Chapter 2907 Many Benefits

Shashmulin's explanation had not yet been completed, and the soldiers who had climbed onto the vehicle to unload the cargo had already found a way to enter the steel behemoth and start it.

"In addition, because it is a variant vehicle modified from the IS7 chassis, it not only has a high guarantee of component versatility, especially the most complex power system. Except for changing the power compartment to a mid-mounted layout, it is almost the same as the IS7."

"So the design of the 261 engineering vehicle can not only greatly reduce the pressure of logistics support, but also ensure the proficiency of personnel operation and maintenance. At least the driving control system is no different from the original IS7. To be precise, as long as you can drive the IS7 skillfully, you will feel like home when you enter the 261 engineering vehicle."

"Well, this is really great."

In the gap between Shashmulin and Malashenko's conversation, the driver who entered the cockpit at the front of the vehicle had already driven the 261 engineering vehicle, which was huge and taller than the IS7, off the flatbed truck and rumbled onto the ground of the cargo yard.

It is worth mentioning that because the power compartment is placed in the middle, it separates the fighting compartment from the driver's compartment.

Therefore, the entry and exit methods of the 261 engineering vehicle are very different from those of the Red Army self-propelled artillery in the past. To be precise, it should be closer to the entry and exit methods of the real self-propelled artillery crew in the future world.

That is, the driver enters from a separate opening hatch just above the front end of the vehicle body, and the escape hatch is set on the floor of the vehicle body just below the soles of the feet. Each person in each cabin has his own independent entry and exit hatch.

As for communicating with other crew members in the rear fighting compartment, it is definitely not possible to rely on shouting with the mouth under the layout change of the power compartment. The crew radio communication system built into the tank cap and close to the ear will solve the problem, and there is no need to worry that the driver will not hear the shouting while driving.

As for the four people in the fighting compartment at the rear of the vehicle body: the commander, the gunner, and the double loader, they use the hatch at the rear of the vehicle body to enter and exit together.

Because there is no turret, the entire fighting compartment and the vehicle body are integrated from the middle of the chassis. Therefore, if you look at the 261 engineering vehicle from the rear view, you will find that the entire vehicle is a vertical car with a large door on the rear.

How large is it?

Because the chassis of the IS7 is huge in size, coupled with the higher height of the integrated fighting compartment, the personnel entry and exit and ammunition supply door opened on the rear of the vehicle is even larger than the door on the BMP43 for infantry to enter and exit from the rear of the vehicle.

Watching the skilled crew drive this super war beast to a position very close to him, just a few steps away, and then slowly stop.

I can intuitively feel the powerful visual impact and strong shock of this thing. I can swear that this steel beast in front of me is more exciting than any tracked armored combat vehicle I have seen in the past. Malashenko, who was actually rolling in his heart, still remained calm and spoke again.

"So how is the weight of this thing? Is it much different from the original IS7?"

At any time and in any situation, the important attribute of weight is definitely one of the core test questions for any tracked armored combat vehicle.

Malashenko knows that not everyone likes IS7. This steel behemoth with a combat weight of 70 tons has unimaginable powerful firepower and extremely exaggerated defense and mobility.

But the 70-ton combat weight has become the only "little braid", which has been held by some people who dislike IS7 in various senses. They even suggested to stop production of this most powerful heavy tank ever built by humans.

It is true that the 70-ton combat weight does limit the combat environment of IS7. Many bad muddy and muddy grounds and bridges with insufficient bearing capacity and instability are places that IS7 avoids.

If this super-big guy gets stuck or overturns, my God, just how to get this thing out is enough to give people a headache, not to mention other miscellaneous and minor details.

However, Malashenko believes in "you can't have your cake and eat it too".

To deny a weapon is not to look at its weaknesses, but to see how much advantage its advantages can transform into on the battlefield.

It's like an exchange, a transaction.

As long as this thing, as a technical equipment, can transform the battlefield advantage of the self-side big enough and strong enough, so strong that people can't bear to give it up, then it's okay to tolerate its shortcomings and shortcomings, and even provide better guarantees for this to make up for it, isn't it?

A direct example is the B-4 howitzer.

Is Stalin's Hammer heavy? Very heavy.

Is Stalin's Hammer stupid? Very stupid.

Is Stalin's Hammer difficult to serve? Just kidding, it's pretty difficult to serve.

But no matter how much nonsense the opponents say, it is not as effective and practical as one sentence - the enemy is afraid of it.

It is not the kind of fear that is used to deceive people or deliberately tell lies to confuse people, but the fear that will make people's hearts and livers break when they hear the sound of this thing's artillery. Any indestructible field fortifications will be like window paper in front of it, and will be broken by a single poke. It is the kind of fear that is caused by the terrifying destructive power of this thing.

So the Red Army not only did not abandon Stalin's hammer, but also used it in the right battlefield environment in the battle of siege and capture of strongholds, and repeatedly made great achievements.

The same is true for IS7.

You can't use the technical equipment in a positive way, so why are you saying it's not useful?

You can use a hammer of equipment, this is the only evaluation of those opponents of IS7 by Malashenko.

The three major indicators of firepower, mobility and defense are all full, but the weight is not acceptable. What else do you want? Do you really think you are making an invincible artifact? Wake up, this is a war machine. As long as it is used in war, it will not be without weaknesses. It's almost enough.

Now, Malashenko asked about the weight of the 261 engineering vehicle.

It's not to question or deny this thing, but to test the bottom of the weight first so that you can have an idea in your mind.

As long as he knew the weight of this thing, he would be able to make a pretty accurate assessment of what occasions it could be used in and what battlefield environment it could be used to perform at its best. This is a necessary skill for a qualified armored commander.

And Shashmurin's next answer did not disappoint Comrade Ma.