Whether the armor-piercing discarding sabot projectiles with unreliable accuracy that Kogin tinkered with could penetrate the level of defense of the Jagdtiger. To be honest, Malashenko had no idea and couldn't explain why.
According to the early penetration formula of the first generation of discarding sabots, the armor-piercing sabots fired by the 122 gun can completely penetrate the frontal armor protection of the Jagdtiger.
But the problem is that the thing developed by Kogin may not even be considered the first generation of discarding sabots, which is the most serious thing in history. This is just an experimental type, used to demonstrate the transformation of theoretical basis into practical operation.
Is it a feasible thing? Logically speaking, it is not even qualified to go on the battlefield. It is a defective product that even Ke Jing shook his head after seeing the test results.
At this point, there is no other way. Apart from trying this thing, the only other option left is to ride on the side of the horse. Malashenko doesn't mind treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor, so he can try this shelling.
Can armor-piercing bullets achieve the desired effect?
After receiving the order from Malashenko, Iushkin acted quickly. He held the helicopter and the steering machine in his left hand and right hand and went into battle almost at the same time. After a period of rapid operation that ordinary people could not catch up with, he immediately aimed at the target.
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"I hope this thing is really useful... Come on!"
Click——
boom--
The firing lever on the side of the breech block held tightly in his hand was instantly pulled down, and the 122 gun, already known for its massive chamber volume, instantly ejected a large ball of orange-red muzzle flash. It failed to completely ablate the sufficient gunpowder gas.
Flames shot out from both sides of the muzzle brake chamber, and the violent muzzle shock wave even instantly flattened the green lawn directly below the muzzle.
The projectiles that rush out of the muzzle brake at high speed are slightly different, just as expected when it was designed and developed.
The outer cartridge case including the core armor-piercing body immediately split off and fell off on its own after being separated from the muzzle, leaving only the cone-shaped but flat-headed core armor-piercing body itself roaring through the air and advancing at high speed.
The redundant weight that is shed immediately after exiting the barrel greatly enhances the armor-piercing power of the armor-piercing body. The smaller front projection area means that the armor-piercing body encounters more wind resistance when flying along the ballistic path.
Small, the speed and energy stored when it finally hits the target will be higher, and the more powerful kinetic armor-piercing power will come from this.
But an obvious and unavoidable problem is that the stability of the armor-piercing body of the small flat-nosed pointed conical core is really poor. Compared with traditional armor-piercing projectiles, its shape deviates too much from the aerodynamic design, and the flight process
The projectile deflection and trajectory changes caused by wind resistance are much greater than those of ordinary armor-piercing projectiles.
The final result derived from this is the hip-pulling accuracy that may make people cry when they finally hit the target.
To exaggerate, it's your business where you aim. The final impact point of the artillery shell has nothing to do with it. How accurate you say it can be depends on your belief in Comrade Stalin. It doesn't matter whether the high ground is strong or weak. Anyway, this has nothing to do with your artillery.
There really isn't much connection with the technique, it's just that simple.
Malashenko soon witnessed with his own eyes what Kotin’s reminder of “poor accuracy” meant in actual combat and how it would be reflected.
Iushkin was very sure that the part he was aiming at was the main armor belt on the front of the monster's fighting room, but what was really unexpected was that the shell actually deflected downward by a dozen centimeters at a distance of just over a hundred meters.
So much so that it hit the upper edge of the armor along the tilt of the huge car body.
Ding-ding——
The metallic impact sound of the violent collision between the armor-piercing body of the bullet core and the armor on the inclined nose was heard instantly. Although Iushkin was "shocked" in his heart by the outrageous accuracy, he still knew clearly that he hit the target and did not miss it.
There was no tracer of ricochet passing through his field of vision.
All this can only mean one thing. The shell was indeed rammed into the armor, and it had some effect. But whether it penetrated the armor or semi-penetrated the card owner is another matter.
Already.
Therefore, the only thing Iushkin is placing his hope on right now is that this cannonball, which is accurate to the level of his grandma's, will be more or less effective.
"Hit! I hit, Comrade Commander!"
"Shut up, I saw it! The German guy may not be killed by you, keep your eyes open and watch!"
The discarding sabot armor-piercing projectile has a very fatal weakness. It is an armor-piercing core made of pure metal. It does not have a projectile warhead, so it does not have any warhead charge.
To put it bluntly, the damage caused by this thing after penetrating an enemy tank all depends on how much remaining armor-piercing kinetic energy remains in the armor-piercing body of the bullet core, and whether it has the ability to continue moving forward and cause deep damage after breaking through the armor.
In addition, the armor fragments that were picked up by the impact of the bullet core's armor-piercing body at the moment the armor was penetrated were scattered in all directions, killing soft targets of members of the vehicle at extremely close range.
An iron lump that cannot be exploded is the best way to describe the armor-piercing core of the discarding sabot.
The use of a 122mm large-caliber main gun to fire does bring a certain gain to the aftereffects. For example, the mass of the tungsten alloy warhead of 13.7kg is clearly marked on the instruction manual. Compared with various first-generation warheads in the early Cold War
For shell-piercing bullets, the quality of such a warhead can definitely be regarded as powerful and heavy, with a thunderous strike.
If it can penetrate the armor, a larger and heavier warhead will inevitably bring more armor fragments, and the damage effect to the equipment and personnel inside the vehicle will be stronger. But the premise is that you can penetrate it, otherwise all the aftereffects will be in vain.
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Find the most appropriate and optimal balance point between increasing the mass of the warhead to expand the aftereffects, and reducing the mass of the warhead to increase the armor-piercing power. This was also what designers from various countries considered during the Cold War when they developed the first-generation discarding sabot armor-piercing projectiles.
The most important thing.
Of course, all of the above are things for Malashenko. It doesn’t matter that only a time traveler like him can understand these principles. What matters is whether this ridiculously inaccurate thing can penetrate or not.
The German armor is the only thing Malashenko cares about now.
Since there is no charge, you probably can't expect the Germans to blow up the car on the spot after the cannon hits it.
Unless your core armor-piercing body still has enough residual kinetic energy after penetrating the armor and happens to hit the ammunition rack as it continues to advance on the ballistic path, the super-power generated when the core armor-piercing body physically collides with the shell.
High temperature damage causes the ammunition to explode.
Otherwise, it would be almost impossible to destroy the ammunition by relying solely on the armor fragments brought up instantly when it penetrates the armor.
Irregular armor fragments have weak armor-piercing ability and their speed decays very quickly. Unless the armor fragments are extremely sharp, they have a probability of breaking through the projectile at a very close range, igniting the charge and causing an explosion. Otherwise, the probability is simply It’s as low as when everyone was scanning QR codes to pay, but you picked up a hundred-dollar bill on the way to get off work.