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The 8.8cm KwK.43's Pz.Gr.40/43 will do 6dx16(2) pi++ out to 5,950/17,500.
That's got more reach than the same projectile from a Tiger E.
The 8.8cm KwK.36's Pz.Gr.40 will do 6dx13(2) pi++ out to 4,980/14.600.
Those punch 9.6" and 7.8" of RHAE respectively.
The 90mm gun on the T-26 firing a M82 APC-T round does 6dx10(2) pi++ follow-up 6d+2[4d-1] cr ex.
That punches 6" of RHAE.
That's our best armor piercing round.
On the plus side, the Tiger II only has 5.9" of armor on the front of the hull. That should only be DR 400, but it's sloped for DR 850 and the M82 round will ping... You need 6dx21(2) to get a Tiger from the front. We didn't develop a round that could do that until we filed the serial numbers off the Brit L7A1 105mm gun and called it M68.
On the down side, the T-26 firing that 90mm round almost has 4" of armor... It too is well sloped and gets DR 420. 6dx10(2) penetrates that.
On the gripping side, there were damned few cats of any flavor running about when the T-26 arrived to test out the idea of what would become an MBT.
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