Chapter 1055 The Giant Elephant Roars (Part 1)

Malachenko knew clearly that the 122 heirlooms could not shake the sturdy frontal armor of the scrap iron man. After all, the war history records and Kubinka test records were clearly displayed in the library of Moscow University in later generations for people to read.

But just like the second wave of the Skeleton Division armored soldiers who ignored the warnings of the previous wave of comrades and continued to shoot at the frontal armor of the IS6 heavy tank until they were shocked by the useless scene in front of them and woke up from their dreams, humans are sometimes such creatures that will not cry until they see the coffin and will not give up until they see the Yellow River.

The truth that what you hear is false and what you see is true is not only applicable to the German army, but also to Malachenko himself.

With a glimmer of luck, not completely trusting the historical records, and the mentality that he must see it with his own eyes to believe in reality, Malachenko obeyed his own thoughts and ideas and issued the order to fire back without hesitation.

Of course, the final result obtained must be exactly the same as what he expected. The miracle that the last glimmer of hope in his heart hoped for did not happen.

The 122 heirloom, blessed by the power of a loving father, could not penetrate the frontal defense armor of the scrap iron man with a physical thickness of up to 200 mm.

Considering that the scrap iron man adopts a nearly vertical armor deployment design, in actual combat, the equivalent armor protection formed by the angle of the ballistic attack is only more or less. Any attempt to attack the scrap iron man will face equivalent armor protection starting from 200 mm, up to 230 or even 250 or even thicker.

With only the penetration power of the 122 heirloom, it is almost impossible to penetrate the scrap iron man at a distance of one kilometer. But in stark contrast, the scrap iron man carrying a long 88 can rely on the terrifying penetration and the excellent ballistic performance brought by the extremely high muzzle velocity to accurately snipe any Soviet target within the field of view from one kilometer away.

Unless the small relatively weak spot on the left side of the turret with a relatively small projection area is accurately penetrated. Because the gunner's sighting system and the main gun trunnion are installed here, only 150 mm physical thickness armor protection of the same thickness as the side of the turret is laid. Even at a distance of one kilometer, it will still be effectively penetrated by the Chang 88, provided that the angle of incidence must be positive and there can be no deflection.

Otherwise, the IS6 heavy tank, which is famous for its strong armor and high mobility, is not afraid of any bombardment of the Chang 88 on the entire front of the tank. It can easily achieve complete immunity. And at a distance of one kilometer, it is almost impossible to accurately send the shell to such a small coin slot, even if the Chang 88 is known for its accuracy and high initial velocity.

If it really hits it, it can only be blamed on the Germans' good luck and Comrade Lao Ma's bad luck.

But this situation is only for the latest IS6 heavy tanks. For other IS1 and IS2 heavy tanks that are the main combat equipment, the destructive firepower of the Chang 88 is undoubtedly still the most terrible nightmare on the battlefield.

The turret frontal protective armor with a physical thickness of only 100 mm is basically like a layer of window paper that can be broken by the fierce direct fire of the Chang 88.

Even though Kotin has modified the shape of the upper front armor of the IS2 heavy tank one year in advance according to Malashenko's suggestion.

The two-stage upper front armor layout of the hull has been changed to a whole piece of large-angle inclined protective armor, which greatly enhances the protective effect. And this design was applied to the IS1 heavy tank with increasing production at the same time, which is completely enough to withstand the fierce bombardment of the Chang 88 within the conventional combat distance.

But as Malashenko had told Kotin before.

Countless brutal tank battles have proved to Malashenko that the turret is definitely more likely to be hit than the hull in actual combat. During the frontal firefight, more than 60% of the tanks had their turrets penetrated, resulting in combat damage or loss of combat effectiveness, while the remaining 40% were divided by different situations such as broken tracks, penetration of the upper front, and penetration of the lower front.

It is naturally good that the front of the vehicle body can block the bombardment of the Chang 88, but it is still useless if the front of the turret cannot block it, which is a bit of a head-on and no-head-on taste.

Kotin has learned from Malashenko's suggestions and has designed the IS6 heavy tank by "smashing" the turret and compressing the height of the vehicle in a simple and crude way, greatly reducing the protective area of ​​the turret armor, and enhancing the physical thickness of the armor on each defense weight in disguise, greatly improving the overall defense strength of the turret, and it is not a problem to connect the front of the Chang 88.

However, the mass production of IS6 still needs time to complete. The premature IS1 and IS2 heavy tanks are still following the old path. The protective armor on the front of the turret can be said to be the biggest weakness of the front projection of the whole vehicle. The semi-arc defense shape is not a magic weapon that can bounce bullets every time to save people.

After trying to shoot at Malashenko's vehicle to no avail, he boldly leaned out of the vehicle a kilometer away, wearing headphones and holding up his high-powered binoculars to look at the Soviet position opposite. After just one look, he identified the steel behemoth whose unique appearance and completely different from any other Soviet heavy tanks around that he had just attacked ineffectively.

"Turn the main gun, that monster should be the Russian command tank, give priority to attacking other secondary targets, and leave this monster to the troops rushing to the position to deal with it in the end!"

The SS commander, with a cold and calm face, pressed the throat transmitter and issued an order outside the car. The gunner inside the car, who had clearly received the order, quickly shook the handwheel tightly in his hand to turn the muzzle. Just a few seconds later, he locked the next target at a distance of one kilometer.

"Aimed!"

"Fire!"

Boom--

The steel-like cold SS commander wearing headphones was too lazy to even retract his upper body into the car. He directly witnessed the end scene of the muzzle brake's instantaneous flames spreading rapidly and finally turning into a wisp of green smoke.

The elite and well-coordinated crew members did not disappoint him. The armor-piercing shells with a muzzle velocity of 1,000 meters per second were ejected again at a distance of one kilometer, and once again hit an IS1 heavy tank just a dozen meters away from Malashenko's car.

The improved IS1 heavy tank, which uses exactly the same protection layout as the IS2, also could not withstand the fierce bombardment of the Chang 88.

The high-speed, full-caliber, capped armor-piercing shell penetrated the gun base directly, detonated instantly in the center of the turret, and exploded in the center, surging into a ball of flames and hot shrapnel, ending everything before the human brain could react.