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  • This time he attached a hollow-charge to the upper and lower hinges and backed off again.

    The Bear and the Dragon Clancy, Tom, 1947- 2000

  • The “skirts” shown surrounding the hull in this version were designed to absorb the impact of hollow-charge projectiles, but all German armoured units in Normandy were exasperated by the manner in which these were torn off during movements among the dense hedges and orchards.

    Overlord D-Day And The Battle for Normandy Max Hastings 1984

  • The “skirts” shown surrounding the hull in this version were designed to absorb the impact of hollow-charge projectiles, but all German armoured units in Normandy were exasperated by the manner in which these were torn off during movements among the dense hedges and orchards.

    Overlord D-Day And The Battle for Normandy Max Hastings 1984

  • The “skirts” shown surrounding the hull in this version were designed to absorb the impact of hollow-charge projectiles, but all German armoured units in Normandy were exasperated by the manner in which these were torn off during movements among the dense hedges and orchards.

    Overlord D-Day And The Battle for Normandy Max Hastings 1984

  • The “skirts” shown surrounding the hull in this version were designed to absorb the impact of hollow-charge projectiles, but all German armoured units in Normandy were exasperated by the manner in which these were torn off during movements among the dense hedges and orchards.

    Overlord D-Day And The Battle for Normandy Max Hastings 1984

  • In this he was encouraged by the artillery, which also persuaded him that the development of the hollow-charge shell, with its superior powers of penetration, would lead to a decline in the ascendancy of the tank.

    Barbarossa Clark, Alan 1965

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