Chapter 45: A New Tank Killer
In the open field, two wolf attack vehicles quickly moved into action.
A Wolf attack vehicle was moving rapidly at a distance of six hundred meters, making a circular motion, maintaining a distance of five or six hundred meters from Brightman's assault team.
This is a helpless move, the 40mm armor-piercing bullet developed by Yang Tian is very powerful, but it has a fatal flaw, the acceleration of the armor-piercing bullet requires a distance of 500 meters.
At a distance of 500 meters, the three-stage acceleration of the warhead is not complete, it is only equivalent to a large bullet, and it is okay to hit a soldier, but it can hit a tank covered with armor, a Humvee, and since the steel balls in the warhead have not yet been fired, the power is negligible.
The best way to attack is to cruise five or six hundred meters away, and once the acceleration distance of five hundred meters passes, the distance between five hundred meters and seven hundred meters is the fastest distance for the initial velocity of the steel ball, and the armor-piercing power is also the greatest.
Therefore, it is necessary to cooperate with the high-mobility Owl attack vehicle, at a distance of five or six hundred meters, the small Owl attack vehicle can more easily dodge the attack.
The other Owl attack vehicle is heading towards Brightman's assault team, and the Wolf's high mobility allows it to do S-shaped evasion.
This Thunder attack vehicle is loaded with ordinary 40mm grenades, with shrapnel and explosives as the main means of destruction, and it may have little effect on the heavily armored M1A1 main battle tank, but the ordinary flesh and blood, the Humvee, still cannot withstand this kind of blow.
One is far and one is near, one is loaded with armor-piercing shells, the other is loaded with ordinary grenades, and the configuration of two four-person vehicles is the most suitable combat method for the Thunder Wolf Assault Vehicle that Yang Tian thought of.
Brightman had quickly jumped out of the Humvee and hid behind it.
The machine guns on the Humvee had already spewed fire dragons, and the bullets chased the Owl attack car in the distance.
But at a distance of several hundred meters, coupled with the rapid maneuvering of the Wolf attack vehicle, the bullets could only follow behind the attack vehicle, splashing a cloud of dust and smoke.
The only M1A1 main battle tank also began to fight back, the battery creaking and turning, and it was struggling to lock onto the Wolf attack vehicle 500 meters away.
With a bang, the tank shook, and a tracer tail stabilized shell-shedding armor-piercing projectile was fired.
The M1A1 tank with its new fire control system reacts quickly, taking only three seconds from the time it finds its target to the time it fires its first shell.
However, the distance was too close, the target was too small, and the maneuver was too high, and the shells exploded hundreds of meters away from the wolf attack vehicle, and the accuracy was not half a bit.
At this time, the Owl attack vehicle six hundred meters away opened fire again, and at the speed of three armor-piercing shells in one second, it frantically tilted the armor-piercing bullets.
At a distance of 600 meters, although in fast movement, the tank on the road is still a target.
"Re-lock, correct the elevation angle, prepare one M60 shell, fire!"
Inside the tank, Commander Hinderson calmly gave an order, but at this moment, the tank violently shook violently, and something around it seemed to be violently exploded, and instrument fragments and steel chips sputtered in the narrow cockpit......
Hinderson only had time to turn his head and glance at it, and saw that half of the gunner's head was missing, and the Celestial Spirit cover seemed to have been removed.
The next moment, Hinderson only felt that his thigh had become numb and empty, and when he looked down, he saw that one of his left legs was already empty.
"Fight back! Call for Air Force assistance. ”
"Medic, Jones, come here, Rick is not going to work."
A jumble of shouts rang out.
The approaching 40mm howitzer of the Wolf attack vehicle never stopped, although the accuracy was very poor, but the attack of large bursts of explosive shrapnel was enough for Brightman's assault team to drink a pot.
Two of the three Humvees had already been dumbfired, one was smashed into a sieve by armor-piercing shells, and the other was hit by a grenade, and the machine gunners were blasted into the sky.
The assault team of more than a dozen people lost three people in the blink of an eye, and seven more were killed or wounded, and even the medical soldiers were pierced by bullets through their necks, their tracheas were pierced, and they lay on the ground convulsing.
"Hinderson, fire, fire!"
Brightman roared loudly in the headset, but there was no response, curled up on the ground, and occasionally turned his head to look, only to find that the tank a few meters away had been muted, and there were dense black holes on it, and even the high-spirited gun barrel was pierced through a black hole.
"Retreat, retreat!"
The few counterattacks did not cause much damage at all, and the other side was very cunning, one hovering at a distance of 500 meters, while the other was cruising back and forth at a safe distance of 200 meters.
The other side did not have any intention of approaching, and made it clear that the attitude was to use a grenade launcher with a high rate of fire to suppress firepower, not seeking accuracy, but only fire coverage and large-scale killing.
In this case, Brightman really couldn't think of a better way to deal with it than to retreat.
Seven or eight soldiers who still had the ability to move, under the leadership of Brightman, quickly retreated to the west, and to their despair, this damn savanna did not have too good cover at all, and under the opponent's high mobility surname, they were just moving targets.
Originally, Brightman also ridiculed the rebels in White Nile for not learning the same way as Iraq and Afghanistan, planting mines and playing sneak attacks. Who would have thought that people would play even more desperately and directly assault head-on.
