The moment the sharp Type 40 tungsten-core armor-piercing warhead hit the vertical side armor of the KV1 heavy tank, it was blunted and deformed under the powerful kinetic energy impact.
The tungsten alloy core wrapped in the central part of the projectile suddenly rushed out of the passivated and deformed projectile and continued to move forward to penetrate the armor. The tungsten alloy core wrapped in fragments of the broken side armor of the KV1 heavy tank, even after penetrating 75
Millimeters of vertical side armor still retains huge residual kinetic energy, and the tungsten alloy armor-piercing core, which flies at a speed of more than 500 meters per second, hits the fragile human body instantly like a rifle smashing a watermelon.
The tungsten alloy armor-piercing core that was shot vertically from the side of the vehicle body directly under the turret first penetrated the commander's waist. The tungsten alloy armor-piercing core was splashed with human flesh, flesh and organ fragments in the blood, but it still did not stop at all.
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In an instant, the Soviet tank commander was cut into two pieces at the waist, and then he shot diagonally into the gunner next to the commander, smashing the good man's head under the black tank cap into a lump like a smashed egg.
Red and white, mushy and merciless.
The slightly slower flying car body was penetrated by armor fragments on the side, and a metal storm threatening death was immediately set off inside the relatively narrow space of the KV1 heavy tank.
Under the attack of the Type 40 tungsten-core armor-piercing projectile, the loader who survived by avoiding its flight trajectory had no time to react. The scattered armor fragments that bounced wildly inside the entire tank hit his head and arms almost simultaneously.
, and thighs, etc., the tragic wailing sound suddenly came from the sealed tank after the scattered debris stopped.
The corpse of the commander, which was broken into two parts at the waist, and the corpse of the gunner, which had become a headless corpse, exuded a disgusting smell of blood. The driver and electromechanical personnel, who were in the front and passenger positions at the front of the chassis, narrowly escaped.
One calamity.
After turning around and realizing that the commander and gunner had been killed at the same time, the driver and electromechanical personnel, who had lost the combat ability of the crew, immediately pulled the loader, who was seriously injured and bleeding, to open the tank hatch and abandon the vehicle to escape.
Although the Type 40 tungsten-core armor-piercing projectile without a warhead charge cannot detonate inside the tank and cause a fatal explosion, its high-speed flying tungsten-core armor-piercing projectile and the scattered fragments caused by penetrating the armor can also attack the enemy.
The crew members inside the tank caused huge and unbearable damage.
The KV1 heavy tank, which only had a punch hole less than the size of a fist in the side armor of the vehicle body, was intact on the outside, but five crew members were killed, two were seriously injured, and one was seriously injured, which caused this powerful steel behemoth to suffer.
Having to withdraw from the battle due to severe internal injuries is no different from being completely destroyed from a tactical point of view.
The destruction of the first KV1 heavy tank was just the beginning.
The Soviet KV1 heavy tank, which was approached by a group of German tanks and charged to a position only tens of meters away, began to gradually reveal the difficulty in steering due to the poor tractor transmission system.
The engine output speed was increased to the maximum. The Soviet tank driver pushed the joystick in his hand desperately to drive the heavy tank body to turn in an attempt to make the side armor dwarfed and brittle under the attack of the German Type 40 tungsten core armor-piercing projectile.
The paper's KV1 heavy tank keeps facing the enemy.
However, the transmission system originally designed for Hongqi tractors was already overwhelmed and difficult to operate when driving the 47-ton combat weight of the KV1 heavy tank. It was annoying and difficult to operate on off-road land.
The operation from static parking to steering maneuver is undoubtedly even more desperate.
The KV1 heavy tanks, whose body turning speed could not keep up with the roundabout maneuvering speed of the German tanks, were like steel behemoths whose heads were deeply bound by iron chains, roaring and roaring with their diesel engines.
One track is locked and only one track is left to rotate to change the direction of the car body, but it is still extremely slow. It is like a centenarian man walking in sync with the mountain, which makes people anxious, angry and helpless.
Turning the engine output to the maximum and turning the vehicle body broke the stationary state of the tank. The gun mirrors in front of the Soviet gunners who originally maintained maximum firepower output against the German tanks began to shake. The rugged off-road road was difficult for those without equipment.
For old tanks with gun stabilizers, they are simply natural enemies for aiming.
"The shaking is so great that I can't aim accurately! Those German tanks are running as fast as mice, damn it! Damn it!"
"Move, move it! Damn it!"
The aiming field of view of the gun scope in front of him was shaking like an epilepsy, making it impossible to aim accurately. The constantly maneuvering German tanks required the Soviet gunner to simultaneously rotate the turret steering gear and track the enemy with the gun scope. This kind of
The difficult hand-eye coordination operation that only experienced gunners could accomplish made it extremely difficult for Soviet tanks to fire and attack.
On the other hand, there is a lack of auxiliary means such as hydraulic power assist, and the driving joystick that relies solely on human power to push the mechanical structure to operate requires even more effort to drive the tank to complete the steering on off-road conditions.
The legend that all Soviet heavy tank drivers were strong Slavic men with powerful unicorn arms is by no means groundless.
The serious difficulties encountered by gunner Iushkin and driver Seryosha at the same time are just a microcosm of the current predicament of the Soviet heavy tanks.
The Soviet KV1 heavy tank, which was attacked closely by the German medium tank groups III and IV, revealed serious fatal flaws such as inconvenient steering and difficult operation due to design problems.
The Soviet heavy tanks, which had difficulty keeping their solid frontal armor facing the enemy, were toyed with by the Germans like stupid bears being played with.
Bearing in mind the plight of the gunners and drivers in his crew, Malashenko gritted his teeth and knew that if he continued like this, he would only be played like a monkey by the Germans and slowly be eaten to death.
, a seemingly crazy order immediately blurted out from his mouth.
"All crews! Crash into them at full power! Crash the Germans' squishy little tanks and then get close and fire to destroy them! Let them pay the price for playing tricks on us!"
The almost crazy and fearless charge is not the exclusive skill of the Red Army infantry. The Soviet tank soldiers who were forced to a dead end did not dare to do anything.
The heroic and fearless scene of a T4 tank hitting a Tiger tank, which was originally only seen in the Battle of Kursk, happened two years in advance under Malashenko's order.