Chapter 206： Soviet anti-tank gun

The Soviet Union's research on anti-tank guns began in 36 years. It can be said that it was the Spanish Civil War that put heavy pressure on the Soviets on anti-tank weapons.

After that, the Soviet design unit designed a total of 15 anti-tank rifles with different calibers ranging from 12.7 mm to 25 mm. After extensive investigations and experiments, the plan of the Soviet small arms range scientific research team was finally confirmed.

This is a 14.5 mm anti-tank gun code-named PTRR-39.

It is 1.7 meters long, with a barrel of 1180mm and a weight of about 24kg. At 500 meters away, ordinary bullets penetrated 20mm armor placed at 20 degrees, and at 100 meters, it penetrated 30mm armor.

However, in the history of later generations, this gun did not shine, and the production was complicated. At the same time, the Soviets felt that the power was excessive. This gun was produced only very little, and was finally cut.

As a result, after the Barbarossa project, the Soviet talents discovered that they did not have a suitable anti-tank gun in their hands! As a result, I hurried to come up with a PTRS-41 rifle, which is a handy weapon.

And now, in the Spanish Civil War, the sudden appearance of the Panther tank surprised the Soviets, so they fiddled with this anti-tank gun and sent it to the Spanish battlefield to test its performance through the battlefield.

But now, this kind of inspection has not yet begun, it has been captured here!

Any armored soldier wants his tank to be thick enough to withstand the opponent's blow, and absolutely does not want to be penetrated by the opponent!

Now that he discovered this weapon of the Soviets, Guderian was very cautious.

So, in the square of the railway station, where the fierce firefight had just erupted, the test of this anti-tank gun was started.

The test task was undertaken by Ilya, a machine gunner in the armored grenadier. Before he became a machine gunner, he was an anti-tank gun shooter. He has rich experience in using Germany's own Mauser 13.2 mm anti-tank gun.

The target was placed three hundred meters away, and everything was clear under the light.

"Bang!" As he pulled the trigger, the gun body shook backwards. The columnar multi-chamber brake in front of the muzzle spouted gas backwards, and there was dust around it.

Although a rubber cushion was added behind the butt, Ilya still felt a huge force hitting his shoulder. This thing can only be used by the strongest fighter!

In many military novels, the 12.7mm Barrett rifle is adored. They think it is an omnipotent weapon and the trump card of the sniper. In fact, the word cannon fodder is added to the front of the sniper.

Cannon fodder sniper! No matter how well the sniper hides, as long as he shoots, his target will be exposed. This is because of the muzzle brake!

In order to offset the recoil, some gunpowder gas needs to be sprayed backwards, these gases will make a lot of movement! In the next moment, they will be found by the opponent, and a counterattack covered by artillery will be called!

Now, this 14.5 mm anti-tank gun is in this state.

300 meters away, a piece of 20mm thick armor sandwiched the 14.5mm bullet! The warhead has passed, but the body is still embedded in it!

"It seems that the Soviets simply didn't realize how hard our armor was." After receiving the report, Guderian was finally relieved.

This piece of armor is placed upright, not tilted, and the opponent's bullets can't penetrate completely. Therefore, on the battlefield, there is no need to worry about being observed by anti-tank fighters with this rifle, even the rear part!

The depth of armor that a tank can penetrate is still related to the quality of the armor. Germany does not need to worry about rare metals. It uses the best armor steel, and they are all cold-rolled, which far exceeds the Soviet cast steel. Therefore, the Soviets can penetrate the 20mm armor placed at 20 degrees, but in Germany, it becomes impossible to penetrate!

Even in the latter part of World War II, Germany lacked rare metals. Relying on advanced technological strength, it adopted the carburizing process, which is often referred to as the surface hardening process in later generations, and the hardness was also very good.

"Next, let's test the penetration depth of 100 meters." Guderian said: "Add the armor thickness to 30 mm."

The Panther 2 tank is a simplified Panther tank with a weight of only 20 tons. Its armor is the weakest behind the gun. The inclined armor is converted to an equivalent thickness of 30 mm. Now, I need to test this tank. Withstand the blow of this anti-tank gun from behind!

After preparation, the second experiment started again.

Now, it is late at night, almost everyone is not sleepy. They look at their armored steel. At a distance of 100 meters, they can also bear the latest Soviet reaction. The blow of the tank gun.

In other words, even if the opponent is in street fighting, they cannot pose a fatal threat to their tanks. The most is to hit the tracks, road wheels and other positions, which may cause mechanical failure.

The Panther 2 tank can hold it, and the Panther 1 tank is no problem.

This problem is not a problem, no need to worry about it.

Wash and sleep. When the Northern Army comes up tomorrow, our side will continue to attack!

Just when Guderian was about to leave, Scherner ran out of the warehouse in a hurry: "Master, we are in the warehouse and we found these things!"

A wooden box has been pried open with a crowbar. Inside, there are yellow, orange and orange bullets!

The bullet case is made of fine copper, but the bullet is not shiny, and a little black.

The test fired just now is just an ordinary 14.5mm armor-piercing projectile, and this box contains, obviously, a special armor-piercing projectile!

"Try it!" Guderian said anxiously.

"Bang!" With the gunshot, the 30 mm armor plate was penetrated 100 meters away!

"Change to 50mm thick!" Guderian continued to shout with an ugly expression.

"Bang!" The 50mm thick armor plate was also penetrated!

"Slope!"

This time, it was finally blocked!

Seeing all this, everyone's faces are very ugly.

This means that if your own Panther 2 tank enters street fighting, it will be penetrated from the side by this anti-tank gun! Only our own 30-ton Panther 1 tank can withstand the impact of this bullet. In other words, if you are going to fight in the street, you must send the Panther 1 as the main force!

"Immediately send the discovery here, telegram to General Cyric!" Guderian said.