The front end of the hooded armor-piercing projectile, which semi-penetrated the armor, had completely penetrated into the vehicle and plunged into the head of the King Tiger's turret.
The fragments of armor shattered by the kinetic energy of the projectile bounced around in the vehicle, setting off a bloody storm. The commander and gunner guarding the main gun on the left and right became the first unlucky targets.
The large piece of armor fragments hit the gunner's head first, right between the eyebrows, the hardest part of the human body's skull. Under the kinetic energy impact of the high-speed armor fragments, it was so vulnerable that it was as brittle as tissue paper.
The armor fragments that struck at high speed cut open the flesh and blood, instantly penetrated the skull between the eyebrows, and then continued to move forward, instantly opening a gap in the fragile brain tissue wrapped inside.
The blood and brain matter rushed outward crazily under the squeeze of the advancing fragments. To describe it in detail, it can basically be regarded as the appearance of a soft rubber leather case filled with water being slashed, and it could not be restrained at all.
When the head was penetrated, there was no way for him to react autonomously, raise his hand to cover the wound, and suppress the flow of blood. The German gunner, who had lost his sight, was destined to become a body with a temperature that gradually deteriorated in just a few seconds.
Low body.
The armor fragments flying to the other side also hit the commander in the turret, but this man's luck was obviously slightly better. He was not shot in the head on the spot but was shot through the chest.
A large glob of dark red blood surged out from the wound, which was five centimeters long. It instantly wet the front of his clothes. Feeling the severe pain in his chest, the first instinctive reaction of the German commander was to raise his hand.
Cover your wound to stop the blood from flowing out.
It was only a short moment that would only give him a chance to react, but not the time to put it into action. The 122 full-caliber armor-piercing bullet that was stuck in the armor on the front of the turret, and whose warhead had completely disappeared into the car, could
It was not a stink bomb that failed to fire, but a projectile about to explode that had triggered an armor-piercing delay fuse.
The violent projectile explosion followed in an instant, and the armor was in a semi-penetrated state. It was natural to imagine what would happen to the King Tiger who had already been penetrated by the warhead into the car.
The flames and blast that instantly rushed into the turret burned and burned everything around it. The flesh under the torn and ignited military uniforms had already decided its fate at this moment.
The warhead charge of the 122mm full-caliber hooded armor-piercing projectile is far greater than that of conventional small guns. As long as the shell charge is increased to 100mm, there will be a qualitative change in power almost every ten millimeters more.
As the heirloom of the Red Army's heavy tanks, the 122 gun is full of explosives and has devastating after-effects. In past battles, almost once it penetrated a German tank, it was bound to explode on the spot.
Even if the armor is not completely penetrated, but only the projectile explodes with half penetration, the power is still not something that the narrow interior space of the turret can withstand.
The first ready-to-fire ammunition rack, which was placed at the very end of the turret, escaped damage because of the distance.
After the power was attenuated by distance, the warhead charge explosion, which was still limited due to semi-penetration, failed to detonate the stacked fixed-length 88 shells.
But it cannot destroy metal products, but it does not mean that the power of the explosion cannot kill people.
A human being with a mortal body, who could be killed on the spot if shot by a small gun, is definitely the most vulnerable combat unit on the cruel battlefield created by himself.
The incoming projectiles exploded with flames, burning the German commander who was already about to die, with most of his body lying in the coffin. The whole body was burned and wrapped in flames on the spot. At the same time, the extremely powerful explosion shock wave completely shattered the body.
, and paste it into a ball of meat paste with upper and lower parts separated.
The conditions of the other two crew members in the turret were not much better. Under such a close-range large-caliber projectile explosion, even if the full power was limited due to the semi-penetration effect, the restraints and releases were
The power is still not something ordinary people can withstand. Being blown to pieces on the spot is the only possible outcome.
The projectile explosion not only completely killed the three German armored soldiers in the turret, but the flames rushing down the turret ring also killed the two drivers and electromechanical personnel at the front of the vehicle.
Although they did not die suddenly like the three unlucky guys in the turret, without even leaving a whole body behind, the explosive power of the warhead charge of the 122mm full-caliber armor-piercing projectile was still very powerful.
Even after filling the turret, it still has terrifying power that is enough to inflict severe damage to a flesh-and-blood human body.
The driver and electromechanical personnel of this King Tiger ended up with their entire back clothes almost completely torn and burned, a large area of back skin burned to a black paste, blood vomiting from the mouth, and internal organs severely damaged by the shock wave.
He reluctantly abandoned the vehicle and was able to climb out of the tank.
Seeing this, the German infantrymen around them hurriedly stepped forward to rescue them and pulled them on. However, the two men, who were destined to die soon, were dragged into the trench bunker and temporarily concealed.
The medic died on the spot as soon as he arrived to rescue him.
Needless to say, the final cause of death was that the severe burns on the back could only be regarded as an addendum at best, and the severe rupture of the internal organs and internal bleeding were the final cause of death.
The obvious result of semi-penetration made Malashenko fully aware of the seriousness of the situation. Even if he was lucky, he still killed the crew members with semi-penetration, which was equivalent to solving the car.
Tricky Henschel turret King Tiger heavy tank.
However, Malashenko, who has reached the final conclusion that "effective penetration in actual combat cannot be guaranteed at a distance of 300 meters", is still not happy at the moment and cannot arouse any interest that can be called joy and excitement.
Although the Long 88 equipped by the German King Tiger is also helpless against the heavy tanks of the Red Army, Malashenko, who is used to bullying and beating German children, can hardly accept the idea of hitting the Tiger head-on at a distance of 300 meters.
Wang's big-faced turret has to be mixed with a bit of luck, taking into account the disgusting reality of variable incident angles under actual combat conditions.
The appearance of the Tiger King shows that the good old days of the Explosive Hammer and Crunchy Tiger have become a thing of the past. What the Germans will do next is to replace the Tiger with the Tiger King and carry out large-scale mass production.
This also means that no matter whether Malashenko wants it or not in the future, the reality that he will have to fight in close combat whenever he encounters the Tiger King is abruptly placed before his eyes.
The shortcoming of insufficient armor-piercing firepower has once again been exposed. If Malashenko wants to change the situation of having to fight close combat to win, he must come up with feasible countermeasures as soon as possible and put them into practice.