Imperial Overlord

Also on October 15, Zhukov, who had retreated from the front to Stalingrad, took his entourage to inspect the Stalingrad line of defense presided over by Vatutin.

Then he saw the new tank in the Stalingrad factory in winter white camouflage. As a senior front-line combat general, he also chatted with engineers about this brand-new tank in the factory.

The temperature in October is not too cold, it is a very comfortable temperature. The weather is also very good, and it has been very good since October - God seems to be on the side of the Germans.

No Soviet general likes good weather, because good weather means more German bombers will appear over the heads of Soviet soldiers.

Whether it is the slightly outdated Stuka dive bomber or the dense JU-88 bomber, it can be said to be a terrible nightmare for the Soviet ground forces.

"General Zhukov, in the next 3 months, we will be able to mass-produce this latest tank." Pointing to the new tank that was half-painted with a brush, and some places have not been fully air-dried, the Soviet worker said.

In a war, as long as the warring parties have the opportunity, they will inevitably learn from each other: things with low technical content and good effects are easily accepted by both warring parties at the same time.

For example, camouflage was widely used by countries participating in World War II: the Soviets also painted tanks and other vehicles with white paint to improve the survival rate of these weapons and equipment.

In fact, it is not imitating, because everyone basically started to use similar methods at the same time, but multi-color camouflage was indeed the first large-scale use by the Germans.

"The armor of this tank is very thick and can withstand the German 88mm caliber artillery at a long distance." Pointing to the new tank with half-painted paint in front of it, the engineer in the Stalingrad tank production factory opened the mouth and introduced. road.

Stalingrad also has its own tank production plant, which previously produced products such as tractors.

This factory has been producing T-34 tanks since the beginning of the war, and it is a very advanced production factory.

Instead of being relocated to the rear like Chelyabinsk like other factories, the whole crew stayed in Stalingrad.

The reason is actually very simple. This city is called Stalingrad, and Stalin never thought about what happened after it fell!

Seeing that Zhukov was very interested, the engineer continued: "It uses a cast turret, and the production speed is very fast. I hope it can have an advantage in quantity, so that our tank force can compete head-on with the German tank force."

"After all, this tank is named after the leader, so it should be the best and invincible! Do you understand?" Zhukov emphasized to everyone around him.

He looked a little tired after rushing back to Stalingrad from the front line, but the military uniform he was wearing was still very straight.

There are also several precious medals hanging on his chest, one of which is for his courageous and calm command in the Kursk region.

"General! Of course we understand that it is stronger than the T-34 tank, with thicker armor, and can completely resist the attack of German tank troops!" Hearing what Zhukov emphasized, a Soviet tank designer quickly emphasized.

Indeed, as Zhukov said, this tank was named Stalin tank, and the weapon named after the leader must naturally be the most powerful weapon.

Because the course of the war has changed, the Stalin 1 tank developed by the Soviet Union has only produced dozens of tanks, so it had to stop production and improve it.

Therefore, this new type of tank installed in the army is actually the famous Stalin 2 heavy tank in history.

The Soviets also continued the name of this tank, and they named the model that only produced a few dozen as the Stalin 1 tank, and this more powerful one was named the Stalin 2 tank.

"In addition to the heavy armor, the main gun of this tank uses a 122mm caliber gun, and its power is quite amazing." Pointing to the long barrel, another engineer took the conversation.

There is nothing wrong with his words. The power of this kind of artillery is absolutely amazing, because this kind of artillery was not developed as a tank gun at all.

It's a naval gun! Yes, it is an artillery used on naval warships, with a caliber of 122 mm and a high muzzle velocity, and its power is naturally very powerful.

Using such a type of artillery as a tank gun is the same as Germany's use of an 88mm anti-aircraft gun as a tank gun.

As far as penetration is concerned, it already has the ability to fight at equal distances with German tanks. Even at a distance of around 2000 meters, the gun's paper data penetration capability has a terrifying 120mm.

According to this data, the Stalin 2 tank can definitely penetrate the frontal armor of the Panther tank when firing at a normal tank engagement distance!

Of course, this is the data on paper - in fact, the penetration ability of this kind of artillery is weaker, and it is not as strong as the test data~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Having said that, on the one hand, it is naturally bad. on the one hand. There is no need to emphasize the power problem of this kind of tank, after all Zhukov knew that it was a heavy tank...

The speed of the heavy tank is actually very low, and it is impossible to gallop on the rough battlefield like the German Panther tank.

Therefore, Zhukov's concern for the power system of the tank is far less than his interest in armor and artillery.

After all, to fight the German armored forces head-on, defensive capabilities and artillery power are the two most worthwhile investment. Because in the past six months, the actual combat results have proved that the Soviet tanks lack heavy armor and strong firepower.

After a brief introduction about power, the engineer talked about firepower: "Of course there are defects. On the one hand, the amount of ammunition is too small. We tried to solve this problem, but it is true Not very easy."

"When fully loaded with ammunition, this Stalin 2 tank can only carry 28 rounds of various types of shells, so the ammunition is easily exhausted." The engineer said a number that was not satisfactory.

Comparing the amount of ammunition loaded by German tanks, you can know the gap between the two sides in terms of ammunition carrying capacity: the ammunition capacity of German tanks is generally more than twice that of Stalin 2 tanks!

Even the Panther tank, which has been reduced in ammunition capacity due to improvements, has more ammunition capacity than the Stalin 2 tank.

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