my scientific age

Chapter 332 88 Cannonballs!
What kind of wonderful chemical reaction will be produced after the combination of the design concept of the inclined armor of the naval battleship + the Y-shaped armor steel, the latest top material obtained by the empire?
The normal is at an inclination angle of sixty degrees!
The main armor is composed of Y-shaped armor steel + carburized hardened steel!
Guderian is looking forward to it, really looking forward to the final result of this body protection test.

As the largest weapon test base under the Army Weapons Agency, the Berlin Tank Proving Ground is equipped with complete ballistic testing equipment and instruments. The test area includes 100 meters, 500 meters, 1000 meters, 500, 2000 meters and [-] meters of measuring points, and different distances can be obtained. The body protection data of .

Cutting-edge, advanced, this is synonymous with the Berlin Tank Proving Ground.

Soon, the protective test artillery was ready, and the artillery crew entered their posts. The new high-speed cameras with Zeiss lenses were powered on and stood by. It is used to detect the terminal velocity of the projectile and the effect of the impact.

The two high-speed cameras can work at 60 shots per second, and the detection error accuracy is in the range of ±0.5%. It is no exaggeration to say that this is the most advanced ballistics detection equipment in the world.

The advanced level of these two high-speed cameras alone has crushed the entire world, and the technical content is terrifyingly high.

Time passed, and as the last preparations were ready, Guderian gave an order and announced that the tank body protection test of Henschel's 35-ton design scheme had officially begun.

The No. 36 firing position of the proving ground is responsible for the protection test task of the latest anti-tank gun in active service in the German army - the Pak37 anti-tank gun, the manufacturer Rheinmetall, with a caliber of 42 mm, a multiple diameter of 34, and a penetration depth of 500 mm per 29 meters. The penetration depth is 1000 mm, and the penetration depth is 20 mm at [-] meters, all of which are vertical homogeneous steel.

At the No. 36 shooting position, following the command given by the commander of the artillery group, three artillerymen quickly stepped forward to operate the Pak[-] anti-tank gun, aim and lock the target, and took out the capped tungsten-core armor-piercing projectile for loading.

Standard, fast.

The three test artillerymen are the most elite anti-tank artillerymen with incomparably skilled actual combat experience and excellent tactical qualities.

"Fire!" After preparing for shooting, the commander of the artillery group stared at the new tank body thousands of meters away with blue pupils, and then shouted.

After receiving the order, the gunner pulled hard on the rope without hesitation.

"Bang!" In an instant, the cartridge hit by the firing pin deflagrated and released a huge amount of energy, and the black barrel exuding cold air shook violently, and flames burst out.

The 37mm tungsten-core armor-piercing projectile shoots out like an off-string arrow, spins at high speed, and flies at a very straight trajectory at high speed. The moving speed is as high as 760 meters per second. After 1000 seconds, the entire projectile spans a distance of [-] meters , under the shooting of the high-speed camera at the end of the ballistic trajectory, it slammed into the upper part of the front armor of the new tank body.

The moment the projectile body comes into contact with the surface of the vehicle body, all the kinetic energy of tens of thousands of joules contained in the interior is released and converted into heat energy, forcing the projectile to forcibly drill into the armor of the vehicle body.

However, all this is in vain.

The composite armor used in the new tank body is like a majestic and unshakable mountain, no matter how hard you try, it will still remain motionless.

After a thousandth of a second, the 37mm tungsten-core armor-piercing projectile lost all its kinetic energy, leaving only a shallow mark on the upper armor surface of the vehicle body, and then shattered into many irregular small fragments.

Broken!

Yes, the shell shattered directly.

"Ding!" The impact was over, and the crisp and sharp metal impact came out, resounding all around.

The entire impact process was completely recorded by high-speed cameras.

Immediately afterwards, the two experimenters who were responsible for the measurement of the protective test effect quickly stepped forward to collect the test results of the first shell. However, when they saw the impact marks on the surface of the new tank, their eyes widened. The expression of seeing a ghost.

