Tanks were a new type of weapon created during the First World War.
Due to the heavy machine guns and barbed wire used in the First World War, it was difficult for ordinary infantry to quickly break through the enemy's strong defense line, resulting in heavy casualties and a stalemate.
In the Battle of the Somme, the Anglo-French coalition forces attacked the German army. They were faced with a position composed of dense barbed wire and trench facilities. Because they could not quickly break through the German defense line, they were severely attacked by German machine guns and artillery. In just one day, they paid a heavy price of more than 60,000 casualties.
In order to solve this unfavorable situation, Sun Never Sets began to develop a weapon that could climb over the trenches and had powerful firepower and excellent defensive performance. This weapon was called a land warship, which was the earliest tank.
The code name of this tank was Mark Tank. However, because it looked like an iron box, the British army called it a water tank in order to confuse the enemy. Because of the translation, the British tanks were called water tanks and water towers.
However, these two titles were not accurate. Armored Tank was its real name!
"Quick, inform the soldiers to return to their positions and immediately measure the distance between the enemy tanks and us!”
The appearance of tanks posed a huge threat to the German army. Although the tanks were only an accessory of the infantry, a weapon that accompanied the infantry in combat, and would not be used as an armored unit to assault or bypass the rear, the threat of these iron lumps slowly advancing on the front battlefield was equally huge.
The German soldiers were a little scared of this new equipment. Although tanks were born during the First World War, not everyone had seen them because there were not many tanks equipped in various countries.
At this moment, there were a total of five tanks in front of them. They were basically a company of tanks. According to the standards of the Somme River Battle, a large-scale battle launched by more than a million British and French troops only had 18 tanks. At this time, in order to deal with a mere battalion, the enemy actually used five tanks. It was really giving them face!
Therefore, all the German soldiers felt a huge threat!
"Anti-tank team!"
Lin Yu was also shocked, but he did not panic.
Tanks from the First World War only looked scary. Compared to the Brahms, Leopard 2, and 99 tanks of later generations, these were simply a pile of scrap metal.
Therefore, after discovering the British army's intentions, Lin Yu quickly searched for information about this tank in his mind.
Mark I Tank
[Name: Mark 1 (Male)]
[Vehicle weight: 28 tons]
[Weapons: 2 57mm Hotchkiss 6-pound Rapid Cannons, 4 Hadzikes Machine Guns]
[Armor thickness: 6mm]
8 members (captain, gunner, loading hand, driver, machine gunner).
This type of tank was very different from the tanks of the later generations. The cannons of this type of tank were not on the top of the tank, but on both sides of the tank. There were also two cannons.
In addition, the tank was equipped with four machine guns, one near the left and right turrets, and one near the front and rear armor.
The tanks of this era were designed to be mobile fortresses. Their mission was to break through the enemy's defenses and rush to the enemy's position to disrupt the enemy's defense line. Therefore, they had to have the ability to climb over the trenches and barbed wire. They also had to have armor that could withstand machine gun bullets. They also had powerful firepower to sweep and suppress the enemy soldiers in the trenches.
In the Battle of the Somme, the German army was at a loss when faced with this new weapon. Ordinary rifles and machine gun bullets could not do anything to the tanks, and its ferocious four machine guns and two cannons were simply devastating to the infantry. Therefore, during the battle, where the British tanks rushed, the defense line would be shaken.
Before the development of anti-tank weapons, tanks were almost invincible on the battlefield.
However, that was in 1916. In 1918, anti-tank weapons were developed.
"Bring me the anti-tank rifle!"
Lin Yu saw that the anti-tank team had brought weapons to deal with tanks, so he immediately ordered.
The anti-tank gun was an anti-tank weapon developed by the German army during the First World War.
The anti-tank gun in Lin Yu's hand was the latest version of the Mauser 13.2mm anti-tank gun, codenamed M1918.
The gun was 1.68 meters long and weighed 15.8 kilograms. It was about the same weight as the Maxim Heavy Machine Gun.
This gun used 13.2mm x 92mm half-rim bottle ammunition, which could penetrate 15mm armor at a distance of 300 meters.
At this time, the armor thickness of the British tanks was generally not thick. Only some parts of the front had more than 20mm of armor, and the armor thickness of other positions was generally around 8- 10mm.
The Mark I tank in front of him weighed 28 tons, and its power system was already overwhelmed. Therefore, in order to reduce the weight, the armor of this tank was not thick. The side armor was only 6 mm, and the front armor was less than 15 mm.
This level of armor could be easily penetrated by the M1918 anti-tank gun!
When the three soldiers of the anti-tank team heard the order, they immediately handed the anti-tank guns in their hands to their battalion commander and immediately began to observe the movements of the enemy tanks to provide assistance to Lin Yu's sniping operation.
Lin Yu was very familiar with the British tank. There were a lot of design drawings of this tank on the Internet, so he easily found the location of the tank driver.
To capture the thief, they had to first capture the leader. After killing the driver, the power of this tank would be reduced by half!
In order to cover the movement of their own tanks, the British kept firing at the German positions as they advanced, trying to distract the German forces and suppress their actions.
Lin Yu was unmoved. He calmed down and firmly set the British tank in his sights.
The ability that Firearms Proficiency gave him allowed him to eliminate all interference in his surroundings at this moment. His eyes were only focused on the tank in front of him!
A thousand meters!
Five hundred meters!
400 meters!
When the British tanks advanced and opened fire, they did not realize that they had gradually entered the realm of death!
When the tank entered the 300-meter range, Lin Yu pulled the trigger!
Bang!
With a loud bang, the anti-tank gun made a loud sound that silenced everything around it. The entire world seemed to have quieted down!
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