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Wikipedia has a photo of a B with a front turret penetration, likely a 17-pounder. Belton Cooper's book described the fate of a B which had its turret blown off by a US 155mm self-propelled howitzer firing at point blank range. That gun (and other big artillery pieces) could knock out the B at...

Myth, as demonstrated by the Battle of Arracourt in September 1944. Another myth is that the Soviet 85mm had superior anti-armor performance to the much-maligned US 76mm; the reverse was true, as illustrated by the Soviets' own tests conducted against captured King Tigers. The typical...