God, what's going on?
The two experimenters couldn't believe what they saw. The main anti-tank gun in active service of the National Defense Forces not only failed to penetrate the armor of the vehicle body, but did not even cause any threatening strike effect. The picture seemed to knock on the door of a new type of tank , with warm and fiery greetings.

Shock, deep shock.

After precise measurement, the 37mm tungsten-core armor-piercing projectile has a penetration depth of 2.5mm per kilometer. Soon, this test data was sent back to the test site at the fastest speed and sent to the observation area.

"Colonel, General, according to the data collected by the high-speed camera and field experimenters, the penetration depth of the 37mm tungsten-core armor-piercing projectile at 1000 meters is 2.5mm, which cannot cause any threatening killing effect." Erman and Guderian report test data.

"What did you say, 2.5 mm?!" Herman was confused.

"Yes, the tungsten-core armor-piercing projectile shattered directly after hitting the surface armor of the car body. This is a photo of the fragmentation picture taken by a high-speed camera." The major officer nodded affirmatively, and took out a photo that had been quickly processed.

Under normal circumstances, it usually takes more than ten minutes to half an hour to develop old-fashioned black-and-white films, but the development of German military photography technology has reached the level of 3-minute development, and the number is not significant.

Herman took the black-and-white photo and looked at the shells in the photo that were shattered into countless tiny fragments. His eyes suddenly shrank, and he looked at the body of the new tank thousands of meters away, revealing an unbelievable look.

The shells shattered!

"General, look... I can't express my inner feelings in words, it's really incredible." Herman handed the photo in his hand to Guderian, and said slowly.

"This is normal. After the mathematical calculation and analysis of the technical department, when the small-mass shell hits the car body, the shell will be fragmented due to the small mass." Guderian took the photo and looked at it with the technical department. Mathematical modeling analysis almost took over and responded.

"General, is this what you call a surprise? If the Wehrmacht is equipped with this tank, I believe we will win any battle. It has no opponent on the battlefield." Herman said in amazement.

The Pak36 anti-tank gun is the best and most advanced anti-tank gun in the world today. It poses a high threat to any active tank in the world, and its killing effect is very good. After penetrating the tank armor, it will produce dozens of pieces or even hundreds of Hundreds of pieces of metal.

Often a single shot can render a tank incapable of combat.

But the threat and lethality of the pak36 anti-tank gun, in front of the body of this new tank, is as small and ridiculous as an ant with teeth and claws...

What is invincibility?

This steel monster in the proving ground is truly invincible!
"No, this is not a surprise. I ordered the test team to continue the test. The test artillery Pak36 was replaced with a 50mm anti-tank gun sent by Rheinmetall." Guderian's face showed an elusive interest, and the look of anticipation in his eyes became more intense , ordered.

Replace the test cannon!

The Pak36 tank gun alone is far from enough. In fact, for today's body protection test, Guderian specially prepared several guns to test the actual protection data of Henschel's 35-ton plan. And the comprehensive killing effect data of the anti-tank artillery system of the National Defense Forces.

He needs to know clearly whether the Wehrmacht has the means to destroy it if it encounters an enemy tank similar to Henschel's 35-ton design.

The order was issued, and in an instant, the pak36 anti-tank gun was removed from the firing position, and a 50mm medium anti-tank gun under development entered the firing position. The weapon manufacturer is still Rheinmetall.

The German artillery industry is inseparable from two companies, one Krupp and one Rheinmetall.

Krupp, the king of steel, and Rheinmetall, the king of artillery, are what many people call the two companies.

The commander of the artillery group ordered the three artillerymen to operate the 50mm medium anti-tank gun delivered yesterday. Soon, the preparations for shooting were ready.

"Fire!" The artillery commander had a serious face, staring at the body of the new tank with his binoculars in his hands, and ordered in a loud voice. He already knew the almost hopeless test results of the Pak36 anti-tank gun, and he could only pin his hopes on this Rhine. 50mm anti-tank gun.

