RE: Hard Attack,Soft Attack
Just checked more pages of Jentz and founded some interesting AAR of Kharkov Battle.
It seems that appearance of PzIV with long gun was a surprise for Russians.
But what surprised me was the efficiency of PzIV with short gun against Russian armour. Some 6 PzIV from III/Pz.Rgt.6 knocked out 5 KV and 24 T-34 tanks. They were shooting with new kind of ammo - HEAT I think. So this tank was far more dangerous in 1942 than in 1941. However, it was not efficient as long barreled gun since it was harder to hit the target due to low speed of projectile.
This makes me think that hard attack for this type of tank is underrated (only 4 in S42).
milicko
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