The German armored forces have not given up hope, at least not yet, and the German tanks that have suffered heavy losses are still fighting.
In the snowdrift next to a bomb crater, a Panther 2 with broken legs and broken tracks was struggling to rotate the turret.
It can be seen that the problem with this Black Panther II is not limited to just the legs. Who knows whether this bad cervical spondylosis is caused by the steering gear being damaged and forced to be cranked by hand, or by armor fragments getting into the steering gear?
Or the projectile fragments and gets stuck. All in all, the situation is not good.
The Panther 2, with its turret turning with difficulty, was trying to take aim, aiming at the IS6 heavy tank that was rushing toward it, with bursts of snow and fog rising behind it.
Even though the Black Panther II is already known as a medium tank and has the physique of a heavy tank, its total combat weight is close to the 50-ton mark and its stature is tall, almost as big as a heavy tank.
But compared to the oncoming IS6, this Black Panther II still looks dwarfed by comparison, and is one size smaller.
Especially the slender and slender 75mm fishing rod barrel is simply out of proportion to the strong and powerful 122mm gun of the IS6.
Just looking at the comparison of body shape and appearance, even a layman knows that the lame man with a broken leg is probably unable to defeat this mighty big man who walks as fast as flying. The intuitive gap in firepower is obvious there, and what happened later actually happened
It was indeed unexpected.
"Load armor-piercing rounds! The target is at twelve o'clock!"
"Loading completed!"
"Aimed!"
"Fire!"
boom--
Those who are lame and unable to move have a first-mover advantage, and this is the only comparison that can be called an advantage.
In the scattering of muzzle fire, the 75mm full-caliber capped armor-piercing projectile that came out of the muzzle brake screamed in the wind. The extra-long main gun barrel gave this projectile a very high muzzle velocity.
The top armor-piercing kinetic energy of its time, but even so, it was still far from enough to face the Russian steel behemoth that was only a hundred meters away.
Ding-ding——
crackling——
call out--
The whistling sound of the hit, collision, and ricochet almost became one syllable and sounded instantly.
The is6 heavy tank, which is wearing solid and heavy armor, has a solid and thick front armor, and without any dodge, it took this heavy blow that would kill an ordinary tank.
Pointing at the sky with a tracer trail, the armor-piercing projectile flew away with a roar, leaving only a scratch mark on the head of the IS6 heavy tank and scratching a bit of paint. Apart from that, it was not fired again.
Anything that could be called an actual destructive effect could not even break through the upper armor surface of the is6, causing armor fragments to collapse.
Instead, under the premise that the impact angle is not good, the armor on the front that is tilted at a large angle will be ejected on the spot without any suspense, forming a ricochet.
The physical thickness of the is6's armor is indeed very reliable, but don't forget that this extremely terrifying war machine also has an upper armor inclination angle that far exceeds any heavy tank of the same era. Even the most cutting-edge Red Army's own new heavy tank is7
, its arrow-shaped car body's nose upward inclination angle cannot be compared with the peak inclination angle of the is6.
Want to break through the physical defense of is6 and pour it into the armor?
Yes, but you have to pass the high-angle ricochet test first. I am glad that I did not hit the ricochet with this shot, and then we can talk about whether it can penetrate. Even if we talk about it, it is pure nonsense and meaningless.
But this is the most real situation that all German armored forces must face.
Of course, this extreme head-up tilt angle is not obtained for free, without any price.
The driver ergonomics of the IS6 are the worst among all mass-produced Stalin heavy tanks to date.
Even the is7 heavy tank with the same large inclination angle and arrow cluster type nose-up configuration has relatively better driver ergonomics due to its wider body.
Not only is the body of the car not that big, but the defensive configuration of the IS6 is even more extreme. It is indeed the ultimate in strengthening the body's defense, and almost all other sacrificial attributes are sacrificed for this. What a group of people with poor ergonomics.
The transmission control linkage across the bottom of the car is difficult to operate and so on. The thankless drudgery refers to the driver of the is6.
The only benefit gained after sacrificing so much is that it is very damn strong. It just lacks the word "invincible" written on it and the top defense is enough to make all the artillery currently in service in the German army that fires kinetic energy armor-piercing projectiles helpless. It is really a sigh of relief.
wall.
Rather than driving comfortably but risking your life, it is better to suffer some pain and save people's lives at the same time. On the battlefield, you can't have both comfort and survivability. You have to choose one of the two.
Let’s focus on this, even the main battle tanks of the future 21st century will be the same.
Although the is6 that was hit by a cannon on the front of the car did not suffer any substantial damage, it was like a young gangster throwing pebbles at the big pimples of two muscular men as a provocation.
Since you dare to throw it, regardless of whether it can hurt others, this kind of behavior will be regarded as provocation at the very least and will inevitably be retaliated in equal measure.
You hit me, and I hit you. Isn't this a fair and reasonable turn-based game?
Indeed.
Boom——
The IS6 heavy tank, which had approached within a hundred meters of the target, suddenly braked and stopped. Due to the huge inertia of the emergency braking, the gun barrel tilted forward and pressed down with the vehicle body for a brief moment before leveling again.
Without a two-way stabilizer for the main gun, the experienced gunner relied solely on his skills. He seized the opportunity, yanked the firing lever, and with the huge roar of fire and roar from the muzzle, a 122mm full-caliber grenade was directly ejected, aiming at the weapon that was already close at hand.
The two Black Panthers hit the ball directly in the face and blasted it in violently.
Rumble——
How could the Black Panther II, which had already been seriously injured and covered with wounds, withstand such a vicious blow? The destructive effect was not armor-piercing, but the 122mm high-explosive grenade that forcibly penetrated the armor. The Black Panther II turret and vehicle
The turret seat ring connected to the body exploded instantly. At the explosion position almost close to the face, it violently tore open the still fragile body dome of Black Panther II.
Black Panther 2 is indeed based on Black Panther 1, increasing the tonnage and strengthening protection through the crude method of directly stacking armor.
However, the few tons of limited protective weight gain were all used on the main frontal armor belt and the side armor of the vehicle body. In actual combat, the dome armor, which was rarely hit except for air strikes, had almost no defense reinforcement.
If this area is strengthened together and stacked with homogeneous steel armor that is tens of millimeters smaller, the weight of Black Panther 2 will not be nearly fifty tons, and it must be at least the same level of tonnage as is6. And with
In terms of your Santoku's ancestral waste of tonnage, it may even be heavier than the is6.
Therefore, it is actually not difficult to guess what will happen to Black Panther II whose dome armor was directly blown away.