Chapter 591: Soviet monster

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On July 10th, in the Soviet hinterland, in the production workshop in Chelyabinsk, a tank was slowly moving out of the plant. This is not a T-34 tank, but a more than T-34. Larger, more powerful tanks.
"Ivan, this is our newly designed super t-34 tank. It has a resounding name called Stalin." The engineer pointedly pointed at the tank opening and said: "This is a test model, wait for the amount At the time of production, it was the most powerful tank in the world. "
"In order to deal with the German 75mm caliber and 88mm caliber high-power armor-piercing projectile, we made a lot of effort." The engineer pointed to the artillery barrel of the tank and said: "Because of the metallurgical process, we can not use a high-diameter design To achieve the purpose of increasing the power of armor-piercing, so we can only increase the caliber of the artillery to complete the goal of surpassing the power of the German artillery. "
This artillery was modified from the Army's 122mm caliber cannon. The successful anti-tank guns of this era seemed to be temporary amateur artillery. The Germans used anti-aircraft guns and the Soviets did not use their own 100mm anti-aircraft guns. Recalling that the Germans used 88mm anti-aircraft artillery to counter the power of tanks, they knew how terrible the Soviet artillery was. In fact, if only the destructive power of the artillery was discussed, the power of this artillery exceeded the German active Tiger tank.
The main reason for forcing Soviet designers to use such huge caliber guns is that so far the Soviets have not been able to get a full German tiger tank. Therefore, the Soviets did not know what kind of power the German 88mm caliber cannon had, so they had to increase the power of the artillery as much as possible to ensure that the next generation of tanks could surpass the German tiger tanks.
Therefore, the 85 mm caliber artillery is not within the scope of selection, because it is inferred according to the level of Soviet metallurgy that relying on the 85 mm caliber artillery to surpass the German 88 mm cannon is completely unrealistic, so the Soviets had to use more power Caliber artillery.
Among the many choices, three types of artillery were placed in front of Soviet designers. They were 100 mm caliber artillery, 122 mm caliber artillery, and 152 mm caliber artillery.
The 152 mm caliber was first ruled out. This kind of artillery was used on the kv-2 tank. The battlefield performance and reputation were extremely poor. The rate of fire was too slow and it affected the tank ’s turret volume.
The 100 mm caliber artillery was subsequently excluded. Although this type of cannon is expected to be powerful, and can be loaded in one piece, the rate of fire is more guaranteed, and the volume of the tank turret can be further compressed, but unfortunately this artillery is a reference The version of the artillery bs3 anti-aircraft gun is too large, and the recoil is also a headache.
Therefore, the final weapon selection of the Stalin tank determined the 122 mm caliber artillery as the weapon of choice for this tank, and after a series of experiments and modifications, such a super tank with a tonnage exceeding 45 tons was produced.
However, the Soviet tank technology is not particularly mature, so although the is-2 tank looks gratifying, there are still many problems. Because the weight of the tank is really excessive, the speed of this tank is not high. The speed per hour on a good road does not exceed 40 kilometers, and the off-road speed is even below 20 kilometers per hour.
And because the main gun modified by the 122mm cannon is used, part of the design of this cannon is also used. The shells still use sub-munitions, and because the internal space is small, the layout of these sub-munitions inside the tank is simply awful. .
The warheads are basically placed inside the turret, and the firing charges are all placed under the floor, which is a disaster for the loader. The loader must first push the projectile into the cannon, then bend down to open the floor, take out the shot charge, straighten up and reload once, then close the breech to complete the entire loading action. In this way, the firing speed of the is-2 tank is only two rounds per minute. If you are not very skilled, the rate of fire may be even lower.
However, the Soviets used the most primitive method to solve the German tank advantage problem: they made trade-offs on the three important performances of the tank, and reordered them based on their own understanding and the needs of the battlefield: they believed that the firepower of the tank was better than that of the armor. Protection is important, armor protection is more important than maneuverability.
