"The work on the development of a new tank gun for our tanks is also urgent. Stalin continued: "Now the Germans are massively armed with 50-mm tank guns, we cannot afford to lag behind, I see, our new tanks, at least 76.2-mm tank guns.www.biquge.info ”

Firepower! The Soviets placed the most emphasis on firepower, and on one point, Koshkin deeply agreed.

For tank soldiers, the armor protection is not enough, they can fight for courage, speed, and tactics, but if the firepower is not enough, they can't penetrate people at zero distance, then it's still a fart.

Firepower always comes first!

This meeting was an important meeting related to the Soviet armored forces, and Koshkin was very confident in his own development plan, inclined armor, high-horsepower diesel engines, large-caliber tank guns, and his own tanks would win the popularity of the armored troops by virtue of their excellent performance.

He didn't know what a tortuous path his tank would take, and Koshkin even sacrificed his own life in order to show the excellent performance of his tank.

And now, they do not know at all that the German tank development is much more advanced than theirs, and when the improved version of the A-32, the experimental version of the A-34, the service model of the T-34, entered the troops, they were already lagging behind.

They are facing a 40-ton Panther 3 tank and a 50-ton Tiger tank!

The Soviet Union lagged behind Germany because of a generation gap. In history, the important problem faced by Germany is the lack of production, and now, Germany relies on the production of assembly lines, the output has made substantial progress, relying on the integration of Speer, the Panther 3 as the equipment of Germany's main armored forces, has been in the highest priority production position.

On this day, Ciric returned to his old unit.

Although the current Ciric bears the name of the commander-in-chief of the SS on his head, he is actually a three-way affair, and the main affairs of the army are all held by Guderian.

And today, Ciric is back to preside over the formation of a new Panzer Division of the army, the 3rd SS Panzer Division, codenamed the Skeleton Division!

After unremitting pursuit, by the middle of 38 years, the SS already had 3 panzer divisions!

Among them, the 1st Panzer Division, also known as the Adolf-Hitler Division, is the elite of the whole army, has been on the Spanish battlefield, has a firm will to fight, and has strong combat effectiveness, so almost all the newly established divisions are sent from the 1st Panzer Division as the backbone of the grassroots level.

Now that Guderian had become the deputy commander of the entire Waffen-SS, the commander of the 1st Panzergrenadier Regiment, Josef Dietrich, was promoted to commander of the 1st Panzer Division, and he finally commanded this prestigious unit as in history.

The 2nd Panzer Division, also known as the Imperial Division, has been established for some time, has completed all its training, and is fully manned, and the commander of this 2nd Panzer Division is the commander of the original 2nd Panzergrenadier Regiment, Ferdinand Schellner, as a former subordinate of Ciric, participated in the Beer Hall Coup, and is Ciric's confidant.

The newly formed 3rd Panzer Division, also known as the Skeleton Division, had epaulettes that became a small skeleton, and the commander of this division was the original commander of the 1st Panzer Regiment, Kurt Meyer.

He is the youngest, in the last Spanish Civil War, he led the armored corps, left and right, created miracles, showed the great power of the blitzkrieg, and now, became the youngest division commander in the Empire, known as Armored Meyer!

Historically, the Third Panzer Division was formed only after the start of World War II, and from this Panzer Division, it can be seen that Germany has made more adequate preparations for war under the crossing of Ciric.

At the same time, the Wehrmacht, also last month, completed the formation of the third Panzer Division, how to compare with the SS, the main equipment is the same, all of them are Panther-3 tanks, but the establishment of the Panzer Division is different.

The SS Panzer Divisions had already realized Guderian's vision, each division had an armored brigade, each brigade had 2 armored regiments, each regiment had 2 armored battalions, each battalion had 4 tank companies, each company had 21 tanks, and an armored division had 336 tanks!

What a terrible force this is, it can be said that a current armored division is even more awesome than a German armored corps in history!

Standing on the rostrum of the inauguration ceremony, Ciric looked at the training ground below, one by one, neatly arranged, more than 300 tanks, what kind of spectacular scene is it? Just look at the holiday high-speed parking lot in later generations.

Ciric was satisfied.

"As soldiers, we have only one goal, which is to defeat the enemy and sweep the enemy!" Ciric shouted to the officers and soldiers present: "Our Third Armored Division, also known as the Skeleton Division, will turn our enemies into skeletons when we get to the battlefield!" ”

Skeleton Division, double meaning, fight the enemy, show no mercy, let the enemy all become skeletons, fight bravely, no orders, absolutely do not retreat, even if it is yourself, you will become a skeleton!

"Our empire is already strong, but some countries with ulterior motives are not willing to watch us become stronger, they want to stop us in every possible way, play conspiracy, our task is to fight with our blood and fire, to tell these conspirators that in the face of Germany's powerful war machine, all conspiracies and tricks are delusional!"

Ciric's words drew cheers from below.

"Long live the great Third Reich!"

"Long live the Great Führer!"

"Now, I declare that the 3rd Waffen-SS Panzer Division is officially formed!"

Officially established! The warriors of the Skeleton Division were all chanting, and in their shouts, the entire European continent was trembling!

All of them are the most advanced Panther tanks, holding the latest 6.8 mm submachine guns in their hands, and behind the tank troops, there are also a large number of infantry fighting vehicles and 10-ton supply vehicles, which is also a lot of cost for an armored division.

Ciric circled around in the parade car, and when he came to the last row of support firepower, he was shocked by the equipment.

Katyusha of Germany! The equipment here is a multiple rocket launcher mounted on a 6*6 10-ton off-road truck chassis! At the beginning, when I was still in charge of military production, I once mentioned this kind of thing to my subordinates and asked for attention!

In World War II, the Soviets' Katyusha rocket launchers were greatly famous, which made many German veterans tremble, even if a 152 mm shell flew in, experienced veterans could judge the impact point according to the sound, but, what about this thing? There's nowhere to hide, it's a weapon of death!

Although the most famous is the Katyusha of the Soviets, in fact, the Germans studied rockets earlier.