As a soldier of the Wehrmacht, he is very happy to see the army equipped with a powerful tank, but as an anti-tank artilleryman, he never wants to see this tank appear on the enemy's side, and his own side does not have the means to destroy it.

This is a disgrace to anti-tank artillery!

"Boom!" The gunner pulled the rope to activate, and in an instant, a loud and high-pitched cannon sound came out, the black muzzle retreated suddenly, and the 50mm tungsten-core armor-piercing projectile shot out at a muzzle velocity of 800 meters per second, and the flight trajectory was extremely straight. After [-] seconds, the shell accurately hit the upper armor of the new tank.

When the shell touches the armor surface, the kinetic energy is converted into heat. The metal in the contact area heats up and melts at a speed visible to the naked eye. The tungsten carbide core moves forward like a drill. After mm, the shell loses all kinetic energy.

Soon, the test results of the 50mm anti-tank gun were sent back. According to the data collected by the high-speed camera and field experimenters, the actual penetration depth of the 50mm tungsten-core armor-piercing projectile at 1000 meters was 18mm, the equivalent depth was 50mm, and the initial velocity of the projectile was 810 seconds.

As a result of the test, it cannot be penetrated!
Faced with this result, whether it was Herman, the commander of the test site, or the artillery team in charge of the test, or all the technicians at the Berlin test site, their faces felt like they had been slapped several times, with burning pain.

Everyone fell into silence, at a loss.

People at the tank proving ground have a basic understanding of Rheinmetall's 50mm anti-tank gun under development.

According to the plan of the Army Weapons Administration, this anti-tank gun will be one of the main anti-tank guns equipped by the National Defense Forces in the future. The main goal is to deal with the enemy's potential heavy tanks. mm, which can easily smash the frontal armor of any tank currently in service in various countries.

However, it is an anti-tank gun with such a powerful performance, but its actual performance is so poor in the face of this new tank body that does not know where it came from...

They don't know what to say at all.

"Hermann, fortunately, today we did not invite Rheinmetall to send a representative, otherwise, this test result may have hurt their confidence." The smile grew stronger, and he joked towards Herman beside him.

"It's unbelievable, very unbelievable. I can't imagine how those lunatics in Henschel developed this steel monster..." Herman, the test site commander who thought he had seen many worlds, held up his binoculars and looked at 1000 people. Muttering to himself, the body of the tank, which was a meter away, obviously suffered a major blow: "General, how high is the frontal defense capability of this tank's armor?"

"According to the mathematical analysis data of the technical department, the theoretical armor protection of Henschel's 35-ton tank scheme is frontal. The upper area of ​​the head is actually 85 mm, equivalent to 234.6 mm, and the lower area of ​​the head is actually 75 mm, equivalent to 181 mm." Goodley. Ann smiled.

silence!

Dead silence!

Herman's mind seemed to be hit by a heavy bomb, buzzing continuously, completely lost logical thinking and thinking ability, almost blank.

What did he hear?
Equivalent to 234.6 mm on the first head?

Equivalent to 181 mm at the first lower part?

Hermann wondered if he really suspected he had heard it wrong.

The actual armor and equivalent armor concepts are easy to understand, but Herman never thought that the protection of this tank body would be so terrifying.

"Of course, this is just theoretical data. We need to verify it through experimental tests. Let's continue testing." Guderian said with a smile, not paying attention to the shocked Herman beside him.

Hearing this, Herman finally came to his senses and took a deep breath: "General, there is no more powerful artillery than the 50mm anti-tank gun on the proving ground. How should we test it?"

"When I came here today, I pulled a Flak36 anti-aircraft gun. Krubert made a batch of tungsten-core armor-piercing projectiles and used it for testing." Guderian said.

"General, isn't this an anti-aircraft gun?!" Herman was dumbfounded when he heard these words.

Anti-aircraft guns as anti-tank guns?
He has never seen this kind of operation, no, he has never thought about it.

