Fafnir gasped and watched the huge monster hurriedly ordering his No. 223 Tiger to reverse to find cover. The giant beast calmly rolled over at an off-road speed of 10 kilometers per hour, occasionally stopping to fire its cannon.
The powerful firepower suppressed the German tanks in front of them, and the "small" tanks of the Soviet Red Army took the opportunity to attack.
The situation suddenly became very unfavorable to the German army. This behemoth completely ignored the German 88mm guns and used its huge body to cover the advancement of the Soviet Red Army. Two 122mm guns and one 152mm gun on the three turrets were
The tube artillery posed a huge threat to German tanks and soldiers - Fafnir saw a Ferdinand being directly hit on the side by a thick and long 152mm shell from the turret in the middle. After the smoke passed, the Ferdinand
Almost completely destroyed!
When the Germans saw the Soviet troops seizing the opportunity to attack, they had no choice but to rush out and shoot at the approaching Soviet tanks regardless of casualties. Several Panthers and No. 4 tanks tried their best to approach the behemoth from several directions, trying their best to kill it.
possible to interfere with the monster's advancement. Fafnir also loudly ordered his tank to approach the side of the giant beast, and at the same time opened fire with all his strength to attack the Soviet tank next to it, trying to knock off the monster's boost. At the same time, other German armor
Vehicles and rocket launchers fired smoke grenades with full force, shrouding the surroundings of the behemoth.
This behemoth also has a long history: In 1930, Soviet tank designer Krievsky proposed the idea of a multi-turret super-heavy tank. This tank was designed to serve as the strongest hammer in the group, used to crush
The enemy's resistance, whether in offense or defense, functions as the most important node in a tank battle group. The powerful firepower and heavy defense enable it to become the backbone of the battle. Other tanks can learn from this tank.
It received important supporting firepower and body cover. This idea started from t28, passed through t35 in the middle, and then was officially put into design in 1930. In a full ten years, the design of two car bodies, as well as the design of the running mechanism and
Field test. In 1940, designer Krievsky was held accountable for wasting national funds and was almost shot. However, he completed the final improvements in power and walking mechanisms in prison, and in fact in mid-1939
, the actual development work had been half-terminated, and the scrapping of the half-finished body was already on the agenda. Thanks to the invasion of June 22, 1941, the designer Krievsky was released from prison, and the Military Commission
For a while, there was no time to take care of the scrapping work of this model. Krievsky took the opportunity to convene the original design team and used his spare time to continue to improve and produce this model. Here he got the strong support of Danny, the political commissar of the 112 Factory.
Support, specially allocated workers to provide production services.
Finally, at the end of 1941, all improvements to the car body were completed, and the two completed car bodies underwent actual driving tests. The test results were finally satisfactory. Although the originally designed speed could not be reached in any case, it still drove smoothly.
The speed is 15 kilometers per hour on the road and 10 kilometers per hour off-road. The failure rate is also within an acceptable range. When I tried to install the turret for full equipment testing, I found that the originally produced turret had already been assigned to the Soviet Navy Coast Defense Force for installation.
Went to the Sevastopol Fortress on the Crimean Peninsula. At this time, the production tasks were extremely tight, and there was no time or extra man-hours to produce the turret for this semi-finished product. This was delayed until mid-1942. In 1942, about this
The abandonment of the "white elephant" (military committee language) project was brought up again. This time Danny, the political commissar of Factory 112, and designer Krievski firmly opposed it. Danny especially proposed that workers could be mobilized to work on this project in their spare time.
A new type of tank was produced to install a turret and a gun, and someone in the committee also made a suggestion to try again - after all, a lot of rubles had been invested in the past ten years, and it could not be just dismantled... As a result, in 1943, the order was issued
The order was given to put these two tanks into the battlefield for a look. At the same time, the 112 Factory provided two JS2 thickened and large turrets installed at the front and rear positions. The central turret received a redundant KV5 turret, which was enlarged and thickened.
After the improvement work, a bl10 experimental 152mm cannon was installed, and then installed on the seat ring. After preliminary testing, it was eagerly put into the Kursk battlefield. The body of the other vehicle was still left in the factory on standby because it did not have a turret, and
This tank received a "Great Soviet" production code name - gs1 super heavy tank.
