Chapter 1222: Comet
"Hold on! Can't let the British go! ”
The German soldiers in front of the position were still holding on to their last breath, but their efforts still pale in comparison to the general situation that had begun to gradually weaken.
"Uh-huh!"
With a roar, a British soldier put all his strength into the first trench of the German army, and since he entered this, he only needed to stabilize his current position and then expand forward.
"Smack!"
However, he seemed to be a little early in his joy, and just as he was about to rush forward, a figure suddenly appeared in the corner of his vision, and struck the butt of his rifle on the back of his head. Although this is not directly fatal, it is enough to make him unconscious for a long time.
"This is the first ......"
Looking at the British soldiers who had fallen under his command, Yorkson could no longer remember that this was the first enemy he had put down. Tired as he was, he immediately shot the unconscious Brit at his feet, then pulled two grenades out of his bulging waist and threw them into the position in front of him without looking.
"Whew...... Call...... It seems that this kind of thing really doesn't come out of nowhere......"
Originally, as far as Yorkson was concerned, he would not have been on the front line to fight the enemy directly. But the battle in front of him was still too severe in terms of form, so at Roy's suggestion, he took a few experienced people to the front line to help.
While this may be a drop in the bucket for the entire frontline battle, it is the only thing they can do at the moment. Although Trode was reluctant to put his men into such a chaotic battle, the current situation was too grim, and Trode had to take a step back.
However, in such a situation, even when the infantry was pressed and beaten, in the battle on top of the armored units, Trod and they did not actually have the slightest advantage, but were still held back by Lamont's side.
And the reason for this is naturally due to the tactics of Beramont - it did not order the entire armored force to pounce on them like the infantry, but to suppress the Trodes at a certain distance and in numbers, even if the Trodes were more equipped with the lead. But at this distance where each other can penetrate each other, there is no guarantee that they can really defeat each other with a backhand.
In particular, after Trode took advantage of the distance and destroyed several British chariots, they simply used these destroyed chariots as cover. And in this way, the difference between them in the terrain is almost completely equal to that of Trode. And the advantage of no distance, coupled with the disadvantage in numbers, made Trode even more miserable.
And what bothers Trode so much is also because of the bulletproof capabilities of the Leopard and Project 136, although among the current tanks, it is already very good. However, in terms of the ballistic performance of the turret, neither car has been substantially improved. To put it simply, their ballistic hull armor may be able to withstand a lot of attacks when the shells come from the front, but for the turret, it is a considerable weakness.
And judging from the way Lamont attacked Trode, at least Lamont was very clear that the Leopard had this weakness, and for the 136 project of the Soviet army. Andre didn't dare to bet that Lamont would use the same method against him, and if that was the case, his turret, which was not substantially improved compared to the T-34-85, would undoubtedly not be able to withstand the attacks of the fireflies.
Moreover, when they went to the two squads of Trode and Andre, after actually fighting Lamont, they found that in Lamont's hands, in addition to the Fireflies and Cromwells they had seen a lot recently, there was also a kind of chariot that they had never seen before - although it looked a little like Cromwell, but if you looked closely, you would find that it was not consistent with Cromwell, especially in the main gun, which was more like a firefly than Cromwell.
Actually, not to mention Trood, it is the British army itself, which has seen this model, in fact, not much. And as a tank that the British army took out and was ready to hold up the table, at least for now, it still looks quite good-
The Tank-Comet, codenamed A34, was also a sequel to the British Army's unsatisfactory word-of-mouth Cromwell. In terms of body structure, it generally maintains the Cromwell's foundation, but due to the replacement of the more powerful 17-pound, it is still quite different from Cromwell in terms of turret size and structure.
In fact, the research and development time of the comet was quite short, because Cromwell parts were used, so it only took one year from receiving the research and development order to manufacturing the prototype car. However, the shortness of time does not mean that the combat effectiveness has shrunk, on the contrary, this is a product that was already quite good and balanced for the British at that time.
And speaking of the Comet, we have to talk about its replacement target - the Cromwell cruiser tank. This tank was originally a continuation of the British high-speed cruiser tank style, and it was like a Mustang on the battlefield.
But, sadly, the British found out in practice that they didn't really need such speed in many cases. On the contrary, it was Cromwell's weakness in firepower that really stretched them down.
After that, the British began to reflect deeply on their lack of artillery capabilities in armored units, and this reflection was quite fruitful - the British found that the 17-pounder anti-tank guns they used performed very well against the armored units of the German and Italian armies.
To this end, they remodeled the 17-pounder gun, which was not as good as it was when it was an anti-tank gun, but still had good performance.
However, although the British had the courage to build a good main gun, they found that none of the chariots they had at hand could carry this excellent main gun well. On the contrary, it was Sherman, who came to the aid of the Americans, who was even better in terms of compatibility.
Although Sherman is used at this stage, it is never the same thing not to develop his own vehicle. In this way, on the road to replace Cromwell and the Firefly, Comet took this bold step, but whether it can succeed or not is another matter......