Chapter 2606: Germans Don’t Understand, but They Are Shocked

It is an indisputable fact that the anti-tank missile fired by the German army from the street hut accurately hit the IS7 heavy tank of the guard company.

But hitting the target is one thing, and destroying the target is another. There is no necessary connection between the two. Even if the German anti-tank operator who fired the anti-tank missile subconsciously believes that it "exists", it is a waste of effort.

An anti-tank missile that hit the target directly hit the center of the outermost additional composite armor plate.

The built-in warhead charge quickly reacted chemically under the action of the piezoelectric fuse, converted into a string of hot metal jets, and was ejected by concentrated energy.

It must be said that this power is indeed enough to penetrate the slightly thin composite armor, and even the homogeneous steel armor under the composite armor.

But then what?

If the composite armor plate and the homogeneous steel armor bottom plate are penetrated together, everything will be fine. Does it mean that the IS7 track can be destroyed and the "leg breaking mission" can be completed? The result was obviously not like this, and it can even be said that it was completely contrary to the goal that the German army had expected in advance.

When the metal jet that shot through the two armor plates gushed out from the penetration hole, its remaining chemical energy armor-piercing power had been severely weakened, and the concentrated metal jet had been dispersed during the armor-piercing process, becoming no longer a straight line with such a sharp tip but a bit like a parachute flower. The last remaining armor-piercing power was basically in a mess.

More importantly, the new protective armor that replaced the mud guard at the front end of the track was not strictly adjacent to the track plate. Because some space should be left for mud to splash and not be killed, it is very necessary to reserve a certain amount of reserved space.

However, it is this limited space for mud to splash and fall, which indirectly played the role of "spaced armor" at this moment.

The metal jet that gushed out from the homogeneous steel armor bottom plate was further dispersed and weakened during the forward flight of this reserved space.

The final result is that when the metal jet, which has little remaining armor penetration depth and has been further cut by the "spaced armor", actually touches the track plate, it can't be called an attempt to "drill through" the track, but directly "spray fire" on the track.

As an unprecedented super existence in the Stalin series of heavy tanks, the prototype design weight is as high as 70 tons, and it is also equipped with a torpedo boat engine with super horsepower and can run freely. The IS7 heavy tank has almost demanding and abnormal strength requirements for the running device.

To drive such a heavy behemoth at a speed of 60 kilometers per hour on a paved road, the running device design of any previous Stalin heavy tank cannot be directly applied.

Not only the suspension system is enhanced, but the redesigned reinforced track is wider, thicker and made of more materials than any previous generation of Stalin heavy tanks. Only in this way can this steel behemoth with a designed tonnage of 70 tons be reliably driven after being connected and assembled into a whole track with pins.

This of course also brings some indirect benefits. For example, the track of IS7 is the most durable in the entire Stalin series of heavy tanks. It is only possible to be destroyed when it is directly hit by a powerful anti-tank weapon, or encounters a zero-distance chemical energy explosion or kinetic energy attack.

Otherwise, even if a howitzer with a slightly smaller caliber explodes near the IS7, it is difficult to stop this steel behemoth with a redesigned and specially reinforced walking device.

As it should be, the only substantial and effective damage that this already weakened "little flamethrower" could cause to the track plate of the IS7 was to blacken a track plate on the entire track and stain it with some solidified materials after the metal jet splashed and cooled, that's all.

The anti-tank missile made a sound, and the result in front of us was not only that it failed to blow off the track and cripple the legs of the Russian steel monster to stop it.

What shocked and incomprehensible to the German army was that the fenders of the Russian steel monster were still hanging on the tank, well installed in front of the speeding track.

If you look closely, you can find that the only damage caused by the anti-tank missile just now was just to blow a scattered shallow pit on the outermost composite armor, plus a small metal jet hole as big as a thumbprint.

Your Russian tank is hard, how come even a fender is so hard! ?

The stunned German soldiers on the other side did not understand, but were shocked.

On the other hand, Malashenko was beaten in the table tennis game and took all kinds of anti-tank ammunition fired by the Germans, but he did not get angry but laughed.

The reports from his crews brought the best results as expected. The seemingly inconspicuous "field modification" was not only effective but also very effective, and it could even be said to be beyond expectations.

The original idea was that as long as it could withstand the Germans' conventional anti-tank ammunition, that is, the iron fist and tank killer, it would be normal if it could not withstand anti-tank missiles.

But Malashenko never expected that he had overestimated the power of the Germans' anti-tank missiles, or more precisely, the dynamic armor-piercing power. In this era without high-speed cameras and sufficient conditions, it is indeed difficult to test the dynamic armor-piercing damage effect of an anti-tank ammunition. Malashenko can only guess based on past experience.

The result is obvious. Malashenko guessed wrong, at least this time his guess was not accurate.

The German anti-tank missile, in the armor-piercing state, could not penetrate the outer composite armor, the inner homogeneous steel armor, and then be weakened by the spaced armor to destroy the IS7 heavy tank track, which was already "very thick".

If the anti-tank missile could not do it, then the two brothers, Iron Fist and Tank Killer, would naturally move aside. Don't think about it, it's useless to think about it, and you can only hear a sound when you hit it.

This result also means that at this stage, all the conventional chemical anti-tank ammunition in the hands of the Germans cannot cause any substantial obstacles and threats to the IS7 head-on. In the past, it was just unable to break the armor, but now, after a primitive transformation, it can't even bite the track. The days of breaking the IS7's legs to stop its advance have become "the good times are only yesterday".

How could Malashenko, who was very surprised, miss such a good opportunity?

Staring through the commander's periscope at the pile of steel garbage in front of him that had been blown to pieces, with a small amount of remnants still lying on the road, but which was no longer worth mentioning, Malashenko, who was confident of the IS7's wide and fat body and amazing horsepower, immediately gave another order, which was quick and decisive.