re: #232 Dark_Falcon
Actually, the Germans painted the barrel of the Tiger’s gun so that it would not glisten, as glistening tended to invite attention of Allied TDs and tanks armed with 17-pounder, and 90mm guns. The similar Soviet guns were the 100mm and 122mm.
/Straight man
They did it to make it look more phallic, they were all homosexuals.
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