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Chapter 1721 Long live the Tiger King!

Chapter 1721 Long live the Tiger King!

The minefield can no longer be counted on, and all that can be relied on next is the defensive power on the position.

But a practical problem before us is that the 122 heirlooms equipped on the Red Army's heavy tanks alone cannot pose much of a threat to those King Tigers.

Ordinary full-caliber armor-piercing bullets would be ineffective against this thick-skinned King Tiger, unless the Germans got close enough or the Red Army tanks drove out of their positions and took the initiative to close the firefight between the enemy and ourselves.

The distance is enough to penetrate the main armor belt on the front of the King Tiger turret. Otherwise, all the full-caliber armor-piercing projectiles will only make a sound and be useless.

Unless he sincerely hits the tracks with the sole purpose of breaking the Germans' legs, the existing anti-armor firepower in Malashenko's hands is simply not enough to stop these huge and bulky King Tigers from continuing to crush them.

Even though he holds the last trump card in his hand: the first batch of experimental discarding sabots developed by Kogin, Malashenko really feels that the role of this thing at present is too limited.

The accuracy is so bad at a slightly longer distance, and the trajectory of the shot is as random as peeing. What's even more annoying is that the stock of this thing is too small, and there are not many rounds in reserve.

One less shot.

After shooting intermittently until now, the number of this thing on hand has almost dropped below a hundred rounds.

The last time I fought against the Hunting Tiger, the gang of turtles under my command were only interested in using it for fun, and they didn't stop the brakes at once. The precious armor-piercing shells were wasted a lot by the violent bombardment with excessive firepower in the first actual combat. Today's

Comrade Lao Ma really gets angry when he thinks about this bloody thing.

But it was useless to get angry. The most urgent problem at the moment was to quickly deal with the group of tiger kings slowly pressing towards the position. At this moment, Malashenko could not care about anything else.

Do you want to use armor-piercing sabots now?

This thought flashed through Malashenko's mind. Based on a rough judgment with the naked eye, the distance between the German leading tank and the position must be at least about 500 meters.

Recalling the touching accuracy of the last time he used discarding sabots, Malashenko felt a chill in his heart. He finally shook his head and gave up the idea.

At a distance of 500 meters, even if you were to fight against a monster like the Tiger King, which was wide and fat and easy to target, the incredible accuracy of the armor-piercing shelling projectile would still "impress the Soviet Union".

Moreover, there are not enough discarding sabot armor-piercing bullets to squander at will. We must ensure that this thing is used to its full potential and can cause enough effective damage to the enemy. Waiting and then using it is the best decision that has no choice at the moment.

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"Each vehicle crew immediately loads high-explosive bombs! Wait for my order and be ready to switch to armor-piercing bombs at any time!"

The armor-piercing projectile only makes a shallow hole when fired, and simply listening to the sound has no effect. However, if it is fired as a high-explosive projectile, it may be able to use AOE damage to blow up the Kraut's tracks, damage the Kraut's gun barrel, and destroy the Kraut's tracks.

Remove the fragile sighting equipment. In short, any one of these can make the German's broken vehicle lose its combat effectiveness and be forced to withdraw from the battle.

If you are lucky enough, you can even use the overpressure damage of a face-to-face blast to get into the car through the gap and cause substantial damage to the German crew members, which will have a better effect.

However, if you want to achieve such an effect, it depends on luck. At the very least, you have to send high-explosive bombs to the front of the Kraut's turret to explode, and rely on the power of the overpressure impact to spread downwards to penetrate the vehicle from top to bottom.

Go inside and kill the German armored soldiers.

If a bullet got stuck on the King Tiger's strongest armor plate on the front of the car body, then I'm sorry, the King Tiger's front armor is a large piece of solid iron plate and doesn't even have a weld, so it can't bear the impact of overpressure.

Sure enough, being able to blow up the track by chance was already the best result that Malashenko expected and was worthy of burning incense.

After receiving the order from the comrade of the division commander, each vehicle crew in combat status immediately took action. The vehicle crew that had loaded armor-piercing projectiles immediately aimed and fired, clearing the gun barrel. The loader followed the order conveyed by the commander to remove the high-explosive projectiles, along with the propellant powder.

The canisters are loaded together and are ready to go.

The crew that happened to have no ammunition ready to fire in the gun barrel simply skipped the first step of clearing the gun barrel. The loader put down the armor-piercing projectiles and directly loaded them with high-explosive projectiles.

Soon, high-explosive projectiles carrying powerful destructive chemical energy amidst the flames roared towards the King Tigers who were slowly approaching in a show of force with their thick armor.

Boom boom boom——

Violent concussive explosions were heard one after another, and the German army, who had never expected that the Russians on the opposite side suddenly changed their ammunition, was caught off guard.

As the saying goes, the first bird will be shot.

The King Tiger that rushed at the front of the team became the target of the concentrated fire of seven Red Army gunners.

Six of the seven 122mm high-explosive bombs hit the target at a shooting distance of 500 meters and successfully hit the target. The remaining one exploded on the ground next to the Tiger King's track. It was barely considered a near miss and could still be fired.

Inflict some damage. The huge fire and flames instantly enveloped the huge German tank, almost completely enveloping it and disappearing.

After firing a shot, the Red Army gunners stared intently at the target through their respective main gun sights, waiting for the results that would soon appear.

When the fire and smoke that exploded in an instant slowly dissipated, the ferocious steel behemoth shrouded in it finally revealed its true appearance again.

A track was blown off, and the armor on the front was covered with several shocking large holes that had not been penetrated. The anti-magnetic coating on the front of the entire car body was almost completely destroyed in the huge explosion impact, and all fell off, even like a fishing rod.

The muzzle brake on the long and narrow barrel was gone, and the entire King Tiger lay motionless on the roadside like a drunken tramp.

Obviously, six rounds of 122mm high-explosive bombs hit the target, causing unimaginable damage to this rough-skinned King Tiger.

It is true that the armor was not penetrated and there was no fire or explosion, but this does not mean that this King Tiger can continue to fight.

The loss of the muzzle brake and the damage to one track were enough to force the King Tiger to withdraw from the battle, not to mention the life and death of its crew members were still unknown.

But the situation of this most unlucky King Tiger does not represent the experiences of all King Tigers after being beaten.

Just as Malashenko had guessed before, some King Tigers that were only hit in the upper armor were still able to move forward and join the battle after the explosion flames dissipated. The chemical energy explosion damage failed to penetrate the thick armor of the King Tigers.

Due to the deflection of the projectile's impact point, the armor on the bow was unable to destroy the track and damage the walking device. It only created a shallow crater, causing partial armor collapse.

The German armored soldiers in the car did indeed suffer a huge explosion impact. They felt that their whole bodies were shaken weakly and their ears hurt. The car was like a baby rocking car under the heavy bombardment of the Russian cannon.

But fortunately, their King Tiger still has combat effectiveness and can continue to move forward. This unprecedentedly powerful heavy tank has indeed provided them with the capital to fight the Russians that they dream of. "Long live the King Tiger!" best represents it.

The true state of mind of the vast majority of German armored personnel at this moment.

(End of chapter)


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