Why Canadian Tank Crews Targeted the “Wrong” Spot on Tiger Tanks — and Destroyed 30 in Holland

February 1945, Holland — Canadian Sherman tank crews were told aiming at a Tiger tank's gun mantlet was suicide. The armor there was over 12 inches thick. But one lieutenant noticed something the experts missed: deflected shells weren't bouncing away — they were ricocheting straight down into the thinnest armor on the entire tank.

This is the incredible true story of how Canadian tank crews discovered a fatal flaw in the world's most powerful tank, destroyed 30 Tigers in just five weeks, and flipped their kill ratio from 4-to-1 against them to 2.5-to-1 in their favor — all by targeting what everyone called the "wrong spot."

Lieutenant Sydney Valpy Radley-Walters, a former artillery officer, used simple geometry to save hundreds of lives. While veteran tankers followed the manual, he questioned why shells deflected downward off the curved mantlet. His answer revolutionized Allied tank warfare in World War 2.

Discover how desperation, innovation, and one man's refusal to accept conventional wisdom turned the Sherman's greatest weakness into the Tiger's fatal flaw.

🎖️ STORY HIGHLIGHTS:
How Canadian gunners achieved 40% hit rates on an 18-inch target at 1,000 yards
Why British doctrine officers called the technique "Canadian voodoo"
The psychological shift: Canadian crews stopped fearing Tigers and started hunting them
How this WW2 innovation still influences modern tank warfare in Ukraine

This is the untold story of battlefield ingenuity that changed armored warfare forever.

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