Chapter 835: Encirclement
The power of the armor-piercing projectile has a lot to do with the range, and the closer the range, the higher the power of the armor-piercing projectile.
The Pakistani armored troops, at a distance of two thousand meters, hit the American tank in the first place, but could not destroy the other side, they knew that they had to go further!
So, in the roar of the tank's roaring engine, continue to drive forward, although the other party is reversing at full speed, but anyone who has driven the car knows that it is always faster to move forward than to reverse.
The distance between the two sides was further shortened, and finally, at a distance of a thousand meters, the second round of firing of the Pakistani tank crews began!
"Boom!" The high-pressure smoothbore gun roared, and a shell flew into the sky and flew to the American tank that was rapidly retreating on the opposite side.
Slender armor-piercing shells, which continued to begin to drill the armor of the Americans.
In later generations, it has always been believed that the level of Russian armor-piercing shells is inferior to that of the West, the main reason is that Russia's ammunition is divided into parts, and the length of the armor-piercing bullet cannot be too long, and the fixed-mounted armor-piercing projectile can continue to place the core of the armor-piercing bullet at the part of the cartridge, and the greater the ratio of the length and radius of the armor-piercing projectile, that is, the length-diameter ratio, the greater the power.
Pakistan's armor-piercing projectile has a rather large length-to-diameter ratio, and at a distance of one thousand meters, the penetration depth can reach one meter.
At this time, the distance between the two sides is exactly one thousand meters, if it is closer, the armored forces of the Americans, who are suppressed by the laser jamming system, may use experience to shoot, you know, in many countries equipped with Soviet-made tanks, the gunners do not use advanced aiming systems, or use the old method, at a distance of seven or eight hundred meters, the accuracy is also good.
And now, at a distance of a thousand meters. Just right!
This time, the armor-piercing projectile, with greater kinetic energy, drilled in, met the depleted uranium armor in front, continued to rub, emitting a high heat. Under this stream of heat, depleted uranium began to burn!
The Americans use depleted uranium as armor-piercing shells, on the one hand, because the hardness of depleted uranium is very high, surpassing tungsten, and the world's largest tungsten producers are in Russia and China, and the Americans can only use warheads with this quality, while on the other hand, depleted uranium armor-piercing shells can be burned when hitting the target. Increase the depth of wear.
Now the Americans' depleted uranium armor, with the same effect, is also burning! The burn aggravated the breakdown effect, and just like that, the armor-piercing bullet of tungsten alloy, which tore through a large hole, drilled into the inside of the tank.
For the occupants of the interior. The mere heat stream of red-hot metal was enough to kill the personnel inside. Not to mention the heat flow ignited the ammunition.
Tanks in the Western world, turrets are very large, so that there can be more space, Westerners are very large, and at the same time, ammunition can be placed in the tail compartment.
And now. The metal heat stream that passed through the front shot directly at the ammunition in the opposite tail compartment, and then a violent explosion occurred.
Do not be superstitious about the so-called pressure relief plates, Western designers in order not to let the ammunition detonate. A pressure relief plate was installed in the tail compartment, but the ****** explosion of several shells could not be done with a single pressure relief plate.
The entire turret was stripped like this.
"Boom!" With the sound of explosions, one tank after another was completely destroyed!
Weapons of the Pakistan Army, the first in the world!
As for the pickup trucks and backward M60 tanks in the front, they did not attract the attention of the Pakistani tankers at all, and the infantry fighting vehicles following the tanks were able to deal with these Taliban armaments.
The Type 32 tanks in front of the 90 Panzer Division were maneuvering rapidly, and after destroying several American tanks, they split into two lines, one to continue the attack, and the other way, bypassing the side, to strike sideways.
The thickest armor of the tank is in the front, and it goes around the flank of the Americans, and it is capable of destroying the opponent at a distance of two thousand meters!
And the arrival of the American army is only a mechanized infantry division, there is only one tank battalion in front, and the back is all Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, in front of the main battle tank, the aluminum alloy armor of the M2 infantry fighting vehicle is like paper paste.
The American infantry division, which had just been vigorous and high-spirited, instantly began to retreat rapidly like a lost dog, and if it ran slowly, it would be completely surrounded by Pakistan and there was a danger of annihilation!
Fortunately, the speed of the M2 infantry fighting vehicle was very fast, and after the division commander Philip gave the order to retreat, the entire infantry division also moved very quickly.
It's a pity that no matter how fast you are, you can't compare to the helicopter overhead!
After several years of research and development, Pakistan has finally developed an advanced armed helicopter that adapts to Pakistan's climatic conditions on the basis of the "Tea Falcon" helicopter gunship! Since then, Pakistan has expanded its army aviation units to equip them with such helicopter gunships in large numbers.
These helicopters, which look similar to Apache, are hung with Red Arrow-8 anti-tank missiles under the short wings on both sides, and as the fire flickers, one after another the missiles fly out, and the armored vehicles below are hit one after another.
The first thing these helicopter gunships attacked was the armored vehicles behind the Americans' armored units, and when those armored vehicles were destroyed, the road for the Americans to retreat was blocked at the same time. With the rapid penetration of Pakistan's armored forces, the US 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division, which was caught in the encirclement, was in danger of being completely annihilated.
Several ground units maneuvering in the same direction as the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division were ready to approach and come to a decisive battle with Pakistan's armored forces after learning that Pakistan's main armored forces had been dispatched, but the appearance of more helicopter gunships overhead discouraged them.
What to do? The surprise attack is bankrupt, and the only way is to continue to expand the scale of the war! The Americans have no choice, and if they want to save the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division, they must send out the Air Force!
After several wars, the pilots of the US Air Force are also withering, and experienced veterans cannot survive in modern air combat.
The quality of the US Air Force is constantly declining, while the Pakistan Air Force has always been recuperating, especially in terms of equipment, Pakistan already has stealth fighters!
In the face of fourth-generation aircraft, third-generation aircraft can only be abused, and even early warning aircraft will be in danger, and this is also the reason why the United States is reluctant to launch air strikes, and air force equipment is very expensive, and the United States does not know how long it can continue to support its current national strength.
At the base in southeastern Iran, U.S. Air Force fighters are rapidly preparing for takeoff. (To be continued.) )