Just when the battlefield in Sevastopol was brutally fighting, in the Ruhr industrial area of Germany, in a Krupp-owned tank factory, a group of visiting army officers looked at the monster in front of them in shock, sighed and asked: "What is this?" ”

What appeared before them was a new turret that was more burly than the Leopard. The turret of this tank has a terrifying appearance, and is suspended by four thick chains, like the head of a dragon that has been cut off.

"You say it's a tank turret?" A German Army officer asked incredulously as he looked at the huge turret in front of him.

The turret was even larger than the turret of the Leopard tank, and its angular shape gave it a sense of being thick and indestructible.

Everyone present seemed to have a delusion, and they all thought in their hearts that this kind of monster-like turret should not appear in this era.

"Yes, that's right! This is the latest design of the Tiger tank turret. Everything is still under wraps, but the format is almost finalized. The factory designer in charge of the introduction proudly pointed to the huge turret in front of him and said to everyone.

The turret in front of you is arguably the most powerful tank turret of our time, and it is entirely experimental in nature, a platform for verifying the design of future tanks.

It's just that the one in front of me is experimenting with mature technology, and in a secret factory, Krupp is still experimenting with a "future ultimate weapon" built with immature technology under the technical guidance of the Führer.

That turret was the real madman's project, and it even proposed a computer to control the gun pointing, install night vision devices and a ballistic computer - if you exclude the manufacturing cost and power consumption bottleneck, it is by far the strongest tank turret in the world.

Putting aside the experimental turret that can't be used in actual combat at all, the Tiger tank turret in front of me, which has almost been designed and finalized, is already a very avant-garde new design.

The armor on the front of the turret is up to 120 mm thick and has a sloping armor design similar to that of the M1A1 main battle tank. Just in terms of the level of frontal protection, it is already at the leading level in the world.

Completely different from the previous German tank turret design, this new turret design completely canceled the gun shield design, and instead adopted the "future tank design" of the internal shield.

"Has the artillery shield been removed?" Sure enough, after seeing this novel shield design, the representatives of the German armored forces, who were experienced in actual combat, immediately asked.

They said they didn't understand why they wanted to cancel the overall shield design, which was very easy to use and had a high level of protection.

You must know that the overall shield design has been used since the No. 1 and No. 2 tanks, and has been used in the No. 3 and No. 4 tanks until the Leopard tank, and has not changed.

Even, this has become an important symbol for front-line troops to distinguish between friend and foe - as long as there is a tank with a large shield, the eight achievements are their own tanks.

Now that they suddenly see that the next generation of German tanks is going to cancel this design, the commanders of the German armored forces, who think that the Leopard tank is already very good, express their incomprehension.

Hearing the doubts of these officers, the designer still had a smile on his face: "Yes, it was canceled, the current artillery shield is too big and heavy, so we have canceled the artillery shield in the new design." ”

"Why canceled? Wouldn't a tank with an artillery shield have better bullet resistance? Now there's an opening in the front of the turret, so it looks like it's easy to destroy. A tank commander asked, puzzled.

The designer walked directly in front of the turret of the Tiger tank, pointed to the opening in the front of the turret with a whip, and explained in detail: "On the one hand, it is not easy to be hit directly here, after all, the area is small. ”

"We've done experiments, and within 500 meters, the probability of accurately hitting the vicinity of this opening is almost 1 in 10." With that, he circled around to the other side of the turret.

On the other side, the designer still pointed to the inside of the gun next to the frontal armor with his whip, and slowly continued: "On the other hand, on the inside, we have arranged an inner shield, which is used to counterweight and also to increase the defense capacity around this gap. ”

It turned out that the artillery shield was just hidden inside, and the commanders of several armored units who heard the news breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked: "What's the good of going to great lengths?" Wouldn't it be enough to just use artillery to defend against the shield? ”

"Hehe, you don't understand, this was first proposed by the Führer, and our designers, after discussion, believe that this is the direction of development of the tank in the future." Another designer standing next to the main designer proudly answered.

"What did you say the Führer? Really? This is where the tank is headed in the future? "Hearing that it was the Führer, most of the officers kept their mouths shut. Curious officers did not dare to question the Führer, only whether the Führer had said something similar.

"Yes, this design is simply genius! We believe that this is the best way to do it, and it also represents the future of tanks. The chief designer took over the conversation and said proudly.

Because this sentence was really said by the Führer, he was also present at that time, and the Führer proposed many design directions for future tanks that day, which surprised him.

Although a professional tank designer like him would not be easily fooled by a word or two from the Führer, he vaguely felt that a door was open in front of him, and the direction of future weapons was presented to him with the Führer's casual chatter.

Later, after the Führer officially issued the order to pre-develop the Tiger tank, he took over the existing technical achievements, and found that many of the Führer's predictions had already come true.

"The anti-shield of the tank gun is built-in, which can be counterweighted, so that the weight of the whole tank gun on both sides of the gun lug is balanced, and it is more coordinated." The chief designer said as he pressed the turret-mounted tank gun with his hand.

Something unexpected happened, the artillery, which could only be controlled by hydraulics and auxiliary motors, moved slightly.

"My God! How is this possible? "Seeing that the artillery was being pressed and swayed with their hands, all the German officers exclaimed.

"Don't make a fuss, this turret is for experimentation, and the production model will definitely not meet this standard, I'm just showing you how flexible this gun is." The main designer smiled, withdrew his hand and said.