Chapter 1758: Armor Breaking

Swoosh——

Boom——

"The upper front part was hit, but it didn't penetrate! I'm still alive!"

"If you're alive, keep driving. Use the coaxial machine gun to tear the German scum apart!"

"Die, fascist!"

An 88mm rocket that flew out of nowhere hit the upper front part of the IS6 heavy tank. The warhead charge exploded, instantly releasing a metal jet that sprayed forward and the explosive power that spread wantonly. The power was as great as a flower of fire that bloomed instantly. Read М

Unfortunately, this powerful rocket that is powerful enough to penetrate the front main armor of most tanks in the world today can't do anything to the thick-skinned steel behemoth in front of it.

Even without the new modular composite armor, the thick and heavily inclined homogeneous steel armor on the upper front of the IS6 heavy tank's early batch production model is definitely enough to withstand the frontal bombardment of the tank killer rocket and stand firm.

Even with newer and stronger tank killers, it is still unrealistic for the German infantry to penetrate the main armor belt of the IS6 heavy tank from the front, which is no different from wishing for a fart.

Realizing that the frontal attack is ineffective, the German infantry reacted quickly, and the frontal direct shooting soon turned into crossfire mutual cover shooting.

You hit the enemy tank in front of me, and I will help you deal with the Russian steel monster in front of you.

This change in tactics caused the Soviet tanks to be hit from the front main armor belt to the most vulnerable side and rear armor.

Even though the Red Army soldiers who followed closely behind their own tanks and half-crouched and hunched behind the turret to operate the roof machine guns, they had done their best and used all their skills to desperately cover their own tanks, and fired wildly at the German infantry who were about to fight in close combat.

All kinds of automatic firepower basically reached the maximum firepower output that seriously consumed their lifespan, but this still could not stop the Wehrmacht armored grenadiers who also chose to fight to the death.

Flying out from all the places you can think of, or unexpected corners, these flying German rockets and anti-tank grenades are a hundred times more exciting than the fireworks on New Year's Eve in China.

Boom --

Another 88mm rocket hit the lower part of the side armor of the IS6 heavy tank, and the modular composite armor added to the side of the body in the form of skirt armor to protect the weak points worked.

The bolt fixing structure connected to the upper part of the side armor of the body could not withstand the strong impact force, and the modular composite armor hanging below was directly blown out from the side of the body, and could no longer protect the tank.

But this one-time defense has consumed most of the armor-piercing chemical energy of the metal jet.

After a shot destroyed a piece of composite armor plate, the remaining small amount of metal jet of the tank killer rocket has been severely attenuated and almost exhausted.

The final result of its continued advancement along the trajectory was that the basic armor at the lower end of the side of the IS6 was burned black, and it was even impossible to drill a hole in the vertical homogeneous steel armor plate.

The sandwich structure composite armor of "armor plate + rubber interlayer + armor plate" has a serious attenuation and weakening effect on chemical energy metal jets.

"Keep going, come again! Add another shot to the weak area where the armor plate was blown away, quickly!"

After a series of failures and useless efforts, they can still maintain high morale and the courage to continue fighting. This is probably the biggest difference between elite troops and regular troops.

These Wehrmacht armored grenadiers who don't know what giving up is are still fighting, and the 88mm rockets loaded from the tail of the launch tube are pushed into the chamber again, ready to go.

The sturdy German gunner carrying such a heavy cannon barrel on his shoulder tried his best to aim. Through the huge square flame shield notch rear sight in front of him and the side sight at the muzzle, he quickly aimed the black muzzle at the target and the same part he had hit once before.

Boom--

Swoosh--

The 88mm full-caliber rocket that was instantly ignited by the rocket engine rushed out of the muzzle with a whistle. The hot air waves raised by the huge tail flame blast were completely offset by the flame shield, and did not hurt the gunner who was very close.

The tank killer rocket that hit the target head-on was indeed very accurate, or the German gunner who repeatedly attacked the same target and the same part was really a great man, even if he was really lucky.

In short, when this tank-killing rocket crossed the shooting distance of 200 meters, and somehow passed through the side protection gap where a large piece of skirt armor was blown off, and directly hit the vertical armor on the side of the IS6 body, a terrible catastrophe was inevitable from then on.

Boom--

After penetrating the fragile vertical side armor of the body without any suspense, the hot metal jet burned and licked the reserve ammunition rack stored in the chassis of the body, and it caused an irreversible terrible disaster in just a blink of an eye.

The huge ammunition explosion power instantly overpressured the entire internal space of the tank, giving the flat and huge turret an irresistible upward force, and it was directly blown away like riding a rocket.

The machine gunner operating the roof machine gun, the Red Army soldier following behind this IS6 heavy tank, and the four crew members in the car

The huge firestorm instantly engulfed all the living beings around, and the annihilation of the flesh took only a blink of an eye. Then there was a death storm mixed with metal fragments and bloody winds by a shock wave that spread rapidly.

"Success! You did it, Enrique! Well done!"

This Russian heavy tank, which has a high mobility that is extremely disproportionate to its huge and seemingly bulky body, is too difficult to destroy. So much so that after consuming multiple rockets and firing continuously, it was finally destroyed. This result was also a great victory and encouragement for this German anti-tank team, enough to motivate them to continue fighting even though they had been abandoned strictly speaking.

"Vehicle No. 113 is destroyed! The ammunition exploded, Shelovsky and his men are finished!"

"Vehicle No. 112, take over! Don't worry about the losses, keep charging! We're about to break through! Ura!!!"

"It's been hit! The right track is destroyed, we can't move!!!"

One after another, IS6 heavy tanks were either destroyed or their tracks were damaged and they lost their ability to move and were forced to withdraw from the battle.

As their combat experience increased, the German armored grenadiers gradually found their sense and countermeasures. They had figured out that the upper and lower ends of the side of the Russian heavy tanks, which were not equipped with the square box armor and lacked protection, could be penetrated by a tank killer.

Although this part, which was not a weakness at all, was too narrow and too difficult to aim, it was better than having no weakness at all, enough to give people hope in despair.

The fierce and cruel battle had already left wreckage everywhere and many casualties, but even so, this meat grinder-like close combat that burned flesh and steel had only just begun.