Chapter 1489： Infantry anti-tank weapon

If such a result is obtained, then Colonel Hunter will definitely not stop here, he first withdraws to the mountain, let the tank in front of the opponent pass, and then fight the infantry behind.

Now, they only fired once, and the Germans immediately changed their formation.

The tanks behind, coming up from both sides, spread out, forming a not very wide offensive surface, because of the restrictions of the terrain, here is not particularly open.

And then, the infantry fighting vehicle at the back drove to the back of the tank line. From the infantry fighting vehicle, a soldier in the uniform of the German Marine Corps jumped from above, holding a 6.8mm assault rifle, closely following it. behind.

Germany's tactical formation change was so skillful that the tactics Colonel Hunter had originally planned failed.

It is dangerous for infantry to fight tanks! With the help of the dead corners of the tank and the fearless spirit, some anti-tank grenade can be thrown over.

If the opponent’s tank is followed by infantry, it’s different. The infantry will use their own dense bullets to prevent the anti-tank from approaching, and their casualties will be even greater. Once the German formation is formed, your own infantry position The line of defense will soon be broken!

Damn, if there are effective anti-tank weapons that can be carried by infantrymen, how great it would be!

Colonel Hunter was almost desperate at this time, he could see the result in advance.

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United States, Aberdeen Proving Ground.

A large number of high-ranking officials gathered here. Major General Eisenhower stood on the podium, watching a tank slowly moving with his binoculars.

Eisenhower is now an important staff officer of the U.S. Military Command. This time he appeared at the Aberdeen Proving Ground to watch a performance.

The fact that France was quickly defeated by Germany shocked the United States. The U.S. Army began to debate the structure of the U.S. armed forces.

Like the United Kingdom, the role of the United States on tanks is still unclear, and this debate put an end to the idea that tanks are still in their infancy in the modern battlefield and prompted the United States to quickly establish an armored force.

The best anti-tank weapon is a tank. This argument has been accepted. However, it is impossible that all armies are armored units. What should a large number of infantrymen do after encountering tanks?

Regarding the issue of how to most effectively fight against enemy tanks, artillery officers advocated the development of anti-tank artillery.

As a result, the U.S. Army began a quick response and hastily designed the M6 ​​37mm self-propelled gun (GMC) and the M3 75mm self-propelled gun.

Among them, the 37mm artillery quickly fell out of date. It seems that the 75mm artillery is the only option. However, this 75mm artillery is an old-fashioned artillery equipped in France during World War I and has very serious technical and tactical problems.

Both of these designs are also regarded as short-term solutions. At the beginning of this year, the US Army Ordnance Bureau officially named the improved T35E1 as the M10 tank destroyer.

The self-propelled anti-tank gun code-named M10 is now on the test field.

The M10 uses the M4 Sherman tank chassis, with a combat weight of 30 tons. The frontal 47-degree bevel armor is 37 mm thick, the side is 25 mm thick, and the open turret is 57 mm thick. Equipped with an M7 76mm L/53 cannon, which can penetrate 100mm armor beyond 1,000. The power system is two general-purpose diesel engines with a total power of 375 horsepower and a maximum highway speed of 48 kilometers per hour.

It can be seen that it has good maneuverability, but its protection is very poor. It can only be used to block tanks, it cannot be used to attack, and it cannot really replace tanks.

At the same time, it is cheaper than tanks and can be equipped on a large scale.

Major General Eisenhower took the pipe and smoked while watching the performance.

The target tank was advancing steadily at a slow speed. At the same time, in the cab, a tanker swiftly climbed out of it and jumped to the ground.

Remote-controlled tanks in this era are impossible, and the target tank cannot be stationary, otherwise the test results have no reference meaning, and the tanks on the battlefield cannot stop waiting for you to fight.

Therefore, this method is adopted. When the driver jumps off, the tank is in an unmanned state.

At the same time, in the other direction of the shooting range, an M10 tank destroyer was slowly moving over, and the people inside were operating nervously. There must be no mistakes!

They didn't know that at this time there were several other people who stole their limelight.

"Quick, quick!"

The shooting range was quite empty, no one noticed, two captains sneaked in quietly.

U.S. Army Captain Leslie Skinner, who has been in this shooting range for eight years, is very familiar with everything here. He crawled through a drain and escaped the sentry standing guard. , Is his assistant, Captain Edward Earle.

The two are very dangerous in the shooting range. The flying fragments of shells may kill them, but at this time they don’t care so much, in order to let the weapons in their hands be displayed in front of senior officials, in order to avoid those in the war. In order to bring suitable anti-tank weapons to the frontline troops, they resisted the obstruction of the bureaucratic class that still existed in China!

Skinner quickly assembled the equipment he had brought. It was not big, just a long cylinder, which was carried on his shoulder, and Earle, as his assistant, pushed a rocket propelled grenade. Tucked into the cylinder.

"Sight, where's our sight?" Skennai shouted.

Earle clapped his hands. It's no good. When I first arrived, I was in a hurry, but I didn't bring the simple mechanical sight with me What should I do?

Earle looked around and found out soon, he ran a few steps quickly and picked up a wire from the ground.

Earle bends quickly, breaking the wire into a sight, and then attaching it to the side of the cylinder.

At this time, the tank had already arrived.

Captain Skinner held his breath. He knew that whether he could succeed or not was up to him. A large group of high-ranking officials were watching, and he must seize the opportunity!

You have to hit the target and destroy the target, so you might as well use a little trick to get as close as possible!

Fifty meters is almost the same, as long as it hits, your weapon will be able to destroy it! This effect must be the most visually striking.

In the sight, the target was getting bigger and bigger, and Skinner pulled the trigger without hesitation.

"Swish!" The solid rocket motor ignited, and the rocket propelled grenade pierced the air and flew out, with a thick smoke evaporating behind it.