Steel Soviet Union

Although the German 75mm Type 34 high-explosive grenade with a warhead warhead loaded with 680 grams of TNT was unable to penetrate the thick armor on the front of the KV1 heavy tank, the fire, flames, impact and even the dust it generated when it exploded were It can actually cause serious interference to the Soviet gunner's aim.

boom--

The moment it came into contact with the additional armor on the front of the car body, it detonated instantly under the action of the touch-type warhead fuse. It was completely unexpected that the Germans would use this method to interfere with their own aiming attack. The shock wave of the explosion that came instantly and the scattered missiles Iushkin, whose scalp was numb from the fire and smoke, immediately cursed.

"Bastard Fahis! Damn grenade!"

Amidst the vibrations, explosions, flames and violent sounds of the car body, I also realized that the German tanks on the opposite side were firing high-explosive shells to attack me. Malashenko, who was holding his commander's periscope to observe the situation, thought for a moment and immediately realized the intention of the German army's move and spoke.

"Calm down, Iushkin! The explosion flames and smoke will disperse before they aim and fire next time, seize this opportunity to crush those *** lackeys!"

Just as Malashenko expected, it turned out to be true.

The 680-gram TNT charge contained in the German 75mm high-explosive grenade was hard to call powerful. The fire and smoke produced after the explosion were dispersed in just a moment, causing serious damage to the Soviet tank gunner. The aiming obstacle lasted approximately less than five seconds before completely disappearing.

"Iushkin! Target the leading German Panzer III tank at the twelve o'clock direction, fire and destroy him!"

"Understood! Comrade Commander!"

boom--

Click——

The barrel of the high-pressure 76mm rifled gun spirals the BR-350B hooded armor-piercing grenade projectiles out at a muzzle velocity of up to 650 meters per second.

After the artillery was fired, the breech block that automatically retreated backward spit out the yellow-orange 76mm armor-piercing shells, which fell into the shell collection box under the breech block, making a crisp sound of metal impact.

He had already taken off the armor-piercing shells from the first ammunition racks on both sides of the inner wall of the turret beside him and held them in his arms waiting to be loaded. His originally fragile scholar-like arms had become more like unicorn arms in the past few months of fighting. Kirill immediately raised the armor-piercing bullet in his arms, pushed it into the chamber instantly without Malashenko's order, then raised his hand and closed the breech.

"Armor-piercing bullets are good!"

"One more shot! Iushkin! That damn Panzer III is still moving!"

"clear!"

boom--

The firing pin in the breech block, which was fired by the pedal under Iushkin's foot, hit again and ignited the primer of the armor-piercing projectile case. The powerful propellant kinetic energy rushed out of the cartridge case and released a ferocious flame storm in the narrow and sealed breech block, pushing the weight of the projectile. The BR-350B hooded armor-piercing grenade weighing 3 kilograms went straight towards the target that had been hit once.

The first attack by a hood-piercing grenade had shattered the left track guide wheel of this poor Panzer III tank, making it difficult to maneuver. The German tank crew, unwilling to abandon their vehicle, was still trying their best to save their vehicle and try to change the predicament. However, the second hooded armor-piercing grenade that followed just seven seconds later ruthlessly declared the futility of this move. end.

It has strong armor-piercing power that can ensure the penetration of 90 mm vertical armor at a shooting distance of one hundred meters. However, the Panzer III tank turret with a frontal armor thickness of only 50 mm obviously cannot withstand such a ferocious armor-piercing projectile attack.

This hooded armor-piercing grenade, launched by gunner Iushkin under the command of Malashenko, easily tore through the dwarfed turret frontal armor of the Panzer III tank in less than the blink of an eye.

Under the action of the armor-piercing delayed fuze, the 76mm armor-piercing grenade detonated next to the gun breech of the Panzer III tank, releasing extremely astonishing and devastating lethality in the narrow and airtight turret space.

The explosive yield of 64 grams of pure black aluminum, which is equivalent to the explosive yield of 94 grams of TNT, will tear the entire 76mm BR-350B hooded armor-piercing grenade projectile from the inside out into countless projectile fragments and engulf them in blazing flames. storm.

In less than one hundredth of a second of reaction time, it crazily swept through the entire internal battle space of the Panzer III tank, mercilessly devouring the lives of five German tank crew members and inducing violent explosions of ammunition and fuel tanks.

The gasoline engine commonly used by German tanks had a terrifying effect of adding fuel to the fire in such situations. The fiercely burning steel wreckage of the Panzer III tank roasted the corpses of the German armored soldiers who died on the spot, exuding a disgusting human smell. The smell of burnt oil, and the blackened turret that fell next to the tank wreckage and was blown away from a distance, were so eye-catching to Malashenko, who was holding a periscope.

“It’s really miserable to have a petrol tank sitting under your butt”

In the process of charging forward, the KV1 heavy tanks were like hammers smashing walnuts, and seven of them were destroyed one after another. The losses were so heavy that there were only more than 20 German tanks left, but so far they have not been able to destroy even one KV1 heavy tank. tank.

The KV1 heavy tank, which always keeps its frontal armor facing the enemy, is simply an unyielding wall for the German armored soldiers with weak armor penetration.

The German armored forces, which had suffered unbearable heavy casualties along the way, finally reached a sufficient position at the last moment with nearly half of the losses.

The German tank gunner driving past the side of the Soviet heavy tank at high speed was desperately shaking the clumsy turret steering gear. This unpowered steering gear that relied solely on human arm strength to rotate the gear mechanism was as bad as the tank suffering from cervical spondylosis. Incessantly.

"It's close enough! Aim at the side armor of the Ivan tank and try to find a 90-degree angle of incidence and kill them!"

Major Rucker, who was already sweating profusely, pressed the intercom on his Adam's apple and roared loudly into the entire communication channel. Following his orders, the German Panzer III tanks aimed their tank guns already loaded with Type 40 tungsten core armor-piercing projectiles. Target, the muzzle of the black 42 times caliber KWK38 50mm tank gun immediately burst out with bursts of dazzling fire.

The Type 40 tungsten-core armor-piercing projectile, which has no capping effect and is almost horribly bad at dealing with sloped armor, is excellent at dealing with purely vertical armor without any tilt angle.

The Type 40 tungsten core armor-piercing projectile launched by the Type III J tank has a terrifying penetration power that can penetrate up to 130 mm of vertical armor at a combat distance of less than 100 meters, which is enough to defeat the KV1 heavy tank with a thickness of only 75 mm. Complete penetration of vertical hull side armor with any tilt angle defense.

Soon, the Soviet heavy tanks began to suffer casualties when they encountered the German armored soldiers' desperate close-in assault.