Battle of the Third Reich

The No. 4 tank has been modified many times, and some new designs will be added almost every few weeks. This sturdy "German military horse" has now undoubtedly become the main armor of the National Defense Forces. The advantage of the No. 4 tank is its balanced performance and outstanding reliability. Historically, even at the end of the war, it still had the ability to confront the Allied medium tanks (at least at normal combat distances to ensure mutual destruction).

More importantly, the production of No. 4 is cheaper and more economical than the complex and expensive cats.

The battle between swords and shields in history has never stopped. The best weapon against tanks is another tank. This sentence may be correct before and after World War II, but when the anti-tank weapons of later generations begin to be lightened, they may threaten the tank. It was another tank, but it could also be a Wuling Hongguang filled with rough guys and RPG.

After anti-tank weapons began to be lightened and individualized, infantry was no longer a lamb slaughtered by steel beasts. Heavy helmets and heavy armor are no longer essential, and battlefield adaptability has become the most important indicator.

The versatility of the No. 4 tank is excellent. It is not only suitable for armored group assault, but also good at cooperating with infantry. It is the best medium-sized tank equipped by the Germans of World War II. It has the ability to meet the needs of all tactical levels of combat troops. Whether it is assault or defense, or reconnaissance patrol, communication relay, infantry fire support, artillery target indication and even emergency traction rescue, this tank can complete all the tasks given by the superior.

The standardized production of German equipment has made the maintenance of the No. 4 tank have been improved. After being equipped with new pneumatic tools, those units equipped with the No. 4 tank now have a fairly high standard of equipment attendance, and some small The fault was basically dealt with at the scene, and there was no need to send it to the battlefield maintenance plant.

This time the parade was attended by the main armored forces that participated in the Battle of England. Following the diving tank company, it was an elite armored teaching camp.

Compared with the Snyder company of the All Four tank, the equipment of the teaching camp is more ornamental. This German model unit is like an armored circus.

In addition to the common No. 3 and No. 4 tanks, a team of No. 3 tank destroyers also appeared in the team, four 251 half-track armored vehicles equipped with 75 mm long anti-tank guns, and a modified No. 2 chassis Self-propelled howitzer.

The layman might focus on the majestic tanks, and the military experts present focused on the howitzer.

This self-propelled howitzer has never appeared in the German equipment sequence before. It is obviously a new equipment developed by the German army. It seems that the caliber of the artillery is about 100 millimeters, and the rear of the car body is an open combat room. The combat room surrounds the armor plate on three sides. Because of the distance, the thickness cannot be recognized, but according to common sense, it should be able to resist light weapons and a certain distance. Artillery shrapnel attack.

This is not a weapon that fights the bayonet face-to-face with the enemy, but a long-range fire support equipment, so it does not need to have too strong defense capabilities.

""Wasp" self-propelled artillery, another masterpiece of the heads of state." Moder said with a smile, whispering to Krest sitting beside him.

"I also heard that the first batch of such artillery will be given priority to the newly formed armored army of Manstein." Kleist took a handkerchief and rubbed the eyepiece on the mini telescope.

Kleist has been promoted to general, only one step away from the marshal. Now, like his colleagues, he is pinning further hopes on the Eastern Front that will surely erupt.

Kleist was never a supporter of the Nazis. He was just a conservative standard Prussian officer, paying great attention to the honor of soldiers. Since he has vowed to allegiance to Reinhardt von Steide, even if he lost his life, He will not break this sacred oath.

Kleist had never commanded armored forces before the war. He did not even have time to understand what armored combat was. He has been a cavalry officer since his service.

The command headquarters let him serve as the commander of the German armored cluster, and put five of the ten armored divisions of the army at his time under his command. This is now an adventure.

But Kleist proved that he really had the ability to do the job, as well as the ability to grab Gudrian's head. Of course, Guderian's reckless spikes in history also made General Kleist hover on the verge of vomiting blood at any time.

In history, he and Guderian had a head-on conflict on the French front. Guderian was reluctant to obey the orders of the headquarters, preparing to use his resignation to threaten his superiors. Obviously he did not understand the character of this superior, so his resignation It was passed immediately.

