Steel Soviet Union

In various anti-terrorism and war movies of later generations, it is very easy for big men with guns in their hands to break into the door.

Either use hydraulic scissors to cut the lock directly, or you can lift the hammer to round it and ram it, or even more recklessly, lift your leg and kick the door open.

Not only are there various ways to break into the door, but they are often effective and can break in instantly. Then, you can raise the weapon in your hand and point it at the enemy to finish the job. The sharp operation looks very impressive.

But on the battlefield of Stalingrad, breaking in was definitely the combat link with the highest casualty rate, bar none.

The two sides of the war racked their brains and came up with countless proprietary tactics for breaking in and counter-breaking around the terrible hell on earth called street fighting to compete.

The German army transformed the bouncing Betty, which was originally useless in street fighting, into a pull-wire trip mine. One end was tied to a fixed object on the left side of the door frame, and the other end was connected to the bouncing Betty body fuse and fixed on the side of the blind spot behind the door.

As soon as the Red Army soldiers who attack the building open the door, no matter what violent demolition method is used, the fragile trip wire that is stretched to the limit will be broken instantly, and this process is almost silent.

The Red Army soldiers swarming into the room will be blown over by the bouncing Betty who triggers the delay fuse in a few seconds. Large pieces of flying steel balls and mine fragments will sweep across all living targets in the fan-shaped area ahead. After an unexpected loud bang, only bloody corpses and miserable wails will be left.

If there are no German troops available for Bounce Betty, they will temporarily transform other explosives such as M24 grenades into extended trip wires into defensive explosive devices.

In the early stage of the counterattack, the Red Army siege troops, who had not encountered such an insidious ambush on a large scale, suffered heavy losses, especially the large-scale bombing. Not only would Betty kill many Red Army soldiers, but they would also be left wailing from the battlefield after being maimed. There were countless people who carried it down.

The field hospitals in the rear were filled with injured soldiers whose abdomen and limbs were covered with steel balls and were rotten with blood and flesh. The already very tight medical system of the Red Army in the rear was once again in trouble.

There was even unprecedented field medical pressure in some of the main offensive directions. The number of wounded sent was even more than during the previous Stalingrad defense period. The chief surgeon who performed more than a dozen amputations in succession, and some who were exhausted died suddenly in the hospital. What happens on the operating table.

Captain Varosha, who had already suffered a big loss in breaking in, knew that even if the Germans did not place a trip mine behind the door, they would have set up a relatively hidden and unexpected mine at the best firepower deployment point. Machine guns are ready to mow down the Red Army soldiers who break in at any time.

Now that the war has reached this point, they have already resorted to all possible means. It depends on whether you can guess what insidious methods the enemy plans to use.

Breaking in directly is the worst way. To deal with these insidious and cunning Germans, you have to use more violent and brutal methods to destroy them.

The siege assault company led by Captain Varosha was assigned a platoon of assault engineers, scattered among the three ordinary infantry platoons of the entire company, and played a mainstay role as the backbone of street fighting.

After receiving Captain Varosha's order, the two assault engineer soldiers wearing steel plate breastplates and body armor immediately took off the door-breaking explosive packs carried on their backs and took them into their hands. They tried to keep their bodies as low as possible and be on guard. Looking at the direction where the fire might suddenly start, like a wild wolf looking for food on the grassland, he quickly touched the door frame and prepared to take action.

"I'll set up the explosives, and you hand me the explosive packs!"

"no problem!"

This heavy explosive pack weighing 7 kilograms is a wall-breaking weapon in the hands of the Red Army's assault engineer troops. Together with the notoriety of the "Plate Armor Commando", it has become famous among the German front-line troops.

With the blessing of this powerful and heavy explosive package, the Red Army assault engineer units that made various attacks in the streets and alleys of the city were able to suddenly appear in various places where they should not appear and catch the Germans by surprise.

No matter whether it was a wall or a building, there seemed to be nothing that could stop this group of people. Various unexpected blasting locations made the German army exhausted and nervous.

It would be a good situation to just be attacked by a broken wall. In a worse case, some unlucky German soldiers would even be too close to the blasted wall, and the whole squad would be crushed under the wall and in the collapsed building. A desperate death.

The more unreasonable and unruly the combat method is, the more difficult it is to deal with it. The Red Army's assault engineers have long become a terrifying nightmare in the hearts of the German troops during the Stalingrad battle. However, there is no place where these Russians are fighting. It can be won easily.

Explosive packets with strong adhesive on the back were affixed to the left and right middle opening door panels of the first floor door.

The leading assault engineer who finished all this in less than ten seconds signaled his comrades to retreat first. After confirming that he was the only one in the dangerous distance, he pulled the Y-shaped merger fuse tightly in his hand. , two bifurcated fast-burning sparks instantly rushed towards their respective terminal explosive packs.

"Everyone, take cover! It's going to explode!"

Captain Varosha, who was hiding behind a wall not far away, was shouting reminders to his soldiers. At the same time, he also did not forget to keep the assault engineer soldier who was running all the way until he was only a few meters away. When he was more than one meter away, he instantly reached out and forced him into the bunker.

Before Captain Varosha could loosen his grip on the assault engineer's arm, the two explosive packets with rapidly burning fuses detonated almost at the same moment. The TNT explosive exploded at an alarming speed before the human brain could react. He released the destructive energy to his heart's content.

boom--

The combined TNT charge of the two explosive packages exceeds 11 kilograms, which has exceeded the explosive power of a 152 mm high-explosive bomb directly bombarded.

The two wooden door panels that had obviously been reinforced by the Germans were blown into pieces and were flying all over the sky. Instead of laying trip mines directly on the first floor, two concealed machine guns were set up to prepare for the insidious German defenders. This was completely unexpected. It was surprising that his opponent would adopt such a violent method of attacking the building.

The power of the instant detonation of 11 kilograms of TNT not only blew off the door panel, but also directly widened the originally only three-meter-wide door frame on the first floor into a large irregular hole seven or eight meters wide.

Perhaps inspired by the German bouncing Betty mines, this explosive bag specifically used to blow away wooden soft doors contains a large number of steel balls, and is equipped with a thin steel backing plate for directional killing to prevent accidental injury to your own people. , to distinguish its use from pure explosive packs used to break down solid walls.

Sometimes, if you really can't find steel balls, you can just find the remaining projectile fragments and bullet heads on the battlefield and stuff them in. You can even grab a handful of rotten nails and stuff them directly.

This kind of equipment is not standard but modified from Battlefield Demon. It is simple to make and does not have much technical content. Inspired by the suggestion of Comrade Malashenko, commander of the 1st Guards Heavy Tank Brigade, this special explosive pack was indeed used in actual combat. An extremely effective anti-German weapon.