Chapter 837: Abrams VS Apocalypse (Part II)
The sniper's mention is very pertinent, a tank without a periscope is equivalent to a blind man, although the periscope of the M1A2 main battle tank is well protected, but it cannot block a large-caliber anti-materiel sniper rifle.
Once the periscope is knocked out, unless the tank commander dares to risk being shot in the head and show his head on the roof of the car, everyone in the tank will not be able to know the situation outside, and how a blind man can beat a healthy person in the competition.
However, this mention directly made the captain negate, "Don't mess around, it's not that the tank crews don't know that we are next to us, if they need us to knock out the opponent's periscope, how can you say it." ”
"Please, what age are those tank crews now, and the knight duel is simply unreasonable." Hearing the captain's words, some team members muttered.
"Since the end of the Somali war, the tank crew has never met an opponent who can fight in a single battle, and this loneliness has been held back long enough." The captain sighed.
"I really didn't expect that there is still this kind of duel mentality, why bother so much to be able to kill the enemy, if you want me to say that war requires unscrupulous means, let alone normal tactics, as long as the person who dies is not me, then everything is fine."
When the captain heard this, he smiled slightly, but didn't say anything, at this moment, a message came from his helmet monitor, and when he saw the content of the message, his face became very strange: "Those guys actually refused the support of the Air Force, and the command actually agreed, let us help when necessary." ”
"Don't let me interfere, I'm really addicted."
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At this moment, it is not only these special forces who are watching this battle between tanks. Li Lan, who was far away in Bagua City, also watched this tank duel up close. For the requirements of the tank crew, he also received. And didn't say anything.
A small-scale weapon contest did not affect the overall war, so he also wanted to see who won the tank on both sides.
The performance of the M1A2 is naturally unquestionable, with strong firepower and protection, even if it stops there and allows any third-generation main battle tank to attack, it will not be able to break the armor defense.
Relatively weak tanks, unless they launch a tank group, fight with several times the number of tanks. It's like German tanks against Soviet tanks back then. is also like the current T-90 tank, the overall performance is average, but in case of war, it is easy to build, and there are many to build, and the German Tiger type back then, with a battle loss ratio of 1:9, was still killed by the T34 tank sea, and there was no move.
So, in the face of this land weapon, which can almost be called perfect. With the exception of asymmetric strikes, equal weapons can only be won by numbers. Of course, if the indicators of the two tanks are about the same, then it depends on the strength of the personnel.
Under the same weapons. It is to test the level of the soldiers on both sides.
It's as if this current small-scale tank confrontation, Abrams and Apocalypse, can be called the most powerful tanks in the world. Both sides are the world's pinnacle in terms of firepower and protection. How it ends depends on the performance of the soldiers.
When these eight cars are mixed together. Li Lan received the news that when the assistant presented the picture in front of his eyes, he saw that the Apocalypse No. 1 car had broken the track of an Abrams, and the other party's counterattack had also interrupted the signal light at the tail of the Apocalypse.
The other three tanks, which are 3V3 battles, shoot at each other at close range in the pasture, and they all seem to be holding their breath, hoping to kill each other's tanks in this run.
However, the No. 1 car on both sides fought more excitingly, and everyone was extremely nervous in Abrams, who lost power, and in the periscope, the Lion tank was only sixty or seventy meters away from them, and began to walk in a circle around them, obviously looking for a fatal opportunity.
"Bang!" The Apocalypse Tank, which went around to the side, fired another shot, and this run did not hit the tracks of the tank, but hit the side skirt of the Abrams, and the armor-piercing shell will be counteracted by the explosive reactive armor on it, but the strong explosion also made a significant gap in the side skirt. The inner armor between the top of the track and the turret was exposed.
The armor between the turret and the track is very narrow, under normal circumstances, it is very safe to be protected by the side skirts of the tank, but once the side skirts are broken, then this place is very dangerous, no matter which tank it is, the armor of this place is even weaker than the armor at the rear of the car.
Greco felt the vibration of the tank, and the on-board system quickly gave a damage report, the side skirt armor broke, and the armor on the top of the track was exposed.
The lost power of the tank has put Greco and the others at a disadvantage, the other party is like a predator around him, all he can guarantee is the safety of the weak point in the rear, but his own gun barrel cannot completely move with the opponent's tank.
When he saw the damage report of the system, his face became extremely ugly, and he glanced at the gunner next to him out of the corner of his eye, and he couldn't help but recall the scene he had encountered in Galcayo.
