In February 1943, in order to support infantry and armored combat vehicles from a long distance, Germany began to design a heavy self-propelled anti-tank gun with a 128 mm tank gun based on the "King Tiger" tank chassis, which was the "Tiger Hunter" tank destroyer.

It was originally planned to start production of the "Hunting Tiger" in December of '43, with the first batch of 150 units, and later the production plan was changed to July '44, but because of the need to prioritize the production of the "Panther" tank, the result was postponed until the beginning of '45.

In February 1944, the Germans built two prototypes of the Tiger Hunter, one using the Bolscher suspension device and consisting of eight load-bearing wheels on one side.

The other uses the Henschel suspension device, unilaterally using 9 load-bearing wheels with a smaller diameter - I really don't know what the Germans, who have always been rigorous in engineering and manufacturing, think that the heavy tank destroyers produced in small batches still have to have two different running gears, which is purely to add chaos to the already fragmented war logistics, and make the exhausted use of the troops even more anxious!

But the burnt is the burnt, this "hunting tiger" is really fierce!

Because it is based on the design of the chassis and components of the "King Tiger" tank, it weighs more than the "King Tiger", more than 70 tons;

The firepower was even more intense, with most of the Tiger Hunters equipped with a 128 mm PaK 44 L/55 tank gun originally intended for the Rat Super Heavy Tank, and a few equipped with the same 88 mm 71 x diameter high-speed tank gun as the King Tiger.

The PaK 44 L/55 is arguably the most powerful tank gun in the entire World War II, and when using armor-piercing shells, it can penetrate 230 mm thick steel armor at a firing distance of 1000 meters!

Even at a firing distance of 3,000 meters, armor-piercing shells can penetrate 170 mm of armor, and can easily destroy Allied tanks beyond the effective killing range of most Allied tank guns and anti-tank guns.

The Soviet Union's "Stalin 2" could not withstand the front, and the US military's M26 "Pershing" heavy tank could not withstand it, and many people thought that even the Stalin 3 tank was enough to choke on the "Tiger Hunter"!

In addition to the ferocious firepower, the protection is even more "heartbreaking"!

The thickness of the armor on the front of the fighting compartment reached 250 mm, which not only exceeded the thickness of the armor of the thickest part of the "King Tiger" turret, but also 10 mm thicker than the armor of the thickest part of the "Mouse" super-heavy tank, which is simply a "land battleship"!

In order to deal with it, both the Soviet army and the Allied forces in the west had to find ways to go around it and open fire, and as a result, both sides suffered enough during the defensive operation.

Of course, like the "Tiger King", it is too heavy, and it will be destroyed by its opponents more than it will be destroyed by its opponents, otherwise the losses of the Allies will be greater.

Now that there is the fourth "Tiger Hunter" in the world, Zhang Nan also got into the inside of this huge and rare destroyer to take a look, where the huge 128 mm shells are all divided into parts, and the loaders have to be matched.

The shells are too heavy!

The caliber looks only 3 mm larger than the tank gun of today's T72 tank, but its warhead and cartridge can be more than half a person high, which is a lot longer than the shells of modern tank guns, and it is also a lot heavier.

It's not too dirty, Zhang Nan sat in the commander's position and felt it, and said to Joseph and Guan Xingquan, who were also nested in the battle room: "I think this cannon is obviously an excess of firepower and a waste." ”

In those years, the targets that could be dealt with with 88 mm and 75 mm tank guns were 128, and there was a proper surplus of firepower.

However, they did not make fun of the Germans' design, at that time they were already exhausted, and they had to endure the endless bombardment and indiscriminate bombardment of the Allies, and the military industrial production system was fragmented, so they could only use what they could.

"Fortunately, the Germans entered the general mobilization for the war too late, I remember it should be 43 years, right?" Zhang Nan said to Joseph, "The general mobilization was only carried out in the fifth year of the war, which is really big enough." ”

"Yes, boss. It was at the beginning of 43, after the Battle of Stalingrad, that Germany began to mobilize for the national war, and 60% of the entire industrial system was transferred to the military.

However, Germany has never carried out a general mobilization for war from beginning to end, and the ratio of war expenditure to the total budget was 70% at 41, and only 80% in 42-44.

With the exception of the final phase of the 45-year war, ordinary German civilians maintained a very high standard of living throughout World War II, because the German government was unwilling to lower the living standards of civilians, and even the common conditions of war such as food rationing and national military management did not occur in Germany.

They are so confident that the average German worker in 39 years worked 47.8 hours, eight hours a day, six days a week.

In 41 years, it was a little more, it was 49.5 hours, but it was actually still an eight-hour workday. In '43 it dropped to 49.1 hours, and in '44 it dropped to 48.3 hours, which is incredible!

The war is almost over, and the local workers still have an 8-hour work week with a weekly vacation, and I really don't know what the mustache thinks. ”

The guarantee of a single day off and an eight-hour workweek was a luxury for workers in the 40s, and few countries could do it, let alone in the face of a big war.

"Haha..."

Zhang Nan suddenly laughed, and the other two people in the two cars were a little puzzled.

Holding back a laugh for a while, Zhang Nan said: "I thought of those 'social animals' of the little devils, by the way, you have heard of the '996' work system, peacetime." ”

The other two are extremely smart people, Guan Xingquan didn't speak, Joseph cooperated with the boss and said: "Nine o'clock in the morning to nine o'clock in the evening, six days a week?"

"Yes, there are even 997 ones, and even more excessively, overtime pay is not paid.

There are also capitalists who openly proclaim that I personally think that being able to do 996 is a great blessing; if you don't 996 when you are young, when can you be 996?

Peacetime, fun, right?"

Under the light of the flashlight, Zhang Nanguan Xingquan shook his head and said: "The truth is a little, but it's good to think about this matter, why bother saying it." ”

Joseph answered: "So Marx said that capitalism came into the world with blood and filth dripping from head to toe.

By the way, boss, who is the capitalist who said that 996 is a blessing?"

"Not me, anyway. Zhang Nan didn't answer this, but said: "I, a capitalist, also like employees to create a steady stream of wealth for me, and it is best to be a cow and a horse every day, and work to the death."

I also like 996, 997 is the best, if it can be 897 better!

But I won't say it, but I will also improve the welfare of employees, at least overtime pay will be paid for overtime, so that employees are willing to deck for real overtime pay.

If a worker can create $15 for me to work overtime for one hour, I will pay that worker $7 an hour for overtime.

Oh! I'm such a nice guy, definitely a good capitalist!"

Well, Guan Xingquan and Joseph didn't know that this would involve the issue of general mobilization for war, how could they talk about the essence of capitalists, and the boss seemed to be a little self-indulgent.

But Joseph still followed: "Yes, boss, you are a good person!"

"Haha..."

It wasn't Zhang Nan, a whisper came from above the heads of the three of them.

It was Nicole, who couldn't help but laugh when she heard the conversation between the two.

The world's largest capitalist, Nicole, is the first time to hear the classic "happiness theory" like "996", and she feels that she and her own man are good people among good people, great good people among capitalists.

Nicole didn't get into the fighter to join in the fun, and after the "Tiger Hunter" came out here, Zhang Nan looked at several other "Hunters".

This relatively small, Czechoslovak tank destroyer does not look strange, even the anti-tank gun is installed on the right side, but it was also an out-and-out big killer back then, and when using the Pzgr40 tungsten carbide core armor-piercing projectile, it could even be used against the Stalin 2 tank!

But I didn't get into it, several of them have been repaired, and looking at the repair traces, there should have been dead people inside.