Chapter 2462： The steel boom of the future

?what? You said that no tanks are needed for island operations? Please, although Kalimantan and Guinea are called islands, they are not small at all! How big is France for 700,000 square kilometers? How old is Ukraine? The islands that the Americans struggled to seize are naturally worthy of more blood to guard! Therefore, the equipment of the US Army must be aimed at the Japanese Army’s operational environment in Southeast Asia. From this point of view, for a long time, the direction of the US Army's construction is not suitable for competing with the German armored forces!

After all, in Southeast Asia, Americans need to consider supplies, road conditions and combat environment. Their enemies are not strong, and their requirements for firepower and defense are not high. There are no unlimited local tyrants in this world. For example, if you can use it If 20-ton tanks are used to solve the problem, then the US government will definitely not use 30-ton tanks to equip its troops.

It's like you are used to dominating the king in Novice Village all the year round, and suddenly come to the monster room and you are not used to it. However, during the war, it is quite a long process to change from being unsuitable to adapting. After all, it will take a while for a weapon to be developed and mature, especially the more complex the weapon.

In fact, various targeted weapons have some blindness. If Germany is well concealed with its own equipment plan and army replacement, then the Americans will be sure of the composition of Germany’s armaments before the two armies actually engage in large-scale wars. There will be some biases in evaluation. The so-called enemy on the battlefield can immediately draw the attention of high-level officials as soon as a certain weapon appears. Sometimes this kind of thing does not happen. Because there may not be many opponents, it is impossible to change the equipment system specially for this purpose!

This is like the Tiger tank appeared on the North African battlefield in history, but Sherman did not appear. After Normandy, facing a large number of Tiger and Leopard tanks, American talents suddenly realized that their firepower was not enough. Problem, that's why there is the so-called long-tube Sherman tank.

In fact, it is not only the Germans who want to completely suppress their opponents in terms of performance, but also Americans in history. If the war lasts longer, then the so-called American T29 tanks, T30 tanks and T32 tanks in history have not been put into production. Maybe all of the tanks will pop up!

In the view of Calipute and others, the biggest hidden danger for the US Army in the future against the German Army is that it has not established a suitable and complete armored development system. Although the Americans have also produced some tanks and self-propelled artillery, they are not suitable for high-strength armored cluster confrontation with Germany.

However, the German military is more concerned about the American armored transport vehicles, and calls it the equipment that can make up for the last shortcomings of the German armored forces. It is impossible for a tank to act alone. All armored units, whether they are tanks, assault guns or tank destroyers, actually require a large number of infantry to cooperate. However, the fragility and low mobility of the infantry themselves make it easy to disconnect when attacking.

The so-called method of using trucks to pull infantry to the front line and then disembark to fight. How can I say it? It seems good in theory, but in fact the operability is a bit poor. First of all, the passage of wheeled vehicles is worse. In areas with poorer environments, vehicle wear and efficiency are very bad. Second, wheeled vehicles are prone to ambushes and are too fragile. The third is to delay the pace of troop deployment.

According to the relevant combat training of the German Army, before entering the position, the infantry carried by the truck needs to get off the truck outside the battlefield and join the battle on foot. The trucks should be concentrated and placed in a safe area. It will take a long time for this light force to get off the vehicle and enter the battle. If the opponent has strong long-range firepower, it will be even more troublesome, directly affecting the advance speed of the armored force.

In actual combat, the infantry was still very fragile. At the beginning, the Allied countries had little experience and tanks were blocked from the front. The infantry was relatively safe. But later, as the Allied countries became more sophisticated, they began to set up side-fire positions. Changed, plus various types of mortars and mortars. The survival rate of the infantry under the shrapnel hit like a storm is worrying!

With the armored transport vehicle, it is different. The threat of machine guns and shrapnel that are the most harmful to infantry has been greatly reduced, and troops can enter the battlefield faster, and can accompany tanks at any time to launch charges, and the load provided by armored transport vehicles can give infantry troops more weapons and ammunition. For example, an armored transport vehicle carrying a squad in the United States has 3 machine guns, two of which are BAR machine guns, carried by infantry who get off the vehicle to fight, and the other Browning machine gun is handed over to the crew to operate. . This firepower density is already very high.

However, in the eyes of the German veterans in the alcohol battlefield, this level of firepower is still not enough. "In actual combat, when infantry units attack, we need to deal with a lot of light bunkers, some of which are machine gun positions or spare positions. They will build breast walls of a certain thickness in these places. Sometimes wood is used. Strengthen. Ordinary machine guns and even large-caliber machine guns have limited lethality. When accompanied by tank attacks, we may face artillery bunkers with very low altitude and very tricky positions. Tank guns often react a little slow due to the shooting angle and rotation speed. At this time, some rapid-fire artillery that can accompany the maneuver of the tank is needed to provide fire protection. In combat, the 2-pound cannon is very effective, but the weight is a bit large and lacks suitable vehicles. We can transport armor in the future Install a small-caliber rapid-fire cannon on the car!” Major General Karls wrote in his report to Crown Prince Ruprecht It seems that we have gained a lot this time. "A few days later, Ruprecht said after looking at the report sent by General Kaliput. After this period of inspection, the German Army has a general understanding of the current situation of the US Army. Generally speaking, the United States , As a powerful existence that has grown up and has begun to stretch out its fangs, it has already shown its great strength. But overall it is still slightly immature. There are many remarkable places in the equipment system, and there are many loopholes.

As for the performance in actual combat? This will look at the back. It’s okay to suffer a loss in the early stages of the war. The key is to learn about war and learn from experience and lessons during the war. Historically, the Americans played against Japan in the second World War. I don’t know this plane. Under the conditions of World War I, what can the United States achieve against Japan with the support of the British this time? Ruprecht is looking forward to it!

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