Chapter 709： Expand quickly (1/2)

Speaking of 88mm anti-aircraft guns against tanks, many people will take Rommel's example. On the battlefield in North Africa, when Rommel was about to be broken through the defense line, Rommel had an idea and ordered his men to level the 88 anti-aircraft guns. After successfully destroying the British tank, the danger was turned into peace.

Some people even took out Rommel's autobiography, saying that this method was definitely invented by Rommel.

However, the actual situation is not the case at all. Most anti-aircraft guns are designed to allow low-angle shooting, which is very simple.

The important thing is the shells! For airplanes, anti-aircraft artillery definitely does not need armor-piercing shells, high-explosive shells are suitable, especially the proximity fuze is a major improvement of antiaircraft artillery.

No anti-aircraft artillery will use armor-piercing bullets, and the aircraft is not a flying tank, either made of wood or aluminum. Where do you need armor-piercing bullets!

The German 88mm anti-aircraft gun was designed with anti-tank requirements in mind. The biggest plan is to develop armor-piercing shells specifically for anti-tank, and require each gun to carry a certain number for emergency. This regulation starts A big use.

Moreover, the scope must take into account the needs of anti-tank. The scale parameters of the air-to-air scope and the ground-to-air scope are different. The 88 gun has a binocular, which contains different scales to meet different needs. This is purchased by the German Army. When asked.

Therefore, pulling out the 88mm anti-tank gun as an anti-tank gun is not a pioneering work by someone.

However, it is not a specialized anti-tank gun after all! Its biggest disadvantage is its height and weight, which makes its survival in combat more dependent on its firepower and range rather than good concealment.

If it is a 50mm anti-tank gun, it can now be pushed back, but the 88mm anti-tank gun is not easy!

When this 88mm anti-aircraft gun was first developed, it was towed by ordinary trucks. Every deployment was quite complicated and hardly had the ability to deploy quickly.

Afterwards, under Cyric's instructions, this anti-aircraft gun was improved, and a new type 202 special trailer was developed specifically for this anti-aircraft gun.

In the past, the antiaircraft artillery used a single axle, which was towed by a truck in front of it and ran along with it.

And this kind of trailer has a parallel two-wheel structure, good off-road performance, the artillery will not bump, the muzzle faces the rear when towing, and is equipped with tire brakes and wheel gear fixing devices.

Normally, you need to support the tires and fix the trailer properly before you can fire. Otherwise, if you fire a shot, the tires will run, and you have to readjust the shots.

However, this trailer has been carefully designed so that it can be fired at a low angle on the gun, and its emergency anti-tank capability has been greatly enhanced.

The gun carriage has also been modified, making it easier to get on and off the gun carriage, entering and exiting positions more quickly, and the gun survival rate is greatly improved.

Now, when he sensed that the next round of artillery coverage might come, the artillery squad here quickly prepared.

There are 12 members in a squad, and now they are all preparing quickly.

Two soldiers in charge of driving the tractor, one commanded below, and the other, slowly reversed the tractor into the gun position.

At the same time, the other people were resetting the artillery. In a short time, they set up the wheels, fixed the cannon, and then connected the tractor to the towing hook behind the cannon.

boarding!

They jumped on this Ford 10-ton off-road truck, and then, amidst the rumble of the engine, the anti-aircraft gun was dragged towards the rear.

Here is a line of defense that Finland has built over several years. Various fortifications and bunkers emerge in endlessly, but there is no suitable bunkers for the 88mm anti-aircraft artillery.

After all, this weapon is not in their plan.