There is no doubt that the heavy armor installed on heavy tanks can completely withstand bombardment by conventional high-explosive bombs.
It is true that armor can withstand the blasting and flame spread of high-explosive bombs, but there are always some obviously exposed equipment on the outside of the tank that cannot withstand it. Especially the most fragile optical sighting equipment is even more difficult to think about, as long as
If you get even slightly closer to the explosion, it will be destroyed immediately and turn into a pile of glass shards.
Malashenko couldn't feel where the high-explosive bombs that had just hit him hit him, but he could clearly see a side lens in the commander's periscope in front of him, which was already vibrating at close range in the blast wave.
There were obvious cracks underneath and it was covered with spider webs. It looked like it would break into eight pieces immediately if you poked it with your finger.
"Damn it! How did these bastards think of using high-explosive bombs to disgust people? Damn them!"
While cursing in my heart, I was also a little happy at the same time...
Fortunately, the Germans have always followed the development route of low-caliber and long-caliber main guns. There are almost no guys carrying big tubes in the combat armored vehicles on the German front line. That’s not to say there are none, it’s just that
It is very rare. It is not everywhere like the Red Army. It is very common. For example, we, Comrade Ma, have never encountered a Kraut vehicle with a particularly big tube.
Otherwise, if the high-explosive grenade fired by the German's big-tube gun barrel hit his car firmly and received a round, Malashenko can be sure that this does not even require a large caliber.
A single 150mm high-explosive bomb like a grizzly bear is enough to make you drink a pot and rise to the sky.
Large-caliber high-explosive bombs can not only penetrate weak parts of tank armor, but their overpressure damage can also penetrate directly through gaps, such as joints, and easily penetrate into the interior of the tank and seriously injure vehicle body members.
It ranges from damage to the internal organs and blood vomiting from the mouth, to severe injuries such as the internal organs being shattered to pieces and the person vomiting farts on the spot.
The last time he was in Kursk, Malashenko saw with his own eyes how miserable the inside of the Ferdinand tank destroyer was scrapped on the spot after being bombed by the 152 Theosophy.
Not only were the crew members killed, but they unleashed a 360-degree circular explosion of fire and flames around them. They were also able to destroy the relatively fragile main gun barrel and blast through the engine compartment and car body dome armor, destroying these fragile vehicles.
The key equipment protected by the armor was completely destroyed.
Now, the pipes of the No. 3 assault gun and No. 4 assault gun on the opposite side are not thick enough, and there is really no way to cause any direct serious damage to the tank itself.
But it's like flies flying around while eating, it's really disgusting.
Small-caliber high-explosive bombs can not only make your precious tank explode with clanging noises, but if you hit it too much or if you hit it accurately and unbiasedly, it can also destroy the sighting equipment of your vehicle.
Drop it, causing a good tank to lose its ability to detect enemies and aim and become completely blind.
In this case, there is no other option but to give up the fight and abandon the vehicle immediately.
Realizing that the Germans might have such a plan, Malashenko immediately raised his vigilance. One person said that these high-explosive bombs that constantly exploded on the tank armor were really more disgusting and threatening than ordinary armor-piercing bombs.
Bigger.
The Germans' plan cannot be allowed to succeed, at least they cannot be allowed to sit there so comfortably and continue firing high-explosive bombs.
"Second Regiment, concentrate your firepower immediately and blast those Germans' broken assault cannons into the sky! These bastards are firing high-explosive bombs at us. If the optical sight is destroyed, it will be all over. Kill them immediately!"
The Germans wanted to use the explosive impact and flames caused by high-explosive bombs to contain and delay. Malashenko believed that the Germans deliberately bombarded themselves with high-explosive bombs in order to destroy the most fragile optical sight on the tank.
The equipment makes the powerful and seemingly indestructible heavy tanks blind and unable to do anything.
In essence, this is a misunderstanding, but the consequences are also expected.
The Stalin tanks, which had originally opened fire at the charging German tanks, began to follow the order of the division commander and turned their guns, aiming all the armor-piercing bullets in the chamber at those who had just finished one round and had not yet been able to fire them.
German assault guns in the second round of shelling.
Boom boom boom boom——
After the 122 main gun fired a salvo and roared, it left behind a large cloud of muzzle smoke and the endless rumble of gunfire that stirred in the air.
The full-caliber armor-piercing projectiles that escaped instantly flew towards the target at an extremely fast speed. The German assault guns that were already close at hand suffered a sudden disaster. They penetrated the frontal armor without any suspense, and one after another they rumbled and exploded.
In the sound, it turned into blazing steel tombs.
The frontal armor protection of both the No. 3 and No. 4 assault guns is far from enough to withstand the disembowelment of the 122 Heirloom and face the fierce bombardment.
These assault guns, which were positioned slightly behind the German offensive echelon following the attack, could be said to have bought valuable time for the friendly forces at the cost of their lives. The pressure from the Panther tanks charging in the front row was caused by
This can be greatly alleviated.
For the commander of the German armored forces commanding from the center, those assault guns were hit by the enemy's backhand and died suddenly on the spot. This was an outcome that had long been expected.
Although the Russian heavy tanks have strong armor and fierce firepower, they have a weakness that has been proven in the Battle of Kursk: the loading is very slow! It is so slow that it takes the Russians to fire one shot, which is enough for the German tanks to fire three rounds.
As long as it can attract the firepower of those Russian heavy tanks, even just a part of them, the Russian heavy tanks that enter and reload will no longer be able to fire at their own tanks that are the spearhead of position breakthroughs in a short period of time.
Every minute and every second on the fierce battlefield is extremely precious. Even at the expense of the sacrifice of those assault guns, there is no doubt that thirty seconds can be bought for the vanguard tanks that are the hope for a breakthrough.
Worth doing!
This German armored commander with a cold face and an even colder and harder heart is really a ruthless person. After realizing that the heavy tanks on the opposite position had diverted their firepower as he expected, his next behavior was to smile instead of being angry.
, once again the gleaming eyes seemed to be able to see the dawn of hope and victory.
"Speed up! Seize the time! Rush up before the Russians finish loading and tear a hole to let the infantry in. Quick!"
Urgent German language filled the radio channel, and the Panther tank, which was leading the charge, was only less than two hundred meters away from the edge of the position at this moment.