: Tank snorkel

When it was dark, finally, the roar of the engine broke the silence.
In the past few hours, the soldiers of the armored division were busy in the rear. They carried out routine maintenance of the tank, adjusted the track, and cleaned the barrel. When all these were done, they also carried out some additional projects.
For example, the various gaps on the tank were plugged, the gun barrel port was tightly plugged, and the tarpaulin was also used to wrap it. At the same time, the valuable infrared night vision device on the turret was removed and wrapped tightly with raincloth. Into the car body.
Now, they are only waiting for one thing.
In the armored division, there are thousands of trucks that can supply the armored division's offensive needs. This time, the convoy transported not ordinary fuel and ammunition, but some special large pipes.
"Quick, work!" Modlin, the commander of the 5th Armored Regiment, the main force of the Viking Division, shouted loudly to his men.
The big pipe on the truck was more than one meter thick and more than five meters long. Several people carried the pipe and slowly came to the side of the tank.
In the field conditions, there are only a few cranes, and in order to quickly assemble these large pipes, they have to go out manually.
At the top of the pipe, there are four holes, through which four iron wires are inserted, and then by pulling it, the pipe can be erected.
"Slower, slower!" The commander of each tank was commanding, looking at the erected pipe, he slowly lifted the tank turret, and then reserved the top of the canopy on the turret. Down position, live accurately.
Under the tube, there is a rubber spacer with a circle of screws. Now everyone is quickly turning the screws. With the creaking sound, the tube has been installed in place.
Then, the four iron wires at the top were fixed to the four corners of the tank body. This tube can finally be securely fixed!
At this time, the tanks looked very strange. The thick tubes turned the tank queue into a forest of thick tubes.
"Our scouts have already carried out reconnaissance along the river bank. Five kilometers downstream, the river is open, the water depth is no more than five meters, and the flow velocity is not rapid. Our tank troops can pass by." The division commander Felix arrived. The Fifth Armored Regiment said to its commander Modlin: "At nine o'clock in the evening, our tank troops rushed over and opened a river bank position so that the wheeled infantry fighting vehicle behind us could cross the river. Then, today At night, we will defeat the opposing Soviet army!"
"Yes, teacher, please rest assured, we will not be afraid of this small river, nothing can stop us from moving forward." Modlin said: "Although we are not Germanic, but our fighting will not Will be worse than any army."
Felix nodded, with an extremely solemn expression on his face: "The Empire will never forget any warrior who fought bravely for the Empire."
They are about to cross the river. Although they have conducted similar training in the past, they still face great dangers. Even when danger arises, they have no time to escape.
But no one is afraid!
One after another, tanks were launched rumblingly, and under the guidance of the scouts' motorcycles in front, they drove downstream on a ten-kilometer road for twenty minutes. Then, they saw a wide and peaceful river.
"Attention, in the event of danger, immediately start escape operations. At this time, it is not shameful to discard our tank." After Modlin issued this command on the radio, he began to climb up from the turret.
The pipe was installed right on the upper end of the hatch cover above the captain's head, so when they entered the tank, they got into the turret from the hatch on the other side. Now, the captain of every tank has opened himself. The top hatch, then began to climb up.
The inside of this huge pipe is large enough to accommodate a person. When climbing to the top, Modlin left the upper half of his body exposed, and then shouted to the bottom: "Go ahead and get into the water!"
At this time, the driver in front checked the hatch cover above his head again. It was well sealed. Inside the tank, a small dim light was on. The driver stepped on the accelerator and put in a gear. The tank was slowly moving into the water. .
Can the tank cross the river? The answer is yes, and the current device is said to have been developed under the proposal of the head of Cyrek. It refers to the principle of the submarine's snorkel, through this thick tube, to let the tank get fresh air.
However, tanks are different from submarines after all. For example, tanks will not float, they can only move forward at the bottom of the river.
This requires that the bottom of the river water is very strong. If it encounters a soft place, once the tank sinks in, it will stop cooking completely. At this time, the personnel on the tank can only survive by themselves.
At the same time, the depth of the river cannot exceed the height of the snorkel, otherwise the snorkel will be submerged by water and the people inside will not end well.
Of course, there is another point, which is the tightness of the tank.
Tanks are land warfare weapons, there is no sealability to speak of ~EbookFREE.me~ Even in later generations, in order to pass through the nuclear, biological and chemical battlefield area, overpressure is used, and the tank is still not completely sealed.
In this era, tanks are even worse. For example, when the driver of a tank observes the front inside the tank, he does it through a slit in the front. If it encounters the worst, the machine gun bullets shot by the opponent are intact. Passing through the slits may kill the driver behind.
But now, all the gaps around the tank are blocked. They use some devices at hand to seal them, even drip wax on them. Even so, when the tank body enters the water, there are still quite a few The crevices slowly penetrated the water.
It is impossible to completely seal it.
The driver is still driving the tank cautiously. Now, the entire tank is completely submerged in the water, and he can see nothing, but he can still feel that if he suddenly hears the engine behind it starts to struggle, there is even a risk of stalling. Explain that the following situation is complicated, the car is stuck, and you must quickly adjust the direction to avoid it.
The rest of the people in the tank are carefully observing and looking at the crevices around them. If the water in the crevices suddenly increases or even flows in, they should use everything on hand to quickly block them!
At the top of the snorkel, Modlin is responsible for commanding the entire vehicle. It is now past nine o'clock in the evening, and the stars above his head are pretty good. At the same time, he has a single night vision device in his hand. With the help of night vision goggles, he looked at the river in front of him.
Soon, the surrounding river water flooded the snorkel, which was less than one meter high. The whole tank seemed to be a turtle submerged in the river water, leaving only Modlin, as if sitting in a bath on the river. The same goes forward.
Go ahead, Viking!