Chapter 1691 I Hit It, Comrade Commander!

Can the armor-piercing discarding projectile that Ke Jing tinkered with with unreliable accuracy be able to penetrate the level of defense of the Hunter Tiger? To be honest, Malashenko had no idea and couldn't explain why.

According to the early penetration formula of the first-generation discarding sabots, the armor-piercing sabots fired by the 122 gun can completely penetrate the frontal armor protection of the Jagdtiger.

But the problem is that the thing developed by Kogin may not even be considered the first generation of discarding sabots, which is the most serious thing in history. This is an experimental type used to demonstrate the transformation of theoretical foundations into practical operations. Is this something feasible? Logically speaking, it is not even qualified to go on the battlefield. It is a defective product that even Ke Jing shook his head after seeing the test results.

At this point, there is no other way. Apart from trying this thing, the only other option left is to ride on the side of Malashenko. He doesn’t mind treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor and trying this shelling. Can armor-piercing bullets achieve the desired effect?

Iushkin, who received the order from Malashenko, acted quickly. He held the helicopter and steering machine in his left hand and right hand and went into battle almost at the same time. After a period of rapid operation that ordinary people could not catch up with, he immediately aimed at the target. .

"I hope this thing is really useful, come on!"

Click——

boom--

The firing lever on the side of the breech block held tightly in his hand was pulled down instantly, and the 122 gun, which was already known for its massive medicine chamber, instantly ejected a large ball of orange muzzle flash. The gunpowder gas that had not been completely ablated erupted from both sides of the muzzle brake chamber in the form of flames. The violent muzzle shock wave even instantly flattened the green lawn directly below the muzzle.

The projectiles that rush out of the muzzle brake at high speed are slightly different, just as expected when it was designed and developed.

The outer cartridge case including the core armor-piercing body immediately split and fell off on its own after being separated from the muzzle, leaving only the cone-shaped but flat-headed core armor-piercing body itself roaring through the air and advancing at high speed.

The redundant weight that is shed immediately after exiting the barrel greatly enhances the armor-piercing power of the bullet core's armor-piercing body. The smaller front projection area means that the armor-piercing core of the bullet encounters less wind resistance when flying along the ballistic path, and the speed and energy stored when it finally hits the target is higher, resulting in more powerful kinetic energy armor-piercing power. That's where it comes from.

But an obvious and unavoidable problem is that the stability of the armor-piercing body of the small flat-nosed pointed conical core is really poor. Compared with traditional armor-piercing projectiles, its shape deviates too much from the aerodynamic design, and the flight process The projectile deflection and trajectory changes caused by wind resistance are much greater than those of ordinary armor-piercing projectiles.

The final result derived from this is the hip-pulling accuracy that may make people cry when they finally hit the target.

To exaggerate, it's your business where you aim. The final impact point of the artillery shell has nothing to do with it. How accurate you say it can be depends on your belief in Comrade Stalin. It doesn't matter whether the high ground is strong or weak. Anyway, this has nothing to do with your artillery. There really isn't much connection with the technique, it's that simple.

Malashenko soon witnessed with his own eyes what Kotin’s reminder of “poor accuracy” meant and how it would be reflected in actual combat.

Iushkin was very sure that the part he was aiming at was the main armor belt on the front of the monster's fighting room, but what was really unexpected was that the shell actually deflected downward by a dozen centimeters at a distance of just over a hundred meters. So many that it hit the upper edge of the armor along the tilt of the huge car body.

Ding-ding——

The metallic impact sound of the violent collision between the armor-piercing body of the bullet core and the armor on the inclined nose was heard instantly. Although Iushkin was "shocked" in his heart by the outrageous accuracy, he still knew clearly that he hit the target and did not miss it. There was no tracer of ricochet across his field of vision.

All this can only mean one thing. The shell was indeed rammed into the armor and had some effect, but whether it penetrated the armor or semi-penetrated the card owner is another matter. .

Therefore, the only thing that Iushkin currently hopes for is that this artillery shell, which is accurate to the accuracy of his grandma's house, will be more or less effective.

"Hit! I hit, Comrade Commander!"

"Shut up, I saw it! The German guy may not be killed by you, keep your eyes open and watch!"

The discarding sabot armor-piercing projectile has a very fatal weakness. It is an armor-piercing core made of pure metal. It does not have a projectile warhead, so it does not have any warhead charge.

To put it bluntly, the damage caused by this thing after penetrating an enemy tank all depends on how much remaining armor-piercing kinetic energy remains in the armor-piercing body of the bullet core, and whether it has the ability to continue moving forward and cause deep damage after breaking through the armor. In addition, the armor fragments that were picked up by the impact of the bullet core's armor-piercing body at the moment the armor was penetrated were scattered in all directions, killing soft targets in the vehicle at extremely close range.

An iron lump that cannot be exploded is the best way to describe the armor-piercing core of the discarding sabot.

The use of a 122mm large-caliber main gun does bring a certain gain to the aftereffects. For example, the mass of the 7kg tungsten alloy warhead is clearly marked on the instruction manual. Compared with various types of first-generation sabot armor-piercing projectiles in the early Cold War, the quality of such a warhead can definitely be regarded as powerful, heavy, and thunderous.

If it can penetrate the armor, a larger and heavier warhead will inevitably bring more armor fragments and have a stronger damage effect on the equipment and personnel inside the vehicle body. But the premise is that you can penetrate it, otherwise all the after-effects will be in vain.

Find the most suitable and optimal balance between increasing the mass of the warhead to expand the aftereffect and reducing the mass of the warhead to increase the armor-piercing power. This was also a top priority for designers from various countries during the Cold War when they developed the first generation of armor-piercing shells.

Of course, the above things are all later for Malashenko, and it doesn’t matter that only he, a time traveler, can understand these principles. What’s important is whether this ridiculously inaccurate thing can penetrate the German armor. This is the only thing Malashenko cares about now.

Since there is no charge, you can’t expect this shot to blow up the German car on the spot.

Unless your core armor-piercing body still has enough residual kinetic energy after penetrating the armor, and it happens to hit the ammunition rack on the trajectory of the projectile, the ultra-high temperature damage generated by the physical collision between the core armor-piercing body and the shell causes the ammunition to explode.

Otherwise, it is almost impossible to explode the ammunition by relying solely on the armor fragments brought up in the instant of penetrating the armor.

Irregular armor fragments have weak armor penetration ability and their speed decays very quickly. Unless they are extremely sharp, they have a chance to break the projectile, ignite the charge, and cause a sympathetic explosion at a very close distance. Otherwise, the probability is as low as picking up a hundred-dollar bill on your way home from get off work in an era when everyone is scanning QR codes to pay.