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Text Chapter 126 The Unpopular T34

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    After careful consideration, Yang Zhen did not even approve the mass production of the tank gun used in this tank, and even shifted the focus of engine imitation to the 450-horsepower engine used in the BT 7 tank and the T 26 tank.  Even though it could be manufactured, in the end, except for a small number of engines to replace original products with short service life, no one was manufactured and produced, and even trial production was not carried out.

    The engine is an exception because the service life of the original Soviet-made goods is too short. Under the high-intensity training of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, the scrap rate far exceeds the Soviet standard. If some are not produced in advance, many of them will  Tanks simply can't go on the battlefield and will lie down.

    As a result, now he wants to improvise, but he can't come up with a sufficient amount in one go anyway. This is the main reason why Yang Zhen finally acquiesces to Xiong Dazhen's behavior of stealing and replacing others. After all, he has to take the main responsibility in this, Yang Zhen  He's not the kind of person who shirks responsibility when faced with something.

    In fact, even after the second phase of the battle, the original plan to replace the German Panzer III tank with a Soviet 45mm tank gun was not fully implemented due to the insistence of the armored forces. For the headquarters, this replacement  The installation plan was not welcomed by the armored forces.

    The German-made 50mm tank gun has excellent performance, and its armor-piercing power and accuracy are much greater than the Soviet 45mm gun. Especially starting in 1942, the No. 3 tanks transferred by the Soviets were absolutely  Most of them are long-bodied guns with sixty times the barrel, which is not even worse than the Soviet-made 76mm tank gun.

    Coupled with the sophisticated sighting system of German tanks, its lethality is even higher than that of the Soviet-made T-34 tanks, especially the long-range damage beyond 500 meters. It can almost be said to be the best among the tanks of the Anti-Japanese Alliance.  Yes, not to mention Soviet-made tanks, even British-made tanks are far inferior.

    In this battle, the outstanding performance of several German tanks, especially the excellent sighting system of the Panzer III tank and the accuracy and power of the 50 mm long range, were quite popular among the tank soldiers, and they were very popular among the tank soldiers, and they were very popular among the 50 mm calibers.  Since such artillery shells can be produced by oneself, it would really be a waste to replace them with a 45mm Soviet-made tank gun.

    In contrast, the Soviet-made T-34 tanks have poor human-machine functions, the process of replacing parts is extremely complicated, the sighting system is too backward, especially the gearbox design is backward, making shifting gears too difficult for Chinese people.  , on the contrary, it was not as popular as the German Panzer III tank by the anti-Union armored forces.

    Under the strong request of the armored forces, in the end, the 75mm short-barreled gun on the No. 4 short-barreled model with extremely poor performance was replaced by the 76mm cannon used by the Soviet-made T34 tanks. The Soviet army  Among the transferred Panzer III tanks, except for a very few early models equipped with a 37mm gun, the rest eventually retained the original 50mm tank gun.

    With the aid of American and British tanks, the German tanks transferred from the Soviet Union have been put into place one after another, and the T-34 tanks imitated by the Anti-Japanese Alliance have been put into production. The body and engine horsepower are too small, there is almost no room for modification, and the armor is too thin. A series of shortcomings, such as  The U.S. Army was equipped with T-26 tanks equipped with 45mm tank guns. On the contrary, by the middle of 1942, all of them had basically withdrawn from the front-line combat units.

    Only some of the modified BT Type 7 tanks, which are more suitable for use in mountains and water network areas, have been retained after being modified to enhance armor protection. Two types of anti-alliance equipment use 45mm tank guns.  This kind of tanks, in the final outcome, is the same as their counterparts in the Soviet Union.

    Another type of Soviet tank turned out to be exactly the opposite of their counterparts in the Soviet Union. After the Soviet-made T-34 tanks entered the Anti-Japanese War, in addition to the thickness of the armor and the ability to pass through complex ground with large-caliber and wide tracks,  , and the rest of its performance received almost rave reviews from the Anti-Union Armored Forces.

    The backward sighting system, slow response shooting efficiency, extremely poor human-machine efficiency, especially the driving method using only two joysticks, and the poor gearbox design make the maneuverability extremely poor, and sometimes the driver even needs to  The use of a wrench to hit the shifter to shift gears has become the reason why armored soldiers do not welcome this type of tank.

    The huge noise when the tank is started makes the crew miserable during long-distance raids. The engine smoke billows as soon as it starts, making it impossible for this tank to carry out raid missions. In the eyes of the Anti-Union tank soldiers, driving this tank  It's simply suffering.

    When there were no German tanks, the armored soldiers were excited to get this new equipment with thick armor and a gun caliber exceeding almost all the original tanks of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. However, in combat, they suffered enough from this kind of troops who suffered from poor man-machine efficiency.  , and then look at the brother troops equipped with German-made tanks, but they are filled with envy.

    "Compared to the unpopular T 34 tanks, the Germans?The Panzer III and Panzer IV tanks are the most popular, especially the Panzer IV tanks. In addition to the noise from the gearbox, the heat emitted in the summer, and the too little power of the 75 mm short-barreled gun,  Outside, in the eyes of all warriors, he is simply perfect.

    This cannot be said to mean that the armored soldiers immediately started to be picky about their food when they had just finished eating, nor did they throw away the bowl and curse after finishing the meal. It is just that under the circumstances of comparison and selection, the troops were very interested in a so-called food.  Just reviews and reactions to new equipment.

