Steel Soviet Union

The Americans did support the Soviet Union with bazooka rocket launchers, just like they supported the Soviet Union with Sherman tanks through the Lend-Lease Act. The first batch of bazookas had arrived as early as last year, but they were not used. The equipment chosen by Malashenko.

Why, you ask? The reason is of course very simple. The Americans are not willing to give more rockets.

Each bazooka comes with only the few rockets that come with the box. The total number is evenly divided into less than three rounds per bazooka head.

The Americans were very cunning and refused to hand over the production materials to the Soviet Union at the same time. Moreover, the quantity of bazooka sent was not much. Moreover, it was still an early-stage bazooka, and its power, range, and accuracy were not satisfactory.

After the Soviet army tried this thing, the evaluation and response were mediocre. Some Red Army soldiers who were bomb-throwing experts even openly claimed that the grenades in their hands were better than this thing. This thing is a tattered package that even the Americans despise. It’s given to us specifically to disgust people.

In addition, the supply of ammunition is still a serious problem. If these things are really distributed and cannot fight one or two big battles, they will all be turned into fire sticks. If they are sent to the front line, they will occupy precious transportation resources. It is better to send something else.

Therefore, a considerable number of the early-stage bazookas supported by the Yankees are still lying in the Red Army's logistics warehouse, sleeping without attention.

After the test, the Soviet military industry department was too lazy to copy and supply the ammunition for this thing. If they had the time, they might as well design a motherland version of the rocket launcher with better performance and more power. Why hang on the Yankees' rags? ?

Even Malashenko didn't have any trouble in his heart after learning about this. As for the early-stage Bazooka's hip-stretching power that even the Tiger vertical armor couldn't take advantage of, Malashenko really didn't think this was a good thing. Those who lack ammunition supply have actual needs to assemble them for their own troops.

If you want to use it as heavy firepower for infantry, then it can indeed be used.

But now we have the Kraut Iron Fist in our hands that is more convenient, faster, more powerful, and can be thrown away after use. The total amount captured after several big battles is piled up, which is called one and two big tubes. Moreover, when the infantry can receive direct heavy fire support from their own tanks almost all the time in actual combat, the demand for individual heavy firepower is really not that high.

So Malashenko had no interest in bazooka from the beginning.

If Kulbalov hadn't mentioned it in passing, Malashenko probably wouldn't even have remembered it.

"You are right, this thing is indeed the same weapon as the bazooka sent by the Americans, at least the principle of action is similar.

"and"

Having said this, Malashenko's lips twitched slightly as he stared at the iron pipe in front of him, making him look a little unnatural.

"This thing is actually a reverse imitation of the bazooka after the Germans captured it in North Africa. The technology developed by the Americans was reverse imitated and ended up being used against us. That's what happened."

Malashenko is always so omniscient and omnipotent, at least that's how Kulbalov sees it.

The comrade division commander often contacts the big guys in the rear military industry. He must know some things and objects that he does not know. It is only natural to know that the Germans have done such a thing. Therefore, Kulbalov did not think that it would be confusing for Malashenko to know the details of this thing as soon as he came up.

"Comrade Commander, do you know what this thing is called? It should have a name. What did the Germans call it? How about we give it a nickname so that it can be called easily in the future."

To be honest, Kulbalov really likes this kind of "infantry cannon" that can be carried and run by a single soldier, can be reloaded repeatedly, and fire out continuous bursts of firepower in a short period of time.

If it is used properly, this thing can definitely play a greater role than the iron fist that he got before. Kulbalov feels that he must capture such a good thing and use it. Asking the name will also make it easier to call him later. name.

When it comes to asking Malashenko about this kind of thing, Kulbalov is really the right person to ask. If you were anyone else, you would not know what this thing is called.

Of course, except for those German prisoners of war who were being beaten, kicked, and howling incessantly.

"Tank killer, or tank nightmare, you can call it whatever you want. The name the Germans gave it, the former sounds more pleasant."

"In addition, the power of this thing is directly related to its caliber. Like the German King Tigers, this iron pipe has a caliber of 88 mm, and the rockets fired can easily penetrate the main armor of our active medium tanks. If the heavy tanks You have to be careful even if you don’t have additional armor, this thing can still penetrate the weak points on the sides.”

As far as the technological level of World War II is concerned, the Tank Killer is indeed an excellent heavy-fire infantry weapon with a very good technical level and can be used in actual combat. It is not a shabby black technology that was messed up by the Germans and is useless on the battlefield.

In the late period of World War II, which has a long history, it even replaced the 37 stepping stones and 50 small water pipes in the German infantry sequence, becoming a more convenient and efficient infantry anti-tank weapon. It can be as famous as the Iron Fist and can be used in many ways.

The name Tank Killer is indeed loud. After hearing this, Kulbalov nodded slowly with a little taste. The power of this thing is indeed worthy of its name.

"Comrade teacher, let's go"

Kulbalov, who thought of something, just raised his head and before he could finish his words, he saw Malashenko already squatting on the ground, picking up something in his hand, playing with it and looking at it carefully.

After taking a closer look, he discovered that what Malashenko was holding turned out to be the unknown gun newly used by the Germans in actual combat. This was also the second German weapon that Kulbalov was about to mention to Malashenko. New weapons.

"This is it, Comrade Division Commander. As soon as our infantry took the position, the Germans suddenly took out this gun and fired at us violently. They definitely deliberately concealed their firepower to catch us by surprise and increase casualties. But there is this They couldn't beat us in the end, our new guns are more powerful than this thing, the soldiers all said so."

Kulbalov, who had a wooden leg prosthetic and walked with a slight limp, came forward and squatted next to Malashenko in the same posture to explain and introduce.

Malashenko, who was even more familiar with the thing in his hand than the tank killer, held it in his hand after checking the gun vertically and then spoke softly again.

"STG44, hum, what was supposed to come finally came."