Chapter 2196 ATGM

Chapter 2201 ATGM

Malachenko thought of many situations, different situations, and the Germans might do all kinds of outrageous anti-tank weapons. Google search reading

Malachenko expected that the Germans would produce more Panzerfausts, and of course he also guessed that the Germans would further increase the charge of the Panzerfaust warhead, thereby increasing its power to break through thicker protective armor. This is all predictable and reasonable. After all, this is what happened in history, and this timeline is just an accelerated time process.

But to be honest, Comrade Ma never expected that the Germans could actually make such a "precious thing" so much ahead of time, and not only did they make it, they also put it into the front line and actually delivered it to the troops, preparing to use this thing to fight their own Red Army.

The large weapon box in front of Malachenko contained nothing else but a brand-new field work with epoch-making significance in the history of human anti-armor weapon development: anti-tank missiles, referred to as ATGMs.

This set of things in the box looks very complicated, but it is actually a complete set of anti-tank missiles, including ammunition, control components and guidance components.

Needless to say, the ammunition is the largest cylindrical cone with four small wings and a total weight of at least ten kilograms.

This thing was pre-installed and placed in the weapon box. The whole missile integrates the seeker, warhead, body fuel column and rocket engine. It can be used directly in wartime without the need for on-site ammunition assembly, which shortens the wartime response time of the entire weapon system. It can be regarded as a more practical design, and of course it can also show that the Germans are not just good at making bad things.

In addition to this missile, the remaining objects in the box are also indispensable to the entire weapon system. The first and second largest in size after the missile itself is, of course, the console operation terminal in the packaging box.

This is something similar to the joystick of an arcade game. The difference is that the base under the joystick is not as huge as the arcade game machine. It is just a square object that is about the size of half a shoe box cover and slightly thicker than a cigarette box.

To be honest, the fact that electronic components can be integrated into such a size these days can actually prove from an objective perspective that the electronic technology of the Germans is quite awesome.

The red button on the base should be the missile launch button, and the joystick is used to control the flight direction of the missile until it hits the target. This is not difficult to guess. The meaning of the remaining small buttons is unknown. They may be used to power the missile or do something else. In short, you have to combine the manual to understand it. Malashenko can't figure it out just by holding it in his hand.

Putting down the operating terminal console in his hand, the last thing in the weapon box is the coiled super long wire.

In fact, this wire is not just one wire that goes all the way in, but two wires, one long and one short.

The short wire is obviously slightly thicker, and is wrapped with an insulating sheath on the outside. It is obviously powered by electricity. From this point of view, the purpose of this thing is very obvious: connecting the console and the missile to realize the long-distance conduction firing of the missile. In theory, as long as the firing wire is long enough, the shooter can fire from 70 to 80 meters or even hundreds of meters away from the missile.

But this is only limited to theory. In actual combat, you have to consider the angle and distance between the deployment of the missile launch position and the position of the shooter. This is obviously a weapon that requires visual search and tracking, visual guidance, and manual control of the missile flight trajectory until it hits the target. The principle is easy to understand and not very advanced. It belongs to the first generation of wire-guided anti-tank missiles in the very early stage.

Therefore, it does not have the "fire and forget" function of some advanced "scumbag" missiles in the 21st century, nor is it advanced enough to perform simple laser beam guidance. As long as the laser beam is continuously aimed at the target, it can be hit. Naturally, it also has high requirements for the shooter.

Not only do you need to master the weapon skills in quantity, but you also need to avoid being too far away from the missile or the angle being too biased. Otherwise, if you can't even control the flight trajectory of the missile, how can you say it hits the target?

As for the remaining long wire, it is the control wire used to transmit the wired control command.

Theoretically, you need to equip the missile with a control wire of the same length as the effective range of the missile.

The flight trajectory control of the missile after it is launched is all completed by this wire. The shooter visually judges the missile and the target, operates the console to manually correct the flight trajectory, and then feeds the flight control command back to the missile through the control wire to make attitude adjustments until the missile finally hits the target, or misses the target. It's a very simple principle.

The above are all the items in the weapon box. In addition to these things with some technical content, the rest is the missile launcher base that has no technical content at all: a thing that looks like a red wine display stand, and the whole thing is an iron frame welded on the base, simple and unpretentious.

"What is this thing used for? Do you know?"

Malachenko had already said that he knew this thing, so Iushkin, like a curious baby, took the opportunity to ask.

The sudden anti-tank missiles made Malashenko feel a bit overwhelmed. The reasons were complicated and involved many things. It was not easy to explain them in a few words. Malashenko, who could not explain the details to Ivushkin immediately, could only try to pick out the simpler and easier to understand content.

"Like Panzerfaust, it fights tanks, but the threat of this thing is not of the same order of magnitude as Panzerfaust. If the threat of Panzerfaust to the Panzer IV tank is that of the Panzer IV tank, then this thing is the King Tiger, which can kill Panzerfaust in one second."

To be honest, the recoilless gun with a short range, low power and poor accuracy of Panzerfaust is like Donald Duck scolding the regiment commander - the younger brother among the younger brothers - compared with the serious anti-tank missiles.

Even if it is only the first generation of wire-guided anti-tank missiles, anti-tank missiles are anti-tank missiles. The superiority caused by the type of weapon is difficult to surpass by low-tech weapons such as recoilless guns.

With long range, great power, and guidance to ensure high accuracy, the anti-tank missile can be said to fully make up for the shortcomings of the recoilless gun. Compared with this thing, the Panzerfaust is the type that lags behind in the anti-tank field and is beaten.

The fact is just as Malashenko said, this is a groundbreaking new weapon that poses a far greater threat to the Red Army tank troops than the Panzerfaust. The younger brother of the Panzerfaust is not comparable to this thing at all, so it's better to step back.

If you insist on saying what the appearance of this thing means, I'm afraid Malashenko's words "a box of big troubles" are the best description.