Chapter 207: Cermet Bullets
"Ciric, why aren't you sleeping?" The room is clean and tidy, and that's the difference between having a woman and not having a woman. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Still looking at the map and pondering, Hannah, who had changed into pajamas and washed himself well, shouted to Ciric.
"Okay, come on." As he spoke, he was about to turn around and go to bed, when he heard the voice of his bodyguard, Graff, outside: "General Ciric, urgent military situation at the front. ”
"Okay, I'll be right here." With that, Ciric was about to go out.
Hannah got up from the bed, picked up Ciric's military coat, and draped it over him: "It's cold at night. ”
Ciric turned around, took Hannah in his arms, and kissed him deeply, he was already satisfied with such a wife.
"Wait for me, I'll be back soon." With that, Ciric turned and walked out.
Behind her, Hannah's concerned gaze was as she watched her man leave, full of concern.
"What's going on?" Arriving at Command, Ciric asked.
"Guderian sent a telegram." The chief of staff said: "They have successfully taken Fort Henares. Now, the infantry division sent by General Mora is heading to the convergence in the starry night. ”
Ciric nodded, he thought it was the first battle that had gone wrong! Now it seems that things are going well.
So what's the hurry?
"After taking over the local arsenal, they found an anti-tank gun that had not yet had time to arrive in Madrid, and this gun was so powerful that when using a special warhead, it could penetrate 50 mm of armor."
Suddenly, Ciric felt his eyelids jumping, wouldn't he?
Anti-tank guns of the Soviets! Ciric is no stranger to this.
Historically, the Soviets' 14.5 mm anti-tank guns were also famous, but unfortunately, they had some role in the early stage of World War II.
And now, your own tank is only 20 tons, and anti-tank guns can still pose some threats.
"Guderian sent two infantry fighting vehicles with the intention of bringing this weapon to the base." The staff officer continued.
Ciric nodded: "Tell Guderian not to worry about losses, our advantage now is speed!" One or two advanced anti-tank weapons will not change our results, and what is important for us now is to verify the correctness of our tactics! ”
Advanced tactics were an important factor in the outcome of the war, and in the early stages of World War II, Germany's armored forces were not advanced.
When fighting France, Germany only had No. 1 and No. 2 tanks, and even in the middle of the way, they would lie on their stomachs, and they still defeated France, and when they first fought the Soviet Union, the No. 3 and No. 4 tanks equipped by Germany were not as advanced as the Soviet T-34, and they still beat the Soviet Union to the ground, and it reached Moscow in a few months.
Tactics are more important!
Guderian's armored division, in addition to the Panther 2, also had nearly half of the Panther 1 tanks, these 30-ton tanks, fully able to withstand the blows of such anti-tank guns.
Don't worry about losses, fight, it's impossible not to die.
After receiving Ciric's telegram, Guderian was relieved, and Ciric reassured him that he should not be afraid and continue to fight!
In the second half of the night, when the soldiers of the Northern Army arrived, Guderian did not wait for dawn and continued to set off.
Their tactics are ahead of their time! Blitzkrieg, the fight is fast, relying on the mobility advantage of the armored corps, a surprise attack of hundreds of kilometers a day! Hit the other party by surprise!
At noon the next day, this weapon was sent to the base of the Condor Legion.
"It's a ceramic bullet." When he saw the bullets in this box, Ciric immediately told the origin.
Historically, the PTRR-39 developed by the Soviets had only ordinary armor-piercing shells, and it was not until the PTRS-41 that there were ceramic armor-piercing shells, which were specially made 14.5 mm cermet armor-piercing shells that could penetrate 50 mm armor plates at a distance of 100 meters.
Therefore, this power was enough to penetrate the main armor of the German No. 4 tank at a distance of 100 meters, and the side armor and engine of the No. 4 tank at a distance of 300 meters. It's powerful.
However, this advantage was only short-lived, when it was found that even the anti-tank gun could hit their own tank, the German tank crew immediately began to reinforce, adding additional armor to the outside of the No. 4 tank, and the newly created tank, also thickened the armor, such as the front armor increased to 80 mm, and the side armor exceeded 50 mm, so that this anti-tank gun was ineffective.
"This bullet is a certain threat to us, but it is only temporary." Ciric struggles to remember everything in history.
The crossing of Ciric is constantly changing history, and now, this anti-tank gun of the Soviets is a living example.
However, a lot of it cannot be changed, for example, the industrial base of the Soviets!
"Moreover, the manufacturing process of this gun is complicated, the production is very low, and this bullet is even more difficult to manufacture." "So, most likely, what we captured this time is already all that the Soviet Union has supported. ”
Don't worry, these weapons won't be produced much!
"In our country, we have not thought of using ceramics to make warheads." Lieutenant Colonel Richthofen said on the sidelines: "These bullets can be sent back and given to our personnel for study." ”
Hearing this, Ciric was also moved: "Yes, the personnel handed over to us to study not only how to make armor-piercing bullets, but also how to make hard armor." ”
Ceramic armor, in later generations, this is not new, this is the main secret of Chobham armor, but also a research direction of composite armor in other countries, it can be said that in addition to depleted uranium armor, this armor is advanced.
There is only one sample, it is impossible to make it, otherwise, a Challenger 2 imported from the UK, disassembled, can be copied by itself, the most important of which is the process, is the processing process.
Now, everything is starting from scratch, and maybe by the end of World War II, there will be no mature products, but after all, this is an idea, a research direction!
"Our base is ready to move forward immediately." "We have to support our 1st Panzer Division to fight this battle," Ciric said. ”
Tank troops, which can charge quickly without scruples, have a premise, that is, they must seize air supremacy! With the lightning attack of the tank troops, the aviation in the rear must also keep up!
Therefore, the headquarters of the Condor Legion will be relocated to Fort Henares, from where it can radiate to the whole of eastern Spain!
"General, General Jose of the Central Army is here." Outside, Graff walked in and said.