Chapter 2905 Project 261

Malachenko thought he might run into Comrade Kotin, who was addicted to "public-funded travel", again in Berlin before the end of the Great Patriotic War.

Perhaps the greatest heavy tank designer of the motherland wanted to come and see the red flag flying high on the top of the Reichstag. This is not surprising. It is normal and reasonable.

But what Malachenko didn't expect was that when he arrived at the suburban town outside Berlin in the middle of the night, the former site of the leadership division headquarters in the early days of the Berlin Battle.

What he saw at the freight yard of the railway station in the town was another talented tank designer, who was also an old acquaintance of Malachenko - Comrade Shashmurin, the "Father of IS7".

"Wait, you and Kotin, what are you doing? Kotin has just left for a few days, why are you here in Berlin again? Is it popular for the best tank designers in the motherland to find inspiration on the battlefield now?"

Malachenko's words were more tactful and polite, and did not make people feel uncomfortable. It sounded more like a joke.

Compared with Malachenko's questions, Shashmurin, who was explaining the situation to Kurbalov, who led the team to receive the equipment, turned around and smiled when he heard the words.

"What? Doesn't the most powerful tank hero comrade in the motherland welcome me?"

The moment they looked at each other, they could see the intention in each other's eyes. There was no need to say more, and then they laughed loudly, followed by the action of opening their arms and hugging each other directly.

"Haha, I miss you so much! It's been a while since we last met, right? Tell me, what brought you here this time?"

If Kotin is a genius in designing heavy tanks, then Shashmurin is undoubtedly a genius in designing heavy tanks.

Although he has been following Kotin for a long time and is responsible for various designs and participating in various experimental or mass-produced tank plans.

But Shashmurin has always been responsible for the design of some subsystems, such as the firepower system design of IS2 and IS6.

As the "chief designer", he took on a complete and independent new tank design project. On the IS7 project, this was the first time for Shashmurin.

But the result was his first "debut", a work that "shocked the world for a whole year", which is the most powerful heavy tank ever built by mankind.

This kind of "premature" advanced design and birth process, although it is inevitable that Malashenko, a time traveler whose brain is not native to this timeline, has helped a lot.

But to be honest, Malashenko never felt that he had taken the absolute majority of the credit for the birth of advanced weapons.

Whether it is Kotin, Shashmulin, or even Kalashnikov, it is the same.

He just used a little "little trick" to "slightly" advance the masterpieces that these big designers will complete in the next few years. The credit should still be theirs. Malashenko has never thought of taking the credit for himself in the past, and he will not have this idea in the future.

But this is just what Malashenko thinks.

As for what those big designers think, what they think in their minds, and what they think, that is their business, and it is not up to Malashenko to manage.

Coincidentally, Shashmulin came to the front line to lead the team to deliver the goods in person, and one of the important purposes was to talk to Malashenko in person.

After all, someone's position in Shashmurin's mind is so high that "there would be no IS7 without Comrade Malashenko". Now, how can we not listen to Malashenko's evaluation and opinions on this war machine based on the IS7 chassis? This is as important as a rare treasure to Shashmurin.

"Comrade General, please allow me to introduce to you the most powerful experimental self-propelled artillery of the Red Army so far, the new 203mm self-propelled artillery code-named Project 261."

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Wait, what is it?

203mm WTF? ? ?

Malashenko was shocked for a reason.

First, the caliber sounds too scary. I have seen 122 self-propelled artillery and 152 self-propelled artillery, but who the hell has heard of a 203mm howitzer that can be mounted on a vehicle and move by itself?

Second, there is no real object in front of me, so I can only imagine it with my brain, but I really can't think of what it should be.

As for the reason, it was naturally because the "real protagonist" introduced by Shashmurin was still covered with camouflage cloth on a flatbed train, and his true face could not be seen.

Indeed, just looking at the shape under the cloth, it is certain that this thing is definitely something unprecedentedly large, at least it can definitely break the record in the field of self-propelled artillery.

But the hazy outline covered with cloth is not as shocking as the main body seen after the cloth is removed.

When this body, which is so huge that it is worse than the original, is modified based on the chassis of the IS7, but the actual built size is more "tall and mighty" than the IS7, appears in front of him.

The blinking Malashenko is now in a state where he can't even close his chin. The hard work you Shashmurin did this time is really enough to "shock Lao Ma for a whole year" without exaggeration.

"So you really put the 203 howitzer on the car???"

Seeing Malashenko's surprised expression, it was impossible for Shashmulin, who witnessed this scene, to be unhappy.

It can even be said that he was more than happy, and now he was almost ecstatic. Isn't it a reward for a work that can shock and surprise Comrade Malashenko? Shashmulin, who was more confident, immediately began to introduce it.

"As you can see, Comrade General, the new self-propelled artillery is based on the chassis of the IS7 heavy tank."

"Adhering to the tradition of our Red Army to enhance versatility and give full play to the lateral potential of a finalized design plan, the plan to transform the IS7 heavy tank chassis into a self-propelled artillery was launched when the Project 260 plan was finalized."

"Because there is a certain correlation between the two projects, we chose Project 261 as the project code."

"The IS7 chassis is the heavy chassis with the best load-bearing capacity and mobility to date. This powerful existing platform gives Project 261 unlimited possibilities. Our design team was able to integrate the most powerful design plans, and some designs that were previously only dared to stay on paper and imagination can now all be tried."

"The first one to bear the brunt is this 24-caliber 203mm main gun."