The remaining SS troops on the battlefield are still resisting. Even if the situation has become irreversible, these SS troops still do not want to give up. In other words, they insist on continuing to fight for some reason.
, but no matter what the reason is, it doesn't matter now, because it will not have any impact on the result. The end of this group of SS troops is now approaching.
"Concentrate your firepower and prioritize the Germans' armored vehicles! Kill their King Tiger first!"
No matter what the situation is, the King Tiger heavy tank, which poses the greatest threat, must be dealt with first.
This kind of monster, which has the ability to directly penetrate the weak points of the Red Army's heavy tanks, must be dealt with first. If it is left there unchecked and continues to be output, it will be a big problem. Even a single-digit King Tiger can cause huge casualties to the Red Army.
The order issued by Erbalov is indeed the best and necessary choice at the moment.
The use of armor-piercing bullets at medium and long distances cannot cause effective damage to the German King Tiger. This is a reality that has been proven before our eyes.
But the Red Army's tank troops, which dominate the world with their big guns, have other ways to deal with these monsters. After loading 122mm high-explosive shells and blasting them with a few rounds, there is no target that they can't defeat. No matter how strong the tank is, the armor will crack.
Losing combat effectiveness is unreasonable and very brainless, but it is indeed effective.
"High-explosive reload!"
"Loading completed!"
"Fire!"
Boom boom boom——
The is6 heavy tanks that stopped about five hundred meters away from the King Tigers focused their fire output. The hot muzzle flames rushed out from the huge muzzle brake of the chamber, blowing the huge caliber
The 122mm high-explosive projectile shoots straight towards the target and rushes away.
During World War II, tanks were not equipped with a two-way stabilizer for the main gun and did not have reliable and practical fire capabilities while moving. This situation was certainly the same for the German King Tiger.
Therefore, those King Tigers who were standing still and outputting firepower motionlessly were a great help to the Red Army's direct-aiming bombardment of high-explosive bombs.
High-explosive shells with low muzzle velocity, curved trajectories, greatly affected by wind speed, and worrying long-range accuracy are indeed a bit difficult to hit moving targets. Especially for high-speed moving targets, it almost depends entirely on the face and whether it protects Comrade Stalin.
But if it is to attack a fixed target of a big guy as wide and fat as King Tiger at a medium distance, the full-caliber high-explosive grenade fired by the 122 Heirloom of the IS6 heavy tank will still have no problem at all and it can be completely defeated.
Several roaring high-explosive shells hit the King Tiger's frontal main armor belt firmly. Whether it was the front of the turret, the front of the car body, or even the front and bottom, they all encountered varying degrees of concentrated fire attacks.
The explosion was amidst the flames and smoke, and the specific situation could not be seen.
The concentrated fire attack of the Red Army's heavy tanks, which had an absolute numerical advantage, was so fierce that the 122mm high-explosive grenades concentrated on one azimuth point not only covered the target King Tiger heavy tank in the explosion flames and smoke.
The scattered shrapnel and flames impacted the surrounding hapless SS infantry, and all kinds of screams could be heard all of a sudden.
"Crazy! These Russian guys are crazy, they are blasting our tanks with grenades!"
"This can't be effective! Our King Tiger weighs nearly 70 tons, is covered in thick armor, and has defenses that even armor-piercing bullets can't penetrate. How can a grenade be effective!?"
Even now, are there still SS soldiers comforting themselves or deceiving themselves?
It doesn't matter what happens, the important thing is that there are indeed people with relatively clear heads among the surrounding SS troops.
"Is there something wrong with your head? Don't you know what caliber the Russian heavy tanks have? Have you forgotten how many times our King Tiger was destroyed by the Russian 152 heavy artillery!?"
This 152 is not that 152. The tragic past that many SS veterans still remember refers to the King Tiger heavy tank that was destroyed by the 152 howitzer of the Red Army field artillery group.
Field artillery's direct fire at a tank is equivalent to buying a lottery ticket, and the chance should be said to be extremely slim.
But if you spend more money, you will actually see a qualitative change in the end, and your chances of winning the lottery will increase linearly.
In the same way, the Red Army field artillery group, which already wins by numbers, can move around at will, with dozens or hundreds of 122 and 152 salvos firing in the face. Under such circumstances, even if the King Tiger maneuvers in time and plans to escape from the shelling range,
But it is inevitable that some unlucky tiger kings will be drawn into the artillery barrage lottery and become the lucky ones.
Once the unreasonable 152 high-explosive shells are directed and hit the Tianling Cap, it will destroy the light and heavy tanks regardless of the thickness of your armor. Even if you are a heavy tank, how thick can your skull be? The 152 Divine Cult only needs
One hit will kill you on the spot.
SS veterans who still can’t forget the sight of the wreckage of the King Tiger being smashed on the head by Russian heavy artillery cannons, can use their rich experience to bet that their own King Tiger will not be able to withstand those Russian tanks no matter what.
The high-explosive shells of the caliber main gun are concentrated fire bombardment. This is not a question of whether your armor is strong or not, but that when the caliber reaches a certain level, it can really be unreasonable.
After the fire, smoke, dust and explosion impact quietly dissipated, the results that followed were indeed as expected.
The few single-digit King Tigers were killed miserably by high-explosive bombs. The only thing that was slightly better was that the armor on the front was smashed out with a bunch of shocking huge craters. No matter what the internal situation was, at least it looked miserable.
The appearance is quite acceptable and remains intact. If the people inside are okay, it is not ruled out that they can continue to fight.
But for those Tiger Kings who are in dire condition, continuing to fight can only be a luxury hope.
A King Tiger in the worst condition was hit by two rounds of 122 high-explosive grenades at the base of the gun almost at the same time. The front of the turret, with huge and extremely powerful explosion power, instantly destroyed the slender gun of the King Tiger.
The barrel of the 71 times caliber 88mm main gun was torn into two pieces and broke on the spot.
The longer part of the gun barrel that broke off from the mantlet near the base of the gun is now stuck upside down in the soil, just like a telegraph pole.
The turret, with only the shortest remaining barrel remaining, looked as ridiculous as a pig's snout, but the horrific damage certainly didn't end there.
The tracks were blown off, the front half of the skirts on both sides of the vehicle body were almost completely blown away, and even the welding points on the upper and lower sides of the vehicle were violently smashed, creating cracks and gaps.
No one knows how many 122 high-explosive bombs hit this King Tiger at that moment. The only thing that is certain is that this King Tiger can be removed from the battle sequence.