That damn fast assault vehicle, with a grenade launcher with a high rate of fire, an armor-piercing projectile with incredible power, is a nightmare.
Kaiwu, the temporary coalition camp, the supreme commander at the front, Colonel Michael, is already going crazy.
Starting at two o'clock in the afternoon, the assault team as a unit, with Humvees and heavy tanks, gradually advanced to the surrounding area to sweep away the fleeing White Nile rebels.
Seven of these assault teams were dispatched, targeting seven villages within ten kilometers of Kaiwo.
Such scattered attacks were also a helpless move, and the rebels of White Nile State were mainly active in the villages, and they were supported by the Warrab people who lived in the area, and each village was their stronghold, and conquering the towns could not make them more energetic.
But Colonel Michael felt that with the strength of the coalition army, the White Nile rebels should be powerless to fight back.
From four or five o'clock in the afternoon, the assault squads were attacked by the rebels.
The helicopter gunships were dispatched as soon as possible, but huge casualties were inevitable.
In the satellite image, looking at the fast attack vehicle that was cruising nimbly hundreds of meters away from the assault team, constantly suppressing fire with grenade launchers, Michael was so angry that he almost gritted a steel tooth.
How could that group of wild monkeys with AKs have such weapons, fast attack vehicles, automatic grenade launchers, this is definitely a weapon produced by the madman Abyeha.
During the military operation in the Red Sea State, Yang Tian's anti-aircraft artillery and new radar caused heavy losses to the coalition forces, and thirteen fighters were destroyed.
Is the tragedy in the Red Sea State going to happen again?
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The fighting ended on March 1.
The specific course of the battle, the coalition forces even tried to cover it up, but they couldn't cover it up.
All major media and newspapers in the world reported on this military operation for the first time.
The military operation in the morning undoubtedly demonstrated the strong military strength of the coalition forces, and under the blows of the three-in-one combat system of land, sea and air, they paid the price of zero casualties to conquer Kaiwu, and the rebels lost more than 300 people.
But then, in the second stage of sweeping the end of the battle, it was reversed.
According to combat statistics, during the military operation on the afternoon of March 1, all seven assault teams of the coalition forces were attacked by the rebels, with a total of 51 casualties and 22 casualties.
The loss of equipment was even more staggering, fourteen Humvees were destroyed, and none of the seven M1A1 main battle tanks were spared, all of which were destroyed by armor-piercing shells.
Although the armor-piercing caliber of armor-piercing shells is small, they can easily penetrate the armor, directly kill and injure personnel inside the cockpit, damage electronic instruments, penetrate fuel tanks, and its power is completely inferior to shells with a caliber of more than 100 mm.
At the same time, a supporting Birdie helicopter was shot down, and all three crew members were killed.
As for the rebels in White Nile State, 14 Wolf attack vehicles and 28 people were dispatched, but only 5 Wolf attack vehicles were destroyed and more than 10 people were killed.
With such a result, world public opinion was in an uproar.
It can be said that this is the largest loss suffered by the United States in modern warfare.
And more importantly, it's not the kind of battle where I send 10,000 men and kill you 50 and you kill me 8,000. The enemy's losses are still under the American army, which is simply unimaginable.
The world's major military media newspapers, such as Jane's Defense Weekly, analyzed the battle for the first time.
And the focus of the report is on this new rapid attack vehicle.
Jane's Defence Weekly even made an exaggerated headline about the new tank killer, explaining in detail this new attack tank tactic.
"Rapid attack vehicles, automatic grenade launchers, and armor-piercing shells of small caliber, but incredibly powerful, these things combine to become a nightmare for tanks.
Undoubtedly, in conventional wisdom, the M1A1 tank with heavy armor, such as composite armor, depleted uranium armor, is almost impossible to damage under the attack of small-caliber grenades. However, this perception was shattered by this completely new armor-piercing projectile, which possessed extraordinary armor-piercing capabilities, and the heavy armor of the M1A1 tank could hardly stop it.
While the damage caused by small-caliber armor-piercing shells is minimal, be aware that when they easily penetrate the tank's armor, the weak combatants inside, as well as the electronics, can barely withstand such an attack. We believe that the appearance of this kind of armor-piercing shell is mainly to kill and injure internal combatants, and to achieve the same effect of incapacitating the tank.
And it is impossible to ignore the fact that no matter how advanced the tank's fire control system is, it cannot compare with the automatic grenade launcher, which is close to the rate of fire of a machine gun. Coupled with the flexible surname of the fast attack vehicle, we dare to assert that the appearance of this weapon combination existed specifically for attacking tanks.
Take a look at the rebels' attacks, with an attack vehicle loaded with armor-piercing shells destroying enemy armor at a distance, and another attacking a vehicle loaded with normal grenades attacking ground personnel at close range. If the White Nile rebel soldiers were more accurate in their marksmanship, it would have been almost a one-sided battle, with a large number of casualties and possibly zero casualties.
Returning to the most critical question, this new attack mode, whether it is a fast attack vehicle or a mysterious armor-piercing projectile, is not something that the White Nile rebels should have. Their origins are worth considering, and there is no doubt that they are all from the ABC group in the Abyej region.
We used to assert that this war would not last long, but now we want to say that this war may become a nightmare for the coalition forces. ”
The civil war in the North Soviet Union became confusing in an instant. (To be continued.) )