Chapter 21: The Soviet-German Hybrid Car

While observing the surroundings with the periscope, Willisa also constantly operated the turret's motors, allowing the turret to slowly swing from side to side, which is a common alert mode in the movement of combat vehicles, which is electric anyway and does not require effort.

Suddenlyβ€”

"Boom!" In the middle of the BT-7 and T-44/100, a grenade fell, and the explosion kicked up a large amount of smoke and snow.

It was a shell from the direction of three o'clock. That violent explosion, even a large-caliber artillery that went straight to the truth!

Through the periscope, Willisa saw a 1,000m away BT-42 painted in a snowy white coat that fits the snow, and the smoking muzzle was still facing this side.

"Mika and Aki, are they going to take the lead like this?" Mika's personality and the stark contrast between Aki, who is often with her, makes Willisa very impressed with them, as if there is an old driver?

Willisa was about to subconsciously turn the turret in the direction where the cannonball was fired, when Nona's new order came-

"Tail car, three o'clock direction, attack the enemy."

The T-34/76, which was at the end of the convoy, silently turned the turret around and fired a symbolic shot, driving away the BT-42, which was continuing to high school.

"Don't you have to chase?" Willisa asked in a whisper.

"Hehe, God knows if it's such a classical trap?" Ye Liusha said with a smile.

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Continuing to high school, in the command car-

"I didn't chase after it, the truth doesn't mean to divide the troops at all." After confirming that BT-42 and the vehicle as a special team were rendezvous, Aki said to Mika.

If a few chariots of truth can be lured over and eaten by them, then the game will have some chance of winning. Continuing high school is trying to get together a vehicle that has preliminary qualifications for the finals, but the proficiency of the new vehicle and the ability to play to its strengths are still very insufficient, so the overall combat power of continuing high school has not been significantly improved.

"The battle lane, like life, will not be smooth sailing." Mika was still playing the melodious piano and spitting out seemingly poetic words.

Aki: "Isn't it dangerous for us to take the chariot that preempts the mountain?" ”

Mika: "It's because they can easily take the high ground anyway that they don't care like that, doesn't it?" Aki, is this cannon that was removed from the SMK not long ago still used to it? ”

Aki: "Well, it's still not comparable to the T-34, but it's much better, but Mika, can I ask a question?" ”

Mika: "What? ”

Aki: "Obviously, there are many combat vehicles in history that have used BT-7 battlefield modifications to have more powerful guns, but the BT-7A of Truth is very good, and we also have the BT-7A gun in stock, so why do we use the BT-42 with a very poor evaluation?" ”

Mika: "Because the BT-7A artillery can be used in a lot of places, and the 114mm howitzer and that kind of turret we bought have nowhere else to put it, and we can't afford to waste the battle lane we continue on." Just as thrift is a human virtue. ”

Aki: "...... Ah, forget it. Then again, the current situation is ...... Later, the chariot we took the lead will really be killed. ”

Mika: "I know, so, Michael, I'm ready to go." ”

As he spoke, Mika's melodious piano sound stopped, and the next moment, a cheerful melody sounded, and along with the cheerful music, the tail of BT-42 and the chariot, which looked even more powerful than BT-42, spewed smoke............

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In terms of the School of Truthβ€”β€”

In the eyes of all the crews, a burst of fire flashed on the high ground, and along with the reconnaissance vehicle of Truth, fell silent again.

"KV-1, T-34/85, T-28, SU-76i, T-34 (r) assault guns, is this the combat vehicle that was found before the reconnaissance vehicle was destroyed. I didn't expect to be able to get KV-1 in high school, which should be the heavy chariot discovered by Comrade Willissa. After listening to the reconnaissance vehicle's final report, Nona said with a walkie-talkie.

Now is the time for public discussion.

The sudden appearance of KV-1, T-28, SU-76i, T-34 (r) assault guns was quite unexpected on the side of the School of Truth.

The KV-1 was considered a formidable tank in the early days of the Soviet-German war, and it should be a treasure trove for continuing high school.

T-28 is a multi-turret medium tank, is a tank veteran that can be defined as a medium tank, the predecessor of the predecessor of the T-34, although the two machine gun towers are not used in the battle lane, and some thin armor is not reliable, but the mobility and the artillery carried are quite decent, but the T-28 has many models in history, and the difference between firepower and protection is not small, and the perspective of the reconnaissance vehicle can not be seen clearly.

SU-76i, this is a Soviet-German hybrid vehicle, after the Soviet Union captured the German tank, although it can be used directly, but it also faces problems such as identification, ammunition supply, and insufficient power, so some III. tanks removed the turret and installed a fixed fighting compartment and a T-34/76 gun.

The T-34 (r) assault gun was just the opposite, after the Germans captured the T-34, the turret was scrapped for various reasons, and the turret was dismantled and installed with the fighting compartment and artillery of the III assault gun.

Compared with tanks, the modification of assault guns and self-propelled guns is relatively easy, even if the turret and fighting compartment parts of the two sides do not fit, it is a big deal to weld them hard, and many tanks have become assault guns, self-propelled guns, tank destroyers, and even weapon carriers and anti-aircraft vehicles.

"It's true that last month, there were T-34 chassis and KV tank parts that were so old that they could only be sold as scrap metal were sent away, but not all of those KV tank parts were KV-1." Someone said.

"It can't be a patchwork car with a KV-1 turret, right?" Someone else said.

During World War II, there were indeed nondescript vehicles such as the KV-1 turret that were designed and manufactured, such as the KV-13 with the KV-1 turret and the T-34 with the KV-1 turret, but the uncoordinated combination of counterweights reduced the power of the chariot, and this kind of chariot was not used to fight against the chariot, but to follow the infantry against the enemy fortress.

The advantages of the KV-1 turret over the medium-tank turret are the armor, ammunition racks, and machine gun arrangement. With the tactics of Soviet attack, it is more appropriate than directly accompanying the infantry assault with the middle tank.

Although it may seem very rough, the Soviet Union did have an operational need to attack German fortresses compared to dealing with German tanks, which was a product of the war situation. In fact, the prototype of the famous Stalin tank was also succeeded by accumulating experience in the design of such nondescript combat vehicles.

Soon, with the entry into service of Stalin's tank, which had the power of armor-piercing shells (against combat vehicles) and grenades (against infantry and fortresses), this nondescript combat vehicle lost its value of existence, either staying on the drawing paper, or the experimental vehicle was also facing the end of dismantling back parts to repair damaged vehicles, and was not even eligible to enter the museum.

However, it also gave the basis for the legalization of such assembled vehicles in the battle lane.

(To be continued)