Tank IV has undergone several modifications, with new designs being added almost every few weeks, and this fierce "German military horse" is now undoubtedly the armoured workhorse of the Wehrmacht. The strength of the Tank IV lies in its balanced performance and exceptional reliability, and its ability to confront Allied medium tanks head-on (at least at normal combat distances) was historically capable of confronting Allied medium tanks head-on, at least at normal combat distances.

The main thing is that the production of the number four is cheaper and more economical than the complex and expensive cats.

The battle between swords and shields in history has never stopped, and the best weapon against a tank is another tank, which may be true before and after World War II, but when later anti-tank weapons began to be lightweight, it may be another tank that threatens the tank, but it may also be a Wuling Hongguang stuffed with rough men and RPGs.

When anti-tank weapons began to be lightweighted and individualized, the infantry was no longer a lamb to be slaughtered by the beasts of steel. Strong armor is no longer crucial, and battlefield adaptability has become the most important metric.

Versatile, not only suitable for armoured assaults, but also good at working with infantry, the No. 4 was the finest medium tank the German army had ever equipped with in World War II, and it was capable of meeting all the tactical needs of combat troops, whether it was assault or defense, reconnaissance patrols, communications relays, infantry fire support, artillery target designation, and even emergency towing and rescue.

After being equipped with new pneumatic tools, those units equipped with the No. 4 tank now have a fairly high standard of equipment attendance, and some minor problems are basically disposed of on the spot, and there is no need to send them to the field maintenance plant at all.

The people who participated in the parade this time were all the main armored units that had participated in the British campaign, and behind the diving tank company were the elite armored training battalions.

Compared to the Snyder Company of the all-No. 4 tank, the equipment of the training battalion is more ornamental, and this German model unit is like an armored circus.

In addition to the usual tanks No. 3 and No. 4, there was a squad of No. 3 tank destroyers, four 251 half-track armored vehicles with 75 mm long-barreled anti-tank guns, and a self-propelled howitzer modified from chassis No. 2.

The layman might have focused on the majestic tank, while the military experts in the room focused on the howitzer.

This self-propelled howitzer had never appeared in the German equipment sequence before, and it was clearly a new development of the German army. It seems that the caliber of the gun is about 100 mm, and the rear of the hull is an open fighting compartment, surrounded by armor plates on three sides, the thickness of which is impossible to identify due to the distance, but according to common sense, it should be able to withstand the attack of small arms and artillery shrapnel at a certain distance.

This is not a bayonet weapon for face-to-face combat with the enemy, but a long-range fire support equipment, so it does not need to have too strong defensive capabilities.

"Wasp" self-propelled guns, another masterpiece of the Führer." With a smile on his lips, Modell whispered to Kleist, who was sitting next to him.

"I've also heard that the first batch of this artillery will be prioritized for Manstein's newly formed Panzer Corps." Kleist held a handkerchief and rubbed the eyepiece on the miniature telescope.

Kleist had been promoted to general, one step away from being a marshal, and now, like his colleagues, pinned his hopes on the inevitable outbreak of war on the Eastern Front.

Kleist was never a supporter of the Nazis, he was just a conservative standard Prussian officer who paid great attention to the honor of the soldiers, and since he had sworn allegiance to Reinhardt. Feng. Stadd, then even if he loses his life, he will not break this sacred oath.

Kleist had never commanded an armored unit before the war, he didn't even have time to understand what armored combat was, and he had been a cavalry officer since his service.

The High Command had made him commander of the German Panzer Group, and put five of the ten Panzer Divisions under his command at the time, which now seemed like a real risk.

But Kleist proved that he was indeed capable of the job, while at the same time being able to hold Guderian by the bridle. Of course, in history, Guderian, the unruly thorn in the head, also made General Kleist hover on the verge of vomiting blood at any time.

Historically, he and Guderian had a head-on conflict on the French front, Guderian was unwilling to obey the orders of the command, and was ready to threaten his superiors with his resignation, apparently he did not understand the character of this boss at all, so his resignation was immediately approved.

Afterwards, it was Marshal Liszt who acted as a peacemaker in the middle, and Guderian was able to barely get through and regain command of the troops. Since this incident, Guderian's arrogance has only been somewhat restrained, at least he does not dare to raise the bar with Kleist in person, it should be said that this is quite a remarkable achievement, and it is even more difficult to make people like Guderian obedient than to take Paris.

