Well, with the big square head and the body chassis with a slightly larger outline, neither the long gun barrel nor the outline of the turret is revealed. Apart from being tall enough, big enough, and not small in size, there seems to be nothing.
Other highlights.
What Iushkin said is indeed right, this is like a large "milk truck", and the boxy humpback shape is like the "milk cans" carried on the body of the truck.
Although Iushkin, who didn't know why, had a mouth full of teeth and was chattering, Malashenko, who knew what the thing in front of him was, the "agreement" with Kotin, didn't take it seriously.
If this thing is really as powerful as he expected, then its terrifying destructive power will give him great battlefield assistance in future battles.
Theoretically speaking, according to the equipment requirements and expected design ideas proposed by Malashenko, this is not a very complex heavy weapon. It can even be called a simple thing for the Soviet heavy industry and military capabilities. Marashenko
Ko was convinced that under his guidance, Kogin, as the motherland's outstanding heavy tank designer and the father of the Red Army's heavy tanks, was fully capable of handling it.
Therefore, even if the camouflage cloth covering them had not yet been lifted, Malashenko was still full of confidence and expectations for these new big guys, and then issued the order with a wave of his hand.
"Come on, start unloading the truck, hurry up, we only have one hour."
As soon as Malashenko gave the order, the soldiers behind him also took action. Before they had time to get on the train and start unloading the train, a figure trotting over appeared in front of Malashenko at the right time.
When they meet, they give a military salute and then speak.
"General Malashenko, my name is Andrei Ivanovich. I am here to hand over the equipment to you on the order of Comrade Kotin. I am also responsible for explaining to you the technical essentials and performance of these new equipment. I am very happy.
See you."
Hearing this self-introduction, he should be a civilian military worker. Of course, this Comrade Andre really wears glasses and looks very elegant, like a scholar.
However, judging from the salute, Malashenko did not think that this young comrade, who was only a few years older than him, was really a nerd who joined the military industry as soon as he graduated from school. He just gave that standard military salute.
There is a strong military style in every gesture, and Malashenko is sure that he will not be mistaken.
"Hello, Comrade Andre, are you a soldier who switched careers to the military industry?"
Many people know their face, but they don't know them, but they can recognize them and call them by name when they meet for the first time. This has long been commonplace for Malashenko. It's nothing new. He just behaves indifferently.
Not surprisingly, Malashenko was indeed quite curious about Comrade Andrei's origins.
"Yes, you are right, Comrade General. I was born as a tank soldier. I served for two years before switching to the military industry. I studied on my own out of interest. When the Great Patriotic War just broke out, I thought about returning to the battlefield, but I was forced to
Comrade Jing refused, saying that if I stayed in the rear military industry, I would play a greater role and serve the motherland, and that’s how it continues to this day.”
"Well....."
While listening to this self-introduction, Malashenko, who was reminiscing, remembered something. He had actually seen Andrei before.
In his memory, he was always following Ke Jing, and he was used to taking notes with a notebook. He was always among the people accompanying Ke Jing who invited him to dinner several times. He was just a bit unknown and didn't like to talk much.
Compared with Comrade Shashmulin, the famous deputy of Kojing and the father of is7, his presence is indeed a bit weak.
"Okay, Comrade Andrei, I believe it will be no problem for Kogin to send you here. Now you can talk about these new equipment."
"Understood, this is also a task that I must complete during this trip. Comrade General, please listen to me slowly."
That is to say, at the stall where Andre spoke again, several of the big guys on the flatbed trucks had been released by the deft Leader Division tank crews, and the camouflage cloth was removed, and as the camouflage cloth slipped off,
The true appearance hidden underneath was completely revealed.
It's just that it's okay not to take it off. Once the camouflage cloth was taken off, Comrade Iushkin was shocked.
"Oh! Fuck those damn fascists! What the hell is this?"
The iconic features of the body and chassis of the later batch of IS2 heavy tank can be seen at a glance. There is no suspense. What really "shocked" Iushkin was the huge "abnormal object" on the body and chassis.
"part.
The huge square box wrapped by the armor plate is almost the same length as the is2's body and chassis, and not only is the length almost the same, but even the width is almost the same as the car body, it is really huge.
Iushkin couldn't figure out what was in this big boxy box. He had never seen a heavy-duty tracked armored combat vehicle designed like this before. What was going on with this big guy that didn't even have a gun barrel?
The one who opened fire? Could it be that he fired the entire box? This box was just a big blockbuster? This is so damn Sukka!
Compared with Iushkin's shocked face, the calm Malashenko showed a mysterious smile, as if he had seen this thing before, and now he just relived the reunion, the feeling of seeing each other again, non-committal.
He didn't say anything but seemed to be waiting. Andre beside him also spoke quietly at the right time.
"Please allow me to introduce to my comrades, the most powerful of all tracked heavy armored combat vehicles currently in service in the Red Army: the TOS-1 heavy rocket assault tank. This is the name you proposed to give it, Comrade General."
As Andrei said, as early as the conception stage before the transformation project started, Malashenko had already suggested to Kotin that this brand-new concept weapon should be given the equipment name "TOS-1".
Malashenko believes that as long as this thing is easy to use, coupled with his own influence and Kojin's reputation in the field of heavy equipment design, if he wants to formalize this thing and put it into mass production, it will be easy.
No matter how difficult it is, it's not a big deal to come up with a good name first. It's better than some people who are too busy to come up with random names later.
Looking at the behemoth parked quietly on the flatbed truck, Andre continued to introduce it with a proud look on his face.
"Since we have said that he is the one with the most powerful firepower, let us start with the firepower."
"According to your request, Comrade General, our design bureau has gathered the best and most experienced comrades. After many rounds of design concepts and drawing discussions, we finally decided to use a 310 mm bullet diameter, 8×2 upper and lower rows, a total of 16
The design of the ready ammunition box is what you see in front of you.”