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I think there were many "issues" at play. Tanks attacked by Typhoons (and other rocket carrying aircraft) were not only attacked by rockets but the whole area was strafed by cannon and heavy MGs by planes on a cab rank system. I think tank crews knew they were sort of safe inside their tank from air attack but they also knew that they were the only people who were, all other infantry and soft skinned vehicles were probably gone. If you are not confident that your people are around your tank you are scared to open any hatch.If you knew rocket firing aircraft was around would you want to stay in your tank? The chance of hitting may be low but you do know if you are hit that's the end of it.
Soviet sources claim the Il-2's knocked out almost 300 tanks at Kursk, 70 from the 9th Panzer Division alone. But German armor afficionadoes claim Il-2s only destroyed a few tanks and most losses were actually to AT-guns, tanks, tank traps, mechanical breakdowns and getting stuck.
In contrast is the marked effectiveness of cannon and machine guns, and to a lesser extent bombs, against soft-skin transport vehicles. By destroying large numbers of these, thus blocking roads and increasing congestion, the fighter-bombers indirectly caused the abandonment of many tanks.
There was only so much wolfram (tungsten-carbide) to go around
Thank you.Wolfram is Tungsten, not Tungsten-Carbide.
Tungsten Carbide is a compound of Tungsten and Carbon.
I am surprised how the Typhoon got as many votes as the P-47, despite significantly inferior in armor and weaponry. The only rockets the Typhoon can get is the RP-3, but the P-47 could use 5" HVAR.
I'm not sure what it is like irl, but in War Thunder and Il-2 games, the RP-3 is extremely inaccurate and the HVAR is close to dead-on if aimed properly.