Chapter 2605 Street Rage (Part 2)

Kinetic armor-piercing shells, anti-tank missiles, anti-tank rifles, all the anti-tank weapons that can be found are all firing.

Even the maximum range can barely be reached, but the accuracy is not guaranteed at all.

It can only be said that the "Hanzo-style random" iron fist was hit by the Germans in a swarm, and various projectiles were "swooshing" towards Malashenko, with constant whistling and explosions.

However, "Teacher Ma came prepared" and "did not follow the moral principles of martial arts."

Past battles made Malashenko realize a more serious problem: these damned souls suffered many losses and knew that the broken things in their hands were basically useless against the Red Army's heavy tanks. After hitting them, they simply changed to a more disgusting routine-aiming at the tracks and breaking the legs when they met.

No matter how strong and solid the IS7's armor is, the tracks are still an unavoidable weakness and the "Achilles heel" of all tanks in the world.

As for the tracks, let alone being hit by anti-tank guns, even if a "gadget" like the Iron Fist hits it directly, the IS7, a steel behemoth weighing more than 60 tons, will be grounded on the spot. Even in the best case, it will become a fixed turret that cannot be maneuvered and can rotate the turret.

The limited and precious IS7 was tossed and destroyed like this, which was obviously unacceptable to Malashenko.

Malashenko, who was determined to solve this problem, found his "chief eunuch", Karamov, who was in charge of all field maintenance, battlefield magic modification and logistics support tasks of the entire leader division and served as the commander of the comprehensive support brigade.

The request was simple and there was only one, no extra nonsense.

"I don't care what method you use, in short, you must find a way to solve the problem of my legs being broken by the Germans. There is no room for maneuver and it must be solved!"

After receiving the death order from the division commander, Karamov thought about it, brought several of his most reliable core technical personnel to knock around the IS7, and discussed it for a while. In the end, he did come up with an improvement plan that "whether it is reliable or not depends on the division commander's final decision."

Remove the original fenders on both sides of the IS7 body and the front end of the track, and only need to remove the frontmost piece, and replace it with a solid reinforced armor plate and weld it on and fix it permanently.

Weld a layer of modular additional composite armor on the outside of this armor plate, and don't expect to remove it again, just treat it as permanent reinforcement defense. Anyway, the weight of the operation will not increase by a few hundred kilograms. For the IS7, which already weighs more than 65 tons and carries a torpedo boat engine, it is a drizzle of weight gain, so why bother?

According to the test results given by Karamov, this will at least make it completely immune to the Germans' iron fists and tank killers. The permanent composite armor with reinforced welded solid armor steel as the bottom plate is not easy to be blown away by explosions, and can withstand multiple strikes repeatedly to enhance the protective effect. This is the biggest advantage over ordinary external composite armor plates.

There are also disadvantages. Once it is welded, it will be difficult to replace it.

If it is hit too many times, the entire composite armor and the solid steel bottom plate will be completely broken, then the entire bottom plate must be cut off for replacement, and then welded again.

You can't have your cake and eat it too. If you want strong enough protection, you have to make certain sacrifices. This is an inevitable trade-off.

Malashenko, who did think about it seriously, finally agreed to this plan and asked Karamov to seize the time to urgently transform a batch of IS7s to try the effect first.

And this test unit is the heavy guard tank company of the division led by Malashenko himself. This battle is also the first time this new improvement plan has been put into actual combat testing.

To be honest, whether this "battlefield transformation" which seems to be a last-minute effort will work depends on today.

The development of the situation is exactly as Malashenko expected.

The Nazi scum on the opposite side, who are so wicked that their ancestors' graves are smoking, really used the same trick again. As soon as all kinds of guided, unguided, kinetic or chemical anti-tank ammunition came up, they almost all rushed straight to the vital parts of the IS7's tracks.

To be honest, Malashenko was really unsure. To be honest, the power of the German anti-tank ammunition is not bad. It can even be said that it is powerful and advanced. It's just that the IS7's defense is too strong, making these things all useless.

But can the newly added 50mm solid armored bottom plate, plus a layer of permanently welded modular composite armor plate, really withstand the power of these German anti-tank ammunition?

I have to admit that Malashenko really wants to say - it's hanging.

The moment of revealing the answer came soon.

Boom boom boom --

Accompanied by several consecutive explosions, the Germans' anti-tank grenades, tank killer rockets, and even an anti-tank missile successfully hit the front few IS7 heavy tanks including Malashenko's vehicle. And at such a close distance, almost all of them hit the tracks or parts close to the tracks.

The tank killer rocket that hit the composite armor plate exploded. This 88mm anti-tank rocket that copied the American bazooka has good power. Not only the thin-skinned T3485 will die if it encounters it, but even the front face of the IS2 turret and the weak parts of the front of the hull will be effectively penetrated. It is indeed a powerful infantry anti-tank weapon in this era.

But this time, the "leg-breaking trick" that has been tried and tested is doomed to fail.

The tank killer rocket that exploded against the composite armor plate did work smoothly, producing metal jets and destructive aftereffects.

The outermost welded composite armor alone will inevitably not be able to withstand the direct bombardment of the tank killer, but with the 50mm solid steel armor as the bottom plate, it is not necessarily the case.

After a loud bang, when the smoke dissipated, the German anti-tank soldiers who thought that the Russian steel monster on the opposite side had been paralyzed and unable to move were horrified to find out.

The successful attack he had just made not only failed to break the tracks and stop the Russian steel monster from moving forward, but also failed to destroy the front fender of the tracks, which was stereotypically "fragile and would fly away if it was hit".

The Russian steel monster, which was horrible in size and visually impressive, was still rushing forward like crazy. The full-powered hurricane seemed to be unaffected by the attack just now, as if it had just heard a noise.

But the most shocking thing was not the scene in front of him, but the state of another IS7 that had swallowed an anti-tank missile was even more horrifying.