Chapter 777： 17-pounder vs 128-mm gun (1/2)

As a veteran country, the British Army's background is very profound.

When the German tank threat came, they entered a rapid development stage. The first to be developed was the 2-pounder gun. This 40-mm caliber anti-tank gun has been widely equipped in the British army.

Of course, the performance of actual combat has also come out. This kind of anti-tank gun has zero power against the German new tank!

Then, they made persistent efforts and developed a 6-pound anti-tank gun. In some units, they have been equipped. However, this 57mm tank gun on the battlefield in North Africa shows that it is still not good and cannot penetrate. The main armor of the German tank!

How thick is the armor of the German tank? This is everyone’s question. The specific data has always been kept confidential, and the German tanks have not been left behind on the battlefield.

Therefore, how thick the armor of German tanks is has always been a mystery, and Britain has not stopped developing new anti-tank weapons.

In this era, the best way to increase the power of tank guns is, of course, to increase the caliber. Almost all countries do this.

The German tanks are no exception. They have 75mm and 88mm tank guns. The Soviet tanks are also equipped with 76mm barrels. Therefore, the British side is intensively developing new 17-pounder guns. .

These are all for the artillery shells. When converted to the barrel, it is 76.2 mm, which is definitely not small. The British anti-tank guns have almost developed rapidly recently.

When using the matching mk3t armor-piercing projectile, it can penetrate 110 mm thick average armor at close range. Can the thickness of the German tank exceed 100 mm?

Moreover, the newer armor-piercing projectile is still under development and can have a greater penetration depth.

This kind of anti-tank gun was developed only recently. After that, all the produced, that is, the first 100 guns, were pushed to the London line of defense, hoping to delay the attack of German tanks.

Of course, it can only be hysteresis.

Even if this kind of anti-tank gun can penetrate German tanks? There's not enough! A hundred guns were scattered over a defense line of more than ten kilometers.

For example, here, only two 17-pounder guns can reach, and now they are not facing an opponent like the Panther 3 tank, but a more terrifying big guy!

How thick is the opponent's armor? No one knows. What they know is that, generally speaking, the bottom of the tank is the weakest place.

Now, the opponent is climbing a dirt slope, and the front end of the car body is raised. From here, you can just see the bottom of the opponent's car body, just hit that place!

”Fire!”

After discovering the behemoth on the opposite side, I was shocked and ready to start, especially next to the 17-pounder gun. The gunner nervously stuffed the cannonball in, shook the high-low machine and aimed!

What they were aiming at was the upper part of the soil slope. Now, when the opponent's tank appeared, the gunner pulled the gun cord violently.

”Boom!” At the muzzle, the fire was full of flames, and the 7.69 kg warhead flew towards the opposite side with an initial speed of 884 meters per second, with everyone's expectations!

Victory in one fell swoop!

If the other party's conspiracy is bankrupt if the final word is settled, the other party's conspiracy will go bankrupt, and the other party will definitely stop for a few days. When the backup comes, one's own side will be more confident.

If you can’t get through...

There is no more if, when I think of this, the shells have whizzed and flew to the bottom of the opponent's car accurately!

In everyone's attention, I saw this shell grazing the bottom armor of the opponent, turning around, and a fierce pierced into the soil below!