Chapter 1436 Medium tank versus medium tank

The final result of both sides refusing to give in to each other is that the battle becomes more and more fierce, like a pot of cold soup heated by a fire, it quickly heats up until it boils.

The Germans, who did not dare to continue to waste time with the Russians, were now really afraid. The air raids came one after another, knocking the Germans off their feet and causing heavy casualties. The two waves of people hanging at the back of the team have now been completely eaten by the Russians. It is estimated that the group of Russians chasing after them is just a lot more, and it must be difficult to deal with.

The Germans, who didn't even bother to conduct fire tests, showed their cards and showed their true skills as soon as they came up. The Viking Division, the only fully-organized armored force left, immediately came up with a main armor regiment as soon as it joined the battle. Rushing madly.

As the elite armored force of the SS, the hardware indicators of the Viking Division are naturally not high. In addition to the majority of the Panther 2 medium tanks, this armored regiment, which plays the main role, is even equipped with a company of 9 King Tiger heavy tanks in total. Enter the battlefield.

The organic heavy tank unit, which is independent of the heavy armor battalion, is one of the privileges of the elite Viking division of the SS.

The Black Panthers 2, who received the blessing of King Tiger, attacked more fiercely and were unstoppable. The T3485s, equipped with a new 85mm D-5T tank gun, were not to be outdone. Facing such a powerful enemy, with difficulty penetrating the opponent's frontal armor, a total of seventy or eighty T3485 medium tanks directly filled the throttle and rushed forward at full speed, preparing for close combat.

Behind the fierce exchange of fire between the tanks of both sides and around the surrounding area, the infantry of the Soviet and German armies also launched a charge in coordination with the tanks.

The exchange of light weapons is accompanied by the roar of the tank's main gun and the dazzling fire. Regardless of the outcome, this is the final battle in which the two warring parties have staked everything. Going all out has existed in the entire battlefield since the beginning. Absolute will.

Faced with the Black Panther 2, which was absolutely immune to the 85mm gun on the entire front of the vehicle, the T3485s, who had been unable to achieve satisfactory shooting results after trying many times, came close to the Black Panther 2 again after getting very close. Aimed shooting began.

If you can't hit the bow, aim at the German's turret and slap it in the face. This is a basic skill that can be learned by oneself without any teaching. Instead of firing again at the front of the car, which might still make a noise after hitting it, it would be better to place our hopes on different attempts and try different roads.

When the roar of the main gun sounded again, the 85mm hooded armor-piercing bullets that escaped from the barrel once again rushed towards the target that was already within easy reach with a shrill whistle.

The head of the Black Panther 2, which uses an enlarged version of the F-type turret, is not very strong. At best, it can only be regarded as slightly harder than the Black Panther 1. Then it completely avoids the reflected ricochet in the lower half of the semi-curved gun mantlet, creating a bullet nest area, and the shells are fired vertically downward into the vehicle body, causing the embarrassment of being killed on the spot.

It cannot be said that there are no improvements. There are indeed relevant improvements, but they are not strong enough to allow Black Panther 2 to withstand direct fire from an 85mm gun at very close range.

The front face of the entire turret has almost no slope defense equivalent. The Panther 2 turret does not have the ability to ricochet, and the 85mm hooded armor-piercing projectile hit the target without any suspense, hitting the bullseye.

When shooting at a distance of less than 200 meters, the remaining armor-piercing kinetic energy when reaching the target is enough to send the 85mm hooded armor-piercing projectile into the head of Panther 2 and penetrate the front armor of the turret.

Although huge sacrifices were made on the way to the charge, the Black Panther 2's ultra-long 75mm fishing rod main gun could easily penetrate the T34's frontal main armor belt at a regular combat distance. The road along the charge was filled with blazing fires, separated corpses, or the remains of the T3485 that was motionless and turned into a zombie car after all its members died.

But the final result was undoubtedly worth it. After a series of violent explosions, one after another Black Panther 2 was blown up on the spot, its heads were blown open, and its corpses were separated. They were killed by the strong explosion of ammunition and oil. The sky lantern was lit directly and spiraled into the sky.

"Success! The shooting of the turret is effective! Keep firing, comrades! Hurrah!!!"

Before the replacement of the 85mm main gun, the Red Army's medium tank units had suffered too many unimaginable losses when fighting the German armored forces.

People who have never seen that scene with their own eyes can hardly imagine that even if the heroic T34 tank group rushed to a zero-range shooting position, firing at the German Tigers and Panthers, it still could not penetrate the armor. Taste.

The 76 gun with a maximum armor penetration depth of less than 100 mm was an arduous task that was difficult to complete against tigers and leopards. The Red Army tank crews had no choice but to fire again and again. In the eyes of the Germans, it was tantamount to collective death. Group charge.

Either rush up and go around and engage in close combat with the relatively clumsy and inflexible Kraut tank, or kick the accelerator to the bottom and crash directly into the Kraut tank, playing bumper car tactics.

Although the latter sounds extreme, it is actually done quite often.

At least if you hit it with your foot on the accelerator, there is basically no possibility that the German's broken car can continue to move even if it is not dead or disabled. It is difficult for those delicate German machines to withstand such a brutal and violent impact. In most cases, exchanging a T34 for a Tiger and Leopard is a sure profit.

What's more, the strong and durable T34 may not be crashed on the spot. It is not uncommon for the T34 to still shake and drive after a loud noise. This happened more than once in Kursk.

After experiencing such a painful and unbearable battle, the current Red Army tank crews have only very simple hopes and requirements.

It doesn't matter if you can't penetrate the Kraut's armor at normal combat distances. As long as you get in close and shoot, you can penetrate the front armor of the Kraut's turret, and you won't be forced to rush close to the face to go around and around. He kicked the accelerator and hit the German directly.

For these Red Army medium tank crews who have gone through too many hardships to get to where they are today, this is enough.

The performance of the Red Army tank soldiers was overjoyed, and correspondingly, the enemy's Viking division looked like they were dead.

Although almost all SS armored personnel knew that the Russian T34 had been replaced with a brand new main gun, in actual combat, it was penetrated through the front armor of the turret at close range and was killed on the spot. This is the first time this has happened on a large scale since Black Panther 2 was put into actual combat.

The armored protection that was originally thought to be impenetrable proved not to be an absolute wall of sighs. After losing the advantage of a favorable combat distance, the German armored forces must now be more cautious, while suffering inevitably greater casualties.