Chapter 2424 Feel the Power of the Red Navy

In an IS7 heavy tank not too far away, sharp eyes have already noticed the target to be attacked when the smoke rose. Although the target could not be seen directly in the field of vision to find its exact location, the general direction and position were enough for the experienced commander.

"The target is at 11 o'clock, 300 meters away! There is smoke rising behind the slope, aim!"

The huge turret, painted with the call sign "177", the Guards logo, the leader's division emblem, and the iconic "Revenge for the hero Kirill", turned rapidly, and the huge black muzzle soon pointed completely to the location and aimed at the target.

"Delayed grenade loading, load! Quick!"

The IS7 is a very special heavy tank. When it was born, it had created many unprecedented "firsts" in the entire Stalin heavy tank family.

One of them is the first heavy tank designed and built using many mature shelf products from the Red Navy.

Those off-the-shelf products from the Red Navy not only made the IS7 mature and reliable, but also had many "special abilities" that the Stalin heavy tanks of the same series had never had before. For example, using the same 130mm naval gun as the Red Navy destroyers, firing some special types of ammunition that are only available in the Red Navy ammunition depot.

What Malashenko now requires to be loaded is not the contact-type high-explosive fragmentation grenade commonly used by the army, but the semi-armor-piercing delayed-fuze high-explosive fragmentation grenade from the Red Navy.

This special type of ammunition from the Red Navy ammunition depot was originally designed for naval warfare and is specifically used to kill some small and medium-tonnage ships with thin skin and large fillings, no armor or thin armor protection, such as frigates, destroyers, light cruisers, etc.

Its working principle is also very simple, using a semi-armor-piercing warhead with a certain wall thickness to penetrate the unprotected hull or light armor, and detonating inside the enemy ship under the action of the delayed fuze to cause serious internal injuries.

Compared with traditional high-explosive fragmentation grenades with contact-type impact fuzes, blasting enemy ships from the inside can obviously enhance the damage effect, destroy more cabins, kill more people, and cause more serious damage to the ship's structure. This is much greater than the damage that can be caused by ordinary high-explosive grenades hitting the outer shell of the ship and exploding.

It may not be very effective against those battlecruisers and battleships that are thick-skinned and can't penetrate armor, but it is definitely cool to deal with small and medium-sized ships with thin skin and large fillings.

The price is that the semi-armor-piercing shell wall is much thicker than ordinary high-explosive fragmentation grenades, which will occupy a considerable part of the warhead charge space, resulting in the semi-armor-piercing delay fuze grenade The charge is much less than that of traditional grenades, but compared with those real armor-piercing shells, the warhead charge is still huge.

So this is a special type of ammunition between a real armor-piercing shell and a high-explosive grenade. It is indeed a specialized type of ammunition that corresponds to the special needs of the navy and the maritime combat environment. It is not something that the army can usually use.

As the direct and orthodox successor of the Red Navy's 130mm destroyer gun, Malashenko's IS7 heavy tank carries this type of semi-armor-piercing delayed-fuze grenade that was originally used exclusively by the Red Navy.

Don't get me wrong, Malashenko carries this special type of ammunition, it is definitely not for hitting German tanks or bombing German infantry. The pitiful armor penetration depth of the semi-armor-piercing delayed-fuze grenade is obviously not enough to produce a qualitative change against the German zoo that has become thick and tough to a certain extent these days.

On the contrary, because the thickening of the shell wall reduces the amount of warhead charge, it will also seriously weaken the overpressure impact lethality of the grenade. It can neither penetrate the target nor cause soft damage. Some targets that could have been killed or crippled by one shot may be alive and kicking. It is so embarrassing to use this kind of semi-armor-piercing time-delay fuze grenade in an environment that does not correspond to the demand.

But this does not mean that this special type of ammunition is useless. The battlefield is not a diode test site. In most cases, it is useless. In some extremely special cases, if it is used properly, it can play a miraculous effect. For example, now, this is why Malashenko has the foresight to equip his car with several rounds of this special ammunition.

Because it is an uncommon type of ammunition, it will lie quietly in the chassis floor ammunition rack in most cases.

So if you want to use a 130mm full-caliber semi-armor-piercing time-delay fuze grenade, you must load it manually instead of semi-automatically. At least the huge and heavy semi-armor-piercing time-delay fuze grenade projectile, which is heavier than ordinary grenades, must be taken out from the chassis ammunition rack for loading by manpower.

"Uh Suka! This thing is really heavy, much heavier than ordinary grenades, almost as heavy as armor-piercing bullets!"

"Quick, quick, quick, put it up, quick!"

As the main loader, Artyom called on the assistant loader Sergei to quickly move the projectile onto the loading slide, but he himself did not stand aside and watch others work, pretending to be stupid.

Sergei was responsible for loading the projectile, and Artyom was responsible for operating the loader and loading the propellant cartridges.

To be precise, the so-called "manual loading" is just the projectile in Sergei's arms that needs to be loaded manually. In order to load the propellant quickly, Artyom still operates the semi-automatic loader to transport the conveyor belt from the propellant rack in the lower part of the ammunition rack at the rear end of the turret, and keep it in the same straight line with the projectile that Sergei has already placed on the loading slide rail, and then carry out the last step of the push rod loading.

Generally speaking, the push rod is required to carry out the last step of loading into the chamber, which is the standard operating procedure for loaders clearly stipulated in the operating manual.

But at this moment, in order to load quickly, Artyom hurriedly completed the last step of pushing into the chamber in a hurry. He did not turn around and pick up the push rod behind him, but directly winked at Sergei beside him.

Sergei, who has formed a tacit understanding in long-term cooperation, immediately understood, put his left hand on the top of the breech block to support his body, and directly pressed the palm of his right hand against the left half of the propellant cartridge.

On the other side, Artyom, who was standing on the other side of the breech block, also stretched out his left hand and used his palm to press against the right half of the propellant cartridge, and his right hand rested on the top of the breech block to support his body and prepare to fire.

"Hurry! Go!"

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