Gun and armour performance
German soldiers inspect a non-perforating hit to the Tiger's armour.
Tigers were capable of penetrating the front of an American M4 Sherman between 1,800 and 2,100 m (1.1 and 1.3 mi)[11], the British Churchill IV between 1,100 and 1,700 m (0.68 and 1.1 mi), the Soviet T-34between 100 and 1,400 m (0.062 and 0.87 mi), and the Soviet IS-2 between 100 and 300 m (0.062 and 0.19 mi).[11] The Soviet T-34 equipped with the 76.2 mm gun could not penetrate the Tiger frontally at any range[citation needed]
, but could achieve a side penetration at approximately 500 m firing BR-350P APCRammunition.[citation needed] The T34-85's 85 mm gun could penetrate the front of a Tiger between 200 and 500 m (0.12 and 0.31 mi),
[11], the
IS-2s 122 mm gun could penetrate the front between 500 and 1,500 m (0.31 and 0.93 mi).
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