There are some things that Malashenko really can't say clearly to Kogin now, because his identity as a future time traveler has too great an impact here.
In the existing history, the German army even developed an extremely primitive "youth version" of wire-guided anti-tank missiles at the end of World War II. However, at the last moment when the Third Reich was about to collapse, it could no longer save the defeat, along with a large number of missiles.
Dezi's black technology became the spoils of war between the United States and the Soviet Union.
As the saying goes, pressure is motivation. Malashenko knows that this is relative, but it is not only applicable to his own side. With the butterfly effect, pressure turns into motivation, and it has a greater effect on the German army.
Such huge anti-armor combat pressure on the Eastern Front battlefield has spawned a large number of German weapons that should not have appeared at this time. Even the Black Panther 2, a vehicle that has existed in history, has now appeared.
, appeared on the battlefield.
I dare not say that I am absolutely sure, but Malashenko estimates that there is at least a 70% chance that the German army, which has seized the cheap and life-saving chemical energy anti-armor weapons for infantry, will probably continue to use this aspect.
Put your foot on the accelerator and put your foot in the fuel tank, and desperately pursue vertical research and development to develop more, newer and stronger chemical anti-armor weapons.
If this is the case, the first-generation wire-guided anti-tank missiles that were only tested in the existing history and there is no sufficient evidence to prove that they were put into the battlefield are not only very likely to appear in the current timeline.
It will be a more powerful version than the one in the existing history.
Referring to the reality that even blueprint cars like Black Panther 2 are now appearing, this kind of bloody plot is definitely very possible, and Malashenko knows and is convinced of this very clearly.
The first-generation wire-guided anti-tank missiles developed by the German army do not need to be too powerful. They just use hard-packed charges and increase the diameter of the projectile to achieve an armor penetration depth of 400 mm. Then all the heavy tanks of the Red Army will
They are all in a state of running naked, and the thick and heavy homogeneous steel armor is of no use, but will become a mobility burden.
What Malashenko really wants to prevent is this situation in advance. The later it gets, the greater the probability of this situation happening.
It's like the classic condom principle: you'd rather wear it and never use it than not have it when you need to use it.
Even if the design of adding composite armor to the IS7 proves to be redundant by the end of the war, Malashenko will never regret it and will still install it. Because you can't risk your own life, and the battle damage situation of the troops is completely different.
, to bet that the enemy cannot come up with some kind of weird weapon.
Malashenko did not want to be such a fool because he could have predicted that this situation might happen but failed to prepare in advance.
Kogin took a deep breath and found that Malashenko had changed so much when he came back from the battlefield this time that his thinking could hardly keep up with Malashenko's changes.
Malashenko is almost 100% certain about the future direction of the enemy's equipment development.
Although Malashenko did not say that, and did not verbally express words with such meaning, this is indeed the feeling given to Kotin. Malashenko was almost certain that the Germans would reach the level of chemical anti-tank weapons.
A very terrible research result, and to put this research result into practical application, we must prepare for this situation now.
"After talking for a long time, it seems that we have returned to the issue of armor protection."
Kejing took out his cigarette case and refilled himself with a cigarette. He looked worried. There were too many issues that required Kejing to make a decision.
"So, your suggestion is to modify the protective design and use new composite armor if it is proven to be effective. Is this true?"
Malashenko knows that Kogin, who has paid more and more attention to mobility, is really unwilling to build dangerous large-tonnage monsters, so the is7's armor configuration modification plan must make more specific choices. This is a must.
"We can limit the tonnage to 70 tons, take Shashmulin's sketch plan as an example."
"350mm equivalent armor protection, Comrade Kogin, you and I both know that even if we cut off another hundred millimeters of this armor protection, we will still be absolutely invincible against kinetic energy armor-piercing projectiles on the battlefield. The Germans don't have any of them.
Anti-tank guns can penetrate this kind of armor defense. Moreover, our armor protection is still in an inclined layout, not vertical, and it is even more difficult to penetrate at a large angle."
"So there is no need to cut too much, even if it is to remove 20 to 30 millimeters of steel armor weight and distribute it to the newly added rubber sandwich. In this way, we can be immune to kinetic energy bombs and chemical energy bombs at the same time.
To achieve true invincible protection on the battlefield, this is the core meaning I want to express."
"...."
One wave after another, and before the discussion on the new composite armor was over, Malashenko came up with the idea of cutting down the steel armor and allocating the weight of the armor to the newly added rubber sandwich. Kotin really couldn't figure it out.
Where did Malashenko's fantastic ideas come from? Is this all something he thought about and pondered over and over again whenever he had free time on the front line?
I don’t know if I had to ask this kind of “why?” one by one. I don’t know that I have to wait until the year of the monkey. Ke Jing, who has no intention of breaking the casserole and asks the end, took two puffs of the cigarette, his mouth was like a big chimney, with a solemn expression on his face.
Finally, he spoke to Malashenko.
"Even if the new tank protection problem is solved according to the method you said, what are you going to do with the old tank protection on the front line? If the Germans are really as strong as you say, a large number of new chemical energy anti-tank weapons
If they are put into the battlefield one after another, wouldn’t all the old tanks that have been produced and delivered for use become useless?”
It was not beyond Malashenko's expectations that Kogin would ask this question. In fact, Malashenko had already thought of a solution to this problem.
"This is very simple, a modular armor enhancement upgrade kit!"
"Do you still remember that the Stalingrad Tractor Factory produced a batch of T34s with additional armor? This is actually a successful experience that you can refer to!"
"We produce corresponding protection upgrade kits according to the specifications of different tanks that have been delivered. These armor upgrade kits are a kind of external add-on armor that adopts a new composite armor design concept. They are divided into different parts such as the upper nose, lower nose, and turret.
, an upgrade kit is composed of various parts of external additional armor."
"Frontline troops can decide which part to install or remove a certain part based on actual combat needs, and make a balance between protection and mobility based on actual needs."
"If these external add-on armors are damaged, the modular design is also very easy to replace. For example, if the additional armor on the upper part of the car body is seriously damaged, then just remove the separate piece of armor on the front of the car body and replace it, because it is an external add-on.
The additional armor makes it very easy to disassemble and can be completed under field conditions."
"Simply producing armor upgrade kits is much simpler than building new tanks, and the output is absolutely guaranteed. But in essence, this is just an emergency plan that can forcibly upgrade old tanks to be able to withstand new enemy weapons. Old
When the tank was designed and manufactured, no consideration was given to adding these additional armors, so mobility must be lost, which is a realistic trade-off."
"So, not only do we have to produce these additional armor kits for emergency upgrades, they have to be given high priority and delivered to front-line troops for use as soon as possible. We also have to integrate the concept of composite armor into the new tank design from the beginning, so that it can be used in protection.
To strike a balance with mobility, we cannot always use emergency measures to deal with it. The upgrading of armor must be put on the agenda in the new design."
"All the things I said have a common premise, that is, if this new type of rubber composite armor is really effective, then all the above solutions can be established."