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We should talk about the zt41 tank, which is similar to the German King Tiger tank in history
This is true both in appearance and in other aspects
This happened entirely because of Yan Guang’s own suggestion
Of course, it cannot be the case in all places. As a half-hearted military fan, Yan Guang is relatively familiar with some of the shortcomings of the King Tiger tank.
The King Tiger tank is also known as the Panzer VI Tiger II. Of course, the British call it the 'Royal Tiger' - I don't understand why the British call it that.
The King Tiger tank is a heavy tank produced by Germany during World War II. The Tiger II tank is mostly derived from the Panther tank, but its design concept is similar to the Tiger I. The purpose of the design is to dominate the battlefield situation with its heavy armor. Although the powerful artillery was beyond the reach of the Allied forces, it did not have much impact on the overall front due to insufficient numbers and failure to apply it properly.
The King Tiger tank's armor is welded like the Tiger I, but the King Tiger's armor is made into a tilted shape like the T34. The body shape is similar to the Panther tank. Even if the large turret is cut in half because the main gun is placed along the center line, the space is small. The spacious 80-round artillery shells are arranged in a ring around the turret and on the floor. There are also many storage racks for small items in the turret. The commander's top tower has a good view, but most commanders still choose to stick their heads out of the vehicle. outside
In addition, the long barrel 88l71mm gun equipped on the King Tiger tank is powerful. It can penetrate 180mm thick armor at 1000 meters, and can penetrate 132mm steel plates with a vertical inclination of 30 degrees at 2000 meters. Even IS series tanks and m26 Pershing It was also unable to withstand it. It could fire from outside the engagement range of the Allied tanks, but the high velocity of the shells caused rapid wear of the barrel. Later, the main gun was changed to a two-stage gun to facilitate replacement.
The King Tiger tank was probably the single most effective tank during World War II—not to mention those tanks that appeared only after the end of the war.
Despite this, the King Tiger tank still has many technical problems, the most significant of which is that the steering control system often breaks down suddenly due to the pressure brought by the excessive vehicle weight; and the gasket is prone to oil leakage
In addition, the tank's engine not only consumes astonishing fuel consumption, but is also prone to overheating or even stalling. This is because the King Tiger tank does not use a specially developed engine, but directly uses the off-the-shelf 700-horsepower Maybach hl230p45, which was originally equipped for The lighter weight Leopard tank is 45 tons and the Tiger I tank is 60 tons, so driving the King Tiger tank weighing nearly 70 tons is a kind of "small horse pulling a big cart" behavior. The engine must be kept in full operation at all times to drive it. tank, this will inevitably greatly reduce the engine life and reduce its reliability. Employees of the design manufacturer Henschel, King Tiger's chief engineer Erwin Adler explained after the war: "The King Tiger tank has frequent failures. Mainly due to the rush into mass production without testing and verification. "Overload of the power system is a common problem of heavy tanks, and it is particularly obvious on the King Tiger tank."
Originally, a custom-improved hl234 engine has been designed specifically for the King Tiger tank, and it is planned to be installed on the King Tiger tank. This engine uses mechanical oil injection technology and direct fuel injection to replace the carburetor structure of the P45 series, which improves combustion efficiency. The rated output power is expected to be around 1,000 horsepower and 736 kilowatts, and there are even supercharging solutions that can allow the engine to output more power. However, due to the intense war in Germany at the end of the Third Reich, the lack of resources, and the constant threat of air raids on factories and research institutions, these The power upgrade plan could only remain in the drawing stage until the end of the war, and not even a single engineering sample could be produced. Of course, whether it can be produced and how many years it will take to produce it is also a question in itself.
In addition, the nearly 70-ton weight of the King Tiger tank has also become its fatal flaw, because most bridges and roads cannot withstand its huge pressure. Once something goes wrong, it has to be scrapped and overly complex machinery has also become a big problem.
Although Yan Guang was only a half-hearted military fan, thanks to a later Russian online game called WoT, which is World of Tanks, he had some knowledge of tanks like the King Tiger——————So Yan Guang was I am playing with D-series, that is, German-series tanks. Naturally, I will not let go of the famous tank King Tiger.
