Chapter 1150 The Problem of Shells

Berokov knew very well in his heart that when loading shells and rotating the turret, of course, the turret must be rotated first. Only in this way can the strongest main armor in front of the turret face the most dangerous places.

After turning around, it's not too late to reload the shells. If he doesn't turn around first, he may never have the opportunity to reload the shells and fire.

However, he still did not expect that the accident happened again.

When the pain felt again on his feet, he waved his fist and smashed it hard on the bridge of the loader's nose: "Kordia, this battle is over, you will go back to Central Asia for me. !"

Anyway, it's shattered. I don't mind doing it again. After I go back, I'm afraid this foot will be useless.

With such a delay, the rotation of his tank turret slowed down.

At this time, the bell-shaped formation of the German tanks that passed him, the turrets were turning in a uniform manner, which was quite pleasing to the eye if viewed from the sky.

The tanks on both sides turned the turrets to both sides, the tanks were still moving forward at a high speed, and the turrets were already moving backwards.

Hit each other in the back of the head!

In the era of World War II, because there was no advanced fire control system, the tanks could not shoot during the march, but later, it became impossible to turn the turret while traveling.

What's the use of a tank if you can't turn the turret on the move?

However, on the other hand, the turret of the Tiger tank does not turn very fast.

In fact, this has something to do with the weight of the turret. In the early Douding small tanks, the turret was not heavy in total, and it was enough to be cranked by hand. However, when the turret was over ten tons, it was very slow by cranking, and the gunner consumed Too much physical strength is not suitable for combat. At this time, you need to rely on other methods.

The West generally prefers electrics, while Germany prefers hydraulics.

Historically, even with the use of hydraulically driven turrets, the Tiger turret did not rotate very fast, it took one minute a week, and it was still 45 seconds when it was improved to the Tiger King. In contrast, the fastest Sherman is said to only need ten seconds.

Because the turret rotates slowly, the German tankers had to create other tactics, such as center rotation. When the turret rotates, the hull also rotates, so that the muzzle can be pointed at the target faster.

This is the situation in history, and now, the equipment of Germany is different from that in history.

For example, when the Panther tank was developed for more than ten years, the German tank turret began to adopt the hydraulic drive method. After more than ten years, German tank designers have long been familiar with the hydraulic drive of the turret. On the type tank, the power of the hydraulic drive system of the turret has been increased, and the turret rotates once in only 25 seconds.

At the same time, turning the turret by hand is also an operation method to be reserved. After all, the hydraulic drive only rotates the turret to a general orientation. Fine adjustment still needs to be driven by hand.

The gunner and the commander have shaking handles around them, and in extreme cases, if the two shake it together, it will be faster.

For example, now, at the same time as the hydraulic drive, the two of them are still shaking the handle by hand together. With the driving of the two people, the turret rotates at the fastest speed, and it can make one revolution in 20 seconds. Now, it only needs half a revolution. ten seconds.

When they turned around, the Soviet tanks, the turrets were just beginning to turn.

Just the chance!

The armor-piercing projectile had already been loaded, and at this moment, Modlin shouted loudly, "Fire!"

The four tanks on this side of the formation all fired at this Stalin tank, while the tanks on the other side of the formation aimed at another nearby Stalin tank, with that round head, waiting to bear the wrath of the German armored soldiers!

"Boom!" There was a roar from the muzzle, the tungsten alloy armor-piercing bullet, throwing away the rear shell, and continued to fly forward!

At this time, the distance between the two sides was less than 200 meters, and there was almost no need to wait, and the armor-piercing projectile accurately hit the back of the opponent's turret.

There is no breakdown in the front, is it not enough in the back?

The armor thickness at the back is definitely much less than the front! This opportunity is fleeting, because the opponent is also turning the turret!

With the hope of the German armored troops, the armor-piercing projectile had a close contact with the turret, and then it only left a shallow pit on the turret, which was bounced off again!

One, two, three, four, these four armor-piercing bullets all hit, but all were bounced off.

At this moment, Modlin's mind did not collapse. He was thinking quickly, and then he continued to issue an order: "Blunt armor-piercing bullets, reload! Quick!"

If one's armor-piercing projectile cannot penetrate the opponent's turret, it is definitely not because the armor-piercing projectile does not penetrate deep enough. If there is a problem, maybe it's the shelling armor-piercing bullet, so try using your own ordinary armor-piercing bullet instead!

"Understood, blunt armor-piercing rounds, reload!" the loader shouted, taking out the new round from behind the turret and stuffing it in.

Well-trained, and the interior space of German tanks is sufficient, so tankers don’t have to deliberately choose small ones, and the loader is a strong man among them. .

Blue veins burst out on both arms, and a blunt armor-piercing bullet was stuffed in, and the gun door was closed. The whole process took less than ten seconds.

A small man of 1.5 meters compares his strength with a big 1.8 meters?

Blunt armor-piercing rounds, shoot!

"Boom!" In less than fifteen seconds, the Tiger tank fired again.

At this time, the turret of the target Stalin tank had turned ninety degrees. Their turrets were flanked, facing the muzzles of German tanks.

In an instant, the blunt armor-piercing projectile with a fierce whistling smashed into the side of the turret of the Stalin tank.

The outside of this turret, viewed from all four directions, has almost the same smooth bullet avoidance shape. After the blunt armor-piercing bullet hit the side, the angle was originally very large, but it was not thrown away, but turned instantly. An angle, perpendicular to the side of the turret.

Relying on the huge kinetic energy, it began to drill hard inside.

The inclined armor does not need to be particularly thick. As long as the angle is appropriate, the opponent is an inclined surface in the process of armor piercing, which can greatly increase the armor piercing distance of the armor piercing projectile, that is, increase the effective thickness.

And now, the blunt armor-piercing projectile has been corrected, that is, the vertical injection, the side armor of the turret, the vertical thickness, does not exceed 50 mm.

The armor-piercing projectile fired by the 88mm gun has a penetration depth of hundreds of millimeters.

"boom!"