Tank vs. Cannon

The Colonel · 01-23-2020, 05:49 PM

Bit of a sanity check - is it reasonable for a low grade, early WW2 tank (say, a Japanese I-Go) to be successfully killed by a Napoleonic style cannon, possibly scared up by some Chinese soldiers?

Hi-tech gives the Bourges Mle 1853 12lber (presumably a pretty typical Napoleonic style field gun) a damage of 6dx5 (mean 105) and the FT-17 45/20 dr (and given that the FT-17 has, according to Wikipedia 8-22mm of armour against the I-Go's 6-17mm that should be representative) … which makes it look doable, but is it sane?

01-23-2020, 05:49 PM	#1
The Colonel Join Date: Jul 2006	Tank vs. Cannon Bit of a sanity check - is it reasonable for a low grade, early WW2 tank (say, a Japanese I-Go) to be successfully killed by a Napoleonic style cannon, possibly scared up by some Chinese soldiers? Hi-tech gives the Bourges Mle 1853 12lber (presumably a pretty typical Napoleonic style field gun) a damage of 6dx5 (mean 105) and the FT-17 45/20 dr (and given that the FT-17 has, according to Wikipedia 8-22mm of armour against the I-Go's 6-17mm that should be representative) … which makes it look doable, but is it sane?