Therefore, Yan Guang has to endure the deathly slow speed of Tiger King in the game.
So when designing the heavy tank, Yan Guang did not emphasize the weight of the tank, but emphasized the importance of reliability and maneuverability.
Therefore, although the zt41 tank finally designed is quite similar to the King Tiger in appearance, it weighs only 60 tons. At this time, a high-power diesel engine specially developed for the zt40 tank was added
A high-power diesel engine with a power of 750 horsepower, coupled with a weight of 60 tons, enables the zt41 tank to travel at a speed of 35 kilometers per hour.
Such speed, of course, cannot be compared with the zt40, which weighs only 45 tons, but it is considered high among heavy tanks.Quite remarkable
On the other hand, the frontal armor thickness of the zt40 has also reached the point where it is equivalent to 200 mm of homogeneous armor, and the sides and rear have reached 100 mm, which is obviously stronger than the King Tiger tank
In addition, the main gun is also equipped with a 105mml68 tank gun
Within a range of 2,000 meters, using tungsten core bullets, it can penetrate all tanks currently in service, whether from the side or the front
The main reason why we can use a total weight of 60 tons to reach the level of the Yuehu King tank is that the concepts of Chinese engineers and German engineers are different.
One of the characteristics of German weapons is precision and complexity. Although generally speaking, the reliability of these German equipment is pretty good, but if the equipment is too precise and complex, it will undoubtedly cause a lot of trouble.
For example, the man-hours and costs required for production, logistical inconveniences, reliability issues caused by over-complexity, etc
zt41 is able to achieve this level mainly because they pay great attention to the simplification of equipment. Therefore, although the appearance is indeed very similar to King Tiger, the internal structure is almost completely different.
It is also much more convenient during production because of the simplification.
Although it is unlikely that the strong production capacity can almost form a sea of ??tanks like the Russian T34, the ZT40 and ZT41 are still much easier to produce than the Black Panther and King Tiger.
On the other hand, unlike Germany, which is relatively barren, although it is somewhat exaggerated to say so after entering the era, compared with most countries, China still has a vast land and abundant resources, and there are also a considerable number of people on Chinese land. of rare metals
Therefore, when designing tanks, the armor of these tanks contains a considerable degree of rare metals, which allows the tanks to reduce weight while also providing armor protection equivalent to 200 mm thick steel armor.
It’s just that although it has armor equivalent to 200 mm thick, when it reaches a distance of 1,000 meters, when facing the German 88 mm anti-aircraft gun, the front armor of the zt41 still appears to be quite fragile.
??Zt41 is like this, let alone the zt40 tank with a frontal armor thickness of only 120 mm. Although the zt40 is similar to the Black Panther II, it is obvious that even the Panther II cannot withstand the shells fired by the 88mm anti-aircraft gun within a distance of 1,000 meters.
And since we are on the battlefield, it is impossible to use various maneuvers to reduce the possibility of being shot by anti-aircraft guns like in the game——there are friendly vehicles everywhere nearby, although if the Germans enter the maneuvering state, It will be much more difficult for an anti-aircraft gun to hit a tank, but the possibility of a tank hitting a friendly vehicle will also increase a lot.
Therefore, while performing limited maneuvers, the tank driver can only try to increase the speed of the tank and strive to rush to the German position faster.
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Seeing that the extremely fast ZT41 was about to rush onto the defense line, the anti-aircraft gunners also turned their targets to these medium tanks that were the greatest threat.
"Boom"
There was a sound of gunfire, and then the loader who covered his ears saw a ZT40 being directly hit by a shell from an 88mm anti-aircraft gun. The shell penetrated the front armor of the tank and directly detonated the ammunition in the turret.
The detonated ammunition produced a huge explosion and blew the entire turret into the sky
The 88mm anti-aircraft gun fires very fast, reaching 15 to 25 rounds per minute. Otherwise, it would not be called the most successful artillery weapon during World War II.
Therefore, after destroying a tank, the gunner quickly pointed the muzzle at the next tank and waited for the loader to reload.
"alright"
After loading the ammunition into the gun, the loader shouted loudly to the gunner:
It’s not surprising that he would be like this. After all, they often work near artillery, and they have to listen to the loud noise of artillery firing every day. Seriously speaking, their ears are not very useful, not to mention that they are still hearing the constant sound of gunfire. on the battlefield?
