Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 15: Battle (3) Magic Wolf

　　APCBC, this is the German army's abbreviation for the capped armor-piercing grenade, and it also has the general number PZGR.39.

　　After the bright muzzle flame of "Fenris" flashed, eight PZGR.39s whizzed out of the barrel, and then swept the ground along a straight trajectory.

　　 One second later, these shells ran into their respective targets head-on.

　　 When this 10.2 kg armor-piercing warhead hits a hard obstacle head-on at a speed of more than 700 meters per second, the destructive power produced is awesome.

　　 The shiny copper hood on the shell of the cannon does not have any armor-piercing ability. Under the action of huge kinetic energy, it squeezed and deformed and then torn when it touched the hard front armor of the French tank. Because of this, the position of the shell on the armor surface was stabilized, the ballistic characteristics were not destroyed, and the rear of the shell continued to advance with the original trajectory.

　　 Then the steel armor-piercing warhead concealed by the beautiful hood viciously chipped into the thin front armor of the French FT17. The 22mm front armor could not stop the advance of this high-speed shell at all. The steel armor-piercing warhead It penetrated the metal as easily as a piece of paper.

　　 At this time, the speed of the armor-piercing projectile has not been reduced much because of the obstruction of the thin armor. It still has huge kinetic energy. The armor-piercing projectile continues to rush forward, tearing and penetrating any object that obstructs it, whether it is a human body or a machine. The strong air pressure caused by the high-speed penetration of the armor by the projectile and the torn and falling armor fragments are inside the narrow interior of the French tank The space set off a **** storm. In an instant, the tank became a steel coffin carrying death.

　　 But the nightmare of French tankers is not over yet, PZGR. 39 also has a bottom charge. With a detonation of the delay fuse detonator, two kilograms of high-energy zha medicine smashed an entire burning **** on the head of the French tank driver mercilessly. All of this happened in less than a second. This was the first blow that the French tankers encountered before the German head of state entered the position of the regiment.

　　Eight French Renault tanks were torn to pieces in an instant, with cracked armor plates, twisted and broken rivets and various large and small parts fragments, the incomplete bodies of the crew and the small tank turret. All the French soldiers flew into the sky with huge fireballs in front of them. At that moment, the entire French tank assault group seemed to be stalled.

　　 "Good job! Keep shooting!"

　　 Major Rawls waved his arms happily, and now he was completely fascinated by the behemoth around him.

　　 "Fenris" full of momentum and power, and the terrifying destructive power, brought Rawls a peculiar enjoyment of being completely above the enemy.

　　 "Speed ​​up and destroy all French tanks. When the battle is over, I will ask the Führer for the gun group that has destroyed the most enemies!" The excited air force major shouted the adjutant next to him.

　　 "It's already the highest speed, and accuracy won't be guaranteed anytime soon, sir!" The adjutant answered in a loud voice, covering his ears with one hand.

　　 During the period of their conversation, "Fenris" had already fired three volleys.

　　 "Then keep this speed!" Rawls frowned, then moved his eyes to the eyepieces of the artillery lens in front of him and continued to observe the target group.

　　 "Fenris" fired another volley. This tank sniper gun named after the magic wolf that killed the gods in Norse mythology was Xu Jun's first large-scale work after he came to this world.

　　 Actually speaking, this kind of tank sniper gun should be called a tracked anti-tank self-propelled artillery. Because this thing now doesn’t look like those tank sniper guns in World War II history, it’s just a huge ugly simple self-propelled artillery, and it’s a way of putting together the two weapons in a rigid way. style of.

　　 To be honest, Xu Jun really designed this artillery based on the idea of ​​building blocks. Maybe it’s not about the design. He just made a simple arithmetic of one plus one equals two, at most Made a little improvement on some basics and details.

　　 Xu Jun’s original intention for this kind of thing was just to demonstrate to the German generals the great utility of tank sniper guns on the battlefield. Since it is an experiment, the simpler the better, and a specially designed one A dedicated tank sniper gun requires too much time and too much manpower and material resources, so Xu Jun chose to piece together a similar vehicle, the simplest, most labor-saving and cost-saving method.

　　 But what Xu Jun didn't expect at the time was that he actually made up an effective anti-tank vehicle. After the end of this battle, not only did Fenris not disappear from the German equipment, but the manufacturer also proposed an improvement plan specifically for it.

　　 (As a result, when the improved Fenris appeared in front of Xu Jun again, Xu Jun almost couldn't believe his eyes. It was an "elephant" tank sniper car in the version of "Fenris".)

　　 Now this original version of "Fenris" still retains the appearance of a simple self-propelled artillery, Xu Jun did not spend the slightest effort on its appearance design. This tank sniper gun looks like a cannon mounted randomly on a tracked chassis, and it doesn't even have a semi-enclosed battle room. Compared with other similar modified self-propelled artillery, it is simple.

　　's simple appearance conceals its essence, only "Fenris" can reveal its super strength on the battlefield.

　　 In the choice of artillery, Xu Jun chose the famous German 88mm anti-aircraft gun without hesitation.

　　 Regardless of its rate of fire and power, it is the best artillery that can be selected now, so Xu Jun decided to use the FLAG36 type 88mm antiaircraft gun with 56 times the diameter as the sharp teeth of "Fenris".

　　 Then he began to select the model that carried this artillery among the many German armored chassis. He wanted to choose the most suitable body for "Fenris", which was both strong and fast.

　　 Unexpectedly, this simple screening work caused Xu Jun to start in pain. Those light chassis either simply cannot withstand the six-ton ​​gun or the recoil when the gun fires.

　　 Although the chassis of the medium tank can withstand those forces, it is unable to drag the gun to keep up with the speed of the tank formation because of insufficient power, and can only crawl slowly behind, completely unable to meet Xu Jun's requirements.

