Chapter 503： Test firing range

In the Cambrai area, a battle between armored forces began.

It can be said that the two sides met on a narrow road.

The British army's offensive is very fast, and their tactics are still very backward. In the front of the advance, they did not know to deploy scouts and carry out reconnaissance in advance. This is simply a reckless march.

On the German side, it was because they were not offensive at all. Their tank company was only accepting reluctant **** missions. In this way, they did not send scouts.

When they found each other, they had no choice but to collide in this way.

From a quantitative point of view, a German tank company against an opponent's tank brigade, in any case, is not like a close battle. However, in combat, you cannot simply compare the quantity, but also compare the quality. Row!

The diesel engine rumbling in the back, Meyer looked at the sight with hope in his Panther 3 tank. Now, the biggest problem is the inability to accurately measure the distance.

How to measure the distance is one of the most common technical problems for German tankers. They can make the conversion according to the magnification and the length and width of the target in the sight.

But now, they don’t know the model of the other’s tank or how wide the other’s tank is. So now, Meyer can only calculate by guessing, turning the steering wheel on the sight to estimate the width of the opponent, first according to 2.4 Come on.

In this case, the distance should be one kilometer, it's time to shoot, try.

"Attention, prepare for a test shot," Meyer shouted.

Hearing his words, the driver in front immediately stepped on the brakes, and the huge Panther tank suddenly stopped, followed by the 88 mm tank gun with a loud noise.

"Boom!" The smoke extractor in the turret was humming, and there was still a smell of gun smoke flying through the turret. Meyer didn't care to choke and stared at the opponent's tank closely.

No hit, before the impact point, this shows that the distance estimated by yourself is wrong.

How wide is the other party?

Well, try following 2.6 meters.

Meyer gritted his teeth and continued to give instructions to his gunner. At this distance, there is no need to worry about the opponent's counterattack. After all, looking at the small tank gun carried on the opponent's turret, you know that it is definitely not an order of magnitude. Yes, the opponent will not tear his own armor.

"Boom!" The second cannon rang again, and Meyer gritted his teeth and looked at his cannonball. It flew again, not right!

Continue to expand, according to the estimate of 2.8 meters!

At this time, the other party is still moving forward. If estimated at 2.8 meters, the current distance is only one kilometer.

"Attention, a distance of one thousand meters, deviate from a secret position to the left, fire!" Meyer shouted loudly.

"German tank soldiers are all bluffs, don't be afraid!" Sitting on his turret, George still exposed half of his body even though he was about to fight.

He looked at the opponent’s armored soldiers, and fired at a distance of 1,300, 400 meters. After firing two shots, he failed to hit his own side, especially the first shell that was far away from his side. The queue is hundreds of meters long!

I was frightened by the Germans. It is pure nonsense to say that Germans can shoot accurately at a distance of one kilometer away.

In fact, the Germans are not so good at all.

I know it now, there is nothing to fear.

"Rush up, we will fire again at a distance of 500 meters." George shouted loudly.

The opponent's tank gun is tall and mighty, what's the use? Accuracy must be taken care of. Therefore, a distance of 500 meters is necessary. If it exceeds this distance, it is a waste of shells!

In particular, the main gun of their tank was a 2-pounder tank gun. This was the most successful anti-tank gun since 36 years, and then it was improved on the tank and became a tank gun.

In terms of firepower, it must be outdated. Now, the rear is rapidly developing a 6-pounder gun, but unfortunately it has not been finalized, so they can only carry this small gun for the time being.

If you want to penetrate a German tank, you can only step forward, and you will have a chance when you get closer.

Moreover, it can be seen from here that the German tanks only have a few Panther tanks, and the rest are unseen goods. They don’t look so powerful and should be easier to deal with. Just knock out the first few. The Panther tanks, the tanks behind, are our appetizers.

Quick, speed up!

Now, George has completely adapted to the atmosphere of the battlefield.

"Boom!" At this moment, the opponent opened fire for the third time!

This time, the 88mm shell flew accurately towards the front tank!

I still didn't aim, but this time it was measured too much and the opponent accelerated, so the actual impact point should be behind the tank.

If it goes well, this Covenant tank can hide intact, and the shells will fly past its top, but now, there are people standing on its turret!

"Boom!" It was as if a balloon was blown up. The body of the tank captain was hit by an 88mm tank shell at a speed of more than 800 meters per second!

If you can replay the slow motion, you can see that the hood at the tip of the warhead hit the car captain’s chest, and the hood deformed slightly, but the captain’s body, centered at this point of impact, radiated outward. , What is flying out? Of course it is flesh and blood!

This point was smashed first, and then the other parts. Under the pull, they all shattered and turned into pieces of minced meat, flying in all directions, a small amount of minced meat stuck on the warhead, and After the warhead flew, it was surrounded by a space formed by flesh and blood, like water splashed by a car tire passing by.

That's so domineering!

The time is actually measured in milliseconds, so that the other tankers have not yet reacted. Their captain, the upper half of the body, is gone, and the lower half of the body, which has lost its vitality, fell into the turret, blood, Bubbling out.

"Ah..." The loader was a twenty-year-old young man. At this moment, he shouted loudly, it was terrible!

"It's flying again." Meyer was depressed for a while, but this time it was a little bit short, indicating that the width of the opponent's tank was about the same as his own estimate, smaller than 2.8 meters, about 2.78 meters!

"Attention, the width of the opponent's tank, 2.78 meters." Meyer shouted in the radio, the test shot was completed, and the opponent's width was confirmed!

Now it’s a battle. You don’t need to know the width of the side, just the width of the front. Next, let’s use precise artillery to welcome the British!