Chapter 717 (1/2)
In this era, the development of weapons is quite rapid.
A few months ago, it was an advanced weapon and was soon on the verge of elimination. This is the result of the war.
In terms of weapons development, although Britain spared no effort, it has always been on the verge of being eliminated. In particular, they still cling to the boundary between infantry tanks and ocean cruising tanks.
Infantry tanks must have thick armor, but they don't need to pursue speed. Just keep up with infantry. Moreover, even if there is a better one, they have to climb snails.
As for ocean cruising tanks, they should be fast. For this reason, they do not hesitate to sacrifice armor protection.
Therefore, today's Crusader tanks soar quickly and look very strong, but they are still a weak chicken in their bones. How weak is it?
The car body and turret are mainly riveted. The front of the car body is 27mm / 7 degrees, the side is 14 + 13mm / 0 degrees, and the rear is 27mm / 0 degrees: the front of the turret is 39mm / 9 degrees, the side is 19mm / 40 degrees, and the rear is 24mm / 25 degrees.
It can be seen that the front armor of this tank is not as thick as the side armor of German tanks!
Even in later generations, with the modification of this tank, the front armor was strengthened. The thickness and inclination of the front armor of the car body and turret were 32mm / 32 degrees and 51mm / 0 degrees respectively, and the armor on the side and rear of the turret were also appropriately thickened.
Even so, the armor is still too thin, which is still one of the fatal weaknesses of the Crusader tank.
For the three elements of tanks, firepower, mobility and protection, the first is firepower! The last thing tank soldiers want to hear is that they can't penetrate each other!
If the Crusader tank carries a tank gun of about 80mm, it's OK. The problem is that this kind of thing has thin skin, big filling, protective slag and weak firepower. In fact, it's just something that falls behind when it's just equipped.
Now, the opposite is only armored vehicles, not German tanks!
A 40mm armor piercing bullet came to his face. British drivers could not avoid it at all, because it was not one shot!
The first shell is tens of millimeters away from the car body, the second one is only a few millimeters, and the third one has hit the front of the car body!
The 40mm armor piercing bullet pounced on the front armor of the 27mm car body. The warhead hit the armor and broke a hole in an instant. Then, a friction and a simple warm-up have drilled in!
Then, the fourth and fifth engines followed and drilled to the front of the car body.
The driver screamed, and the shell that came just hit him!
What's it like to be hit by a 40mm shell?
No one knows, because those who are hit will be beaten to death!
The front chest almost occupies a large hole in the width of the whole body. In this way, all kinds of internal organs have become meat mud, and there is blood near the whole seat!
”Boom!” In the violent explosion, the Crusader tank ignited a raging fire!
A prominent disadvantage of tanks with gasoline engines is that lighters can be used as soon as they are hit!
Even if only one is penetrated, it is easy to cause combustion, not to mention now, at least four armor piercing bullets pass through the main armor in front, and one of them hits the rear engine!
In an instant, the engine was exploded, the gasoline leaked, and the whole tank was burning like a torch!
Another tank was stunned. The German armored forces were powerful. They were so powerful that even a small armored vehicle could abuse their own side?