Chapter 1878: The Remaining Power of Shedding

As Bolt expected, it was undoubtedly too self-righteous to expect these Russians, who looked very impressive, to abandon their vehicles just because their tracks were broken. Read

The last T43 medium tank that was mixed in with the heavy tank team had been blown up and turned into a pile of burning steel wreckage, spewing hot black smoke, steaming hot flames, and emitting a strong, pungent and disgusting smell.

Beside it, there were two other IS6 heavy tanks with broken tracks that stopped in place and could not move, but they still did not give up fighting. The new armor-piercing shells that had been loaded into the chamber were ready to go.

"Try this, fascist bastard!"

"Fire!"

Boom--

As the spearhead company of the main battalion under the main tank regiment of the division, the company led by Kirill has a very rare number of experimental armor-piercing shells, which can only be equipped with a few rounds per vehicle. A thing with a completely different design and structure from the previous armor-piercing shells. Few people can even remember the fancy new name, but the company commander can remember it clearly: it is called armor-piercing shells with discarding sabots.

After all, this name was introduced to Kirill by the division commander or the tank commander himself.

The armor-piercing power is very strong, but it also has an extremely huge weakness. The poor accuracy and the inability to accurately predict the trajectory after firing are the most important ones. This is why Kirill did not order the use of armor-piercing shells with discarding sabots at the beginning.

Not only wasting precious shells, but also stopping the car to serve as a target because it could not hit the target at all, but it would be a loss.

Therefore, Kirill's order was not to get close to the distance because the armor penetration depth was not enough, but because the accuracy of the new shells was too poor. Even firing at medium distances could not guarantee accurate hits and might even fail. He had no choice but to rush all the way to a distance close enough to ensure a hit and then wait for an opportunity to fire.

And now, at this distance just over 300 meters, the two IS6s with destroyed tracks and paralyzed on the spot fired these two shells, which were the first wave of armor-piercing shells fired by Kirill.

The two shells fired one after another rushed out of the barrel and got rid of the fixed shell body, leaving only the much lighter core armor-piercing body to continue to break through the wind. The distance of less than 300 meters was undoubtedly fleeting.

Ding bang --

Dong --

"Hit! We hit!!!"

It was a simple thing that a rookie gunner could do to hit a large and stationary target like the King Tiger at a distance of less than 300 meters. ˜”*°•.˜˜.•°*”˜

But if you say that the accuracy of the armor-piercing shell is comparable to peeing, where you aim and where the shell finally lands are completely unrelated, then it is really amazing that the first shot can hit the target at a distance of 300 meters.

This is not only due to strength, but also a certain amount of luck, especially when both armor-piercing shells hit the target accurately.

As for where the shells hit specifically

Please, hitting the target is already enough to give face, what else do you want? Wherever you hit, it will be counted, ah~

It seems to be left to fate, but in fact, the luck is indeed good.

The core of the first armor-piercing shell hit the upper part of the tilted head of the Tiger King accurately, and the core turned straight, broke the armor, and poured into the body of the vehicle, splashing a large number of armor fragments on the spot and scattering in the vehicle.

Although the second armor-piercing shell core also hit the target, this part was indeed a bit awkward. It happened to hit the innermost part of the gun shield at the root of the Tiger King, right in the middle of the big face.

If there is any area in the entire front projection area of ​​the Tiger King that the 122mm armor-piercing shells can never penetrate, then it is probably this small ring area of ​​the gun shield at the root of the gun.

This pig nose gun shield, together with the front armor of the turret behind it, has an equivalent protection of at least 350 mm against kinetic armor-piercing shells under horizontal trajectory.

Even if the chamber volume of the 122mm armor-piercing shells is large and the amount of propellant is high, it is impossible to penetrate to Zenith Star due to the limitations of the technology of the times. In 44 years, penetrating 350 mm is not only shocking Kotin for a whole year, but also shocking Malashenko for a whole year.

The two shells hit the target almost at the same time. This is the only useful information that can be confirmed by the shell tracer trail.

As for whether the shells penetrated the armor, and if they did, what kind of damage they caused to the enemy tanks, and whether they lost their combat effectiveness, there is no way to know.

It is difficult for armor-piercing shells without projectile warheads to produce the effect of ammunition explosion, unless they directly hit the ammunition rack, so it is best to load the second round quickly after you fire a shot, so as not to be in a hurry to find shells when the Germans on the opposite side can still move. This is what Malashenko has personally reminded since the day the shells were distributed.

"Load, armor-piercing shells, keep loading! Aim at the next target first, quickly!"

The two paralyzed IS6s still did not give up the fight and insisted on loading, while on the German side, the two Tiger Kings that were hit by armor-piercing shells were not in such an orderly combat state.

"Blood, lots of blood, I'm injured, my stomach is bleeding, ughhhhh!!!"

"Enrique fell down and can't reload!"

"My leg, my leg! The Russian broke my leg!!!"

Perhaps it was caused by armor fragments, or perhaps it was caused by the high-speed bullet core penetrating the armor.

In short, the crew of the Tiger King with turret call number 214 was in a mess in an instant.

The loader covered his stomach with a chopstick-long slit and fell down wailing, and a large ball of blood was seen rolling out of his stomach with intestines.

The screaming gunner covered his right thigh, which was cut off at the root and only connected by a rubber band, and was bleeding profusely.

The commander, who was in pain like an old cow panting, was the best among the three people in the turret at this moment, but it was only relatively "best".

The right little finger and index finger, which were cut off by a piece of armor fragment, fell on the floor of the vehicle. The commander, who was holding the wound on his right hand with his left hand and grimacing in pain, did hesitate, even if it was only a little bit.

But when he heard the gunner and loader beside him still wailing and screaming in pain, the commander knew that everything was over. No one in the entire turret fighting room was intact. It would be absurd if they could continue to fight.

"Vehicle No. 214 was penetrated, the gunner, loader, and commander were all injured, two seriously and one lightly, abandon the vehicle immediately and withdraw from the battle! Cover us!"