The final result of both sides refusing to give in to each other is that the battle becomes more and more fierce, heating up quickly like a pot of cold soup heated by a fire until it boils.
The Germans, who did not dare to continue fighting with the Russians, were now really afraid. They were bombarded with successive air raids, knocking the Germans off their feet and causing heavy casualties. The two waves of troops hanging at the back of the team had now been attacked by the Russians.
After eating everything, I guess there are only a lot more Russians chasing after me, so they must be difficult to deal with.
The Germans, who didn't even bother to conduct fire tests, showed their cards right away and showed their real skills. The Viking Division, the only fully-organized armored force left, immediately came up with a main armor regiment as soon as it joined the battle.
Rushing madly.
As the elite armored force of the SS, the hardware indicators of the Viking Division are naturally not high. In addition to the majority of Panther 2 medium tanks, this armored regiment, which plays the main role, is even equipped with a company of 9 King Tiger heavy tanks.
battlefield.
The organic heavy tank unit, which is independent of the heavy armor battalion, is one of the privileges of the elite Viking division of the SS.
The Black Panthers 2, who had received the blessing of King Tiger, were even more aggressive in attacking and were unstoppable. The T3485s, equipped with a new 85mm D-5t tank gun, were not to be outdone. Facing such a powerful enemy, it was difficult to penetrate the opponent's front.
Even though they were armored, a total of seventy or eighty T3485 medium tanks went straight to full throttle and rushed forward at full speed, preparing for close combat.
Behind the fierce exchange of fire between the tank units of both sides and around them, the infantry of the Soviet and German armies also launched a charge in coordination with the tanks.
The exchange of light weapons is accompanied by the roar of the tank's main gun and the dazzling fire. Regardless of the outcome, this is the final battle in which the two warring parties have staked everything. Going all out has existed in the entire battlefield since the beginning.
Absolute will.
Facing the Black Panther 2, whose entire front body was absolutely immune to 85-mm cannons, the T3485s, who had been unable to achieve satisfactory shooting results after many attempts, came close to the Black Panther 2 again after getting very close.
Aimed shooting began.
If you can't hit the bow, aim at the German's turret and slap it in the face. This is a basic skill that can be learned by yourself without any teaching. Instead of hitting the bow of the vehicle, which may still make a noise after hitting it,
Instead of firing again, it is better to put your hope in different attempts and try different paths.
When the roar of the main gun sounded again, the 85mm hooded armor-piercing bullets that escaped from the barrel once again rushed towards the target that was already within easy reach with a shrill whistle.
The head of the Panther 2, which uses an enlarged version of the F-type turret, is not very strong. At best, it can only be regarded as slightly harder than the Panther 1. And then it completely avoids the reflection ricochet of the lower part of the semi-curved mantlet, causing a crater.
In the bomb area, the shells were fired vertically downward into the car body, causing an embarrassing death on the spot.
It cannot be said that there are no improvements. There are indeed relevant improvements, but they are not strong enough to allow Black Panther 2 to withstand direct fire from an 85mm gun at very close range.
The front face of the entire turret has almost no slope defense equivalent. The Panther 2 turret does not have the ability to ricochet, and the 85mm hooded armor-piercing projectile hit it head-on without any suspense, hitting the bullseye.
When firing at a distance of less than 200 meters, the remaining armor-piercing kinetic energy when reaching the target is enough to send the 85mm hooded armor-piercing projectile into the head of Panther 2 and penetrate the front armor of the turret.
Although huge sacrifices were made on the way to the charge, the super-long 75mm fishing rod main gun of the Black Panther 2 could easily penetrate the frontal main armor belt of the T34 at a regular combat distance. The road to the charge was full of
Burning, or the corpses were separated, or they were motionless. After all the members died, they became the remains of the zombie car T3485.
But the final result was undoubtedly worth it. After a series of violent explosions, one after another Black Panther 2 was blown up on the spot. Their bodies were separated, and they were killed by the strong ammunition and oil explosion.
The sky lantern was lit directly in the middle and spiraled into the sky.
"Success! The shooting of the turret is effective! Keep firing, comrades! Hurrah!!!"
Before the replacement of the 85mm main gun, the Red Army's medium tank units had suffered too many unimaginable losses when fighting the German armored forces.
People who have never seen that scene with their own eyes can hardly imagine that even if the heroic T34 tank group rushed to a zero-range shooting position, firing at the German Tigers and Panthers, it still couldn't penetrate the armor.
Taste.
The 76 gun with a maximum armor penetration depth of less than 100 mm was an arduous task that was difficult to complete against tigers and leopards. The Red Army tank crews had no choice but to fire again and again. In the eyes of the Germans, it was tantamount to collective death.
Group charge.
Either rush up and go around and engage in close combat with the relatively clumsy and inflexible Kraut tank, or kick the accelerator to the bottom and crash directly into the Kraut tank, playing bumper car tactics.
Although the latter sounds extreme, it is actually done quite often.
At least after you hit the accelerator, the German's broken car will not die or be damaged, and there is basically no possibility of continuing to drive. Those delicate German machines can hardly withstand such a brutal and violent impact. A T34
Replacing a Hubao is a sure profit in most cases.
What's more, the strong and durable T34 may not be destroyed on the spot. It is not uncommon for the T34 to still shake and drive after a loud noise. This happened more than once in Kursk.
After experiencing such a painful and unbearable battle, the current Red Army tank crews have only very simple hopes and requirements.
It doesn't matter if you can't penetrate the Kraut's armor at regular combat distances. As long as you get in close and shoot, you can penetrate the front armor of the Kraut's turret, and you won't be forced to rush close to the face and go around the side.
He kicked the accelerator and hit the German directly.
For these Red Army medium tank soldiers who have gone through too many hardships to get to where they are today, this is enough.
The performance of the Red Army tank soldiers was overjoyed, while the corresponding expression on the enemy's Viking division was a look of death.
Although almost all SS armorers knew that the Russian T34 had been replaced with a brand new main gun, in actual combat, it was penetrated through the front armor of the turret at a close distance and was killed on the spot. Such a thing
This is the first time this has happened on a large scale since Black Panther 2 was put into actual combat.
The armored protection that was originally thought to be impenetrable proved not to be an absolute wall of sighs. Having lost the advantage of a favorable combat distance, the German armored forces must now be more cautious, while suffering inevitably greater casualties.