Your own tank is the best!

The tank, codenamed A-32, has been given the T-32 tank, and it is the famous T-34 tank in the later world, but now, this project is being suppressed.

In this era, the Kharkov Design Bureau was not famous, and with a halo on its head, it was Kotin of the Kirov plant who became the leader of the tank designers of the Soviets.

However, Kotin's design did not correspond to the actual situation of the current Soviets, and he blindly increased the weight of the tank, but could not solve those bad mechanical problems, and his own tank was the best design!

Mikhail Ilyich Koshkin, convinced of his own design, at the beginning, at his insistence, abandoned the complex tank chassis for both wheels and tracks, and came up with a medium tank with full tracks, especially after the creative use of diesel engines, the indicators of all aspects of the tank were perfectly balanced.

This is the tank that the Soviets need! Koshkin was quite sure of this, but he had bitterness in his stomach.

Comrade Stalin did not know the progress of his own tank, all this, of course, was done by that Kotin, and even, in Kotin's mouth, his own tank had many failures, and there was no possibility of service at all.

The other day, when he heard the news from Moscow, Koshkin was quite angry, and at the same time, he made a bold choice.

Doesn't it mean that your own tanks have frequent mechanical failures and cannot be finalized at all? Then use a practical action to break this rumor!

Drive directly from the Ural Mountains to Moscow, this distant road of thousands of kilometers to test the performance of your tank! This long trek is the best showcase!

Koshkin was holding back his anger, and even, he personally rode this tank, responsible for directing the advance of the tank, and in a few days, they trekked thousands of kilometers, and his own tank, without any mechanical problems.

In terms of time, just right, when they arrived in Kubinka, it happened that Comrade Stalin was also there!

Koshkin was extremely excited, he knew that the time had come to decide the fate of his tank.

"Ahem, ahem." Koshkin coughed twice, for some reason, he had been coughing all the time lately, and before leaving, there were concerns about his body, but he insisted on coming.

He is the general designer of this tank, and he is going to work for the future of this tank!

"Crunch." The T-32 tank stopped on the side of the KV-1 tank, and if compared with the appearance, the T-32 tank was obviously smaller, but, for some reason, Stalin felt more cordial to the T-32 in front of him, especially the turret, which looked sleek and very good.

"Comrade Stalin, on behalf of the Kharkov Locomotive Plant, I have come to present you with this T-32 tank, which we drove from Kharkov, and after three days and a journey of 1,200 kilometers, we arrived in Moscow on time to be reviewed by you." Getting off the tank, Koshkin loudly reported to Stalin.

At this time, Stalin and his entourage, having already shifted their interest from the KV-1, Stalin looked at Koshkin and said: "You say, this tank, in three days, traveled thousands of kilometers?" ”

Stalin, of course, knew what this meant, the armored forces of the Germans, carried out a terrible blitzkrieg, and what was the key to it? Firepower, protection, of course, there are reasons for this, but the most enviable thing about German tanks is definitely the ability to maneuver!

Your own tank, if it has the same mobility, will be a successful tank, the tank that the Soviets need!

"Yes, Comrade Stalin, we were accompanied by members of the Security Committee throughout this trip, who can testify for us." Koshkin continued.

Although they had traveled all the way to the country and had come by maneuvering, they had of course not only one car on this long journey, but they also had the accompanying security vehicles, which were also supervised by the members of the safety committee to see if they were cheating and deceiving Comrade Stalin, and they would have been shot directly.

Stalin's eyes lit up suddenly.

The KV-1 tank here is polished and can be said to be spotless, while in comparison, this T-32 is like being fished out of a mud pit, and the entire body is covered with mud and weeds.

You must know that the territory of the Soviet Union is vast, the main means of transport is trains, and the construction of roads is quite backward, and in most places, there are dirt roads without hardening.

"Comrade Stalin, be careful that your clothes are soiled." Just when Stalin was eager to go up and have a look, Kotin hurriedly said.

Kokin's words only caused Stalin to give him a roll of the eyes, and suddenly, Kotin hurriedly shut up.

A few days ago, he also reported that the T-32 was still early in form, and all kinds of mechanical failures could not be ruled out, and he couldn't walk a few kilometers, so he had to lie down, and now, people have run thousands of kilometers over!

Although it was his father-in-law who said it in front of Stalin, once Stalin was held accountable, his father-in-law would definitely blame him for these mistakes.

"When we designed, we took into account the current trend of tank design to the greatest extent, as well as our national conditions, so we chose inclined armor." Seeing that Stalin was very interested, Koshkin on the side was also quite excited, at this time Stalin had already stood in front of the tank, and the comparison of the two tanks, in addition to the volume, of course, was the design idea, for example, the concept of inclined armor.

"Our body armor is 45 mm thick, with a 32-degree bevel and 49 degrees on the sides. The turret was a cast hexagonal type, the frontal armor was 60 mm thick, the sides were also 45 mm, and the bevel of the body extended to the turret, so that the T-34 was almost a right-angled triangle from the front. ”

The design of the entire car body is Koshkin's proudest, and now he finally has the opportunity to explain it to Stalin, and of course he must seize this rare opportunity.

"Ahem, ahem." He couldn't help it, coughed twice, and then continued to explain.

"Beveled armor has two advantages, first of all, it is easy to bounce off after the shell hits, that is, it is easy to produce ricochet, and the power is greatly reduced; Secondly, through the armor tilt, we can increase the thickness of the effective protection with the same weight, don't look at our only 45 mm thick armor, but through the design of 32 degrees of bevel, the protection capacity is equivalent to 130 mm, and the side armor of 49 degrees of bevel is also equivalent to 100 mm. ”

These data, which came fluently from Koshkin's mouth, suddenly made a smile appear on Stalin's face: "Kotin, you say, the protection of the KV-1 tank is also 130 mm?" ”