Chapter 613: The Big Brother Has Its Own National Conditions
In this world, no one who invents anything will necessarily have a unique and absolute advantage, just like the ancient Chinese invented Cuju, but the football in the 21st century is played so badly that it is unbearable to watch.
This is probably the case with tanks first created and invented by the British.
When Malashenko came to the warehouse and saw 50 British tanks neatly parked in front of him, Malashenko felt almost despair.
"Damn it, just let me use the T34, I agree! Have you now reduced yourself to the point where you have to use British people's garbage for free?"
Just like the Spitfire fighter jets that the British aided to the Soviet Union were castrated until they looked like eunuchs in a brothel, although the tanks aided to the Soviet Union are real uncastrated versions, the quality and model batches are really unbearable.
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There are two types of British tanks parked in the warehouse in front of Malashenko at this moment: Matilda II and Valentine IV infantry tanks.
Unlike Germany and the Soviet Union, the two countries with the most advanced tank technology in World War II, the British, who took the lead in inventing the "Little Wanderer" tank during World War I, had their own unique methods of how to use and define tanks. In brief, they are generally distinguished.
There are two different categories of tanks: infantry tanks and cruise tanks.
The so-called infantry tank, as the name suggests, is a type of tank that covers infantry in launching frontal assaults against enemies holding strong positions and fortifications. This type of tank generally plays a mainstay role in the British armored unit sequence. It is equipped with heavy armor with good protection performance but is mobile.
Sex is worse.
Another major series of British tanks is called the cruise tank. As its name suggests, its role is very similar to the British Royal Navy's definition of a cruiser. Usually, cruise tanks perform long-distance raids, including flanking and fire reconnaissance.
For other tasks, this type of tank has good mobility, but its armor protection is so weak that it is difficult to withstand even ordinary small-caliber anti-tank guns.
Literally speaking, infantry tanks seem to be positioned equal to the heavy tanks of Germany and the Soviet Union, while cruise tanks are close to medium tanks, but in fact the real situation is very different.
The Matilda II, defined as an infantry tank, has a total combat weight of only 27.3 tons, which is less than the 28-ton total combat weight of the Soviet Union's main T34 medium tank.
The overall armor defense layout of the tank follows the previous generation design, which is mainly vertical armor. Although the vehicle is small and very crowded, which concentrates the weight of armor defense to a certain extent, the physical thickness of its frontal armor is mostly 75 mm, which cannot be used with
The sloped armored T34 medium tank is comparable.
What’s even more bizarre is that the Matilda II infantry tank uses two AEC 6-cylinder diesel engines arranged side by side. A single engine outputs 95 horsepower, and the two engines parallel output a total of 190 horsepower. The power-to-weight ratio is only a pitiful 7.
It can't be compared to t34, not to mention that even kv1 can make this brother laugh hard.
Another type of tank supported by the British is not much better. The performance of the Valentine IV infantry tank is equally unbearable.
The frontal protection performance of the Valentine IV infantry tank ranges from 60 to 65 mm, which is not as good as the previously mentioned Matilda II infantry tank.
The power system is equipped with a 138-horsepower diesel engine from General Dynamics of the United States. The tank has a total combat weight of 18 tons and a unit power-to-weight ratio of 7.6. It is slightly more powerful than my grandma's Matilda II, which was stupid enough to be a Wallace.
What's even more damning is that both tanks are equipped with the British ancestral QF 2-pounder gun, with a caliber of only 40 mm, which is not even as good as the 50 mm tank gun on the German Panzer III tank, and it is not equipped with it.
High-explosive bombs and armor-piercing firepower are so useless that they can't even do anti-infantry and fortification work well!
In addition, there is something even more speechless.
The tank armor-piercing elastics manufactured by the British are not bad in performance and quality. The later 17-pounder gun once reached the peak of British World War II tank guns. For a considerable period of time, it became the only weapon in the hands of the Western Front Allies that could effectively kill tigers and repel leopards.
A powerful weapon, the APDS armor-piercing projectile that opened a new chapter in the world of tank shells was also the first to be invented by the British.
The most painful problem is that the full-caliber armor-piercing projectiles manufactured by the British are all large iron lumps without charge. The solid warhead material can only rely on the armor fragments that collapse when penetrating the opponent's tank armor and the armor-piercing projectile itself to kill the opponent's tank.
British armored troops on the Western Front battlefield often encountered some very embarrassing situations: a German tank whose armor was penetrated by a single shot seemed to be paralyzed on the spot and completely killed.
If you are lucky, the German armored soldiers will simply abandon the vehicle and run away when they encounter a loser. However, those desperate SS armored soldiers will often continue to shake the tank turret to seek revenge on the British. One shot will kill them both.
No one ignited the gasoline and exploded the ammunition rack. Armor-piercing bullets made by the British were often so deceptive.
Malashenko, who traveled back in time from later generations, has a very clear understanding of the characteristics and shortcomings of British tanks in World War II.
To be honest, even if Malashenko used the captured German tanks, he did not want to use these crappy British tanks that were even more Japanese.
Although the caliber of the German's main gun is small, the armor-piercing projectiles fired also have warhead charges. A few dozen grams of warhead charge plus projectile fragments are enough to kill the members inside the tank or seriously injure them on the spot and lose their combat effectiveness. Generally speaking,
It is said that as long as the armor is penetrated, there is no possibility of cheating.
But these Japanese British tanks, after you shoot through them, you still don’t know if there are still people alive in the German tank on the opposite side, ready to pretend to be dead to trick you. If you want to ensure that such a thing does not happen, it is best to repeat the shot and then make up for it.
One shot.
But on a battlefield where the situation is changing rapidly, there are not many opportunities for you to replenish your guns. Even if you have the conditions to do so, it will be a huge waste of time and make the fighter plane fleeting. These shabby British tank guns are simply more bloody than the tanks themselves.
exist!
His mind was filled to the brim with the terrible British tanks in front of him. He covered his forehead with his hands and felt that his head was as big as a pumpkin. He really didn’t know what to say and how to make these British tanks better.
A slight increase in combat power is the biggest problem Malashenko faces now.
"Hey, damn you, how on earth are you going to serve these shabby British tanks!?"
Lavrinenko, who was standing aside, had no idea what Malashenko was struggling with at the moment. Seeing that there were so many brand-new British tanks available, Lavrinenko was much happier than Malashenko at the moment. For these British guys,
Tank had no idea how much he was cheating, so he immediately spoke to Malashenko as if to cheer him up.