Chapter 674 Technology Leadership

If it hits a mine, if it is ignited by a Molotov cocktail, all of these are acceptable to the Soviets, but they absolutely cannot accept that their tank was actually penetrated by the opponent's anti-tank gun!

The 130mm thick turret armor was actually penetrated by the opponent?

Several tank soldiers in the KV-1 tank have no chance to know the truth. Behind, the company commander Greevich, who is urgently repairing the tracks, suddenly changed his face after hearing the news, it is impossible, absolutely impossible !

He put down the sledgehammer in his hand, stood on the top of the turret, and used his telescope to watch the battle situation on the distant battlefield.

At this time, their own KV-1 tanks were at the forefront. On their sides, followed by light tanks such as BT-1 and T-26, and behind them, followed by a large number of infantry.

At this time, the nearest tank was almost rushing to the opponent's line of defense. At this time, the situation changed.

A tank, burning, looks like that, because the internal ammunition exploded, and the violent combustion occurred, how could this happen?

Then, he saw clearly that the other tank, in the process of advancing at a high speed, was hit by an artillery shell from the other side, and then it was blown up!

His hand, clenched into a fist, how is that possible?

"Quick, use the tungsten alloy armor-piercing bullets in the ammunition box!" When Pattiff discovered the problem, he immediately shouted loudly, and the news quickly spread throughout the entire position.

At this time, other anti-tank gunners were working hard. They found their shells and couldn't penetrate the opponent's tank. They were anxious, and when they got the news, they suddenly realized it.

Can't blame them. The anti-tank guns were shipped recently. After they arrived, they immediately started rigorous training. However, the usual training is how to operate the cannon, how to aim, how to load, and even some artillery units have not been fired. Live ammunition, even if it is shot, has only fired two rounds in the largest group.

In this case, they didn't understand it at all, and they didn't open the ammunition box. They didn't know the ammunition configuration inside, and the volunteers from Germany didn't know either. Everyone thought it was just an ordinary steel armor-piercing bullet. Originally, the firepower of this anti-tank gun was more than enough. How could it be expected that the Soviets actually used a big killer!

Pettyford's artillery group fired the most shells, and they only used the tungsten alloy armor-piercing projectile on the bottom layer. The rest of the artillery group almost used up the steel armor-piercing projectile on the upper layer.

And now, when the news was known, the situation immediately reversed!

Open the ammunition box, take out the tungsten alloy armor-piercing bullets inside, load them first, and kill this terrifying heavy tank!

For the Soviets, the KV-1 tank is their magic weapon. On the battlefield, the high damage rate is unacceptable.

As it is now, after four or five vehicles were killed, they immediately gave up the attack, and Greevich ordered to stop the attack, and they couldn't rush up and die!

An army, several divisions were dispatched, and the aggressive first attack failed like this. They didn't even break through the protection zone at the forefront of the defense line!

This counterattack dealt a heavy blow to the arrogance of the Soviets, and let them know that Finland is definitely not a piece of meat, let them slaughter!

At the same time, the news also spread back to Western Europe, to Paris.

At this time, the military operation against the United Kingdom was in full swing. Although Cyric had a group of capable and loyal subordinates, his daily affairs were still full.

For example, now, just after listening to an aviation reconnaissance intelligence, Cyric received news of the victory from Finland.

"Looks like it's really a close call." After listening to the report, Cyric was also more emotional.

Germany's most advanced weapons cannot be given to Finland. The 75mm anti-tank guns are not enough for the Germans themselves, so they will not be provided to Finland at all.

I thought that 50mm would be enough, but who knows, the Soviet KV-1 actually pulled up.

"Yeah, after the battle, the frontline personnel dismantled the Soviet tanks. Soon, this heavy tank will be transported to Krupp," Reinhardt said.

Those detonated tanks were useless, they were just captured, and they were brought back for research. After all, after the war against Britain was completed, the next target was the Soviet Union!

"Yes, but we have already had technicians going to Finland to conduct on-site research and found that their tanks have a frontal protection of 130 mm."

Hearing this voice, Guderian on the side couldn't help but wonder: "Then our 50mm anti-tank gun, even if it uses tungsten alloy armor-piercing projectiles, its armor-piercing ability is only 120mm."

"Yes," Speer said. "So, this shows one thing. The Soviet tank armor steel is of poor quality!"

The German tanks use the hardest molybdenum alloy steel. Under the same thickness, the anti-strike ability is stronger than that of the Soviet tanks! At the same time, the armor-piercing ability of German tank guns is also calculated according to its own armored steel.

Therefore, the ability of our own test is only 120 mm, but it can penetrate the opponent's 130 mm tank!

Speer's words caused a burst of laughter from the people present, not bad! The quality of the Soviet tanks is so poor that they can't even produce qualified steel!

"Everyone, the appearance of the Soviet heavy tanks this time shows at least one thing. The Soviets are catching up. We must continue to maintain the advantage of our armored forces!" Others are optimistic, and Guderian is cooling everyone down.

Do not underestimate the Soviets! Now the Soviets have begun to build heavy tanks! Then, when we attack the Soviet Union in the future, we will not face that pile of junk in Spain.

The Soviet tanks have also developed to be heavy, so what means should we use to maintain our advantage? The new generation of tanks has a dead weight of fifty tons, and it will even exceed sixty tons. Do you want to continue to increase the weight?

That's not a good way.

"In the future, we will mainly improve our technology," Cyric said. "By using more advanced technology, we can greatly improve our performance without adding weight."

In Cyric's mind, there is still a lot of things, and he is very clear about the tank equipment of later generations.

In the past, I didn't take it out for fear of being copied, but now, it's time!