Chapter 2531 The Legend of Freaks (Part 1)
As Malashenko said.
Kogin is indeed very familiar with the German anti-tank missiles, and he is already very familiar with them.
To say that anti-tank missiles are indeed trendy, they are a new concept weapon that you Germans are the first to put into actual combat. You have to admit that this is indeed a "first" in the history of human warfare.
As a military-industrial tycoon, Kogin heard about this happening on the front line. He heard that the Germans had invested in a flying explosion that "could follow one's own tanks like moths to a flame, clinging to them until they hit." After finding "material weapons", he immediately used his strong connections to find ways to obtain several sets, which were all trophies captured by various troops on the front line in battles.
Some were ordered to be dismantled and studied by Kojing, and some were pulled to the shooting range and directly fired at targets used to simulate our own tanks to test their power.
After a brief but not too long period of busy work, coupled with the fact that the German guy is sincere and always comes with a detailed weapon manual and operation manual, Ke Jing finally figured it out. I learned all the details about this trendy German thing and thoroughly understood it.
As for the evaluation, of course the evaluation is "That's it? It's nothing more than that. Our Soviet Union can still do it given time."
But even though he already knew the German anti-tank missiles very well and had a thorough understanding of their performance, Kogin was still puzzled by the fact that the technology in front of him belonged to the same generation, but it was just larger in size.
"Is this thing really specially used to fight tanks? In terms of length, it is already longer than a light fast tank. I don't think it will be very time-saving and labor-saving to manufacture and easy to mass-produce with such a big body. If the quantity is not enough, it will be very difficult for us. What's the use? Even if it can really destroy heavy tanks, is the German's brain so rusty that he is beaten stupid?"
Weapons developed in war are not weapons developed in peacetime. There is a fundamental difference between the two.
Even if the weapons developed in peacetime are expensive and require more trouble and time to produce, it is not completely unacceptable. At least the upper limit of tolerance for cost and construction time is much higher than in wartime.
After all, you can save money in peacetime. Even if it is more expensive and troublesome in a relaxed and comfortable environment, it is not impossible as long as the performance is sufficient and the overall cost is worthy. You can always save enough after building it for a few years. Having a sufficient number of high-performance weapons in reserve is not a bad thing in the first instance of war, but the situation in wartime is completely different.
In wartime, there is no opportunity to accumulate quantities in peacetime. It is necessary to develop quickly, put into production quickly, facilitate mass production, and then supply the front-line delivery troops for entry into service.
No matter which country or army it is, no one can violate this principle. If it is violated, the consequences will usually not be good. The Germans who have not understood this for a long time have repeatedly suffered losses on this issue. Pay tuition repeatedly.
Kogin felt that the Germans would never understand this truth until now. In fact, judging from the simplification of many German weapons, such as disposable iron fists, iron pipe tank killers, and even the new infantry anti-tank missiles The extent to which it can be easily equipped is enough to prove that the Germans have actually learned a lesson and know what kind of weapons to develop during wartime.
As a result, such a big expensive gadget that has no cost performance and no wartime research and development capabilities suddenly appeared.
Ke Jin just feels confused now, so damn confused!
For a while, I couldn’t figure out whether your German brain was growing in your Tianling Gai or in your crotch.
If you say that the Germans are so brainless and stupid, isn't that a bit too red-blooded? Is it because the Red Army has repeatedly fought with such a naive opponent that they finally almost won? This is obviously unscientific and unreasonable.
Fortunately, perhaps seeing the confusion and suspicion in Kojin's heart, a more detailed answer from Malashenko later solved the mystery in Kojin's heart.
"Actually, you don't have to be confused. Just like you, when I first saw this thing on the battlefield, it almost scared my eyes out. I even wonder if the Germans are crazy, so they built it at all costs. This monster came out just to destroy our heavy tanks. It wasn’t until a few high-ranking prisoners of war came out and asked about it that we found out that this was not the case. "
"At first, this thing was not designed to deal with our heavy tanks. This was not its original design function."
"This thing originated from the Germans' anti-aircraft guided weapon program. The Germans tried to use an anti-aircraft weapon that could continuously track the target to deal with the strategic bombings of the Yankees and the British, and hit those bomber groups that covered the sky. Come down."
"As soon as the bidding began, several German companies and military factories came here that were capable or wanted to try it. Their design plans were different, and even very different from each other. Because there was no similar weapon design before. For reference, it is completely exploring new and unknown areas, so there are all kinds of designs that are unconventional and even monster-like.”
"The designers of one of the companies probably got some ideas from the anti-tank missiles that had a relatively complete design at that time, and created a set of large-scale missiles deployed on fixed-position launchers, equipped with a huge launcher. The anti-aircraft missiles from the line box popped out.”
"That's right. That crazy designer wanted to use wire-guided anti-aircraft missiles to deal with bombers. The reason was that there were proven ready-made designs for reference, which could shorten the research and development process, and it was called convenient for rapid production and deployment. But I'm afraid no one knows whether the German designer was taking too much drugs when he came up with this idea."
"But because this was the first design submitted, as the crazy German designer himself said, the advantage was that it could be quickly put into production and deployed. The project bidding supervisor agreed to this plan and allocated funds to trial-produce a batch for test firing and verification."
"In the early stage, an unknown number of test missiles were produced. The exact number of missiles was caught by me for interrogation. The German colonel didn't know either. He just said that the test results were terrible. He was invited to observe one of the tests, and he almost lost his life there. "
"The missile flew a certain distance into the air and broke the wire. As a result, it lost control and fell headfirst to the ground. It was a live-fire test with a warhead and full of fuel for the maximum range. A group of German officers and experts who were watching were killed on the spot. It is said that among the idiots killed in the explosion was Hermann Meyer's confidant. "
"Of course, the designer was arrested by the Gestapo and imprisoned, and the entire project was completely killed. All subsequent test missions were cancelled, and the missiles that had been produced were required to be destroyed, but the turning point of the incident happened to be at this time. "