Steel Soviet Union

That name, or nickname, was passed down from the battlefield on the Western Front.

Legend has it that the name of this "silver bullet" that can hunt vampires and werewolves was given by the SS ace who topped the list of armored soldiers in the German Armed Forces. His own name is even better than the "silver bullet" he named. The nickname also needs to be famous. Many people have heard of his name before they knew the name of this new type of ammunition.

Does this new ammunition, whose warheads are deliberately painted silver, really have special effects?

The German gunner, who was holding a telescope and keeping an eye on the target, didn't know.

He only knew that this thing had exerted great combat power on the Western Front battlefield. In the hands of the SS, the arrogant Americans and British were killed indiscriminately. The losses were so great that they could not find the north at all. They pissed themselves off and retreated in defeat, leaving only burning wreckage and indescribable corpses on the ground.

There is no reason why our Wehrmacht cannot do what the SS can do.

Moreover, the projectile artillery in my hand has a larger caliber and a stronger propellant. If the 105 silver bullet can do it, there is no reason why the 128 silver bullet cannot do it. This new type of artillery shell will definitely be able to cure these Russians. It will definitely be possible. !

The German gunner who forcibly calmed down comforted himself silently in his heart, trying to find a reason for himself to build up his confidence.

But at this moment, he ignored one of the most important issues that cannot be ignored.

What is the level of the Yankee tanks? What is the level of the Russian tanks on the opposite side?

If you insist on comparing the younger brother who comes to your door to seek apprenticeship with the older brother who is just waiting to come to your door to accept his apprentice, and treat them equally, what else can you do besides making yourself unhappy?

Boom——

The German PAK 44 128mm heavy anti-tank gun opened fire again. This anti-tank gun was so huge and heavy that it had to be deployed on a fixed gun mount before it could fire. It was indeed terrifyingly powerful.

The pepper bottle muzzle brake, which is very similar to the IS7's 130mm main gun, instantly sprays out a stream of fiery flames when the projectile is fired.

Violent gunpowder gas spurts out from each eye hole of the pepper bottle muzzle brake. This type of muzzle does not need to be used on the Jagdtiger of the same caliber due to its tonnage, but it must be used when deployed as an anti-tank gun. The muzzle brake can absorb more than 70% of the recoil force, which is indeed powerful.

But despite this, the entire 128-meter gun fixedly deployed in the fortifications still could not withstand the remaining 30% of the powerful recoil. It was instantly shaken to the point where the gun body trembled and shook violently like a pendulum, almost knocking out a German soldier who was unable to dodge. The soldier was so shocked that he fell to the ground.

"Hopefully this works, it has to work!"

These were the last words that the German gunner prayed silently in his heart at the last second before firing, but at that time he did not realize that these would be the last words he would silently think about in this life.

Boom——

Almost at the same time as the Germans opened fire, the "silver bullet" for the 128mm gun had escaped from the shackles of the muzzle brake, and began to move towards the not far away with a wind-breaking scream and a muzzle velocity exceeding kilometers per second. As the target rushed away, the ISU-152A on the opposite side, which had been loaded after a long wait, finally opened fire again.

The muzzle velocity of the 152 concrete destructive projectile was far less than that of the German army on the opposite side.

On the high-speed ballistic flight path in the muzzle storm, they passed by the oncoming German projectiles. The two projectiles shooting towards each other were almost only half a hand apart when they were closest. , passing each other.

The two projectiles were both powerful and heavy, and even the high-speed airflow caused by the wind resistance of the supersonic projectiles disrupted each other's flight trajectories. Even if there was only a slight impact, it was indeed an objective fact. .

The flash of lightning that hits each other only lasts a fleeting second.

Boom——

Ding-ding——

Sure enough, the German armor-piercing projectiles, which were fired slightly first and had a huge advantage in muzzle velocity, arrived first and hit the target first, but this did not mean that the Germans had won.

The high-speed projectile that hit the front armor plate of the ISU-152A fighting room had deformed long before it finally hit the target.

Don't get me wrong, it is not the deformation that caused the German artillery shells to fall apart during flight due to poor quality, but a deliberate and designed deformation, which is the so-called "silver bullet" characteristic.

Although it is for a 128mm gun, the armor-piercing projectile at the front of the shell is an out-and-out capped armor-piercing projectile directly transplanted from the long 88 shell.

Yes, this is a true sub-caliber armor-piercing projectile, not an old full-caliber armor-piercing projectile, but it is a little different from the sub-caliber projectile proposed and developed by Malashenko.

The Soviet Union chose a new type of unloaded solid projectile for its sabot-piercing projectile. Although the accuracy is not high, the ballistic trajectory is unstable, and actual combat is seriously affected, this is indeed a new project developed from a new design.

But the Germans save trouble. They just use ready-made projectiles, directly remove the smaller-caliber projectiles in stock, tighten them with empty shells, and install them on larger propellant barrels.

Using a larger amount of propellant to launch a smaller projectile, theoretically speaking, the amount of propellant affected by each gram of projectile mass will indeed increase significantly. Using a larger dose of propellant to launch a smaller caliber projectile, It can indeed bring about a straight-line surge in muzzle velocity, which is at least a significant improvement compared to conventional armor-piercing projectiles of the same projectile diameter.

The direct effect of the significant increase in the muzzle velocity from the conversion of kinetic energy is that the penetration depth is greatly increased. The 88 mm armor-piercing projectile fired out of the barrel by the 128 gun will quickly break free of the gun in a very short time after leaving the barrel. One layer is missing, which is the shell restraint that automatically splits and falls off after the cartridge is tightened.

Therefore, the only thing that was actually shot out by the huge amount of propellant was the lightweight 88mm diameter projectile itself. The 88mm projectile, which enjoys the huge chamber volume of the 128mm gun, can naturally achieve a much higher penetration depth than the Long 88 when launched, thus resulting in a qualitative change in armor-piercing power, which is the final result that the German army dreams of, at least in theory. That's true.

In terms of the principle of action, the German's take-off and Malashenko's take-off are actually the same, but whether the actual effect meets the German's original intention when designing it is another matter.

It's like this 88mm armor-piercing projectile hit the front armor plate of the ISU-152A's fighting room, but then deformed again. This is not what you German expected at all. What should happen inside.