middle of a field with Allied tanks, and unsupported to boot?
Nope, both the m5 and M4 would most porbably lose in a head-to-head fight against the Hetzer. Maybe the hetzer isn't facing it YET in this photo, but it is just about to turn.
The stuart's tiny 37mm gun can not penetrate the Hetzer's front armor, which is about 100-110mm effective because of good slope. Neither can the Sherman penetrate it with its short 75mm gun which penetrates only like 80mm with standard APBC ammo. Although the Hetzer has only 50mm thin armor plating but it's sloped @60° and that doubles the effect.
The M4 or M5 typically can't destroy it from the front. On the other hand, the hetzer's 75mm gun could theoretically penetrate both American tanks from over 1,100m still...
tl;dr Stuart and Sherman are pretty much screwed. :P (except if they out flank the hetzer, then he will be screwed)
hetzer no have frontal 100mm is have 50mm or 60mm
Read again, I didn't say it has 100mm thick armor plating, I said the armor is about 100-110mm EFEFCTIVE because it is angled at 60°.
Can you do the math? 50mm armor plate at 60° angle = 100mm LOS.