Not only Malashenko, but for all the crew members of 177... ah no, it should be temporarily called "Convoy No. 114", they can definitely be called big girls when they drive Black Panther 2 to participate in the battle.
The first time in a sedan chair.
The Black Panther is familiar to almost all the tank soldiers in the leadership division, but that is only limited to the Black Panther.
Although Black Panther 2 has been on the battlefield for a long time, this new generation of Panther with enhanced armor can still stand upright with its reinforced front armor and direct fire from the 122 gun. The projected area of the front of the turret is
Inheriting the F-type turret, it is also much smaller than the previous D, A, and G models. Overall, the survivability is doubled.
In terms of the level of medium tanks in World War II, Black Panther II is almost the limit of the Zentraedi Star. At least the new batch of T43s of the Red Army are not as good as this thing for the time being.
But for this outstanding medium-sized tank, there are very few crews that can actually operate it. If you want to say that there are even fewer crews that can run and fight with this thing, at least
Only an elite crew among the elite can do it, such as the crew of the division commander.
The fact that Malashenko's crew was able to control this thing and go on the battlefield was mainly due to the period of rest and recuperation during the synthetic reorganization and upgrading of the leadership division after Operation Bagration.
The rather rare Black Panther II became the most curious treasure in the eyes of almost all tank soldiers in the division during that period.
This batch of Black Panther IIs captured from the Skeleton Division before they were actually used were in excellent condition. After a rough inspection, Karamov and his team came to the conclusion that "this batch of goods should be high-quality products from the production line."
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After all, it is a hard product specially used by the Skeleton Division. It cannot be used like the ordinary second-rate armored divisions of the National Defense Force. Naturally, the best of the good products must be provided first to troops like the Skeleton Division that have priority in equipment distribution.
I just estimated Black Panther II's mother-in-law: The man company didn't expect that such a carefully selected group of high-quality Black Panther II was handed over to the other side without waiting for the skeleton master to be happy. It was cheap.
People, if you really want to talk about this, it is actually no different from the newly married Huanghua eldest daughter being snatched away by Huangmao. The person who suffers is naturally the Skeleton Master himself.
Maybe, maybe, this is really a kind of NTR, right?
During the period of changes and upgrades, Malashenko's crew also enjoyed the Black Panther II on the training ground and were basically familiar with its operation methods.
In fact, a large part of the credit for being able to get started so quickly must be attributed to the German guy himself.
The sincere German guy upholds a meticulous and rigorous style. Not only does the quality control of this batch of Black Panther IIs be very good, all of them are top-grade, but he also thoughtfully provides each car with an operating guide or instruction manual.
illustrate.
This manual, which is thicker than the autobiography of the head of state, details every detail of the Black Panther II from maintenance to use to combat. If the veteran tank soldiers of the leadership division don't understand anything, they basically
You can find the corresponding answers in this manual. It can be said that as long as you can read German, you can understand how to use this thing.
After learning that there was such a good thing, Malashenko just smiled at the time and was not too surprised. After all, the German guy made this stupid mistake not once or twice. It also happened every time when the Iron Fist was seized before.
The box is thoughtfully provided with an instruction manual. To put it bluntly, I really have to thank the German guy.
Although my own crew has initially mastered the Black Panther II, it is, after all, a completely different and more complex German-made war machine than the Soviet tank.
Therefore, considering that the stinky problems of German-made tanks are really speechless, Malashenko, who was worried that he would suddenly fall off the chain after entering the battlefield, still asked one last time about the number of his crew, and the answer he got was:
Without thinking, those who spoke in unison had no problem.
"It's a bit complicated, but it's much simpler than the Tiger. The German has made some progress. At least it's quite comfortable to drive."
Seryosha, who served as the driver, was the first to speak. Compared with the previous generation Panther I, the driving system of Panther II has simplified operation. Although it does not use a steering wheel design like the Tiger type, it is still controlled by a mechanical linkage, which seems less complicated.
It's fancy, but you do have to admit that this thing is better to use than the Soviet-made operating system.
Especially the front transmission system, unlike Soviet-made tanks that require long mechanical connecting rods to pass through the bottom of the vehicle and directly connect to the rear power compartment, and use all your strength to move the joystick to drive the tank.
, does not exist at all in the driving system of Black Panther II.
If I had to describe it, it would probably be that the difference between driving a new automatic car in the 21st century and driving an old-fashioned dump truck may be even greater than this. At least the operation feels easier and saves a lot of effort. Xie Liao
Sha herself felt very good.
"I don't have any problems here. The Germans also equipped this thing with a binocular sight. It's the same as the Tiger and our new is7. The field of view is much wider. I remember that this thing was used in the late Panther 1
Weren’t all the models cancelled? The last captured Black Panthers were all monocular sights, but why did they change back to Black Panther II?”
As a gunner, what Iushkin cares about most is of course the gunner's "eyes", the sight used for aiming the main gun.
Malashenko, who knew that Iushkin was asking him a question, also shook his head, saying that he was not sure, and then added his own guess.
"Who knows? It may be that the production of the Tiger has been discontinued, the production of the King Tiger cannot be increased, and the production of the Black Panther II is not as large as the previous Black Panther One, which leads to excess production capacity of the supporting scopes at Zeiss, right? Looking back after the war, you
You can catch a Zeiss engineer and ask him to see if my guess is correct."
Although Iushkin was indeed very happy here, no matter how happy he was, he couldn't be as happy as Artyom.
After all, this old loader was suddenly downgraded from 130mm sub-loaded ammunition to 75mm fixed-loaded ammunition. It is not an exaggeration to say that the difficulty of loading caused a "fracture".
No, Artyom, half-crouched on the turret basket, is still playing with a 75mm high-explosive grenade.
"The craftsmanship of the Germans is very good. The artillery shells are made more finely than ours. Look, there are no scratches on them! Sometimes our artillery shells make me mistakenly think they are filed with a file.
You know where all those scratches came from."
Listening to Artyom's "admiration", Iushkin, who didn't think the Germans were capable of doing such dirty work, smiled and added smoothly.
"But this thing is only 75mm. It's pretty good if it can blow up a machine gun bunker. I don't like this thing."