Mounting a machine gun at the end of a tank turret as a mobile machine gun bunker, allowing infantry to operate it directly during battle, without the need for tank crew members to personally go into battle, was one of the most common practices of the United States during World War II.
Although this may put the infantry into a dangerous situation where they are easily targeted by concentrated fire, after all, the tank turret can only protect two-thirds of the machine gunner's body at most. The exposed part from the chest up to the top of the head cannot be covered at all.
When a caliber machine gun fires like this, as long as the enemy on the other side is not a fool, they will definitely focus their fire first.
But to be honest, infantry casualties are not really a big deal when compared to the Soviet Red Army, which always values large-scale operations.
Malashenko is not a cold-blooded commander, but a machine gunner can play a much higher role than ordinary riflemen and submachine gunners, and the casualties and exchange ratio caused to the enemy will be greater.
If it is bigger, it means that the chance of winning the battle will be greater, and the battle that can be won in the first place will be won faster.
So no matter which point you consider, it is a very cost-effective and advantageous thing to let the infantry use the tank turret as a bunker and stand on the tank engine hatch to control the machine gun at the rear of the turret.
Considering that the machine gunner will face a very dangerous situation once he encounters concentrated fire, Malashenko also specifically asked Karamov to weld the previously installed machine gun shield to the machine gun at the end of the turret.
The armor coefficient of the machine gun shield is not high, but the thin 8 mm steel plate is enough to withstand attacks from German light weapons ammunition of 792 mm and below, all calibers and types, not to mention things like artillery shells and grenade fragments.
Down.
The Red Army soldier who climbed into the engine compartment of Malashenko's car had never experienced this kind of combat mode before. Although he was only a submachine gunner on weekdays, he knew about automatic weapons and had received relevant training in machine gun operation and firing during the recruit training period.
, but the flashy new thing like operating the machine gun at the end of the turret is really just the first time a big girl gets on the sedan.
Da da da--
Whoosh——whoosh——
Ding-ding-ding-ding——
The bullets fired from the German army, which was just over a hundred meters away, caused sparks to fly out of the shield of the Deshka heavy machine gun on the roof of the car, making a clanging sound, a scene of flying around, and a sharp whistling sound of warheads.
Just hearing it can make people's hearts tremble, and it can even make timid people unable to lift their heads and be so scared that they urinate on the spot.
The cruel battlefield only favors the brave. Most of the time, the cowardly ones don't even know how they died.
The Red Army soldier who squatted behind the turret for a moment and observed the distance between German firepower saw the right moment. When the German G34 general machine gun ran out of bullets and replaced the belt, he stood up from behind the turret and grabbed Deshka in front of him.
The heavy machine gun pressed the trigger directly.
Dong dong dong dong——
The dull roar of the Deshka heavy machine gun when it fires is more special than any Soviet firearm. This heavy machine gun, which has a slow rate of fire but is extremely powerful, is an absolute weapon in any infantry battle.
conqueror.
Once this thing gets angry, the G34, which the German army is proud of, will instantly become its younger brother.
The Deshka heavy machine gun replaced with armor-piercing bullets is a weapon that is completely unreasonable, especially on a battlefield like Stalingrad where there is a lack of geotechnical bunkers and most of them are construction bunkers.
There were many German machine gunners who tore them apart.
Ordinary walls can't withstand the monster's onslaught. Whenever the frightened German infantry encounter Deshka and start roaring, they will immediately hide behind a stronger bunker. The thicker the wall, the better for fear of being attacked.
The people and the bunker were all broken into pieces.
The Red Army soldiers who were in love with the Deshka's ferocious firepower affectionately called this heavy machine gun "the giant bear" and "the Nazi crusher".
The frightened German soldiers who managed to survive the destructive continuous firepower of Deshka called this Soviet heavy machine gun, which was ugly in appearance but extremely powerful, "Stalin's guide chain" in horror.
The Deshka heavy machine gun, which has a slow rate of fire, makes a very characteristic and rhythmic sound when it fires. It sounds like a large guide chain used for field maintenance vehicles, with the "click" and "click" when it is pulled by humans.
It is like a continuous sound of "click".
For those frightened German soldiers, this distinctive and terrifying sound like a guide chain was like a death noose around their necks. It seemed that as long as the Russian holding the guide chain with one hand exerted force, the German soldiers'
The head will be violently severed by the heavy iron chain, and the head will be moved in an instant, as if the head fell to the ground.
The roaring Deshka heavy machine gun smashed the red 127mm tracer barrage onto the German defense line on the opposite side.
The armor-piercing incendiary tracer bullets mixed into the ammunition chain according to a ratio of 14 not only play a role in guiding the ballistics, but when hitting the position of the German machine gunners who set up the machine guns behind the ruins of broken bricks and rubble, they can also get a burst of flying sand and rocks on the spot.
Ushering in the horrific effects of destruction.
The bunker was penetrated, the firearms were smashed and torn to pieces, and the blood and bloody human body fragments were available in unlimited quantities like ketchup in American fast food restaurants.
Several IS1 heavy tanks temporarily recruited from the first battalion by Malashenko have all undergone such specialized modifications. Other Red Army soldiers who followed suit also climbed onto the remaining tanks and stood behind the turret to operate German tanks.
The Shika heavy machine gun burst into the German army's face.
The German soldiers who had the sickle of death on their necks were not all ready to be killed. There were not a few German soldiers who tried to fight back with their weapons and tried to kill the Soviet machine gunners standing on the tanks.
However, the Soviet machine gunner, who was already covered by the tank turret for most of his body, is now protected by a machine gun shield. Although this will seriously affect the machine gun's aiming field of view, the protective effect brought by the 8mm armor steel plate is real.
Undeniable.
The German soldiers who needed to fire accurately to hit the Soviet machine gunners through the gap were about to collapse.
The bullets fired by the guy in his hand hit the turret armor and the machine gun shield and sent sparks flying. After a long time of wasted effort and heavy casualties, nearly a thousand rounds of bullets were fired, and the two manipulators of Deshka were barely able to survive.
Soviet machine gunner with a machine gun.
Things even more desperate and worse than this followed soon after.
The Russians have a lot of soldiers behind the tank who can take over and operate the machine gun at any time. Within ten seconds after a machine gunner is knocked down, another machine gunner will climb onto the tank to take his place and continue firing.
The Deshka heavy machine gun's machine gun shield is set quite far forward, and even the entire reloading process of changing the magazine is completely and tightly protected. The wishful thinking of wiping out the machine gunner by interrupting the firepower is almost like a daydream.