The 122mm cannon was able to defeat the 100 cannon in the bidding, and eventually succeeded in becoming the standard 122 heirloom of the Red Army's heavy tanks. This was not just due to simple production capacity issues.
Powerful, efficient, and fierce in firepower, it can easily deal with armored units, fortifications, or infantry soft targets. Its battlefield flexibility and adaptability can meet demanding actual combat requirements.
At the same time that the 122 gun was successfully installed and installed on the Red Army's heavy tanks, you could not find a few tank guns in the world that were more effective against armored units than this thing.
After the actual installation, the experienced Lavrinenko also spoke highly of the 122 gun.
Compared with the only shortcoming of slow reloading speed, the advantages all over the body can make it possible to "do not hide the advantages".
The powerful armor-piercing depth, devastating aftereffects, and high muzzle velocity brought about by the long main gun barrel with a high magnification ratio. The 122 gun can handle it easily even when dealing with medium and long-distance targets.
And because the high propellant volume brought by the large chamber volume is converted into ultra-high propellant combustion chemical energy.
When dealing with medium and long-distance targets, after the air friction attenuation of the ballistic flight distance, the 122 gun can still maintain a considerable shell velocity when it finally hits the target. For kinetic energy weapons, this means a higher penetration time when hitting the target.
A depth.
The American emperor likes to use big guns to fly, and Maozi likes to take drugs with big pipes.
As long as there are enough propellant tubes, I can get you a shell with a large caliber and a speed that meets the standard. It's that simple.
But beautiful things are like yesterday's flowers in many cases, and cruel reality can always tear beautiful things to pieces for you.
Lavrinenko was full of confidence in his 122 family heirloom. Ever since he saw the German heavy tanks whose specific models were still unclear, they were still largely intact and standing even after being bombarded by direct-aimed artillery fire. He had already been swept in.
In the garbage heap, it has become a memory of yesterday.
Most of the artillery shells hit the target accurately, or in other words, it would be strange if such a large target could not hit the target within a regular combat distance.
The King Tigers, which were hit hard by the 122 cannons, were indeed not in good condition. The front of the car body and the front of the turret, the two parts with the highest probability of being hit, were all riddled with craters and bullet marks.
But even under such circumstances, the armor of the King Tigers still withstood the strongest firepower of the Red Army's heavy tanks and withstood the test.
The craters scattered all over the main armor belt on the front are all in an unpenetrated state. The craters left by the large-caliber 122mm projectiles are already big enough that you can put your fist into it and draw a circle easily.
The unpenetrated traces were as shocking as an iron ball dropped from a height and smashed into the mud. It was already extremely difficult to withstand such a powerful kinetic energy impact.
Some unpenetrated armor-piercing projectiles were directly bounced away by ricochet, and some directly exhausted their kinetic energy and fell to the ground due to gravity. Of course, there were also cases where the warhead charge was directly detonated in the unpenetrated crater and exploded instantly.
Yes, projectiles stuck in unpenetrated armor also exist.
But no matter which state it is, it is true that all the shells did not cause penetration! The shells that exploded in the crater that did not penetrate could not hurt the crew members inside. This is not British bullshit.
The special sticky sleeping black tea pie armor-breaking bullet is an ordinary warhead high-explosive charge.
In the history of later generations, the King Tiger, known as the most powerful heavy tank actually put on the battlefield during World War II, once again proved itself with its true absolute strength.
Even in this timeline that has been tampered beyond recognition by Malashenko on his own, the long 88 that Tiger King is proud of has now become a stepping stone to hit it, but it is solid and powerful.
Armor remains unquestionable.
The armor of both sides can withstand the strongest armor-piercing firepower of the other side. To put it bluntly, you can't do anything to me, and I can't do anything to you.
Lavrinenko had never thought about what to do if he encountered such a situation. He was fighting in the Patriotic War for the fourth year. This was really the first time he had encountered such an embarrassing situation. He had never heard of it.
In past heavy tank battles, either you could defeat me, or I could defeat you.
It has always been like this since the Tiger vs. IS1. Between the Soviet and German heavy tank units, there will always be one with superior firepower and the ability to crush the opponent's armor. This is the reality.
The battlefield scale that was originally tilted to one side has now become an almost complete balance with equal weight on both sides, evenly matched.
"This kind of broken vehicle has a very powerful main gun and almost indestructible frontal protective armor. If you don't get close to within three hundred meters, Lavry, don't make any unnecessary attempts. Like all German tanks,
The weak point of this thing is its vertical armor part, but that is only found on the front of the turret. The area is very small and difficult to aim, and there is also a pig-nosed gun shield that gets in the way."
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"The front of the turret...within three hundred meters? Are we going to have to rush forward five hundred meters with the short reload of these monsters!?"
At this moment, Lavrinenko, whose nerves were about to break, finally recalled what Malashenko had told him.
It's not that Lavrinenko questions the solution given by Malashenko, it's just that there are too many uncertainties in executing such tactics in the current situation, and it can even be said to be more difficult than climbing to the sky!
Our own armor can indeed completely withstand the opponent's direct fire at a distance of 800 meters, but this does not mean that the IS6's frontal main armor belt is absolutely invincible in front of the enemy.
Putting aside the armor weakness that was hollowed out on the turret due to the placement of the main gun sight, Lavrinenko, who did not know the specific situation of his opponent, was really not sure.
When the two sides have shortened the fighting distance, for example to within 500 meters, until the 300 meters that Malashenko mentioned, can the main armor belt of the IS6 heavy tank still withstand the direct attack of those German monsters?
Aimed bombardment?
Can he bear it? Lavrinenko himself really doesn’t know, but the urgent and time-consuming battlefield situation forces Lavrinenko to make a quick decision and issue an order on this life-or-death tactical arrangement issue.
The essence of war is a gamble, a huge gamble involving the future national destiny of both warring parties.
If you win the bet, you will be your father; if you lose the bet, you will be your grandson.
Those who are cowardly and have a can't-lose mentality simply don't even fight. If they fight, it will be a waste of effort, and it will be purely for nothing.
This is true at the macro-strategic level, and it is also the same at the local battlefield at the tactical level.
If you want to win, you have to take risks. Every order you give is not 100% safe. There are varying probabilities of failure. The key lies in whether the probability of success of the order is worth it compared with the risk of failure.
Lavrinenko understood this, and he also knew that he did not have much time left to hesitate and think.
Just when Lavrinenko's right hand touched the microphone and was about to press the button, an overwhelming barrage of fire and fire mixed with familiar words suddenly came at this moment and fell straight down.