Kleist has the ability to command troops at the level of army group to fight, and his cautious and conservative personality is very suitable for the defensive war in the early stage of the Eastern Front, once the war breaks out on the Eastern Front, he will lead the troops to carry out defensive operations in the northern section of the Eastern Front, and Xu Jun is ready to assign him four motorized armies to form a new northern armored group.

Guderian will be the commander of the newly formed Twelfth Panzer Corps, which will be under the jurisdiction of Field Marshal Bock's central cluster, and Kleist will finally be able to get rid of this thorn.

Marshal Bock was not a talkative figure, and it is interesting to note that Guderian was unexpectedly honest when he was under this marshal in history.

The development of the "Wasp" self-propelled gun began during the preparation period for the British campaign, and the technology of this thing was not very difficult, to put it bluntly. Historically, the production of this self-propelled gun was not even on the territory of Germany, but a Polish state-owned military-industrial enterprise, the Polish Ursus (Bear) Mechanical Production Plant near Warsaw.

Founded in 1893, when Warsaw was still under the rule of Tsarist Russia, the company was founded by three Polish engineers and four businessmen to produce parts for military trucks in Russia, and in 1930 the company was nationalized by Poland during the economic crisis, and immediately began to produce military tractors and tank chassis for the army.

After the annexation of Poland, the company fell into the hands of the German company Farmo, which began to produce and repair the chassis of the No. 2 tank from German components, which historically produced the famous Weasel II self-propelled anti-tank gun in addition to the Wasp self-propelled gun.

However, the "Weasel II" type will not appear now, because the Yuan has preferred the more powerful "rhino horn". The "Rhino Horn" type uses a 75-millimeter long-diameter conical rifled gun, which fires ultra-high-speed tungsten core armor-piercing shells, and can penetrate armor plates with a thickness of 150 millimeters and a bevel angle of 30 degrees at a distance of 1,000 meters, which means that it can penetrate all the heavy tanks that the Soviet Army has equipped and is developing head-on.

However, this military parade "rhino horn" did not appear, the German army did a good job of secrecy, and the Soviet side did not know about the existence of such a monster at all.

In fact, Germany also has a more powerful tank destroyer under development, that is, the "Fenrir II" after two magic changes, Xu Jun is not very anxious about this project, because in his plan, the imaginary opponent of the heavy fighter is the "Loving Father II".

The premise is that the tank can be born smoothly, but history has changed dramatically, and he has used so many means against the Soviet Union, and no one can guarantee whether the IS series will appear as promised.

It is planned that the "Fenrir II" will be equipped with a 128 mm caliber heavy anti-tank gun, in the design scheme of this gun using conventional hard-core armor-piercing shells, it is expected to be able to penetrate the 200-millimeter thickness of homogeneous steel armor plates placed at a 30-degree bevel, and when the actual development of this gun will be equipped with more penetrating high-speed tungsten core armor-piercing shells, then the Soviet Union can penetrate even a solid Iron King VIII.

The end of the armored parade unit also happened to be the climax of the whole parade, the tank regiment directly under the Führer appeared as scheduled, and the object of their allegiance, the tank regiment directly under the Führer has a very high popularity in German society, especially sought after by young people in Germany, the tin model of the tank directly under the Führer's authorization to produce has been sold out of stock on the market.

"The German Führer's Jewel Box", "Crawler Dresser", "Dazzling Dragoon", "Silver Skull", "Knights of the Mirror", this unit has won countless nicknames on and off the battlefield, they have proved their strength and worth with the wails and blood of the enemy, this unit is not a spectacle to be seen, but a strong army that can really capture the flag on the bloody battlefield.

"Dancing Cusi, Kaga (what a beauty, Your Excellency. "Komatsu had long heard that Germany had a splendid armored unit that looked like a work of art, and he had seen the photos of his regiments before, but no matter how clear the photos were, they could not compare with the impact of witnessing them at the scene. The cold steel weapon can have such an elegant and graceful performance, which simply blinds Komatsu Daisa's pair of 50 arashi alloy dog eyes.

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