These measures are undoubtedly targeted, but they simply do not have time to make much of a difference for the ongoing battle for Kursk. What's more, the new weapons used by the Germans for the first time in the Battle of Kursk were not only the Me262 jet fighter, but also the new tank they called the "Lion".

Although the prototype of the Type 59 obtained from China can completely crush any kind of tank during World War II, the German Army, which has always been striving for excellence, still found out a lot of problems, especially when they thought that China was willing to come up with the most intelligent design, and in order to avoid falling behind in a possible war with China in the future, the German tank designers made considerable improvements to the Type 59 prototype.

First of all, the artillery was replaced with a 105mm L60 tank gun modified from the Navy's 105mm anti-aircraft gun, which was much more powerful than the original 100mm tank gun, enough to penetrate the frontal armor of any tank on the Shijie, even a heavy tank, at a distance of 1,000 meters, and it also maintained the usual high accuracy of German artillery, and the rate of fire was much faster than that of the Soviet heavy tank 122mm main gun.

It is worth mentioning that due to Hu Weidong's persuasion at the beginning, the development route of German tank guns in this time and space did not go astray as in history, and did not choose a simpler route to increase the caliber, but desperately drilled into the dead end of lengthening the barrel, which led to the high production cost of tank guns and seriously affected the output; Instead, it made full use of the existing German artillery models for modification, and the maximum diameter was only 60 times. If the penetration depth is not enough, then the caliber is increased, which better balances performance and cost, plus the 59 tank is easy to produce, so although the performance of the "Lion" tank far exceeds that of the Panther, its production is also amazing, which further enhances its role on the battlefield, after all, for tanks, quantity and quality are equally important

Compared with the improvement of artillery, the two-way stabilizer installed by the Germans on the Lion tank for the first time made a qualitative leap in its combat effectiveness. Tanks will be able to accurately shell on the move. Both combat efficiency and its own security have been greatly improved.

In terms of armor, Germany also chose their newly developed more haode armor steel, and made certain adjustments to the layout according to the tactical characteristics of its own side and the Soviet army. The protection capability in actual combat has been further enhanced. In addition, the Germans have made significant adjustments to the interior layout. On the one hand, it greatly improved the ergonomics of Soviet-based tanks, which had always been poor. On the other hand, the Germans once again played to their strengths in structural science, further improving the protection of the tank and the survival rate of the crew

Considering that they may have to face the threat of cloudburst bombs in the future, the Germans also came up with some targeted precautions in design, which inadvertently gave them the ability to "three defenses". Although it was a little ahead of its time during the war, it was highly praised by military fans in later generations

With all these improvements, the German version of the 59 was transformed into a rather formidable steel monster, with protection and attack power that surpassed that of Soviet heavy tanks (even the most advanced Stalin-3 in the Soviet Union), while being no less mobile than most medium tanks, while also being more reliable.

In terms of actual combat distance, all the tank guns and anti-tank guns of the Soviet Union could not penetrate the frontal armor of the Lion tank, and the armor-piercing shells were difficult to cause fatal damage to them because of the influence of the grille armor, because those most critical parts were blocked by the grille armor, and the armor-piercing shells would detonate in advance and lose their effect, and those parts that were not protected by the grille armor were relatively secondary, even if they were hit by the metal jet of the armor-piercing shells, the tank would generally not suffer fatal damage. Because of this, the significance of the Lion tank's "ability to fire on the move" has declined, but its ability to speed up the attack of the armored forces and save fuel still makes it highly praised by the officers and men of the German armored forces

There were no weapons on the ground that could effectively deal with the Lion tanks, and air supremacy was completely taken away by the German jet fighters, what did the Soviets rely on to stop the offensive of the German armored forces? However, the fact that it was all on the offensive was suddenly forced to turn to the defensive led to extreme organizational confusion of the Soviet army, and as a result, the Soviet army, which had been unstoppable a few days earlier, was quickly defeated

According to figures later announced by the Soviet government, no less than 500,000 Soviet troops were killed or missing during the Battle of Kursk, and were chased by the Germans all the way to the outskirts of the capital, Moscow. Even counting the losses of the Axis servants, the ratio of permanent attrition between the Soviet Union and Germany was as high as 8:1, and the German army's own losses were less than 50,000, which was undoubtedly a heavy blow to the Soviet government, which was eager to turn the tide of the war, and even the entire Allied camp.

The bigger problem was that now faced with the grim situation of the German army coming to Moscow again, the Soviet high command found that they simply did not have enough troops to hold Moscow. Although half of the million-strong army invested in the Battle of Kursk remains, more than 300,000 of these 500,000 are wounded, and all units have basically been broken up, and the total number of Soviet troops who can immediately participate in the second defense of Moscow is less than 300,000, and they are either second-line troops with limited combat effectiveness or defeated remnants of demoralized troops, how can this withstand the enemy, including the servant army, as many as more than 1 million people (after the victory in the Battle of Kursk, Army Group North also had troops to go south to help the battle, And those servant armies who bullied the weak and feared the hard vied with great enthusiasm, causing the number of Axis forces attacking Moscow to skyrocket. Axis armies?

At first, Stalin also planned to mobilize the militia in Moscow to survive the enemy's early offensive, but at this time, the German army came up with a big weapon, that is, the V2 ballistic missile with a cloudburst warhead.

As a result of the exchange of ideas with China, today's German missiles are much more mature than the same period in history, and the ballistic missiles that have benefited the most are especially so, especially the liquid oxygen kerosene engine replaces the liquid oxygen alcohol engine, which greatly enhances the thrust of the rocket and improves the thermal efficiency by leaps and bounds. With this foundation in mind, Dr. Braun, who led the development of German rockets, decided to establish two research directions, strategic ballistic missiles and tactical ballistic missiles (to be continued......