Chapter 602

Your own tanks are the best!

The tank code-named A-32 has been given the T-32 tank, and it is the famous T-34 tank in the later world, but now, this project has been suppressed.

In this era, the Kharkiv Design Bureau was not well-known, with a halo on his head, and it was Kotin of the Kirov factory who became the leader of the Soviet tank designers.

However, Kotin's design does not conform to the actual situation of the current Soviet. He blindly increased the weight of the tank, but he could not solve those bad mechanical problems, and his own tank was the best design!

Mikhail Ilyich Koshkin firmly believed in his own design. At the beginning, at his insistence, he abandoned the complicated wheel-tracked tank chassis and came up with this medium-sized tank with full track, especially After the creative use of the diesel engine, the indicators of all aspects of the tank have been perfectly balanced.

This is the tank the Soviets need! Koshkin is quite sure of this, but he has a belly of bitterness.

Comrade Stalin did not know the progress of his own tank. Of course, all of this was caused by the ghost of Kejing. Even, in Kejing's mouth, this tank of his own side had many failures, and there was no possibility of service at all.

A few days ago, when he heard the news from Moscow, Koshkin was quite angry, and at the same time, he made a bold choice.

Doesn't it mean that our tanks have frequent mechanical failures and cannot be finalized at all? Then use a practical action to break this rumor!

From the Ural Mountains, drive directly to Moscow, this distant road of thousands of kilometers, to test the performance of our own tanks! This long-distance trek is the best demonstration!

Koshkin held his stomach full of anger, and even he personally rode the tank and was responsible for directing the advance of the tank. In a few days, they traveled thousands of kilometers, and the tank of his own did not have any mechanical failure. .

In terms of time, just right, when they arrived in Kubinka, Comrade Stalin happened to be there!

Koshkin was extremely excited. He knew that the time to decide the fate of his tank had come.

"Cough, cough." Koshkin coughed twice. For some unknown reason, he had been coughing all the time recently. Before leaving, someone was worried about his health, but he insisted on coming.

He is the chief designer of this tank, and he wants to work hard for the future of this tank!

"Creak." The T-32 tank stopped to the side of the KV-1 tank. Compared with the appearance, the T-32 tank was obviously smaller. However, for some reason, Stalin did not see the T-32 in front of him. It feels more cordial, especially the turret, which looks sleek and nice.

"Comrade Stalin, on behalf of the Kharkov Locomotive Factory, I'm here to present to you. We drove this T-32 tank from Kharkov. After three days, we traveled 1,200 kilometers. Came to Moscow on time to accept your inspection." Getting off the tank, Koshkin reported to Stalin loudly.

At this time, Stalin and his party had already shifted their interest from the KV-1. Stalin looked at Koshkin and said, "You said, this tank has traveled thousands of kilometers in three days?"

Stalin certainly knew what that meant, the German armored forces, the terrifying blitzkrieg, what was the key? Firepower, protection, of course, there are reasons for this, but the most enviable thing about German tanks is definitely their mobility!

A tank of one's own side will be a successful tank only if it has the same maneuverability, and it is the tank that the Soviets need!

"Yes, Comrade Stalin, we are accompanied by members of the Security Committee throughout this trip, and they can testify for us," Koshkin continued.

Although they came all the way off-road and motorized, but this long-distance trek, of course, they have more than one car, they also have accompanying vehicles for security. Whether or not he cheated and deceived Comrade Stalin, he would have been shot directly.

Stalin's eyes suddenly lit up.

The KV-1 tank here is polished and it can be said to be spotless. In contrast, this T-32 looks like it was fished out of a mud pit. The entire body is covered with stains. Mud, weeds.

You must know that the Soviet Union has a vast territory, the main means of transportation is the train, and the road construction is quite backward, most of the places are unhardened dirt roads.

"Comrade Stalin, be careful that your clothes are soiled." Just when Stalin was eager to go up and have a look, Ketin hurriedly said.

Ke Jing's words only caused Stalin to give him a roll of eyes, and immediately, Ke Jing hurriedly shut up.

Ke Jing was already panicking in his heart at this time. A few days ago, he also reported that the T-32 was still too early to be finalized, and all kinds of mechanical failures could not be ruled out. Now, people have run thousands of kilometers here!

Although his father-in-law said it in front of Stalin, once Stalin was investigated, his father-in-law would definitely blame him for all these mistakes.

"When designing, we took into account the current trend of tank design and our national conditions to the greatest extent possible, so we chose inclined armor." Stalin was very interested, and Koshkin was also quite excited. At that time, Stalin had already stood in front of the tank. Compared with the two tanks, in addition to the size, of course, it was the design idea, such as the concept of inclined armor.

"Our body armor is 45mm thick, with a 32-degree bevel and 49-degree sides. The turret is a cast hexagonal shape, the frontal armor is 60mm thick, and the sides are also 45mm. The bevel of the body extends all the way to the turret. , so the T-34 looks almost a right triangle from the front."

The design of the entire car body is what Koshkin is most proud of. Now, he finally has the opportunity to explain it to Stalin. Of course, he must seize this rare opportunity.

"Cough, cough." He still couldn't help it, coughed twice, and then continued to explain.

"Slope armor has two advantages. First, the shells are easy to bounce off after hitting, that is, it is easy to produce ricochet, and the power is greatly reduced; secondly, by tilting the armor, we can increase the effective protection thickness under the same weight, don't look at it. We only have 45mm thick armor, but with a 32-degree bevel design, the protection is equivalent to 130mm, and a 49-degree bevel is equivalent to 100mm of side armor.”

These data, fluently spoken from Koshkin's mouth, immediately brought a smile to Stalin's face: "Kortin, you said, the protection power of the KV-1 tank is also 130 mm?"