Kogin is indeed very familiar with the German anti-tank missiles, and he is already very familiar with them.
To say that anti-tank missiles are indeed trendy, they are a new concept weapon that you Germans are the first to put into actual combat. We have to admit that this is indeed a "first" in the history of human warfare.
As a military-industrial tycoon, Kogin heard about this happening on the front line, and heard that the Germans had invested in a flying explosion that "could follow one's own tanks like moths to a flame, clinging to them until they hit."
After finding "material weapons", he immediately used his strong connections to find ways to obtain several sets, which were all trophies captured by various troops on the front line in battles.
Some were ordered to be dismantled and studied by Kojing, and some were taken to the shooting range and directly fired at targets used to simulate our own tanks to test their power.
After a brief but not too long period of busy work, coupled with the sincere German guy who always comes with a detailed weapon manual and operation manual to assist, Ke Jing finally figured it out completely.
I learned all the details about this trendy German thing and thoroughly understood it.
As for the evaluation, the evaluation is of course "That's it? It's nothing more than that. Our Soviet Union can still do it given time."
But even though he already knew the German anti-tank missile very well and understood its performance, Kogin was still puzzled by the fact that the technology in front of him belonged to the same generation, but it was just larger in size.
"Is this thing really specially used to fight tanks? In terms of length, it is already longer than a light fast tank. I don't think it will be very time-saving and labor-saving to manufacture with such a big size, and it is convenient for mass production. If the quantity is not enough, it will be very difficult for us.
What's the use? Even if it can really destroy heavy tanks. Is the German guy's brain rusted to this extent and he was beaten stupid?"
Weapons developed in war are not weapons developed in peacetime. There is a fundamental difference between the two.
Even if the weapons developed in peacetime are expensive and require more trouble and time to produce, it is not completely unacceptable. At least the upper limit of tolerance for cost and construction time is much higher than in wartime.
After all, you can save money in peacetime. In a relaxed and comfortable environment, it may be more expensive and troublesome, but as long as the performance is sufficient and the comprehensive cost is worth it, it is not impossible. You can always save enough after building it for a few years. Yes.
Having a sufficient number of high-performance weapons in reserve is not a bad thing in the first instance of war, but the situation in wartime is completely different.
In wartime, there is no chance to accumulate quantities in peacetime. It is necessary to develop quickly and put into production quickly to facilitate mass production and supply to the frontline troops for delivery.
No matter which country or army it is, no army can violate this principle. If it violates it, the consequences will usually not be good. The Germans who have not understood this principle for a long time have repeatedly suffered losses on this issue.
Pay tuition repeatedly.
Kogin felt that the Germans would never understand this truth until now. In fact, judging from the simplification of many German weapons, such as disposable iron fists, iron pipe tank killers, and even the new infantry anti-tank missiles
The extent to which it can be easily equipped is enough to prove that the Germans have actually learned a lesson and know the right kind of weapons to develop during wartime.
As a result, such a big expensive gadget suddenly appeared with no cost performance and no wartime research and development capabilities.
Ke Jin just feels confused now, so damn confused!
For a moment, I couldn’t figure out whether your German brain was growing in your head or in your crotch.
If you say that the Germans are so brainless and stupid, isn't that a bit too condescending to the Red Army? The Red Army just fought with such a naive opponent repeatedly until they finally almost won? This is obviously unscientific and unreasonable.
Fortunately, perhaps seeing the confusion and suspicion in Kotin's heart, a more detailed answer from Malashenko later solved the mystery in Kotin's heart.
"Actually, you don't have to be confused. Just like you, when I first saw this thing on the battlefield, it almost scared my eyes out. I even wonder if the Germans are crazy, so they built it at all costs.
This monster came out just to destroy our heavy tanks. It wasn’t until I grabbed a few high-ranking prisoners of war and asked them that I found out that this was not the case.”
"At first, this thing was not designed to deal with our heavy tanks. This was not its original design function."
"This thing originated from the Germans' anti-aircraft guided weapon program. The Germans tried to use an anti-aircraft weapon that could continuously track targets to deal with the strategic bombings of the Yankees and British, and hit those bomber groups that covered the sky.
Come down."
"As soon as the bidding started, several German companies and military factories came here that were capable or wanted to give it a try. Their design plans were all different, and even very different from each other. Because there was no similar weapon design before.
For reference, it is completely exploring new and unknown areas, so there are all kinds of designs that are unconventional and even monster-like."
"The designers of one of the companies probably had some ideas. They got inspiration from the anti-tank missiles that had a relatively complete design at that time, and manufactured a large set of them, deployed on fixed-position launchers, and equipped with a huge launcher.
The anti-aircraft missiles from the line box came out."
"Yes, that lunatic designer wants to use wire-guided anti-aircraft missiles to deal with bombers. The reason is that there are ready-made designs that have been demonstrated as a reference, which can shorten the development and demonstration process, and it is said to be convenient for rapid production and deployment. But I'm afraid
No one knows whether the German designer was on drugs when he came up with this idea."
"But because this is the first design plan submitted, as the crazy German designer himself said, the advantage is that it can be quickly put into production and deployed into the army. The project bidding director, who was in urgent need of treatment, agreed to this plan and allocated funds
Let’s make a trial batch first and use it for test firing and verification.”
"An unknown number of test pop-ups were produced in the early days. The German colonel who I arrested and interrogated didn't know exactly how many there were. He just confessed that the test results were terrible, and he was invited to visit one of the tests at the time.
, in the end, I almost lost my life there.”
"The launched missile took off and flew a certain distance before tearing off the wire. As a result, it lost control and fell head-first into the ground. It was a live ammunition test launch with a warhead, filled with extreme range fuel, and killed a group of German onlookers on the spot.
Officers and experts from all walks of life. It is said that among the idiots killed in the bombing were Hermann Meyer's confidants."
"Of course, the designer was imprisoned by the Gestapo, and the entire project was completely killed. All subsequent test-launch missions were cancelled, and the missiles that had been produced were required to be destroyed, but the turning point of the incident happened to be at this time."