Chapter 600： 0 里迢迢

Your own tank is the best!

The tank code-named a-32 has been given the t-32 tank, and it is the famous T-34 tank in the later world, but now, this project is under pressure.

In this era, the Kharkov Design Bureau is not well-known. The one who has become the leader of Soviet tank designers is Kotin of the Kirov Factory.

However, Kotin's design did not conform to the actual situation of the current Soviets. He blindly increased the weight of the tank, but could not solve the bad mechanical problems, and his own tank was the best design!

Mikhail Ilyich Koshkin firmly believes in his design. At the beginning, at his insistence, he abandoned the complex wheel-track tank chassis and developed a full-track medium tank, especially After creatively using the diesel engine, all the indicators of the tank have been perfectly balanced.

This is the tank the Soviet needs! Koshkin was quite sure of this, but he was bitter.

Comrade Stalin didn't know the progress of his tank. Of course, all of this was the ghost of Kotin. Even in Kotin's mouth, his tank had so many failures that there was no possibility of service at all.

A few days ago, when he heard the news from Moscow, Koshkin was quite angry. At the same time, he made a bold choice.

Doesn't it mean that your own tank has frequent mechanical failures and cannot be shaped at all? Then use a practical action to break this rumor!

From the Ural Mountains, drive directly to Moscow, this remote road of thousands of kilometers, to test the performance of your tank! This long journey is the best show!

Koshkin suffocated his anger. He even took the tank personally and was responsible for directing the advancement of the tank. After a few days, they traveled thousands of kilometers, and the tank on his side did not show any mechanical failure. .

In terms of time, just right, when they arrived at Kubinka, it happened that Comrade Stalin was there!

Koshkin was extremely excited. He knew that the time had come to decide the fate of his tank.

"Cough, cough." Koshkin coughed twice. I don't know why. He always coughed recently. Before setting off, some people were worried about his body, but he insisted on coming.

He is the chief designer of this tank, and he will work hard for the future of this tank!

"Crunch." The t-32 tank stopped to the side of the kv-1 tank. Compared with the appearance, the t-32 tank was obviously smaller. However, for some reason, Stalin looked at the t-32 in front of him. I feel more cordial, especially the turret, which looks very smooth and nice.

"Comrade Stalin, on behalf of the Kharkiv Locomotive Factory, I have come to offer you a gift. We drove this T-32 tank from Kharkiv. After three days, it traveled 1,200 kilometers. I came to Moscow on time and accepted your review." Coming off the tank, Koshkin reported loudly to Stalin.

At this time, Stalin and his party had already shifted their interest from KV-1. Stalin looked at Koshkin and said, "You said, this tank has driven thousands of kilometers in three days?"

Of course Stalin knew what this meant. The German armored forces engaged in a terrible blitzkrieg. What was the key? Firepower, protection, of course, there are reasons for this, but the most enviable German tank is definitely its mobility!

Your own tank can only be a successful tank if it possesses the equivalent mobility. It is a tank needed by the Soviets!

"Yes, Comrade Stalin, our trip was accompanied by members of the safety committee throughout the journey, and they can testify for us." Koshkin continued.

Although they were maneuvering all the way off-road, of course, they had more than one car on this long journey, and they also had accompanying security vehicles. On this kind of vehicles, people from the safety committee were in charge of supervising them. Whether he cheated and deceived Comrade Stalin, he would be shot directly.

Stalin's eyes lit up suddenly.

The kv-1 tank here is polished shiningly and it can be said to be spotless. In contrast, this t-32 is almost like being fished out of a mud pit. The entire body of the car is covered. Mud, weeds.

You must know that the Soviet territory is vast, the main means of transportation is trains, and road construction is quite backward. In most places, there are no hardened dirt roads.

"Comrade Stalin, be careful that your clothes are soiled." Kotin said hurriedly when Stalin was eager to go up and have a look.

Kotin's words only caused Stalin to roll his eyes, and Kotin hurriedly shut up.

At this time, Kejing's heart had begun to panic. A few days ago, he also reported that the t-32 was too early to be finalized, and various mechanical failures could not be eliminated. If he could not walk a few kilometers, he had to lie down. Now, UU reading has run thousands of kilometers!

Although his father-in-law said in front of Stalin, once Stalin pursued it, his father-in-law would definitely take these mistakes to him.

"When designing, we took into account the current trend of tank design and our national conditions to the utmost, so we chose inclined armor." Stalin was very interested, and Koshkin on the side was also quite excited. At that time Stalin had already stood in front of the tank. The comparison between the two tanks, apart from the volume, was of course the design idea, for example, the concept of inclined armor.

"Our body armor is 45mm thick, with a 32-degree bevel angle, and 49 degrees on the side. The turret is a hexagonal cast. The frontal armor thickness is 60 mm, and the side is also 45 mm. The bevel of the body extends all the way to the turret. , So the t-34 is almost a right triangle from the front."

The design of the entire car body is what Koshkin is most proud of. Now, he finally has the opportunity to explain it to Stalin. Of course, he has to grasp this rare opportunity.

"Cough, cough." He still couldn't help it, coughing twice, and then continued to explain.

"Sloped armor has two advantages. First, the shells are easy to bounce after hitting, that is, they are prone to ricochet, and their power is greatly reduced. Second, by tilting the armor, we can increase the effective protection thickness under the same weight. We only have 45mm thick armor, but through the 32-degree bevel design, the protection capacity is equivalent to 130mm, and the 49-degree bevel side armor is also equivalent to 100mm."

These data, spoken fluently from Koshkin’s mouth, immediately made Stalin’s face smile: "Kotin, you said, the protection of the KV-1 tank is also 130 mm?" Mobile phone users ask Browse and read, a better reading experience.