And after hearing the loader’s words, the gunner nodded and fired the shell at a target again.
It’s just…
"Huh?"
What makes the gunner a little strange is that although the shell hit the target this time, the shell actually slipped away in the end
Although he had just targeted a ZT41, the tank has now entered within 1,000 meters. Logically speaking, this situation should not occur.
It was while he was still surprised that a tank finally rushed to the defense line
"Fire"
When rushing towards the German defense line, the commander shouted to the gunner:
The gunner didn’t say anything, he just used the 105mm tank gun in his hand to send an 88mm anti-aircraft gun into the sky together with the soldiers in the bunker.
Since there were a considerable number of 88mm shells near the anti-aircraft gun, after the fragments were exploded, the entire bunker exploded violently, and the remains of the 88mm gun that was sent to the sky fell to the ground. Hit a trench
?According to the visual inspection of the observer, there should be a few German soldiers there. But the strange thing is that there is no sound at all now.
But these have nothing to do with them. Under the protection of thick armor, not to mention ordinary explosion fragments and smaller caliber artillery can't hurt them, so they don't need to worry about anything at all
While the loader was still loading ammunition, the gunner used the 12.7mm machine gun parallel to the tank gun to shoot at the exposed German soldiers on the position.
Although the firing rate of the 12.7mm machine gun is definitely not comparable to the incredible 1500 shots fired by the 8mm machine gun, with the caliber of 12.7mm, it is still a weapon with amazing lethality
Therefore, in only about half a minute, at least four or five soldiers died under the machine gun————The reason why it is death rather than casualties is because as long as a person is shot by a 12.7mm caliber machine gun, unless the shooter It was the limbs that were hit, otherwise no matter where they were hit, they would just end up dead in the end. It was a pity that none of the four or five soldiers were hit in the limbs.
Although the 12.7mm machine gun is very useful, the gunner is only using the machine gun parallel to the tank gun to fire, but no one in the car has thought about using the machine gun on the roof to assist in the battle——After all, the enemy is still there In the army's position, no one knows where there will be something that has slipped through the net. Although the machine gun itself also carries a shield, if someone wants to blackmail the machine gunner at the machine gun position, it is estimated that this shield will be absolutely useless. It was impossible to save the life of the machine gunner
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As tanks rushed towards the German positions one after another, the German defenses gradually collapsed. Gradually all the tanks rushed up and following behind, the mechanized infantry loaded in armored vehicles also began to follow the pace of the tanks. Come together
"Hurry up"
When the armored vehicle stopped in front of the position, the squad leader in the vehicle opened the door and shouted loudly to his subordinates.
Hearing the squad leader’s voice, the soldiers rushed out of the hatch one by one, and then aimed their automatic or semi-automatic rifles at the enemies who appeared in sight.
"Papa pa pa"
With three gunshots, a soldier knocked down a German soldier holding a Mauser 98k rifle
At this time, a machine gunner also ran to a better position, set up his 8mm machine gun, and then provided fire support to his own side.
In this operation, no one carried a flamethrower, and no flamethrowers participated in the battle
It’s not just for humanitarian reasons, nor is it because I care about friendship with the Germans. After all, if I really care about that, I won’t be able to declare war on Germany.
The real reason is that this operation is almost all mechanized or motorized troops, and the soldiers are also on motor vehicles. If they are carrying flamethrowers or something, as long as a car or armored vehicle is destroyed, it will be very lively. That's big
If nothing else, at least none of the soldiers in the vehicle will survive. Even the people around the vehicle will probably suffer.
And unlike ordinary flames, as long as the flame in the flamethrower is burning, it is difficult to extinguish
Therefore, no matter from the perspective of safety or the psychology of the soldiers, it is absolutely impossible to use flamethrowers on the European battlefield - but the European battlefield is not an island in the Pacific or Southeast Asia, so there is no need to worry about those The Japanese are hiding in the cave, so if they don’t use it as much as possible, it won’t be a big deal
On the other hand, as the mechanized infantry from behind gradually arrived, got off the armored vehicles carrying them, and participated in the battle for the defense line, the defense line gradually began to fall into the hands of the National Defense Forces.
