This assault gun was the KV14 of the Soviet Army, which was renamed SU-152 after equipping the troops.

THE LATTER 152 REFERS TO THE FACT THAT IT IS ARMED WITH A ML-152 GUN OF 20MM CALIBER.

It was supposed to equip the troops next year, that is, the "Tiger" slaughtered the Soviet-German battlefield in all directions, and the Soviet army was beaten to the ground.

Now, because of Shulka's suggestion, it is likely that it will be born at the same time as the "Tiger" will be equipped with the German army in batches.

"You know, Shulka!" Kalashnikov walked up to Shulka, who was eating with the fighters on the side of the warehouse, and said: "Sometimes I think that it is you who should be with them more than me, and I feel like I have taken your place!" ”

As he spoke, Kalashnikov raised his head at Sisoi and the others.

"Don't be stupid, Comrade Kalashnikov!" Shulka and Waterga swallowed the black bread in their mouths with difficulty, and replied vaguely, "If that's the case, it's bad!" ”

"What?"

"You're going to die on the battlefield while I'm here and you don't know anything!"

Kalashnikov laughed: "You're right, Shulka, no one can capture this thing, except you!" ”

After a pause, Kalashnikov asked worriedly: "You say, can they come up with something to deal with this new tank?" Like you said, our assault guns! ”

"It's not a big problem!" Shulka replied: "It doesn't require any advanced technology, it just needs to find a suitable gun and fuse it with the tank chassis!" ”

"That's not what I'm worried about!" Kalashnikov said: "This is indeed not difficult to do, but how much can it play on the battlefield? You know, we don't have air supremacy, and if we make it look like an assault gun, it's easy to be recognized by enemy pilots! ”

Shulka thought as he bit the food in his mouth.

Kalashnikov was right, if it was made into an assault gun, like the Germans, because of the obvious difference in shape and the threat to the "Tiger", then of course it would become a target for the Germans.

The Germans only need to blow up one assault gun after another, and then they can safely start the slaughter.

Shulka suddenly understood why the SU-152 would look so much like a tank.

"Why don't we make it look like a tank?" Shulka asked.

"What makes a tank look like?"

"Yes!" Shulka replied: "Although its barrel and turret cannot be turned, the pilot does not see this. I mean, in this way, they don't see the difference in the tank! ”

"That's right, Shulka!" Kalashnikov couldn't help but nod his head again and again: "You solved another problem!" ”

"But it's just a transition!" Shulka said.

"Yes!" Kalashnikov agreed: "It is congenitally deficient, and if we were to give it a huge cannon and make it look like a tank, it would certainly not be lightweight, and at the same time its protection would be seriously insufficient!" ”

KALASHNIKOV'S ESTIMATE WAS CORRECT, THE SU-152 HAD ONLY 20MM OF SIDE ARMOR, AND ANY ANTI-TANK GUN, EVEN A MORTAR, COULD POSE A THREAT TO IT.

ON THE OTHER HAND, THE 152MM GUN IS NOT A SPECIAL TANK GUN, SO THE MAXIMUM DISTANCE OF FLAT FIRE CAN ONLY REACH 700 METERS, ALTHOUGH THIS DISTANCE IS MUCH BETTER THAN THE T34 HAS TO ENTER 200 METERS TO PENETRATE IT, BUT IT IS STILL IN AN ABSOLUTE WEAKNESS.

"But they're thinking about a new tank that can fight it!" Kalashnikov said: "It will have thicker tank guns, and of course thicker armor!" ”

Shulka didn't speak.

This is a common problem in tank development in this era, both sides are stacking artillery and armor, and the result is actually to see whose engine is better, so that they can wear thicker armor to block the enemy's artillery and penetrate it.

"What's wrong?" Seeing Shulka's strange expression, Kalashnikov couldn't help but ask: "Is there something wrong?" ”

"We don't necessarily need thicker artillery, Comrade Kalashnikov!" Shulka wrapped the half-eaten bread in a tarp and stuffed it into his backpack, pulled out a cigarette and handed it to Kalashnikov.

Kalashnikov took the cigarette suspiciously and asked, "But if we don't use larger caliber artillery, how can we penetrate the armor of the enemy's tanks?" ”

"Have you ever thought about a smoothbore gun?" Shulka lit a cigarette for the two: "It has higher kinetic energy, it has stronger armor-piercing ability!" ”

"It's not going to help, Shulka!" Kalashnikov laughed: "You know, although the smoothbore gun has a stronger armor-piercing ability, its accuracy is insufficient, and if you want to hit the target at a long distance, you can only depend on luck!" ”

This is the difference between smoothbore guns and rifled guns in this era.

Both can be said to have their own advantages and disadvantages.

Although the smoothbore gun has strong armor-piercing ability, because there is no rifling in the barrel, the gun will not rotate after being ejected, so the flight is unstable, which directly leads to its low hit rate.

The rifled gun is highly accurate, but the armor-piercing ability is reduced due to the resistance of the rifling and the loss of part of the energy of the shell's rotation.

Comparing the two, almost everyone thinks that they would rather lose their armor-piercing ability to be able to hit, after all, if they can't hit the target, no matter how strong their armor-piercing ability is, it will be in vain.

As a result, almost all tank guns in this era were rifled guns.

The problem is that the problem of unstable flight of smoothbore artillery shells can be solved, but the problem of loss of energy by rifled guns is not solved.

Therefore, modern tanks are reversed, and the vast majority of countries use smoothbore guns, and only a few recalcitrant ones still use rifled guns.

"We can improve the smoothbore gun, Comrade Kalashnikov!" Shulka said.

"Improve, how to improve?" Kalashnikov laughed: "Shulka, they (referring to scientists) have studied artillery much more than yours, and no one can solve this problem, including our enemies...... Otherwise, not everyone would have used rifled guns! ”

Shulka raised an eyebrow.

He happens to be someone outside the whole world.

Seeing Shulka's confident expression, Kalashnikov asked suspiciously: "You won't ...... There's a solution, right? ”

Shulka pulled Kalashnikov aside and said: "I'm not sure, Comrade Kalashnikov, but I think it should be a secret, otherwise if it is known by the enemy......"

"I understand!" Kalashnikov said: "If it were true, my God...... Shulka, do you know what you're talking about? ”

"Of course I do!"

"It will put the world's tanks with new barrels!" Kalashnikov said: "Now all tank guns will be eliminated, I can't believe you can do it!" ”