This was the case this time, except that the opponent's shell hit the armor between the side skirt and the turret in the first place, and the armor-piercing shrapnel passed through the armor, killing and injuring his comrades.
Now, the original scene seemed to be about to be staged in the next second, which made him even more uncalm, through the Guò commander's monitor, he clearly saw the body of the Apocalypse Tank, and shouted to the gunner next to him: "Depleted uranium armor-piercing shells, give me the tail skirt of the opponent, you must paralyze the opponent." ”
Although the gunner was puzzled by this order, his hands did not hesitate, and the gunner also listened to the order and loaded a depleted uranium armor-piercing shell.
"Seventy yards away, direct shelling after aiming, hit a little more accurately."
"Bang"
The seated Abrams tank fired a shot, and the calculated amount of shells hit the side tail of the Apocalypse 1, and the reactive armor on the side skirts of the Apocalypse tank automatically exploded, neutralizing most of the power of the armor-piercing shells. However, the remaining penetrating power still cracked the armor at the very end of the side skirts.
"Armor-piercing shells, continue to aim at the same place."
Without hesitation, the opponent moved parallel to him, and it was impossible to hit the opponent's tail, and the next shot, as long as it could break the defense of the side skirts and the shrapnel of the armor-piercing projectile, it was possible to penetrate the armor and burst the tank tank or engine.
But just after he gave this order, the tank that passed in front of the Abrams tank again had already aimed its guns at the tail of the Abrams, and as long as it walked at an angle of dozens of degrees, it could kill the tank with one shot.
However, as if he did not feel it, Greco continued to give the order for the shelling.
The gunner did not refute this order, held his breath, and aimed at the spot where the hit was made, and the barrel began to rotate slowly, and the muzzle of the gun was lowered again.
As the gunner pressed the pedal button to fire the shell, there was a "bang", and the armor-piercing ejected the chamber, but the next scene made Greco extremely ugly in an instant, the Apocalypse tank slowed down, the shell hit the tail closely, and the lethality was also offset by the intact explosive reactive armor.
And after this shot, the opponent's tank engine let out an even more massive roar, and the 1700-horsepower engine made the speed of the Apocalypse tank accelerate to 30 kilometers per hour in just two or three seconds, and the speed is still increasing at a constant speed.
At such a speed, the Apocalypse Tank made a large arc turn, which not only shortened the distance between the two sides, but also allowed the tank turret to aim at the tail of the Abrams more quickly.
"Keep reloading and shell right away." Greco had no more ideas at the moment, only to save it with artillery fire.
At this moment, not only Greco felt the danger approaching, but everyone inside felt the danger, and the two extremely strong and coaxial machine guns on the roof of the car were pouring bullets at the Apocalypse Tank as if they were no longer worth money, hoping to interfere with the opponent's aiming.
When the loader loads the shells, he also prepares the next second shells, all of which are armor-piercing shells. It's a gamble on the final victory.
The Apocalypse tank, which was waiting for the best angle of fire, did not fire in a hurry, which also gave Abrams time to fire a shell.
However, this time is not very long.
The speed of the Apocalypse Tank gives the barrel the best angle to fire, and the barrel on the Abrams is re-aimed at the Apocalypse Tank.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
Two shellings were almost simultaneously fired, two flames appeared on two tanks at the same time, there was a violent explosion in the tail of the Abrams, which had been pierced through the tank, and the fire spread directly into the compartment.
"Ah......h
A painful scream came from inside the tank, and the flames also came out of the tank at the same time, but fortunately, the fire extinguishing system in the car played a role at the same time when the flames appeared, and the flames in the car were extinguished in an instant, but Greco and others could not avoid moderate burns.
On the other side, one of the Abrams' shots accurately hit the tail side armor of the Apocalypse, and the tank stopped, not because the tank was penetrated, but because the track was broken.
The powerless Apocalypse 1 did not withdraw from the battle, and watching the screams coming from inside the Abrams, they began to turn their guns and aim at the six tanks in the distance, which were also about to be decided.
When they decided the winner, on the other side of the ranch not far away, there were already two tanks motionless, each side lost one tank, and when the final result came out, this tank confrontation lasted less than ten minutes, and on the Somali side, one tank was lost, two lost power, and one was intact.
As for the four Abrams, two lost their offensive capabilities and momentum, and two were destroyed.
The surviving American soldiers threw their weapons out of the tanks, and then they raised the white flag very bumpy, and became prisoners without saying a word. It's not that they don't fight back, it's that a large number of mechanized infantry of the Red Guard Corps has already arrived here. (To be continued......)