"What are the casualties?"
Looking at the battlefield where the sound of gunfire was still loud, but the situation had begun to shift in his direction, Li Mo asked the subordinates on the side?
"Not too small"
The subordinate shook his head
According to Guderian's vision before World War II, the ideal armored division should be under the jurisdiction of an armored brigade, each brigade is under the jurisdiction of 2 tank regiments, each regiment is under the jurisdiction of 2 tank battalions, and each battalion is under the jurisdiction of 4 tank companies, of which 3 1 light tank company equipped with Panzer 3 tanks and 1 medium tank company equipped with Panzer 4 tanksEach company was equipped with 21 tanks, so that the German armored division had a total of 336 tanks. Later, due to insufficient tanks, each battalion of the German armored division was reduced from 4 tank companies to 3 tank companies, including 2 light tank companies and 1 tank company. However, as of the outbreak of the war on September 1, 1939, the production of No. 3 and No. 4 tanks was only 98 and 211 respectively, which was not enough to equip the equipment in the organization. Therefore, the number of tanks in the German armored divisions was mostly 1 Replacement of light tanks No. 2 and No. 2
When the war broke out on September 1, 1939, the actual establishment of the German Armored Division was complex. The regular armored division consisted of 4 tank battalions. In addition to the 4 tank battalions, the 3sth Armored Division was also equipped with an armored training battalion, with a total of 391 tanks. , while the established 10sth Armored Division and the temporarily formed "Kempf" Armored Division only had 2 tank battalions. In 1939, Germany had 4 light armored divisions in addition to 6 armored divisions. According to the establishment, it should be equipped with 1 tank battalion. , but in fact the 1sth Light Armored Division has 3 tank battalions, and the 2sth Light Armored Division has 2 tank battalions.
During the blitzkrieg in Western Europe in 1940, Germany had a total of 10 armored divisions. The 10sth Armored Division and the "Kempf" Armored Division merged into 4 light armored divisions and were reorganized into the 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th Armored Divisions. The theoretical establishment of the armored divisions at this time was The 2nd regiment has 4 battalions, but the 6th, 7th and 8th Armored Divisions are only equipped with 3 tank battalions, while the 9th Armored Division only has 2 tank battalions.
When attacking the Soviet Union in 1941, the number of German armored divisions was expanded to 21, and the armored brigade organization was abolished. The original armored divisions each took out one tank regiment to form an armored division, and established the 1120th Armored Division. At the same time, the 5sth Light Armored Division was established and later changed to According to the organization, the 21st Armored Division has 2 regiments and 3 regiments of armored divisions, each equipped with 150,200 tanks. According to the Soviet Union’s World War II history, it is equipped with 135 and 209 tanks respectively. However, the actual situation is extremely confusing. There are 3 battalions respectively. 4 companies with a total of 12 tank companies, 3 battalions with 3 companies with 9 tank companies, 2 battalions with 4 companies with 8 tank companies, 2 battalions with 3 companies with 6 tank companies, etc.
In 1942, Germany's armored divisions further increased to 27, and at the same time they tried to formulate a unified organization, that is, the tank regiment organization in 1942, which was equipped with 2 tank battalions and a total of 162 tanks. However, the actual organization situation was still extremely confusing and still could not be unified.
On the eve of the Battle of Kursk in 1943, Germany had a total of 28 armored divisions and 16 armored infantry divisions. In September 1943, Germany once again tried to unify its organization and formulated the 1943 armored division organization, which included 1 tank regiment. , has jurisdiction over 2 tank battalions, the 1st battalion is equipped with special Panther tanks, the 2nd battalion is equipped with No. 4 tanks, each battalion has 4 companies, each company has 22 tanks, the battalion headquarters and regiment headquarters each have 8 tanks, each battalion has 96 tanks vehicles, 200 tanks per regiment
Today's China adopts this kind of organization of 200 tanks per regiment. That is to say, there should have been 200 tanks under Li Mo's command, and there were two tank regiments with tank battalions, one of which was equipped with zt40. Medium tanks, another battalion is equipped with zt41 heavy tanks
It's just ahem During the attack of hundreds of kilometers, although officers of the armored forces like Li Mo did not need to worry about fuel problems due to the airdrop assistance from Air Force transport planes, the tanks of this era still had many problems. Even the most advanced ZT40 and ZT41 tanks of the National Defense Force cannot avoid these problems. At most, they are better than the German Meow and Meow King. Therefore, during the attack of hundreds of miles, there were probably more than twenty tanks. I had to stay where I was
In other words, after arriving on the battlefield, Li Mo only had more than 170 tanks in his hands.
