Chapter 772: Tank Killer
To be honest, sometimes even Qin Chuan wasn't sure what was the right way to do it.
It is difficult for the Third Reich to maintain a war that was caught between the Soviet Union, the United States, and Britain, and it can even be said that Germany has been able to hold out until now and still have the upper hand, all because Churchill has helped a lot behind it, and he has been delaying the opening of the second battlefield for the benefit of Britain.
And history also tells Qin Chuan that the final result is that Germany is defeated.
From this point of view, then the rebel groups are right, even if they are not united internally, even if they take over with a Beck who has no charisma and is not good at making decisions, even if Germany will be divided and hasten its demise after he takes over.
But in the end, the situation would certainly be much better than holding out until 45 years when almost all of Germany was beaten to rubble.
It is a mistake to say that the rebels were wrong, but that the situation would certainly not have gone as smoothly as the rebels had imagined, and the Wehrmacht arrested the SS and Nazi officers, took control of the situation, and negotiated a truce with the Allies.
What the rebels did not realize was that the basis for the Allies to negotiate an armistice with Germany was that the German ** team still maintained or maintained some combat effectiveness that could confront them.
Otherwise, if Germany was internally divided and fighting on its own, and its combat effectiveness had dropped sharply and could not withstand the Allies, then the Allies would have demanded surrender from the Germans instead of negotiating.
But it was clear that Germany, which was divided and even demoralized, could not maintain its original combat effectiveness.
So the situation that the rebels want can only be described as an ideal.
"Lieutenant Colonel!" Conrad walked into the room and saw Qin Chuan, who was meditating on the helicopter gunship, and said, "Are you still worried about this big guy?" β
Qin Chuan couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then realized that Conrad had misunderstood, but he didn't deny it, and nodded and said, "Yes, Colonel, can you not worry?" β
"We do have a reason to worry!" Conrad stood in front of the helicopter gunship and swayed: "Although it has proven to be useful in actual combat, it has inherent flaws!" β
The flaw Conrad refers to is the conclusion that it cannot fight tanks or even armored vehicles, even if it is equipped with a large-caliber armor-piercing cannon.
The reason is very simple, the cannon attack target must attack the top armor of the target, and it must be close to the target, otherwise it will not be able to hit, not to mention, it may not be able to penetrate the target armor.
Before that, anti-aircraft machine guns on enemy armored vehicles and tanks could easily shoot down helicopter gunships.
Even if the bottom armor of a helicopter gunship is thickened so that it cannot be penetrated by anti-aircraft machine guns, the reason is that the target tanks and armored vehicles do not appear individually, they are often dozens, dozens, or even hundreds of them are thrown into battle together.
When a helicopter gunship flies over a tank in the hope of destroying a target, other tanks or armored vehicles can aim their anti-aircraft machine guns at the vulnerable flanks of the gunship.
To make matters worse, the gunship's two huge rotors are also extremely vulnerable.
This makes it difficult for helicopter gunships to confront tanks.
"It may not be suitable for tanks!" Biedman, who was checking the condition of the helicopter gunship, got out from under the fuselage: "What we know is that the tank walks on land, which allows it to carry thicker armor and more firepower with the same power. And the helicopter flies in the sky, and it is bound to be limited because of this! β
Qin Chuan understood the meaning of Biedman's words, all a tank needs is to rely on power to rotate the tracks so that it can maneuver on the ground, which is obviously much easier than the entire helicopter flying in the air, so the helicopter will inevitably have the disadvantages of thin armor and weak firepower compared with the tank.
But this doesn't have to be the case, because in modern helicopters are called "tank killers".
Then, Qin Chuan quickly understood that the reason why the helicopter can be called a "tank killer" is because it can be equipped with anti-tank missiles and can accurately destroy tanks at a long distance.
At the same time, the helicopter does not need to fight tanks at close range, so those congenital defects become irrelevant.
So the focus is still on the missile, the missile that is being tested in Africa is the process of ME163.
Thinking of this, Qin Chuan asked, "How is ME163?" β
"Oh!" Conrad replied, "I contacted them once two days ago, and Anna asked me to say hello to you on her behalf, I forgot about it, sorry!" β
"Colonel!" Qin Chuan said: "It's not Anna who I'm asking this time!" β
"Uh, Lieutenant Colonel!" Conrad said helplessly: "Don't ask ME163 next time, okay?" You can go into more detail, like let me tell you about the process or Anna! β
"Okay!" Qin Chuan replied: "This time I want to know the process of the experiment!" β
Conrad pulled Qin Chuan aside, after all, this was a military secret and could not be heard by anyone else, including Biederman.
"Good news!" Conrad said: "We have managed to destroy an American high-altitude bomber with the ME163!" β
"Manual remote control or"
This is the key, if it is an artificial remote control, it is not at all easy to shoot down the target.
"Radar guidance!" Conrad replied: "They fired five ME163s, one of which accurately hit and shot down the target. We believe that the Americans do not yet know that it is unmanned and automatically tracks targets! β
Qin Chuan nodded, after all, this kind of control technology is cross-era, Americans see that there is something similar to an airplane in the rear to turn and track, and finally hit the target, they will take it for granted that it is a suicide plane controlled by someone, after all, ME163 was originally a manned aircraft.
"Good!" Qin Chuan was a little surprised by the progress of this research and development, but it seems normal to think about it, Germany has the best talents and strong industrial capabilities, and what they lack is only ideas.
For example, they have been positioning the V1 as a cheap bomb that can cover a large area, without thinking about improving its accuracy, while the ME163 is positioned as a manned fighter Combine them, plus some positioning and tracking technology, you can make the most primitive anti-aircraft missile.
"But does it have anything to do with what we're discussing?" With that, Conrad turned his gaze to the helicopter gunship.
"Of course it is, Colonel!" Qin Chuan replied: "We can not only make ME163 bigger, but also make it small!" β
"Be small?" Hearing this, Conrad couldn't help laughing: "What's the use of doing it?" β
However, when Conrad saw Qin Chuan set his eyes on the helicopter gunship, he seemed to understand something.
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