What is a tank?
He is the King of Land. If we say the most powerful land war king in modern times, who is it?
It doesn’t matter whether he is a good German or not, the one who will always be in everyone’s heart must be Tank!
The tank is a giant steel beast on land. The impact it brings to the infantry on the battlefield is unimaginable to ordinary people. When it roars towards the infantry, even the most stubborn person will be frightened to the point of peeing.
It's like primitive people facing those prehistoric beasts.
It's just that this giant steel beast covered in iron armor is more lethal and shocking.
However, it is true that tanks are steel behemoths.
This steel behemoth seems to be extremely ferocious, it seems to be indestructible, it seems to be invincible, but it needs a numerical advantage to fully demonstrate its power. Otherwise, it...is just that.
There are only dozens or hundreds of tanks. Even if they are put into the battlefield, the effect will be just that. At most, it will only be a temporary shock.
Why did tanks show off their power on the Soviet-German battlefield? Because both companies were piling up the number of tanks! Maybe Germany III had first-class tanks and first-class crews, but what about Soviet Russia? In the end, relying on its numerical advantage, Germany III completely crushed Germany III.
.When thousands of tanks appear on the battlefield, all resistance will collapse.
Quantity itself is a quality.
And if you want quantity, that kind of tank must be simple enough, cheap enough, and sufficient...
Only in this way can there be enough quantity.
That's right, it's exactly that - it's definitely not a T34 tank.
It's the T60 light tank.
Compared with the T34, this light tank is simply not worth mentioning. It was born in August 1941, one month before the Santoku invasion. Its basic design work only took 15 days to complete.
Got it!
As a light tank designed to overcome difficulties in an emergency, it doesn't even have many special parts, except for the body... Although welding a bunch of steel plates together is quite a test of technology, but what is the real test of technology the most?
Its designer built a tank out of a bunch of off-the-shelf parts - car parts.
What is the biggest feature of the T60 light tank?
It’s because it uses a lot of auto parts. Its engine is a Geese 5 engine, and its gearbox is also a Geese 5. In a word, it is basically equivalent to a truck with a track version. As for the load of the tank,
The wheels are also for tractors, and even the T-60 is not equipped with a radio. Internal communication mainly relies on simple light instructions.
Such an emergency tank, even an extremely crude tank, became the tank that the Soviet army was most likely to obtain in the early days of the war. In the early days of the war, it was thousands of T60 tanks that looked very crude, which supported the Soviet Union's
The front of the Russian army. The T-60 tank was so important to the Soviet army that Steel even personally participated in the testing of the second model of the T-60.
It was so awesome even during World War II, let alone now.
Besides, Daming also has his own truck!
Jiefang trucks are ready-made trucks.
You can definitely learn from the idea of the T60 light tank and use the Ming Dynasty's Liberation Truck to build a Ming Dynasty T60!
So under the personal guidance of Emperor Zhu Da, Maxima Automobile Company began their tank journey.
I have to say that Soviet Russian engineers are very cool. What they took 15 days to complete took Ming Dynasty... two years.
Moreover, compared with the T60 light tank, the Daming tank has thinner armor and smaller horsepower. On the Eastern Front battlefield of World War II, these were fatal injuries. For today's Daming, they simply do not exist. On the contrary, this kind of light tank
Its maneuverability is actually a huge advantage.
Its speed is fast enough, much faster than a horse!
Therefore, after two years of hard work by dozens of technicians from Maxima Automobile Company.
Finally, in October 1873, Ming Dynasty finally announced the world's first tank - the "Tiger" tank!
The tank was finally born.
"Dragon" tank!
Just like when the armored vehicle was named "Tiger", Emperor Zhu directly named it after "Dragon".
Now, when this "Dragon" tank, which was only over one meter high, roared into the training ground, Emperor Zhu Da couldn't help but stood up. The only thing left in his ears was the roar of the tank's engine.
Voice.
This is my tank!
"Da da da……"
At this moment, there was a crisp sound of machine gunfire on the training ground.
Is this the sound of a Gatling gun?
Why does it sound different?
No, it's Gatling.
However, it is not the kind of Gatling that fires more than 3,000 rounds. According to combat experience in France, the machine gun does not need such a fast fire rate at all.
Even Wang Youling once said, "The sound of machine gunfire on the battlefield is never the sound of gunfire, but the sound of silver flying in the water!"
Without it, the rate of fire of 3,000 rounds is really too expensive.
If you keep holding the trigger, it will cost more than a hundred yuan a minute. The speed at which the machine gun burns money is absolutely amazing. Besides, the bullets are consumed so fast that the logistics cannot keep up!
Ever since, as soon as they returned from France, the military took the initiative to request a "speed down".
In the past ten years, under the attention of Emperor Zhu Da, Ming Dynasty has attached great importance to the Gatling gun. Gatling now has several improved models. Since the electric motor and Gatling gun were combined three years ago,
After being combined together, no matter how fast the weapons are iterated, the electric Gatling has always been the glory of the Ming Dynasty.
Even the Gatlings sold to Britain and France are, sorry, manual.
Who doesn’t keep a few gadgets at home? Moreover, the electric Gatling cannon is also a weapon used by the Ming Dynasty to wash the decks! How can such a weapon be shown to others lightly?
However, although the electric Gatling is good, its firing rate is too fast!
The "Dragon" tank uses a 3-barreled Gatling machine gun improved from the 10-barreled Gatling. The number of barrels is reduced by 7, and the rate of fire is directly reduced to less than 1,000 rounds.
In the past, Gatling was also tabooed by the Ming Dynasty's military because of its huge ammunition consumption. It's not that they care about money, but because... the logistics can't keep up!
Gatling, which has now been reduced to less than a thousand rounds, has naturally become the favorite of the military. Although it has shortcomings of one kind or another, the rate of fire of 800-900 is really good!
Especially when used to quell the rebellion of the natives in Africa, Gatling is simply the sword of God. Wherever it points, there are dead bodies!
Compared with the bullet consumption that cost you 3,000 lives per minute in the past, now, it is really delicious!
After all, ammunition consumption has been reduced by 30%. Don’t underestimate this number. After a battle, the ammunition saved is definitely a very considerable number.
Therefore, in addition to the "Dragon" light tank, the "Dragon" light self-propelled artillery is also under development.
In fact, it is just a 100mm mortar added on the basis of the Dragon light tank. This light mortar with a range of four kilometers has always been the favorite of the Ming Dynasty army.
However, the possibility of installing other artillery is unlikely. After all, the "Dragon" tank only weighs 2 tons. With such a dead weight, it can barely install a small 20 mm caliber artillery.
However, there is currently no need to install a 20mm Gatling cannon on a tank. As for other artillery, the Ming Dynasty has no need at the moment. After all, actual combat has proven that machine guns can meet the needs. Moreover, in the management
When it is immature to withdraw the artillery, it is really immature technology to mount the cannon on the tank!
However, as an important military product in the second five-year plan, the rapid-fire cannon is still under intensive development. When artillery technology like the "French Miss" matures, the artillery can be mounted on tanks.
By then, of course, we will have to install a tank with a larger tonnage.
Today, the only one inspected by His Majesty the Emperor is the "Dragon" ultra-light assault tank. It looks more like a Voldemort than a dragon. It is driving in the wilderness, constantly firing machine guns into the distance.
The goal……
This chapter has been completed!