And now…
"The losses are relatively large, there are less than a hundred tanks left"
"In other words, more than 80 vehicles were lost"
Hearing what his subordinate said, Li Mo frowned
In this battle alone, he almost lost almost half of his subordinates
However, while Li Mo was still frowning, another voice suddenly came from the radio
"Commander, there was information from the Air Force just now, saying that a group of armored troops is heading towards us"
"Armored troops? Germans?"
"That's right, that's right"
"How much time is left?"
"This" The voice on the radio was silent for a while, and then continued after a while, "It's about half an hour"
"That means the distance is not very far"
Now Li Mo really felt that he was in some trouble. In half an hour, although his division had already captured the enemy's position, there was a considerable difference between attacking and capturing it. He wanted to capture the enemy's position and completely I'm afraid it will take some time for the occupation to be completed, and time is undoubtedly the most insufficient for Li Mo
"Order the remaining brothers to assemble and prepare to fight"
"yes"
Although there are only a few tanks left, Li Mo still has considerable confidence in his subordinates, or in other words, he has confidence in his subordinates' mounts. At least Li Mo has confidence in his subordinates' mounts.The tanks equipped for our own army will never be inferior to anyone, including the major tank countries Germany and Russia
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After judging that half an hour was not enough to capture the enemy's position, or even half of it, Li Mo gathered the remaining tanks and ordered the maintenance soldiers to repair the tanks that were damaged in the battle.
Tanks, it is impossible to hide in the infantry position, so after receiving information from the Air Force that the enemy was less than ten kilometers away from the position, Li Mo ordered all tanks to attack
However, as soon as the battle started, when the two sides were within three or four kilometers of each other, and Li Mo was about to put his best foot forward, he was hit head-on by the enemy
"Boom"
While still about three kilometers away, a zt40 on Li Mo's flank was destroyed.
Seeing this scene, Li Mo frowned. You must know that even a medium-sized tank like the ZT40 has 120 mm of frontal armor. If it was destroyed when it entered 2,000 meters, Li Mo would not be surprised, but at a distance of In the case of 3000 meters
Just when Li Mo was thinking this, another zt41 not far in front of him was also hit. However, unlike the zt40 just now, this time the zt41 easily deflected the opponent's shells.
Seeing this scene, Li Mo breathed a sigh of relief and blamed what happened just now on an accident.
After all, even in later generations, like Challenger 2, there will be times when they are penetrated by rockets, right?
But then, tanks in Li Mo’s tank force continued to be destroyed
And after entering a distance of 2,000 meters, even a zt41 tank was destroyed
But at this time, the opponent's tank entered a distance where Li Mo could see it more clearly.
"I read that right"
Looking at a tank leading the way opposite, Li Mo said in surprise
At this moment, the radio in the tank also kept hearing surprising sounds.
Because right on the opposite side, Li Mo saw a tank that was almost exactly the same as the ZT41 he was riding in. If Yan Guang were here, he would be able to clearly realize that the opposite side is Germany's strongest tank during World War II, the King Tiger tank
But Li Mo and others didn’t know, so when they saw the tank on the opposite side, they were all surprised
??That is, when Li Mo was surprised, another zt41 was destroyed, and this time it was the same as the last time, also at a distance of 2,000 meters away
On the other hand, a strange-looking vehicle was slowly moving forward with a large-caliber cannon.
If Yan Guang were present at this time, he would be able to recognize what this strange thing opposite is
"Tiger Hunting"
Seeing this thing, even Yan Guang would be surprised, because this should be the most powerful self-propelled anti-tank gun that only appeared at the end of World War II To be continued)
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