Chapter 1973 It’s a Beautiful Thing

Evaluating the quality of a tank obviously cannot be based on the three elements of firepower, mobility, and protection. If we only look at these things that can be compared with numbers, then the actual combat effectiveness of the tank is too easy to be judged. Read М

For example, the joystick that Malashenko is particularly satisfied with is something that will not be reflected in any paper parameter of a tank, but its addition to the gunner's combat effectiveness is so large that it cannot be ignored.

In the past, Malashenko also thought that the three elements of firepower, protection, and mobility could fully summarize the combat effectiveness of the tank, but later, with the growth of more and more combat experience, Malashenko gradually found that things were far from being as simple as he thought.

This small and inconspicuous device will bring a huge improvement to the overall combat effectiveness of the whole vehicle. If the actual battlefield test proves that there is no problem, it should be popularized to more tanks at a faster speed in the future. The traditional mechanical linkage sub-item control tank design is outdated. This novel integrated comprehensive design can represent the future of tanks.

Malashenko, who was busy all day, asked himself if he had almost forgotten this. As a time traveler, he could not think carefully. Thinking of this, Malashenko could not help but laugh and shook his head.

"Comrade General, what are you laughing at?"

Shashmulin, who had already left the tank with Malashenko, asked curiously. Malashenko, who was standing in front of the car with Shashmulin, spoke up.

"Nothing, it's just that I had never expected this design before. If it works well, it will be proven to be a reliable design without problems on the battlefield. I will immediately suggest to my superiors that this design should be popularized in the main armored combat vehicles of future follow-up models. Sometimes, these invisible and intangible details that are most easily overlooked are precisely the key to improving combat effectiveness."

One thing is that the designer of this new gunner control system was not someone else, but Shashmulin himself, the chief designer of the project.

To be honest, the inspiration for designing this thing was just a flash of inspiration for Shashmulin at the beginning. One morning, while eating breakfast, Shashmulin suddenly thought that if many sub-item control terminals that originally required complex operations were integrated together, one device could achieve the functions that could only be fully exerted by multiple devices before, would it be a great improvement in combat power?

This is just like the tank originally integrated the artillery and machine guns as killing weapons, as well as the highly mobile body chassis and protective armor. No one expected that these integrations that seemed ordinary and at most brain-opening at the time would transform into the king of land warfare that is absolutely irreplaceable even in the wars of a hundred years in the future.

There are some things that you will never know the answer to unless you try them. After all, practice makes perfect. There will be no actual breakthroughs if you just stay at the level of thinking.

Shashmulin, who thought it was worth a try, immediately put down the bread he had not yet finished eating, took out the pencil and notebook he carried with him, and recorded all the flashes of inspiration and ideas he could think of in the small notebook. After leaving the cafeteria, he immediately went down to the workshop to lead the team to discuss trial production.

Now, this bold idea that flashed in his mind at the beginning has been transformed into a practical result praised by Malashenko.

If Shashmulin wanted something from this design, then there is no doubt that the high recognition from Malashenko is the best recognition of his and the entire team's efforts.

"She is great, and her performance in all aspects is good, even better than I imagined."

"I will personally attend the prototype test tomorrow. Don't worry about what others think or how they look at it, Shashmurin. You just need to remember that if she performs well enough, then I will do my best to turn your hard work into actual results. Maybe the Red Army will soon usher in a more powerful heavy tank. I am full of confidence in this."

Finally, taking another look at the quietly sleeping steel behemoth in front of him, Malashenko was almost unable to let go of this huge iron girl. This thing, both inside and outside, has done its best to reach the closest state to perfection in Malashenko's mind.

If you really want to evaluate the strongest heavy tank in World War II, then Malashenko thinks that what he sees is it.

At this point, there is only one last step left. Winning tomorrow's prototype test will be the last threshold before Project 260 can be transformed into actual results. At this moment, Malashenko only hopes that everything will go well tomorrow.

"I hope everything goes well. Be prepared. I believe you can do it."

Leaving the workshop alone and saying goodbye to Shashmurin, Malashenko knew that Shashmurin still needed to make final preparations before tomorrow's test. At this time, it is best not to disturb him and give him more precious time.

After simply eating some food in the cafeteria to fill his stomach, Malashenko, who had nothing to do, was now just waiting for tomorrow's test. Thinking about going to the streets of Leningrad and looking around, his body was different from his thoughts. He was a little lazy and didn't want to move.

"Forget it, let's find a place to sleep. I haven't had a good sleep recently. I'm always worried."

Shashmurin arranged a place for Malashenko to live, a small but clean single room. It can be seen that in the current state of Leningrad's post-war reconstruction, this is already a good grade that can be prepared for guests.

Especially for a rough man like Malashenko who is used to all kinds of harsh living environments and can snore loudly while lying on a camp bed, it is heaven. At least there is a soft solid wooden bed in this room, which is the greatest happiness.

"Huh, IS7, tsk,"

"Oh, it's a wonderful thing to drive an IS7 to knock down the Germans and blast into them with 130mm naval guns."

Lying on the bed, he giggled and fell asleep in less than a minute, snoring loudly.

When he woke up, it was already early the next morning. Malashenko fell on the bed and slept for more than ten hours from dusk to dawn.

If it weren't for the non-stop running around during this period, he would have been exhausted. Malashenko, who has been on the battlefield for many years and has long been accustomed to fragmented sleep, would not have been like this, but these are not important.

What's important is that Malashenko, dressed in the uniform of a major general of a tank soldier, had already arrived at the suburban test site in a special car arranged by Shashmulin. He looked at the prototype of Project 260 that had been transported to the site with great anticipation, as the most important moment of the whole day was about to come.