The powerful tank exploded and tore the unlucky KV1 heavy tank into pieces almost instantly. In less than a minute after the battle started, a Soviet tank was killed on the spot. The gunner Klin of Wittmann's crew was overjoyed with the result.
Ke grinned almost to the base of his ears.
"This is great! Michel, those Russian tractors are totally vulnerable! It's so easy to kill them with cannons!"
Before the shouts of joy could finish, the sudden sound of breaking wind and howling followed immediately.
Ding-ding——
Boom——
The 76mm hooded armor-piercing projectile hit the armor plate on the front of the Tiger tank's 102mm thick body with a muffled sound. Even though there was no radio station, the Soviet tank soldiers still had rich practical experience and counterattacked immediately, but
The 76mm main gun, which was invincible against the Panzer III and Panzer IV tanks in the past, is now jaw-dropping.
The Tiger tank, which had a shallow crater left on the armor plate on the front of the vehicle body, was unharmed. The Tiger tank, which still stood in place like an unyielding wall, slowly turned its 11-ton turret, leaving a black hole.
The muzzle of the millimeter main gun was as shocking as a bloody mouth in the eyes of the Soviet gunner who missed a hit.
"Damn it!"
boom--
Before he could finish the terrible screams that came out of his mouth, the Tiger tank fired again and directly hit a millimeter hooded armor-piercing round in the face. The pierced front armor plate left a hole larger than a fist.
hole, this T34 medium tank, which was majestic just a moment ago, is now just a burning steel coffin.
"Third car, well done! Klink!"
"There will be more, boss, just watch!"
Witnessing with their own eyes that the armor-piercing round just now had no effect on the German tanks, they mistook the boxy Tiger tanks in front of them for their old rival Panzer IV tanks. The remaining Soviet tank soldiers who did not believe in evil blamed all the blame.
If the angle of incidence is too large, prepare to fire again.
"The Russian tanks are coming towards us! All crews, maintain maximum firepower and completely eliminate these Russian tanks!"
On the real battlefield, it was not only the Soviet infantry who would initiate the Umrah charge, the Soviet tank crews with tough temperaments were also ruthless characters who would directly charge with the Umrah charge if they disagreed with each other.
In past battles, ricochet did occur due to long combat distances and incorrect incident angles. Soviet hooded armor-piercing grenades that were not equipped with the correct cap could sometimes ricochet when hitting Panzer III and IV tanks.
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When a similar situation happened again, the surviving Soviet tank crews resolutely decided to launch a charge, shortening the engagement distance and correcting the angle of incidence in the close combat in order to destroy these German "Panzer IV tanks".
Several T34 medium tanks were running at full speed from a distance of 100 meters. As the fighting distance between the two sides continued to shorten, they soon realized that something was wrong.
The overall outlines of these German tanks can be clearly seen. They are larger than the average Panzer IV tank by more than one circle. The thick and powerful cannon equipped with a muzzle brake is not the newly encountered improved Panzer IV tank at all.
Tank look.
The several Tiger tanks parked on the spot, constantly spitting out muzzle fire and flames, were like ferocious beasts from hell, terrifying and extremely deadly.
Although theoretically speaking, the rebels are all staunch atheists, but at present, except for the words "hell beasts", it seems that there is no better way to specifically describe the German tanks in front of them.
"Great Comrade Stalin! This is a monster!"
The words of despair uttered by a certain Soviet radio operator can completely represent the deep shock in the hearts of all Soviet tank soldiers at the moment.
Huge, mighty, powerful, almost indestructible!
The last four T34 medium tanks that were close to a distance of 300 meters fired multiple shots at this extreme distance, but the Tiger tank, which had no weak points in the frontal armor of the tank less than 100 mm in physical thickness, still stood firm.
fall.
The 76mm hooded armor-piercing bullets that kept bouncing off in the ping-ping-pong-pong sputtered in the muddy ground, and the roaring Maybach hl230 gasoline engine drove the 57-ton tiger body forward slowly with 650 horsepower.
At this point in the battle, the German armored forces, which were almost certain to win, no longer fought conservatively and chose to kill the last four Soviet T34 medium tanks in the most passionate close combat method.
Although the total combat weight of the vehicle is an unprecedented 57 tons, the Tiger tank can still achieve a power-to-weight ratio of more than 11 without appearing too slow.
The early Tiger tank without an engine governor could reach a maximum road speed of 45 kilometers per hour. Among the heavy tanks of the same period, it was the absolute fastest legend in the Akina Mountains even if you look around the world, and now the Wittmann
A group of four SS armored personnel carriers were driving this early type of Tiger tank without an engine governor.
Four brave and fearless T34 medium tanks approached less than a hundred meters away from the Tiger tank and opened fire again. With the muzzle flash shaking, the 76mm hooded armor-piercing projectile rushed out at high speed and accurately hit the side of the Tiger tank's turret, but
What is unbelievable is that even under such circumstances, the result of firing was still a horrifying result of ricocheting on the spot.
"What kind of monster did these nazis create!?"
The Tiger tank's irregular turret side armor with a physical thickness of 2 mm once again made it immune to enemy attacks. Wittmann, who knew all the performance parameters of the Tiger tank in advance, was not surprised at all and remained calm, driving the engine
The generator then drives the hydraulic turret steering gear, and the muzzle of the main gun is quickly aligned with the target.
"Well done, Bolsheviks."
boom--
The powerful millimeter tank gun opened fire again, instantly killing the T34 tank that had stopped and fired before it could start running again. Wittmann, who had six heads in his hands in just a few minutes, had no intention of stopping.
"Koldenhoff, stop! Turn the car's course! Klink, aim at the T34 in the one o'clock direction and kill it!"
It is a big challenge to use the Tiger tank's unique dual-flow transmission system on wet and loose mud off-road roads. A little carelessness may cause the drive shaft to break or the gearbox gear to fly, causing the tank to be paralyzed.
dire consequences.
But Wittmann, who was a talented and courageous man, seemed to ignore all this and forcibly issued the order. The driver Koldenhoff, who unconditionally carried out the command of the commander, then used unskilled techniques to control the 57-ton combat vehicle.
The heavy Tiger tank uses a dual-stream transmission method of one crawler track forward and the other reverse track, allowing it to turn the vehicle's course on the spot with great flexibility.