Chapter 1517 Grille Armor

It seems that grille armor is very common in later generations, but if you study history carefully, you can find that this kind of thing actually existed as early as World War II, when it was the Soviet air defense against Germany.

Under the circumstances at that time, the German army developed a revolutionary individual anti-tank weapon: Iron Fist/Tank Killer. Although this same rocket-assisted weapon has a short range, its power is not ambiguous at all, and its structure is simple and easy to mass produce. For example, the "Iron Fist" rocket launcher started mass production in October 1943 until the end of the war. The total production of 4 models reached 8 million.

This massive proliferation of weapons fed Soviet tanks, and if nothing else, 1,200 of the 2,000 Soviet armored vehicles lost in the final Battle of Berlin alone were related to them.

At the same time, after discovering this threat from Germany, the Soviet army immediately confronted each other and found a simple and effective mesh additional armor to detonate the "Iron Fist" in advance and reduce the effect of the metal jet.

Some soldiers even replaced them on the spot and welded this mesh armor with steel wire mattresses. Although the effect is very questionable, the knot and the good synergy with the infantry can completely defend against attacks within 50m of the two largest models of Iron Fist 30/60. .

At the beginning, Cyric didn't pay attention to the bazooka, and he also had this consideration. Although the weapon was easy to use, it was easy to block him, just use something like a fence.

The invention of this weapon is purely to cause trouble for Germany itself. After installing the grille armor, it will be very difficult for the soldiers to get on and off their chariots, or they will be injured by the grille armor outside.

Don't think that the grille armor is easy to make. If it's simple, just make a dense enough grille. If it's complicated, the grille also has a lot of attention, and there are probes protruding on it. Yes, to improve the chance of contact with the rocket's warhead, etc., these things will cause damage to soldiers.

"In other words, as long as we put a fence around the tank, we can block this weapon?" After hearing Cyric's explanation, the people present still didn't quite understand, but for them, although they didn't understand , and would not disbelieve, after all, Führer Cyric never missed it.

"It would be unrealistic to say that all of them were stopped," Cyric said. "But if it is appropriate, it would be no problem to stop 80%."

No one can guarantee 100%. Even in later generations, the efficiency of grid armor is only 60%. In this era, it is higher. This is due to the blessing of technology, because there is no reliable piezoelectric ceramic fuze in this era. It is still the backward mechanical trigger fuze, so the probability of the rocket misfire is higher, and it will not detonate even if the firing angle is not suitable.

The grille armor can change its firing angle.

However, if it is increased to 80%, it is quite good. Last time, more than 20 vehicles were lost. If it is 80%, it can be reduced to 45 vehicles lost, which is a completely acceptable figure.

"Then we can install this grille armor on all the tanks of the army." Scherner said: "And now we can modify a batch first and try it on the battlefield."

Cyric nodded. The principle of this grille armor is simple. Under the current industrial base in Germany, it is not difficult to mass-produce it quickly, but try it first, it can effectively defend, so that it will not be wasted.

"This is only one aspect. On the other hand, we also need to completely block the aid of the United States." Cyric said: "Our submarine base in the island country has been repaired, right?"

The last time the islanders came to discuss with Cyric, after negotiation, Germany replaced a small island in the northern part of the island with twenty landing ships. After the agreement was reached, the German infrastructure engineers immediately went overseas and started. up the tense construction.

Because Germany is in a hurry.

With the blood transfusion from the United States to the Soviet Union from the Far East, Germany urgently needs to cut off this transportation line. Under the current circumstances, the use of submarines is the most appropriate, but Germany has only one nuclear submarine so far, and conventional submarines are due to various reasons. Can't cross the arctic region, it won't come in handy.

Because there is only one nuclear submarine, it is impossible to cruise without interruption, especially after they have added escorted ships, it is not realistic for the submarine to go up and use the deck gun to solve the target.

Torpedoes are precious. As a result, every time the submarine attack is completed, it must return to the German home port for replenishment. The round trip takes a lot of time. During this time, a large number of American materials may still reach the Soviet Union.

These anti-tank rocket launchers, these Nissi, all arrived at the Soviet Union by boat in this gap, and as long as the submarine base of the island country is built, such a situation will never happen again.

"Yes, it has been repaired. Our first batch of submarines are rushing to the base." Dönitz said: "This time, we have to completely cut off the transportation line of the Soviets."

Dönitz's eyes lit up. He had long expected his submarine force to perform. Unfortunately, in previous battles, although his submarine force had bright spots, it could only be used as a foil, and now, finally The submarine force is going to play the leading role!

Cyric nodded: "Then we look forward to the wonderful performance of the submarine force. As long as this sea transportation line can be blocked, even if it is only three months, it will be enough for us to win this war."

Submarines can only be a part of the entire naval warfare system. You must not pin all your hopes on submarines, otherwise it will be miserable. This is the case in history. At the beginning, the wolf pack tactics were vigorous, and then they completely stopped.

And now, there is a reason why Cyric dares to launch wolf pack tactics.

The U.S. navy, all held back by the navies of the island nations, could not tell the strength to help the fleet clear the underwater threats. On Midway Island, the U.S. and the island nation were engaged in a terrible tug-of-war.

The United States only gave the Soviets cargo ships and supplies. The sailors on board were all Soviets, and the escorts were also Soviet warships. These warships were very backward.

Therefore, once the German submarines pass by, they can not only fight cargo ships, but even destroy the escorting warships together, completely cutting off this route!

For a long time, the German submarine force has been developing in the direction of ocean-going submarines. Almost all large submarines with a displacement of more than 2,000 tons can cover the entire Bering Strait waters as long as they are based on island countries. Cut off the US support to the Soviet Union and see how long the Soviet Union can last!

If they have such huge air power as Germany, they may be able to rely on air supplies to support them for a while. Now, once the sea route is cut off, the fate of the Soviets is already doomed.