After the M1 tank was worn with depleted uranium armor, myths continued to come out. In the desert war, the T-72 tank troops were beaten and abandoned. Later, it was almost invincible, giving people the impression of being extremely powerful.
, I think this kind of tank has almost no opponent, and fighting in the M1 tank is the safest.
However, this is just the original tank of the Americans. The tanks exported by the Americans are all monkey versions. When a certain country dispatched its own M1 tank to wipe out the rebellion, it turned out that it was beaten by local armed forces and even some even went astray.
The turret also flew.
Of course, afterwards, it would be said that it was deliberately posing for photos, and it was impossible for anyone to know the truth or falsehood. However, the myth of the M1 tank was shattered from that time. The myth of the American tank world's number one myth,
Disappeared.
What about now?
Now the American M1 tank is still claiming to be the world's number one, but unfortunately, it was a shot and the prototype was knocked out. This person was lost!
In theory, it is impossible to catch fire in a modern third-generation tank like the M1 tank because it has a complete fire extinguishing and explosion suppression system. Once sporadic flames are found, they will be activated immediately.
However, this device is not turned on!
Yes, it was not turned on at all, because their fire control computers had a malfunction and were beginning to adjust the fire control system to find problems. In order to avoid interference, the fire extinguishing and explosion suppression system was turned off.
It was originally nothing to be hit by a shell, but later, even if I found out that there might be a problem, there was no way out. At that time, the matter of the fire-extinguishing and explosion-repressing system being turned off was ignored, and they didn't care.
As a result, there was no reaction and their tank caught fire!
There is no ammunition inside the tank, otherwise it would have exploded. Now, the tanks are fired mainly because of fuel.
Back then, on the battlefield of World War II, the American Sherman tanks were almost hit. In the Normandy landing, forty hit tanks were counted, and thirty-three of them were all being
The burning occurred after the hit, and the probability was high enough.
In addition to the problem of ammunition placement, an important reason is fuel. The use of gasoline as fuel must have this problem. There are many German tanks that caught fire. In comparison, there are much fewer T-34.
Because they use diesel engines.
Gasoline can be caught when it encounters an open flame, but what about diesel? It is impossible to use a lighter to just use a lighter to remove diesel. This is the huge difference.
After World War II, almost all tanks began to use diesel engines, while the American M1 tank used gas turbines for the first time, using high-end aviation fuel. This thing is definitely easier to ignite than gasoline!
Of course, there is only one reason why this happens: the tank was penetrated, and the hard core was penetrated through the tank's main armor, and then it went to the back, smashed the fuel tank or hit it.
On the engine!
"Impossible, impossible, put out the fire quickly, put out the fire quickly!" At this time, Derek's face was pale and his body trembled. He would never have dreamed that the worst situation would happen to his tank!
M1 tank, this is the pride of the Americans. This tank is claimed to be a tank that will never be penetrated. As a result, it was not yet the 125mm gun from the Soviets' turn, and it couldn't hold on in front of the 105mm gun.
It's right.
In theory, even a prototype car should be able to block it!
Didn't you hit the turret and get in from another place?
When Derek ran over with empty eyes, the fire truck was already spraying foam, and the M1 tank was burning for less than a minute, the fire was already under control.
However, the M1 tank is no longer helpful.
Once the fire burns, all the internal equipment will be broken, and the entire tank body will also change at this temperature, and the strength will be different. Therefore, it can only be scrapped and there is no value for repair.
It's right.
I brought an M1 to show off. All kinds of high-end performances were to crush the 85 tank, but I didn’t expect that this tank was actually hit!
No matter what the reason or how to explain it, this promotion was a complete failure.
"This tank is too bad, right?" Berg spoke.
Kalamat, who was standing beside him, looked extremely ugly, his lips were trembling, but he couldn't say anything. What else could he say about a burning tank that was blown up?
"What Chobam armor is at this level?" Mahmoud said: "Our First Armored Division, don't have a lighter! Let's take a look at the 85 tank!"
The fire was still putting out, and a large number of Americans ran over. However, the senior officials on Lao Ba's side had completely lost interest in the M1 tank.
Bragging!
Don’t look at it as big as it is, in fact, it’s not enough to fight at all. Who dares to use such a tank?
"It must have passed through the thinnest place. If it was the front main armor or the cannon shield, it would definitely not be like this, absolutely impossible!" Derek's voice was very loud and he was still shouting there.
The fire had been extinguished, and only black smoke was left. The high-pressure water gun used by the firefighter rushed over, and suddenly, the covered foam was washed away.
The turret, main armor, and the cannon shield on the left, clearly there was an iron hole burned there!
The hole was not big, just a little thicker than the piercing rod of the armor-piercing bullet, but it had been penetrated. The hole seemed to be mocking them there, and some metal slips were churning out, as if they were crying.
"How is it possible? Even if we only have homogeneous armored steel, the thickness is 130 mm, plus that large inclination angle, when it hit, the equivalent thickness was close to the order of 300 mm. The armor-piercing bombs produced by the Eastern Powers themselves
, How could it be that deep armor-piercing ability? Even the original British armor-piercing bullets did not have it!"
Not only Derek, but also the others at this time were speechless. They were clear about the data of their tanks. The data with composite armor was clearly clear, and the original homogeneity was
Armored steel tanks are even more clear.
That's right, this is a prototype car, mainly for testing power performance, so the tank body and turret have not been used to make complex composite armor at all, and the most ordinary armored steel is just on it!
This is also something that Derek didn't know very well. Later, when Shuke said it, he suddenly sank in his heart. However, at that time, he still held hope. Even even homogeneous steel was thick enough and the inclination angle was large enough.
Who would have thought that it would be easily penetrated by someone!