The crew members of the first team who participated in the test were already waiting on standby, and these were all veterans selected from the active army, and each of them had the qualifications to serve as subject instructors. Because the "Scorpion" is classified as a tank destroyer, the crew members wear black armored uniforms and have their respective medals on their chests, which looks elite at a glance.

"Can we start?" After circling the car twice, Yodel asked impatiently that there was still a lot of work to be done in the War Bureau, and he was not going to spend a whole morning on it.

"Okay, we'll get started, General." Crane hurriedly agreed.

If you want to talk about the list of the most offending generals in the Wehrmacht today, General Yodel has always been in the top ten. The direct power of the Chief of Operations is not very large, but he is qualified to meet with the Führer alone, so the deterrent effect is completely different.

Under the guidance of the experimenters, the two generals and their attachés ascended to the observation stand set up at the edge of the test site. A green flag for safety was raised to the top of the flagpole, indicating that the perimeter of the range had been cleared, and a non-commissioned officer fired a red flare into the sky, signaling the official start of the weapons display.

The crew jumped on the chariot quickly, and their skills were very agile and agile, apparently already trained. With the roar of the engine starting, a cloud of green smoke erupted from the exhaust pipe, and the small tank destroyer began to slowly start.

It stands to reason that the engine of this car should be front-mounted, just like the M50 of the US military, but in this way, the changes to the 38T chassis are too great and the meaning of modification is lost. The use of old weapon chassis was originally intended to be more economical.

Because the gun was not installed, even if the height of the car was lowered, the space inside the car body was not narrow at all, and the location of the entrance and exit was actually similar to the layout of the Stalker, except that the longitudinal opening of the mouth cover was changed to a horizontal opening, and in order to facilitate the entry and exit of the car group, some pedals and handles were added to the rear body. The position of the gun was left to the radio operator, which freed up space behind the commander and made it possible to place the exit horizontally.

The commander and gun commander did not have separate hatches, and above their heads was the base of the gun carriage on which the gun was mounted. The six guns were arranged in groups of three in a zigzag pattern, one on the left and one on the right, and the gun carriage was attached to a disc-shaped rotating member connected to a circular opening in the top of the hull. The rotating turret can be hydraulically or manually actuated to rotate at an angle of 160 degrees, as well as pitch movements from minus 10 degrees to plus 45 degrees. Both the commander and the gun commander can control the rotating gun mount from their own combat position to turn the gun in the direction of the target.

This car has the same set of optical observation and aiming mechanisms as the No. 3 tank, and at the same time, on the side of the top barrel on both sides, there is an MG34 machine gun, which is in the same direction as the axis of the gun.

The early U.S. Army's M40 recoilless gun was equipped with a 12.7 mm caliber test-firing machine gun to fire tracer bullets of the same caliber. It was not until a new generation of range-measuring instruments was used to equip the troops that this primitive aiming method was eliminated from the army. It cannot be denied that in the era when there was no laser rangefinder, this method was quite practical.

The Germans are not yet able to come up with a laser rangefinder, but a new optical rangefinder is being developed and is likely to be equipped with a new generation of heavy tanks in the future.

At a speed of 55 kilometers per hour, the car sped forward on the dirt track, and whenever it encountered the top of the slope, it would even jump as lightly as an antelope, and it would not be able to tell that it was a pile of thirteen tons of steel.

"Mobility looks like there is no problem, and it can operate with light tanks as well as motorized units." Guderian said happily.

In addition to the ability to maneuver flexibly, armored specialists see much more. This tank destroyer is a modest size, ideal for mountain jungle maneuvers, and is lightweight, making it easier to navigate muddy terrain, such as the wet moorlands common in the southwestern part of the Soviet Union.

At the same time, although the speed of this vehicle is not particularly fast, it can keep up with the marching speed of motorized troops. This was just the right way to compensate for the lack of firepower of the lightly armored assault forces in the mobile defensive operations advocated by Guderian. Under normal circumstances, self-propelled artillery or tank units with the same level of firepower as the Scorpion do not meet the accompanying requirements at all, and the wear and tear of equipment on long-distance high-speed marches is also very serious.

This small, low-profile, quirky tank destroyer is ideal for ambushing opponents, especially on road marches, where even the most powerful army can collapse in an instant if it is covered by a sudden burst of artillery.

Guderian could imagine in his mind that ten Scorpion destroyers in jungle camouflage were quietly lying in ambush in the woods on both sides of the road, and then a group of enemy tanks swaggered along the road, and then the whole road turned into a burning crater. At the same time, it was bombarded with sixty 105-mm shells, and Guderian could not think of any army in the world that could survive such an attack and still retain its intact organizational structure.

As described in the written information, the German LG40 recoilless gun has a powerful firepower that does not match the appearance at all, this kind of gun with a wheeled gun carriage with a total weight of only 300 kilograms, but it can fire the ammunition of the leFH18 howitzer equipped by the German army, and the maximum range is about 7,900 meters.

The core technology of the German recoilless gun is a special cartridge, but the Germans' design ideas are different from those of Britain and the United States, using a split combustible charge bag, and there is no one-piece charge with a perforated cartridge case. But now with the "revelation" of the Führer, the situation is very different, and the new ammunition specially developed for the LG40 has been finalized, which not only increases the muzzle velocity of the warhead, but also adds a lot of ammunition to its power.

The LG40 mounted on the "Scorpion" today is already the latest improved version, numbered LG40/41, with a 30-centimeter longer barrel and a newly developed overall ammunition. And according to the use. Ammunition is also divided into high-explosive armor-piercing shells, high-explosive hownel shotguns and smoke incendiary bombs.

As the name implies, the former is used against enemy armored vehicles, and the latter two are dedicated to enemy positional fortifications and living forces. Of course, if it is a lightly armored target, the latter two also have enough lethality, after all, the caliber and charge are placed there, and there should be no pressure to overturn a bean combat vehicle.

After completing the road lap and off-road driving demonstration, the "Scorpion" slowly drove into the shooting bunker and began to demonstrate the power of the weapon for the last time.

In order to leave a deeper impression on the audience, the crew came up and fired a round of six salvos, and the huge fire dragon erupted from the muzzle and tail of the cannon, which instantly reflected everyone's eyes.

Recoilless guns have a safe distance for firing, it is forbidden to stand in a fan-shaped area of 50 meters behind the gun, and it can also cause serious hearing damage to the shooter when fired in the open air. However, of course, the "Scorpion" will not have such a problem, that layer of steel plate gives the crew members quite complete protection, completely isolate the toxic gunpowder gas and noise from the car, except for the temporary obstruction of the line of sight, there will be no other negative effects.

Because of the range measurement of the test gun, the shell accurately hit the armored target 800 meters away, and theoretically the effective range of the LG40/41 is about 1,000 meters, but in order to avoid accidents, the project team deliberately shortened the shooting distance. It's just that this result has made Guderian feel very satisfied, this is the most common combat distance of German light tanks, and no matter how far away it is, it does not mean that it will not hit the target, but it is a little difficult to penetrate something.

"It was completely penetrated!" Seeing the target announcer holding up the green flag through the high-powered telescope, Guderian stood up excitedly.

"Get my car ready, I'm going to see it." Guderian shouted to the adjutant.

"Don't worry, Guderian." Yodel hurried to stop the anxious colleague.

"The demo isn't over yet, at least wait until they're done with this round of shells." There was a hint of helplessness on the face of the Chief of Operations.

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