When Mao Xiong's tank regiment and the 100-plus tanks of the tank company were in a echelon formation and ready to fight the enemy, Hans 'tank suddenly opened fire at a distance of 2,000 meters!
The main armored force of the German army was the No. 4 tank, which was mainly the improved No. 4 tank.
The improved Type 4 tank was equipped with a 75mm tank cannon, which was unable to penetrate the Soviet tank armor at a distance of 2,000 meters.
Therefore, when the German army opened fire at a distance of 2000 meters, the entire Soviet army laughed out loud!
What was the German army doing at such a distance?
Do they think their shells can penetrate our tanks?
In their opinion, the reason why the German army opened fire at such a long distance must have been because they were too nervous, so they estimated the distance wrongly and issued the wrong order. Otherwise, the German army's decision was really inexplicable!
It was no wonder that the Soviets were so contemptuous. At the same distance, unless the Soviets hit the German side skirt armor, they would not be able to penetrate the front armor!
Even if it was a side skirt armor, it would be very difficult to penetrate it at a distance of 2000 meters!
And this was the situation when they were dealing with Tank #4!
For a Tiger tank with a 100mm thick front armor, at a distance of 2,000 meters, unless the IS-2's 122mm tank cannon hit it directly, there was no way to take down the Tiger tank!
Although the T34 was very useful, its small water pipe was really not enough to face the Tiger tank!
Therefore, the Soviets did not take the German offensive seriously!
The reason was also very good!
Look, this is the insufferably arrogant army of the Third Reich!
After the disastrous defeats in the Battle of Fury-Xiong-Sike and the Battle of Fury-Xiong-Gele, the dignified Third Reich actually couldn't find a suitable warrior to control their weapons!
Look at the performance of these new recruits on the battlefield!
He had lost all his face and made people laugh at him!
As a result, the originally nervous and frightened Soviets were no longer worried!
The enemy's performance was so bad, what was there to worry about?
The distance of 2000 meters sounded far, but it was actually very close!
This close range was for tank shells!
The German Tiger King tank was equipped with a 105mm tank cannon, and it was a smooth-bore cannon. Its initial speed was as high as 1500 meters per second!
As everyone knew, the initial velocity of a smooth-bore cannon was greater than that of a rifled cannon. Therefore, it could give the cannonball more kinetic energy, which could penetrate thicker armor!
Therefore, tanks that targeted enemy tanks were usually equipped with smooth-bore cannons. Only a few tanks would choose to use rifled cannons, but smooth-bore cannons were still the mainstream.
A distance of 2000 meters was just a blink of an eye for the German artillery shells!
Soon, the tanks of the Soviets were covered by the artillery shells of the German army!
Moreover, amidst the rumbling explosions, the first round of German artillery bombardment achieved remarkable results!
After the first round of bombardment, the Soviets were shocked!
They realized that more than 15 tanks on their side had been hit, and 12 of them had been directly penetrated and lost their combat ability.
The other three tanks were damaged by the ricochet. Although the shells bounced off the armor, they still caused a lot of damage. The huge kinetic energy of the shells shook off many parts inside the tank...
As for the tanks that were destroyed, without exception, their front armor was directly penetrated. There were even a few unlucky tanks that were pierced through. The shells entered the main armor from the front and then came out from the weak rear armor, directly penetrating the Soviet tanks!
As for the members of the tank, no one would believe that they could survive at this time...
With such powerful power and penetrating power, was this really the German tank cannon that he was familiar with?
The Soviets were extremely confused. They soon discovered that the main cannon of the German army did not seem to be the 75mm tank cannon of the No. 4 tank, nor the 88mm tank cannon of the Tiger tank. It was a new type of tank cannon with a much larger caliber than these two!
This discovery immediately made the Soviets panic. Even the 2000-meter distance that they originally thought was safe was no longer safe!
Because the German army had already proven that even at a distance of 2000 meters, they still had the ability to penetrate the Soviet tanks!
Compared to the shock of the Soviets, the German side was not satisfied with the results of this bombardment.
"What a pity, this round of shooting actually missed by so much! It seemed that the training time was too short, affecting the performance in actual combat!”
After seeing the results of the first round of shooting through the binoculars, Gordian shook his head. He was obviously dissatisfied with the results!
According to his plan, this round of fire would destroy at least one-third of the enemy, which meant that at least 30 tanks would be destroyed!
However, the actual effect was reduced. Only 12 of them were destroyed. This meant that his troops had not reached their best condition!
If the Soviets knew about Guderian's thoughts, they would probably vomit blood!
In their opinion, it was already quite an impressive result to be able to destroy twelve tanks and injure three at a distance of two thousand meters!
After all, although the number of German tanks was higher, only 300 of them could get the shooting angle. This accuracy rate was already as high as 5%!
The hit rate of the Tiger Tank could reach 50% at 2000 meters. Of course, this was only theoretical data. In actual combat, the hit rate would be greatly reduced after changing the warhead according to different environments.
However, Gordian's requirements were not very high. Even if he was equipped with a specialized armor-piercing warhead, his hit rate in the first round should be at least 33%!
However, in the previous shooting, there were many tanks who targeted the same enemy tank, resulting in overlapping firepower. This was probably a major reason for the impact on the results!
In short, Gordian was not satisfied with the performance of his army in the first battle!
Compared to his well-trained and experienced 19th army, this new armored army did not perform well!
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