The gs1 super heavy tank has a body length of 15 meters, a width of 5 meters, and a height of 5.5 meters (including antennas); three turrets; the weapons are one 152mm cannon, two 122mm tank guns, and nine machine guns, with a firing range of 122mm
The range of fire is 270 degrees, and the range of fire of 152mm is 360 degrees; the vehicle weighs 400 tons, and its engines are two M50 marine gasoline engines, each with 1,300 horsepower, totaling 2,600 horsepower; the speed is 15 kilometers per hour on flat ground and 10 kilometers off-road; the front armor is two pieces
The wedge-shaped armor is assembled into a wedge-shaped ricochet surface, the front thickness is 180mm, the side body is also a 60-degree inclined plane, the thickness is 150mm, and the tail thickness is 100mm; the js2 turret front is 220mm, and the kv5 turret front is 260mm thick. The crew rating is
14 people; 2 commanders and deputy commanders; 3 gunners; 2 drivers; 6 loaders; 1 communications trooper; an additional commander can be used to command the tank group using the vehicle-mounted radio.
This giant beast used the railway to move to the outskirts of Prokhorovka, dismantled the tracks, and used the inner road wheels as wheels to be dragged by the heavy locomotive. After arriving at the battlefield, it took a day to install the tracks, just in time for the fierce battle on the 12th.
The results of the battle so far are good. One Ferdinand was destroyed, the damage was incalculable, the German army in front of them was suppressed, and many German tanks and infantry were eliminated.
The gs1 continued to show its power. The 122mm artillery destroyed two more No. 4 tanks trying to get closer. The 152mm overturned two No. 3 assault guns in one breath. Fafnir's Tiger approached to about 1,000 meters.
, destroying and damaging several Soviet tanks guarding gs1 along the way, but other Soviet tanks also took the opportunity to destroy many German tanks, especially the No. 4 tank and the Black Panther, which suffered considerable losses. The German Stu in the air
Ka also desperately dropped bombs, but due to interference from Soviet Air Force fighter jets, none of them hit the behemoth. However, the behemoth completely ignored the near miss and continued to slowly crush the German front line.
A huge explosion sounded. A Panther 150 meters to the left of Fafnir was reduced to parts by the heavy gun of GS1. At the same time, a Tiger was hit by 122 and lost its combat effectiveness. Another 122 shot destroyed a No. 4
; The German infantry was completely unable to get close to gs1 for blasting, and nine machine guns firmly controlled the 100-meter surrounding area. Fortunately, the number of Soviet tanks following them was limited, and many of them had been destroyed by the Germans. They had already begun to fight with gs1
Disjointed. Fafnir has fired more than ten cannonballs at this giant beast, and it seems that it has hardly caused much damage... And Fafnir himself avoided the gunfire with fear - if it weren't for his
I had a hunch that I would have been killed by this behemoth a long time ago.
The Germans suffered heavy losses. A Grizzly assault gun finally approached the GS1 under the desperate cover of several Tigers. It fired a 150mm shell, but unfortunately it missed! Then a Tiger that came forward to cover was destroyed by the GS1. The Grizzly
He seized the moment and fired the second shot! Fafnir clearly saw that the 150mm shell accurately hit the front and bottom of gs1. The explosion destroyed the tracks and part of the road wheels of gs1, causing the slow advancement of this giant beast to finally stop.
Come down!
At this time, a Stuka in the air began to dive awkwardly, and you could clearly see the huge bomb under the belly of the aircraft! "These guys actually brought bombs designed to destroy battleships!" Fafnir sighed.
The dive seemed very slow...but after just ten seconds, the Stuka seemed to rush onto the gs1. From Fafnir's point of view, the Stuka seemed to be carrying a bomb directly.
It was like crashing the tank. In the blink of an eye, the bomb left the Stuka, and the Stuka pulled out of the dive at a very fast speed.
After a few long seconds that seemed like a day, Fafnir's amazing dynamic vision could clearly see the bomb "slowly" contacting the GS1 tank! The huge explosion fireball and smoke obscured the sky and people's vision.
, the shock wave knocked down the infantry on the ground, and Fafnir heard the huge explosion and vibration in the tank. It took a long time for the smoke to dissipate, and the huge monster finally turned into a huge wreckage!
Before the gs1 was destroyed, it destroyed an entire company of German tanks: 7 Tigers, 9 Panzer 4 tanks, 5 Panthers and 5 assault guns could be confirmed to have been destroyed by it. This record had a far-reaching impact! It directly stimulated
The head of state requested the development of the P series tank. At the same time, the Red Army also completed the production of the second tank after the battle...