A tank with desert camouflage paint was speeding in the sand, the turret was also rotating towards the target, and it fired directly without any intention of slowing down.
It's a pity that the shell missed the target and missed, but the expressions of the British officers who were watching changed.
It seemed that it was embarrassing to miss the target. Although the tank did not slow down, the turret rotated again and then opened fire again.
This time the artillery fire finally hit the target, and with a "bang" the British tank in service, which was used as a target vehicle, was destroyed, and the target was the front armor.
"It's amazing! How did they aim while marching? Didn't their turrets shake?" a British officer asked loudly, without the gentlemanly and aristocratic demeanor that the British always emphasized.
An official who also came to watch the test had a serious look on his face. Although the surprised expression on his face had not subsided, he still answered the officer's question: "It is said that a device called a two-way stabilization system is used to stabilize the barrel.
This allows the tank to still shoot stably while moving."
"The British Empire must get this technology! It will change the form of war!" the officer shouted, obviously he was fully aware of the impact that firing on the move brought by the two-way stabilization system would have on the war.
Apparently the official had the same idea. He nodded seriously and said: "I will report the situation to the country and ask Downing Street to seriously consider this issue."
"We can purchase a batch of tanks from Egypt. The original domestic plan was to just purchase a few tanks, but now it seems that we can expand the budget a little?" Another official thought of the previous British Ambassador and Chen
Mo discussed the tank purchase plan and put forward his own suggestions.
Previously, the British ambassador promised Chen Mo to purchase tanks from Egypt. His original intention was to benefit Egypt by purchasing some tanks, so that the British could send an officer corps to Ethiopia to understand how the Egyptian army fought.
But now that the Egyptian tanks are so advanced, this procurement plan has also increased, and it has attracted the attention of the British.
"If all my troops can be equipped with this kind of tanks, even if I am asked to learn those hieroglyphics from those Egyptians, I will gladly accept it!" When the officer said that he wanted to purchase Egyptian tanks, the officer immediately expressed joy.
Obviously, any qualified officer can see the impact that Egyptian tanks will have on the war.
While a group of people were discussing, new tanks were also arriving one after another.
A vehicle with eight wheels, whether it was a tank or an armored vehicle, jumped into the battlefield with an almost flying attitude. It ran extremely coquettishly in various fancy postures, and the turret rotated like crazy.
Similarly, while moving and turning quickly, it also fires in various bizarre postures.
Although the hit rate was not high, the expressions on the faces of all the British people watching the test looked like their worldviews were shattered.
In this era, it is difficult for even a car to move in such a coquettish manner, let alone a tank that has always been remembered by everyone as heavy and slow.
However, the facts are before our eyes. This monster of a wheeled vehicle with a tank turret on the ground not only runs at a speed and coquettish position that ordinary cars cannot achieve, but it also exerts the firepower that a tank should have. It is really impressive.
The British people have a very shattered view of things.
"This is actually a tank?" At this point, even the officer who had a good impression of Egyptian tanks didn't know what to say.
However, after the shock brought by the wheeled tank passed, the officers quickly calmed down and began to discover the advantages of this wheeled tank.
With faster speeds and more flexible maneuverability than cars, this wheeled tank is as agile as a sparrow on the battlefield.
Coupled with the traveling fire brought by the two-way stabilization system, unless it is covered by a wide range of artillery fire, it is impossible to hit these flexible monsters based on the artillery and shooting levels currently equipped by countries around the world.
While this provides this wheeled tank with strong battlefield survivability, it also allows commanders who obtain these tanks to use a completely different combat method from the past.
At this moment, in this British officer's mind, he had already conceived several new tactics using this wheeled tank.
Although these are only the thoughts in the minds of officers, and the specific effects still need to be tested in actual combat, there is no doubt that the two tanks displayed today are extremely excellent equipment.
This made the officer determined that his troops must get them, and he planned to mobilize his own relationships to promote this matter.
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In fact, there is no need for officers to initiate relations. After obtaining the test data of the tanks used by the Egyptians, and sending an observation team to observe an armored assault by the Egyptian army on the front line and send back a report, the British were in great shock.
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You must know that the British first invented the tank and put it into use on the battlefield of World War I.
It can be said that the British think they know a lot about tanks and are good at using them.
However, limited by the technical limitations of this era, the design of the tank was still very primitive, and a clear design idea had not even been formed.
Therefore, even in Britain, the birthplace of tanks, there are many differences in tank design ideas.
And there is another problem that seriously restricts the development of British tank technology. British tank designers stubbornly believe that only British designers can design the best tanks, and any foreign tanks must be garbage inferior to British tanks.
In the original world line, the British were so stubborn or conservative that British tanks almost became a joke during World War II.
In the early days of the war, British tanks were able to achieve some good results. However, in the middle and late stages of the war, after the Germans began to build Hawpards, the British tanks were severely lacking in firepower in front of Hawpards and could not penetrate the Hawpards' armor at all.
As for the artillery that could penetrate the Tiger and Leopard armor, the British did not have suitable tanks to insert the artillery. As a result, British tanks were in a very embarrassing position during World War II.
In fact, in World War II, the British had a very clear idea of the use of tanks. Infantry tanks and accompanying infantry broke through the enemy's defense lines, and cruise tanks were used for deep breakthroughs. This was roughly the same as the Soviet army's idea of cooperating with Stalin's T34 in the later stages of the war.
The above is consistent.
It was just that in the early stages of the war, the British technology and tank design were not enough to support this tactical idea, and when the war started, they were defeated and stunned by the German armored assault.
By the time they figured out how to build a tank, World War II was almost over.
But now that the British have an ally with future tank design ideas and experience and technology that have been tested in actual combat, things seem to be heading in a completely different direction from history.