"Yes, but the Flak36 anti-aircraft gun has all the attributes of an anti-tank gun. If nothing else, this anti-aircraft gun is very likely to become the main anti-tank gun of the National Defense Force in the future." Guderian nodded.

Silent, at a loss, and with a hint of expectation, Herman shook his head helplessly, with complicated emotions, and turned to convey the order to the following.

Although the use of anti-aircraft guns as anti-tank guns did surprise him, compared to the terrifying protection of this new Henschel tank, this method seems to be in line with a certain logic.

Can't you wear it?
Then increase the caliber and double diameter until it breaks through.

But the question is, is there really a gun in the active artillery series of the National Defense Forces that has a penetration of 230 mm?

Herman couldn't answer this question. He didn't even know whether the Flak88 anti-aircraft gun with a caliber of 36mm could penetrate the hull of this new tank with a tungsten-core armor-piercing projectile.

The 234.6 mm upper armor is really terrible.

Guderian's order was continuously conveyed, and the Flak36 anti-aircraft gun team immediately entered the deployment state, and this order directly caused a sensation among all the people in the tank test site.

88 guns fired?
No one expected that today's body protection test would reach such a level that the two anti-tank guns equipped at the tank proving ground could not pose a threat to it, and the 88mm anti-aircraft gun had to be used as an anti-tank gun.

The situation is exaggerated to the point of feeling magical.

The 50mm anti-tank gun withdrew from the shooting position, and the artillery group attached to the test site retreated to the side. The shooting task was performed by the anti-aircraft gun group.

After 15 minutes, the Flak36 88mm anti-aircraft gun was deployed. The huge barrel was laid flat, aimed at the target ahead, and locked on the new tank body. The 88mm tungsten-core armor-piercing projectile was loaded into the chamber, and all preparations before shooting were completed.

The audience was silent. Whether it was the experimenters at the tank proving ground or the artillery team who had previously taken on the test mission, they stared at the 88 guns at the firing position, pinning their hopes on the other side.

Whether it can penetrate the frontal armor of this tank depends on this large-caliber anti-aircraft gun.

This is the last hope for everyone at Tank Proving Grounds.

Because, except for the 88mm anti-aircraft gun, the only type of artillery in active service of the Wehrmacht that exceeds this caliber is the large-caliber howitzer.

You can't pull the 150mm howitzer over and bomb it, right?

Howitzers bombard tanks, this test does not have any practical significance and reference value.

"Fire!" The anti-aircraft gunner had a serious face and gave the order to fire without hesitation.

"Boom!" In an instant, a deafening cannon sound came out. The sound was grand and loud, like thunder. Accurately hit the tank body.

The shells weighing several kilograms contain a high amount of kinetic energy, and the kinetic energy pours out at the moment of contact. The carburized hardened steel on the upper armor surface of the vehicle body is far from able to withstand this level of blow, and it will soon break the defense and lose its effect. As the main armor The Y-shaped armor-piercing steel made of the material plays a role and continuously consumes the kinetic energy of this 88mm tungsten-core armor-piercing projectile.

After a hundredth of a second, the entire shell stopped moving forward, and was embedded in the armor like a shining diamond.

Two experimenters in the armor test area quickly stepped forward to collect test results.

"What's the penetration depth?" Herman couldn't wait this time, and immediately picked up the phone to connect to the armored area, impatiently asking.

"Report Colonel, the actual penetration depth of the 88mm anti-aircraft gun is 42 mm, and the equivalent penetration depth is 115 mm." On the other side of the phone, the experimenter's bitter and helpless voice came: "The 88 mm anti-aircraft gun still cannot penetrate."

Impossible to penetrate!

This result means that the Wehrmacht does not have the ability to destroy or threaten this tank.

Herman was completely desperate when he heard the words, and felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart. He put down the phone, and turned to look at Guderian helplessly: "General, there is still no penetration. The actual penetration depth is 42 millimeters, which is equivalent to the penetration The depth is 115mm, I think this is the surprise you said, according to all the test results so far, the army does not have any threat means to face this level of tanks above 1000 meters, what should we do?"