"When will this tank be mass-produced?" A general frowned, looking at this rough-looking tank, knocking on the tank's somewhat skewed fenders, and asked, "I'm talking about reaching every The monthly production volume is 100 vehicles. "
"Comrade General." The Soviet designer named Ivan said in frustration: "The original lathes in Kiev and the workers were intercepted by the Germans, which seriously affected the reconstruction of the tank factory here. We only deal with many processes. Can be made by hand, the output has not been able to meet the requirements. "
"Say the point! When will the output of 100 vehicles per month be reached?" The general frowned and snorted, apparently not very satisfied with the engineer's refusal: "This is the name of our great leader Name the tank! If you cannot become a super weapon that changes the battlefield, do you know what the consequences will be? "
"Comrade General! We will work overtime, but we can only maintain the production scale of more than a dozen tanks every month. If we want to equip our troops on a large scale, at least we have to wait for five months. After the corresponding raw materials are in place, we can continue to increase production. "Ivan said quickly.
The general nodded, believing this statement. He paused for a moment before speaking again: "I don't care what method you use. Before the winter comes, prepare 300 such tanks. Our counterattack plan has been approved. These tanks must be in place on time to participate in the winter counterattack. "
"We promise to complete the plan!" The engineer called Ivan held the general's hand and patted his chest. On the side, Valshilevsky smiled and took the general away, and continued to introduce the rest of the entire tank production workshop. There are also kv-2 tanks and t-34 tanks, with tens of thousands of workers.
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On July 19, nine days later, "My head of state, you are so sure that the Soviets are preparing to mass-produce new tanks? And the artillery has a 122 mm caliber? This is slightly different from the caliber of mainstream tank guns in the world today." Porsche The person in charge frowned at the German intelligence service
At the German Defense Forces Military Industry Development Conference, the information just obtained from the spy network "Hive", the film submitted by the chief beehive personally, even had photos of such tanks and various parameter data.
The German Armored Force equipment director and frontline armored force expert representative Guderian was frightened by the data of this tank. Once this tank began to serve, then with the t-34, it will be able to fully compete with the German Tiger tank and Leopard tank. High and low combination. At that time, the losses of the German armored forces will rise linearly, and the number of losses will make Germany unbearable.
"My head, if this information is true, we must start to deal with it." Guderian frowned and looked at the photos of the Soviet tank, and finally said: "The advantage of our army's armored troops lies in the high quality of the soldiers. Mature coordination. This advantage is built on the tank performance enough to save these crew members. Once the loss begins to increase, then the combat level of our army ’s armored forces will decline and will fall into a larger loss vortex. . "
He paused, glanced at Akado, and continued: "If we and the Soviet Union are caught in an inefficient competition of quantity consumption, then it is very likely that the war will be deadlocked."
Akado did not expect that because he improved the German armored forces, both the United States and the Soviet Union launched their own new generation of tanks faster than the original, and because the technology is not difficult, the design has adopted targeted The trade-offs allowed Soviet tanks to catch up with German tanks in such a short time.
But the good news is that Akado ’s technological development has not stopped, even faster than the original German technology. Now he has at least two ways to increase the power of tank artillery. One is to change the tiger tank. The 88mm caliber artillery with a longer body and a larger diameter is another new type of tungsten alloy armor-piercing projectile for all tanks on the front line.
Moreover, this is-2 type tank has not yet been mass-produced in the Soviet Union, only a sample has been produced, and the progress is similar to the Tiger King tank being tested in Germany. Once the German King Tiger tank weighing more than 45 tons begins to serve, the advantage will immediately return to the German side.
But everyone knows that the era of relying on technological superiority to fight that kind of war with almost zero casualties has passed. Now the weapons and equipment of both sides are on the whole approaching gradually, unless Germany can come up with epoch-making weapons and equipment to change the war again. Model, otherwise you can only endure the current situation.
"There is no good way, let the technical department start to act, first replace all heavy tank destroyer battalions with new artillery, and then strive to replace the 88 mm 71-caliber long-barrel artillery before the winter comes." Akado thought After thinking about it, I said to the heads of Krupp and other technical departments: "On the other hand, new artillery shells have also been distributed to the frontline troops, at least to let the soldiers have an understanding of their new weapons."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Krupp: "The development speed of the 105mm caliber tank artillery should be accelerated! We will put the Tiger King tank into mass production in the next few months! In this era, no progress is that Going backwards! "
"Understood!" Krupp nodded solemnly