　　 Although there are two types of half-track chassis that meet the requirements, the tall cab becomes an obstacle when the artillery fires. As a result, the artillery has to be lifted higher than the cab to shoot forward, which is simply swagger on the battlefield. Extreme, so the half-track chassis are all denied.

　　 Just when Xu Jun had this headache, a report submitted by Rheinmetall reminded him of a large crawler-type chassis produced by this company. This type of chassis has never been mass-produced because of its special purpose. Because this kind of thing was so rare, Xu Jun almost forgot that there was such a chassis.

　　 That is the largest mortar gun of the German Army, the Carl 600 type tracked chassis.

　　 After carefully studying this kind of chassis, Xu Jun felt that he had found what he wanted, but this kind of big guy still has a considerable distance from Xu Jun's requirements, so this kind of chassis must be thoroughly improved.

　　 Carl 600 has only produced one door until now, but Rheinland has now produced four chassis prototypes for it.

　　Because of the huge 70-ton cannon, the chassis was made huge and strong. It was eleven meters long and three meters wide, and its own weight was fifty tons, which obviously couldn’t reach Xu Jun’s So Xu Jun ordered Rheinland to re-improve the design of this chassis within half a month, and requested that 20 samples be produced immediately.

　　According to his orders, the chassis was reduced to seven meters long, 2.5 meters wide, and 2.4 meters high. Due to the removal of unnecessary gun mounts and reinforcing ribs, the number of road wheels and crawlers was reduced, and the weight of the car body was drastically reduced to 22 tons.

At the request of Xu Jun, 　　 Rhein Company also made improvements to the mobile device, replaced it with large-diameter road wheels, increased the track stroke, replaced the No. 4 tank gearbox, and installed that one. The generator at the rear of the car is arranged on the front of the car, and is connected in series with the engine and gearbox originally installed in the front of the car to form an integral power room.

　　 The driver still sat on the left side of the cab according to the original arrangement, and the mechanic sat behind him instead. This layout can free up the entire body and rear space for the installation of the FLAG36.

　　The power system uses the Maybach 507 diesel engine used by Carl 600. This is one of the most powerful engines in Germany, reaching 600 horsepower and low fuel consumption.

　　 This kind of engine drags the one hundred and twenty-four-ton car body of Carl’s six-hundred guns and can move at a speed of 10 kilometers per hour, but now it’s replaced with a "Fenris" weighing only about 35 tons "It's an explosion in unit power, and now it can easily run up to 40 kilometers per hour.

　　 This means that "Fenris" can carry out a quick assault with the tank cluster, and Rheinland has finally successfully completed the task assigned to them by Xu Jun.

　　 Since this was the first task given by the new head of state to Rheinland, and in order to save the company's board members who were still under investigation in the hands of Gestapo, Rheinmetall did not hesitate to put all of its strength.

　　With the efforts of all the workers and technical experts, "Fenris" climbed off the production line half a month after Xu Jun put forward the technical improvement request. This was a miracle at the time.

　　Of course, there are some technical reasons. After all, the overall structure of this vehicle is only a reduced version of Carl 600, and it uses relatively mature technology. There is no too much difficulty in improvement, and The processing machinery and molds designed and built for the manufacture of the Carl 600 chassis are still there, and the manufacture of "Fenris" can be completed with a little modification.

　　 The FLAG36 also made some special improvements, mainly on its gun mount. Since this self-propelled gun has only an unprotected open-air battle room, in order to ensure the minimum protection of the crew members, Rheinmetall The height of the gun mount of the 88 guns was specially lowered.

　　 Now the body of this gun is almost extended to the top armor. As long as the gunners bend down and lower their heads, they can get the armor protection of the body. Although the armor is only 12 mm thick, it is enough to cope with the small caliber of the enemy. The weapon attacked.

　　 A narrow armor shield is also installed on the upper part of the gun body, which can protect the aimer from being injured by the opponent's light weapons or shrapnel when aiming with the head exposed.

　　 Behind this open-air combat room is a huge bomb bay. Because the chassis has ample space, Rheinland unceremoniously stuffed the bomb bay with 88mm shells, which made this tank sniper gun carry ammunition. The amount reached a staggering one hundred and sixteen rounds, and it would not make the crew members on the car feel the slightest crowded.

　　 Nine members of "Fenris" ~ IndoMTL.com~ One of the pilots, one electromechanical, and one mechanic, these are basic members, and the rest are members of the 88 gun crew , Two loader, one gunner, one aimer, one gunner and one bomber constitute the entire combat team. When the vehicle is moving, they sit on the folding chairs in the open-air combat room to rest. The wide car body leaves a lot of space except the volume of the cannon, which allows them to carry more than other tank crews. In terms of supplies and personal belongings, the crew of the initial "Fenris" tank sniper gun was the most comfortable soldier in the armored forces of the German Army at that time.

　　Because it is only an experimental nature, Xu Jun only ordered twenty "Fenris" prototypes from the Rhine Company to form the Führer Guards Tank Sniper Battalion.

　　 Although the Rhein Company did not know the intentions of the Führer, they saw the Führer's interest and attention to this combat vehicle, and then they also discovered the potential value of "Fenris" on the battlefield.

　　 In order to please this young and powerful head of state as much as possible, Rheinmetall has made all preparations for mass production in the later period. What Xu Jun did not expect is that they have begun to improve on the basis of "Fenris". Type development.

　　The powerful power and good performance of "Fenris" played a key role in the Twilight Campaign. However, in the face of the intensive attacks from the French, even "Fenris" had to fall into a bitter battle~ IndoMTL.com~ Book friends are welcome to visit and read. The latest, fastest and hottest serial works are all here. ~IndoMTL.com~