Chapter 1120: Facing Fear

As soon as the gunfire sounded, another dust-swept ammunition explosion shock wave instantly rose from the ground. The Panther, which fired the last shot before death, could not escape the fate of being destroyed. When the upper armor plate of the hull was penetrated at close range, its head was like a rocket and flew straight out.

Two of the three SS tanks that came around to the side had been killed, and there was only one remaining threat! The Panzer IV, which was madly rushing towards the right side of Malashenko's hull with the accelerator fully stepped on.

Compared with the common Panzer IV, this uniquely shaped Panzer IV is obviously different.

The additional homogeneous steel armor, which looks mighty and domineering but is actually useless in front of the 122 heirloom, surrounds the turret and the outside of the hull, protecting the fragile Panzer IV tightly and tightly, giving a feeling of being airtight.

The ordinary Panzer IV only has one radio antenna, but this Panzer IV has two, one of which is a high-power radio antenna like a spider web.

Malashenko couldn't remember clearly when he last killed a German command tank with his own hands, and of course he didn't mind another event re-enactment.

Why the Germans chose the Panther IV as the command tank instead of the Panther was not important to Malashenko. What was important was the tragic explosion of the Panther IV tank later, which was destined to be quite worth looking forward to.

The IS6 that had just killed the Panther had no time to turn the body again. The IS6, which was the most advanced in the first echelon of heavy tanks, was ultimately a real heavy tank of more than 50 tons. It was obviously unrealistic to compete with a small medium tank like the Panther IV in close combat, but Malashenko had other ways to deal with this German tank that was already within ten meters of the face.

"Armor-piercing shells, aim at the side of the turret, and fire!"

Boom--

The heavy turret had not yet turned completely, and the body was still moving in the direction of the destroyed Panther wreckage.

The golden opportunity won by sacrificing teammates was not easy. The Panzer IV, which had already rushed to the right side at a 90-degree vertical angle of incidence, accurately grasped the opportunity, and the long-barreled 75mm main gun fired close and close to the face. The German tank commander, who was staring at the target in front of him, couldn't help but smile slightly for a moment.

Almost zero-distance shooting and side-on bullets, using the upgraded long 75 main gun with enhanced power.

This long 75 main gun, which is enough to hit the KV1 head-on, has no reason to not penetrate the opponent. No matter how indestructible the frontal defense of the tank is, it must have its weaknesses.

The side armor of the Russian tank that can resist his gun at zero distance, he has never seen or heard of it all the way through his battles. The SS tank commander who confidently believed that this shot with a perfect angle of incidence would definitely have an instant kill effect was destined to be disappointed.

Ding bang——

Ka ding——

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There was no QQ or WeChat for real-time chat in World War II, and there was not even "Tianyi 3G is too fast", so naturally there would be no vivid and profound emoticons to express the mood at the moment.

But if there were emoticons in World War II, the SS tank commander at this moment would probably send a panda head emoticon with three question marks to express his soul doubts and shock at the moment.

The 40-type tungsten core armor-piercing projectile specially used to increase penetration failed, and failed in the perfect shooting situation of almost zero distance and completely vertical 90 degrees.

The hard core armor-piercing body made of tungsten alloy was stuck slightly above the junction of the turret and the body of this IS6. The originally sharp front end of the bullet was completely blunted and deformed by the collision, and it looked like a round-headed pistol bullet.

Obviously, the extremely confident attack, like all the useless attempts in the past, once again failed to hurt the terrible steel monster of the Russian guy at all. At most, it scratched the skin and scraped off a little paint for the opponent.

"Oh my god, what kind of monster is this!"

The gunner who witnessed this terrible scene wailed helplessly and even a little desperately, and the commander who felt the sweat on his forehead soaked his hat was even more upset.

It was okay that the armor was not penetrated. The SS commander who had anticipated the worst and had some mental preparation was not really unacceptable.

But the most terrible thing was that the targeted fire that chose to shoot at the weak point of the connection between the turret and the body still had no effect.

The tungsten core armor-piercing bullet that was expected to at least jam the turret steering machine was extremely disappointing, just like a hand-held javelin toy that could not penetrate the target was completely scratched.

The turret of the steel monster continued to rotate and turned rapidly to its side. The SS commander, whose mind was completely blank for a moment, seemed to have figured out the reason in that lightning-fast moment.

If you can't penetrate the armor, then you can't talk about blocking the opponent's turret steering machine and stopping it from rotating. This method was first used to deal with the difficult T34 at the beginning of the invasion in 1941, but it didn't work well.

But what does it mean if you can't penetrate the armor?

This means that the physical thickness of the turret side armor of this monster tank of the Russians starts at at least 150 mm. Counting the equivalent defense bonus brought by the semi-arc turret side armor edge, it has exceeded the maximum penetration depth of the Type 40 sub-caliber tungsten core armor-piercing projectile fired by the 75-caliber gun of the Panzer IV.

The physical thickness of the turret side armor is 150 mm. What does this mean?

The SS tank commander, who only had the word "horror" in his head, didn't even dare to think about it, and took the initiative to avoid it.

The Russian steel behemoth in front of him, the turret side armor alone was thicker than the front of the Tiger tank that his side was proud of. It was a pity that there was no more meaningful adjective than "horror", and the SS tank commander, who was terrified from the bottom of his heart, could only describe it this way.

The turret was simply indestructible? What about the side armor of the vehicle?

It might still be a futile move, but it was worth a try after all, after all, this close-range assault had been at stake since the beginning.

Taking advantage of the short time of being hit by another shot, Iushkin, who didn't care where the tank was hit, continued to turn the turret steering machine at full speed, and Seryosha, who cooperated with Iushkin at the same time, continued to try to maximize the vehicle steering while reversing.

IS6 keeps retreating and turning at a larger angle to try to face the enemy head-on, and will never allow the enemy to face the enemy head-on. If the Panzer IV appears, the accelerator is pressed to the limit, and the tank cuts the inner corner madly and continues to rush towards the side of IS6.

If you look down at the battlefield from the air, it is easy to find that the IS6's reverse turning and turret turning speed are actually slightly faster than the Panzer IV's side-cutting speed in terms of attack direction.

If the situation continues like this, Malashenko's brigade command vehicle will need about six to eight seconds to completely aim the gun at the target. Malashenko, who has already felt that the scales of victory are tilting more and more towards him, intends to use this method to finally end the battle.