    The poor ergonomics of Soviet-made tanks led to their unpopularity. Coupled with the Anti-League¡¯s decision-making on equipment adjustment, the number of such tanks produced by the Anti-League was comparable to the tens of thousands produced in the country.  Compared to this, the total output is pitifully only over a thousand vehicles.

    This also includes deformed vehicles that use the T-34 tank chassis, such as self-propelled artillery, bridge tanks, etc., which account for nearly half of the production. Even if the Anti-Japanese Alliance industrial base is weak, it has obtained a large amount of American-made armor steel and Soviet experts.  With assistance, the production of such a small number of tanks is small enough.

    The production of such a small number of tanks is not so much equipment manufactured by the Anti-Japanese Alliance for fighting on the battlefield, but rather a training stage for the Anti-Japanese Alliance to learn how to manufacture and design tanks through a small amount of production and manufacturing. In fact, Yang  This is what Zhen means.

    Because Yang Zhen knew very well that the Americans and British would not hand over tank manufacturing principles and production technology to the Anti-Japanese Alliance, and the Chinese must be able to obtain their own tank design and manufacturing capabilities. In the case of limited sources,  Under this situation, how to learn to make tanks, the Soviets were the only choice.

    Not only was the output small, but compared with the prototype, the T-34 tanks produced by the Anti-Japanese Alliance underwent a lot of improvements with the help of engineers from German prisoners of war transferred from the Soviet Union. The gearbox and control system were changed to American-style tanks.  The sighting system adopts the German style, and even the position and charging method of the battery in the tank have been changed to the American style to reduce the maintenance burden.

    Even the turret structure has been adjusted according to the Type IV J tank, changing the original small turret that can only accommodate two crew members, resulting in overcrowding of crew members and a heavy burden on the commander who is also the loader.  The entire tank, both inside and outside, has been completely transformed.

    There is no way to control this kind of tank control system. For the Chinese whose physical fitness is far inferior to that of the Soviets, it is simply a disaster. Many times, changing gears requires the driver to use all his hands and feet, and he must use enough strength to change a gear.  bit, and even had to use a hammer to hit the shifter from time to time to ensure that the thing worked smoothly.

    If you are just a little careless while driving, this kind of tank may turn over and drive continuously for more than a hundred kilometers. The exhausted driver will have to be pulled out of the tank. Never mind this situation.  During the battle, he was exhausted and paralyzed without firing a single shot.

    Compared with the huge consumption of the Soviet Union during the war, the German tanks and American and British aid tanks transferred from various aspects were enough to cope with the war situation, as well as the huge gap in equipment between the Japanese army and the German army, especially the No. 4 tanks received since 1942.  Since long-barreled tanks can kill almost all new Japanese tanks in an instant, the Anti-Japanese Alliance's tank production does not have to be like the Soviets who spare no effort to produce tanks at full capacity.

    We can slowly adjust and improve the various shortcomings of the T 34 tanks. This is also based on the different pressures faced by China and the Soviet Union on the battlefield. Different choices were made. In Yang Zhen's words, food is important.  Eat it one bite at a time and lay a solid foundation first, which is the most urgent thing. The military industry department did not rush to put it into production, but made certain improvements to address the shortcomings of this tank.

    After doing this, except for the general shape, mainly the chassis and the gun, which are still the same as the prototype, the tank produced by the Anti-Japanese Alliance is actually completely different from the prototype tank provided by the Soviet Union.  This kind of tank's poor human-machine efficiency has been improved to a certain extent. At least after a long-distance attack, the driver has to be forced to come out. Although the production cost has increased somewhat, the driving resistance is still very low.  The tanks that have been improved by the United States are at least much easier to use than the Soviet tanks.

    Of course, the production of Anti-Japanese T-34 tanks did not start until the middle of 1942 when the Americans began to provide armor steel and German prisoners of war assisted in improving some drawings and materials. At least a few months later, the next phase of the battle would unfold.  Among them, it can't be used, and even the tank gun and spare engine are not available.

    For this battle, the preparations for the large-scale armored assault tactics that the Anti-Japanese Alliance was preparing to implement were quite complicated, but it was certain that the main problem was the production and manufacturing of tank shells, but Yang Zhen had not expected it at this time.  , because the Soviets fulfilled the agreement so smoothly, which was something that none of the leaders of the Anti-Japanese Alliance expected.Of course, it would be impossible to say that there was no preparation at all, but neither Yang Zhen and Guo Bingxun, the number one and number three in the army, nor the equipment minister Xiong Dazhen, nor the commander of the armored forces Chen Hanzhang expected that  The Soviet Union handed over so many tanks in one go.

    The Anti-Japanese Alliance, which had originally only prepared to receive more than a hundred or even dozens of German-made tanks, was suddenly handed over so many tanks by the Soviets. It was somewhat caught off guard. Both the crew and logistics support were at a loss.  No corresponding work was done, and even the corresponding receiving personnel were not adequately prepared.

    In the end, all the crews who had completed full training, not only did some of the Italian tanks originally planned to be retained withdraw from the front-line troops, but even after some T-26 tanks were eliminated in advance, they could only give priority to the two tanks used as the main assault force.  armored division, as well as two independent armored brigades, plus an independent battalion formed using the 200 Matilda II infantry tanks.

    As for the formation of the third armored brigade, which had just been completed, and several independent tank regiments, although they were fully equipped, there were obvious deficiencies in qualified crews and maintenance and support personnel. After the remaining armored units moved to the front line, only  Being able to stay behind and train,
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