Afterwards, it was Marshal Liszt who did the peacemaker in the middle, so Guderian could barely pass through and regain command of the army. Since this incident, Guderian's arrogant temperament has converged. At least he dare not face up with Kleist again. It should be said that this is quite an achievement. It can make people like Guderian obedient, even More difficult than winning Paris.

Kleist has the ability to command the army of the army group level. The cautious and conservative character is very suitable for the defensive battle in the early stage of the Eastern Front. Once the Eastern Front war broke out, he will lead the troops to carry out the defensive operations in the northern section of the Eastern Front. Xu Jun is ready to give him It is equipped with four motorized military units to form a new northern armored cluster.

And Guderian will serve as the commander of the newly-formed twelfth armored army. This unit is under the jurisdiction of Marshal Bock's central cluster. Kleist can finally get rid of this spiked devil star.

Marshal Bock is not a good talker. What's interesting is that Gudrian was unexpectedly very honest when he was under the marshal's history.

The development of the "Wasp" self-propelled artillery began during the preparation period of the Battle of England, and the technology of this thing was not too difficult to put it bluntly. Historically, the production of this self-propelled artillery was not even in Germany. Instead, it chose a Polish state-owned military industrial enterprise, the Ursus (bear) machinery production plant in Poland near Warsaw.

The Ursus factory was founded in 1893 when Warsaw was still under the rule of Tsarist Russia. The company was founded by three Polish engineers and four businessmen in partnership. It mainly produced military truck parts for Tsarist Russia. During the economic crisis of the 1930s, the company was nationalized by Poland, and began to produce military tractors and tank chassis for the army.

After Poland was annexed, the company fell into the hands of German company Famo and began to manufacture and repair the chassis of the No. 2 tank with German parts. In the history of this company, in addition to the "Wasp" self-propelled artillery, it also modified and manufactured The famous "Weasel II" self-propelled anti-tank gun.

But now the "Weasel II" type will not appear, because Yuan preferred the more powerful "rhinoceros horn". The "Rhino Horn" type uses a 75mm long-bore cone-bore gun, which fires an ultra-high-speed tungsten core armor-piercing projectile, which can penetrate a 150mm thick 30-degree angle armor plate at a distance of one kilometer, which means It can penetrate all the heavy tanks that the Soviet army has equipped and is currently developing.

However, the "rhinoceros horn" of the military parade did not appear. The Germans did a good job in secrecy. The Soviet Union did not even know that such a monster existed.

In fact, there is a more powerful tank destroyer under development in Germany, that is, "Fenril II" after two magic changes, Xu Jun is not very worried about this project, because in his plan, The imaginary opponent of the heavy destroyer is "Father II".

The premise is that the tank can be born smoothly, but history has undergone tremendous changes, and he has used so many means to the Soviet Union, whether the IS series will appear as scheduled, now no one can make a guarantee.

It is scheduled that "Fenril II" will be equipped with a heavy anti-tank gun with a caliber of 128 mm. When this gun uses a conventional hard-core armor-piercing projectile, it is expected to penetrate a thickness of 200 mm placed at a 30-degree angle. Homogeneous steel armor plate. When actually developed, this gun will be equipped with a high-speed tungsten core armor-piercing projectile with greater penetration. At that time, even if the Soviet Union opened a solid iron king eight, it can penetrate him.

The end of the armored military parade also happened to be the climax of the entire military parade. The tank tanks directly under the heads of state appeared as appointments. Like the objects they loyal to, the tank tanks directly under the heads of the army have a very high popularity in German society, especially by young people in Germany. The sought-after, tin model of the tank directly under the authorization of the head of state has been sold out of the market.

"Germany's Jewelry Box", "Crawler Dresser", "Dazzling Dragon Cavalry", "Silver Skeleton", "Mirror Knight", this unit has received numerous nicknames on and off the battlefield. The blood proves his strength and value. This army is not a commodity to be watched, but a strong army that can really defeat the flag on the **** battlefield.

"Dance Kusi, Kaga (really beautiful, sir.)" Komatsu has long heard that Germany has an armored force that is as gorgeous as works of art. I have seen photos of the directly affiliated group before, but no matter how clear the photos are, Compared with the shock when witnessed on the spot. The icy steel weapon could have such an elegant and graceful performance, and it blinded Komatsu Dasuo's 50-lane alloy dog ​​eyes.

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