1000 meters!

This is the mainstream distance for tank concentrated gunfire combat given by Guderian. Often when this distance is reached, tanks can fire and attack enemy tanks.

"Haha, you should be happy, because this is what we have researched. If there is no accident, this is the 35-ton tank plan I want, Herman, shorten the test distance to 500 meters, ten shots, give Let me see if the 88 gun can pose a threat to this tank at a distance of 500 meters." Guderian let out a hearty laugh, feeling extremely comfortable in his heart, and then arranged.

500 meters, ten shots!

In a word, boom, keep booming for me.

Facing Guderian's request, Herman could only comply and make arrangements immediately.

Not long after, a special tractor came galloping, drove into the armored test area, pulled the new tank body forward, and came to the 500-meter target point.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

After completing the preparations, the 88mm anti-aircraft guns fired continuously, and armor-piercing projectiles with tungsten cores flew at high speed, hitting the armored area of ​​the tank body hard.

However, it was all in vain.

Every shelling is deafening, and the metal sound of shells hitting the tank armor penetrates into the souls of everyone in the tank proving ground, and the imaginable penetration scene has still not been realized.

despair!

If you encounter such a tank on the battlefield, you can only describe it as despair.

The 500-meter test was shot ten times, with an average actual penetration depth of 46.5 mm and an average equivalent penetration depth of 128 mm, which is a significant improvement over the 1000-meter test results, but it is still unable to penetrate the frontal armor of the new tank.

"Put it up to 100 meters and shoot dozens of times." Guderian continued to order with a calm expression.

As the supreme commander of the test site, Herman's hands were already trembling slightly, with sweat dripping from his forehead, silently conveying Guderian's order.

What is the concept of 100 meters distance?
This is no longer a bayonet on a cannon, it's simply a cannon stuck in someone's mouth and fired!
But whether it can penetrate the frontal armor of the new tank body is still a question mark.

"boom……"

The deafening shelling sounded again at the tank proving ground.

One minute later, with the end of ten rounds of continuous shooting in the 1-meter test, a test result that made the Berlin Tank Proving Ground desperate was born.

100-meter protection test, the average actual penetration depth is 80 mm, and the average equivalent penetration depth is 140 mm.

The result of the experiment - it can't be penetrated!
After getting the final test results, Guderian smiled, smiling like a child. The reality gave him an unprecedented surprise. The combination of inclined armor design + Y-shaped armor steel will constitute the cornerstone of the tank unit of the National Defense Forces.

Henschel's 35-ton tank scheme is indeed very good, but with the inclined armor design + Y-shaped armor steel, a more powerful tank can be developed in the future.

"Order Rheinmetall to develop a new type of large-caliber anti-tank gun based on the 88mm anti-aircraft gun. The core requirements are as follows: the penetration at a distance of 1000 meters must reach a 85-degree angle from the [-]mm normal line, and it has high mobility and high precision."

"Order Krupp to completely suspend the production of the No. [-] tank. Y-shaped armor steel and carburized steel must be used as the main armor material to improve the protection of the No. [-] tank."

"Prepare the car for me, I want to see the head of state immediately."

……

No one knows about the new tank tests in Germany, and the world goes on as usual.

At dawn, there was a hazy drizzle in the sky. On the eastern outskirts of Yancheng, a Dodge truck was driving on the hard concrete road, heading towards Liushugou.

"Chief, we have arrived in Yancheng." In the carriage, Lu Junyu reminded Yu Hua who was lying in the carriage.

"It's not easy. I'm finally back. When the Shenmu and Yanma highways are completed, the schedule of Yanyu highway will also be raised. I have a sore back and a sore back from sitting on this journey." Hearing this, Yu Hua perked up a little, and rubbed his hands. Rubbing his sore waist, he sighed.

(End of this chapter)