I read an old on-line article dated from 1997 about Steel Panthers (1995). It was a question and answer interview with Gary Grigsby - the mastermind who created the modeling and the game.
Mr. G states that he used a collection of miniature wargames rules to compile the data to input into Steel Panthers (1995).
As the years have rolled by and SP is updated and patched to where it is today, has this updating included updating the data that was originally input to simulate the dynamics of projectile vs armor plate and other like aspects of tactical war from this period of history?
Here is the link to the article.
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/featur...y_grigsby_.php