Why did they put cement on tanks during World War II? #shorts

Why did they put cement on tanks during World War II?

#history #shorts #ww2

[great_history]

Guys give feedback, did you know about this?

[oliverh]

Notably the American crews also added concrete to the front and sides of Sherman’s to increase their armour protection

[TheOREGON]

“Explosion occurred and the tank stopped” 😂

[Madduckkk]

That’s also why German tanks have those lines on them (zimmerit) it was for protection against magnetic mines but only they used magnetic mines

[billwilson-esyn]

Their magnetic shaped charge grenades were highly effective. The magnets were strong enough to place the grenade upside down on muddy tank hulls by troops in slit trenches.

[imperorfohntachanka]

Btw also there is few modifications of T-34 with extended armor. Usually it's just wielded addition armor plates, but also there was a modification with literally concrete armor.

[BruceWayne-ydpr]

Zimmerit, a paste applied to German tanks and assault guns, was devised as a countermeasure. Although it was not fully anti-magnetic, the thickness of the paste and its patterned application was meant to reduce a magnet's ability to stick to the tank.

[noobr]

While germans used Zimmerit that was composed of Barium sulfate, zinc sulfide, polyvinyl acetate and saw dust, americans and Soviets used concrete wish was way more cheaper

[pavelZhd]

Fun fact.
The Germans were also developing an armor alloy that would make their tanks resistant to such weaponry as they expected allied forces to adopt the magnetic mines concept too.

And they did, though it make tank production noticeably more expensive.

Allies never used magnetic mines since the thick layer of dirt was an effective counter...

[DylansPen]

You can see the claylike material Germans put on Tigers because the Germans were afraid of tank grenades.

[karsonbollinger]

Concrete, not cement. Cement is an ingredient in concrete.

[darthkittyoustheunwise]

It also helped to add protection against HE shells. Just like the reason they used Logs it proved fuck all protection from an AT round but it stopped the effectiveness of a HE shell

[dorbie]

The Germans were the first to use this technique, they called it Zimmerit (it wasn't really concrete). Ironically they did it because they assumed allies would use magnetic mines against them but that never happened.

[anthonyburke]

But look at what the Finnish Army did with concrete on their German supplied armour, sometimes as much as 10 cm of concrete

[sloppymcfloppy]

So that's where Activision got the idea for drill charges 💀💀💀

[Anlushac]

The mine the German soldier is attaching is called a Hofthallaladung. It is a shaped charge held at the proper stand off distance for best penetration. The soldier runs up, stick the mine to the tank with the three magnets, pulls the lanyard on back to start the fuse and has x number of seconds to get a safe distance away.

The Germans thought if we have it the Allies must have something similar so they invented zimmermit anti magnetic mine paste and installed it on all their tanks for a threat that never materialized.

[xAlexTobiasxB]

It should be noted that this was a very rare occurrence that only a very few tanks were actually applied with cemented concrete, but it was not standard equipment in any way.

[johnvunganai]

Plot thickens:Imagine being a German soldier and braving it out to plant the explosive, and it won't stick...a srs mein kampf moment

[joshuarussell]

And here I always thought the cement was for warding off/fighting T.T. ( Tank Termites) 😳🤣

[Dodgerambo]

Thats not quite true. The Zimmerit on German tanks are for that reason. But the concrete on Shermans and some german tanks are for increasing the armor.