Chapter 1221： Solve the problem of armor-piercing bullets (1/2)
The flying principle of the helicopter determines that its speed will not be too high, but its vertical take-off and landing, so that it does not have to use a dedicated runway, is a huge improvement.
But now, there is no truly qualified helicopter available in the world, and under the promotion of Cyric, the improvement of the helicopter finally shines with the glory of life.
These days, Cyric has been busy commanding the war on the Eastern Front. For him, he is mainly responsible for formulating strategy. The tactics are determined by lower-level commanders and will not interfere too much, and he also believes in his own subordinates. These fierce generals will not disappoint his hopes.
Just after the helicopter inspection was completed and many suggestions for improvement were made to the helicopter, Cyric received another exciting news before returning to his fortress.
”Head of Cyrek, the reason why our armor-piercing projectile cannot penetrate the Stalin tank has been found.” said Albert Speer, who is in charge of military production.
In the battle on the front line, the new German tanks were awe-inspiring and attacking the city all the way, while the main force of the Soviets, the T-34, has been proven to be a backward product, which can only be resisted by the sea in numbers.
However, the new-style Stalin tanks of the Soviets surprised the German tank soldiers. German trump weapons, sub-caliber armor-piercing shells, were actually ineffective against this tank.
Fortunately, from the battlefield, they seized an almost complete Stalin tank, immediately transported it back to the rear, and sent it to the artillery experts of Henschel and Krupp for research.
”The inclination angle of their tank turret is too large.” As the representative technical expert of the military, Knibokamp also participated in the analysis. At this time, in the shooting range of Henschel Company, through high-speed camera shooting and then Replay, Kneipokamp conducts a detailed analysis.
The previous T-34 was just ordinary tilted armor, but the current Stalin tank has developed this tilt to the extreme, becoming a terrifying tortoise shell.
The small space inside the tortoise shell is a disaster for the big Europeans. Even the Soviets have begun to find some small men to become tank soldiers.
But now, the hemispherical tortoise shell, the more upward, the greater the inclination, and it is simply the smoothest shape of the bullet avoidance.
In this way, when the armor-piercing projectile flew over, it was just like a water-flooding, and it was directly bounced, causing a serious ricochet.
At the same time, this can also explain the ineffectiveness of advanced sub-caliber armor-piercing projectiles, but the blunt-headed armor-piercing projectiles used before can have good results, because the blunt-headed armor-piercing projectiles have a positive effect, which can reduce the angle of inclination or even become a vertical shot. .
However, this turret was cast too thick, and its own blunt-headed armor-piercing projectile could not penetrate it from the front. In this way, this Soviet tank presented a new challenge to the German technicians.
”It seems that we can only install our 105mm tank gun.” A technician said: ”The 88mm tank gun cannot penetrate. The 105mm tank gun is absolutely no problem.”
The development of German tank guns was upgraded in the order of 75, 88, 105. Now the main force in Germany is 88 mm tank guns, but pre-research on 105 mm tank guns has already begun.
”No.” Who knows, this proposal ushered in Alfred's opposition: ”Our 105mm tank gun is still classified, especially the electroslag remelting steel and body proposed by the head of Cyric. Regardless of the self-tightening and other processes, we have not thoroughly mastered it, and we cannot launch it now. In particular, our army is equipped with a large number of 88mm guns. If we directly replace it with 105mm, our production is insufficient and it will also cause great waste .”
Changing the caliber of the main tank gun is not so simple. At present, the 88mm tank gun has great potential. How can it be replaced with a new tank gun when it encounters a small set of twists and turns?
The German thinking is not a calibre.
Take a look at the Stalin tank. The 122mm gun is used. The caliber is large and the power is not small. However, the ammunition carried is too small and the loading is too slow, and it is not suitable for tank use.
”Yes, we'd better make improvements on the armor-piercing projectiles. This difficulty will not stump us.” Knipokamp said: ”As for the analysis of the failure of the tank shells against Stalin's tanks, I recommend submitting it to With the head of Cyric, I believe that our head of state will definitely provide us with more suitable ideas.”
This is simply unbelievable. When the artillery experts present were at a loss when faced with a problem, they actually wanted to ask their heads of state to solve the problem. This is simply their shame.