For the vast majority of German soldiers today, the BMP43 infantry fighting vehicle, which has only been tested and equipped by the Leader Division so far, is definitely a very trendy thing that only a few people have seen.
If only a few people have seen it, it is actually not the worst, because the witnesses can more or less record the real situation they saw with their own eyes, and then tell their superiors and comrades, and the German army can also use this to some extent to deal with the bmp43
Understand it a bit, make some corresponding analysis and judgment, and maybe try to find some possible weaknesses.
But the problem is that the German soldiers who have seen this thing with their own eyes, regardless of whether they are the SS or the Wehrmacht, have either become the dead souls of the leader of the division under the rolling iron flow, or they have surrendered and attended the Siberian farmhouse for free. So far, they have never
No German troops who have seen this thing with their own eyes have been able to retreat in full form and describe their combat experience.
Perhaps a few surviving German deserters escaped from under the noses of the leading division and were lucky enough to rendezvous with the larger German army to report their situation.
But these few eyewitness reports are too fragmented. At most, they can only allow the Germans to establish a vague understanding. They probably know that the Russians have such an unknown new thing in their hands. As for the specific details, the technical overview
Otherwise, they are completely blind and don't know anything. Naturally, there is no way to summarize the information and send it to the front-line troops.
This is nothing more than the fact that these German soldiers who were scared to death by the speeding iron current could scream in panic that the Russian tanks were coming, because the BMP43 was indeed the body of a tank.
"Enter the enemy! Prepare to fight! Stop those Russians quickly!"
"Stop!? Are you crazy? We only have dozens of guns and don't even have anti-tank guns. Are we going to stop them on this dirt road?"
"The Russians are taking aim! Watch out!"
Boom——
The explosion power of the 85mm high-explosive grenade is neither small nor large. It can only be considered moderate at best. When encountering a decent fortification bunker, it cannot even be considered moderate and can only be said to be too small.
But if it's infantry attacking soft targets, then this is a different matter.
The 85mm high-explosive grenade exploded on the roadside, sputtering out bright flames and hot shrapnel. Several German soldiers were very close to the roadside. The German soldiers who had just laid down and raised their guns were unable to dodge, and were instantly hit by the oncoming metal.
The rain of shrapnel covered his face, and almost his entire face was instantly torn into bloody paste. He just threw himself onto the street and died without saying a word.
"Continue! Load high-explosive bombs! Cover the infantry fighting vehicles. Any Germans who can still move on the road are targets. Blast them until they can't get up!"
As the mainstay of the entire reconnaissance team, the firepower of the three T43 medium tanks is not very strong. By the standards of the leader division, this kind of firepower is just a mouthful.
But on the other hand, the firepower of the Germans on the opposite side was not even as good as this. They didn't even have a decent anti-tank gun, let alone a tank. They were just a bunch of idiots who were blocked on the dirt road and only had straight balls to be bombed.
The only one that can be called relatively reliable anti-tank firepower is the vehicle-mounted 75mm anti-tank gun mounted in the shed of the modified 251 half-track vehicle.
The Germans, who seriously lacked a mounting platform for barreled artillery, were already a little bit confused at the last moment when the building was about to collapse. Even though the fragile body of the 251 was not suitable for carrying the same 75mm gun of the Panzer IV, it was still desperate to dominate.
Just put the bow on, no matter whether it is easy or not, put it on first.
The final result was that the forcibly installed 75mm cannon was not easy to use and was seriously inconsistent with the flexible adaptability of the 251's original design.
Not to mention the slow response speed on the battlefield, the shed that accommodates the loader, gunner, and vehicle commander's three-person combat team, plus the 75mm cannon, which is very huge for the 251 and is really a small vehicle-pulled cannon, squeezes the space.
The remaining ammunition rack capacity that can be used to store artillery shells is even more pitiful, only 18 rounds.
Having made so many sacrifices to reluctantly create a crappy mobile direct-aiming artillery platform, whether it is actually useful or not is another matter entirely.
Just as Alsim requested, the tank platoon leader commanded his own vehicle and two tanks under his command. The targets killed in the first round of fire were the leading and trailing vehicles of the German convoy, and the 75-gun 251-gun
The car happened to be the first car to open the road.
To deal with this thin-skinned convertible that looks very crispy at first glance, armor-piercing bullets are too high-impact and may even cause harmless passage through the armor. High-explosive bombs are what send this car of Germans on the road.
best choice.
The 251 artillery car, which was precisely hit by the 85mm grenade on the side armor of the car body, did not even have time to turn awkwardly, and the fragile side armor of the hood was torn apart with a loud explosion, leaving a shocking tear.
Big hole.
The flaming storm carried armor fragments and shrapnel, and took away the lives of all five crew members in the vehicle in just a breathless moment. Without the protection of fully enclosed armor, the skin was so thin that even Deshka could hit him head-on.
The crispy cargo met such a tragic end. Immediately afterwards, the ammunition rack at the rear of the vehicle was detonated and the powerful ammunition exploded, shooting straight into the sky.
The entire 75mm artillery was almost torn off the rigidly connected artillery shield, and was lifted into the sky amidst the violent explosion. It also fell freely and hit the rear of the convoy.
Go and roar down.
A German soldier who panicked and couldn't dodge became the unlucky guy who died tragically unexpectedly. The heavy breech block suddenly fell from a height of seven to eight meters in the air, hitting him in the back of the head.
The German soldier who lay down on the ground to seek cover died on the spot without any pain. However, the appearance of his death was too miserable. His whole head and the helmet with a feces spoon were completely smashed, and he was beaten into a lump of flesh and mud.
The breech block was so black and hot from the explosion of ammunition and oil, and the scorching smell of meat adhering to the steel wafted into the nostrils of the surrounding German troops.
It's just that no one has time to complain about how disgusting and unpleasant the smell is right now. Their own lives are at risk, and the adrenaline is soaring. How can they care about this?
First there are the artillery trucks that pose the greatest threat, then there are the machine gun half-tracks carrying mg42s, and finally there are the troop transport trucks that pose no threat and are purely transportation tools.
All the vehicle bunkers where German soldiers could hide nearby were not spared. After a few cannons were fired, several T43 vehicles fired at a very fast rate called them one by one and sent them to the sky one by one.
Taking advantage of the direct fire cover of the tank, a courier delivery vehicle was transferred away. Now there were only two BMP43 infantry tanks left. They also stepped on the accelerator and approached the target's face in the rush of speed. They were already numbered.
Alsim, who has mastered the skills of getting out of the car during sports, was the first to kick open the car door, pick up the AK in his hand, jump and join the battlefield.