Steel Soviet Union

Mounting a machine gun at the end of a tank turret serves as a mobile machine gun bunker. During battle, infantry can be directly used to operate the machine gun without the need for tank crew members to personally go into battle. This was one of the most common practices adopted by the United States during World War II.

Although this may put the infantry into a dangerous situation where they are easily targeted by fire, after all, the tank turret can only protect two-thirds of the machine gunner's body at most. The exposed part from the chest up to the top of the head cannot be covered at all. When the caliber machine gun fires like this, as long as the enemy on the other side is not Hanhan, they will definitely focus their fire first.

But to be honest, the casualties of infantry are really not a big deal when compared to the Soviet Red Army, which always pays attention to large-scale operations.

Malashenko is not a cold-blooded commander, but a machine gunner can play a much higher role than ordinary riflemen and submachine gunners, and the casualties and exchange ratio caused to the enemy will be greater. If it is bigger, it means that the chance of winning the battle will be greater, and the battle that can be won in the first place will be won faster.

So no matter which point you consider, it is a very cost-effective and advantageous thing to let the infantry use the tank turret as a bunker and stand on the tank engine hatch to control the machine gun at the rear of the turret.

Considering that the machine gunner will face a very dangerous situation once he encounters concentrated fire, Malashenko also specifically asked Karamov to weld the previously installed machine gun shield to the machine gun at the end of the turret.

The armor coefficient of the machine gun shield is not high, but the thin 8mm steel plate is enough to withstand attacks from German 92mm and below small arms ammunition of all calibers and types, not to mention things like artillery shells and grenade fragments. Down.

The Red Army soldier who climbed into the engine compartment of Malashenko's car had never experienced this kind of combat mode before. Although he was only a submachine gunner on weekdays, he knew about automatic weapons and had received relevant training in machine gun operation and firing during the recruit training period. , but the flashy new thing like operating the machine gun at the end of the turret is really the first time a big girl gets on the sedan.

Da da da--

Whoosh——whoosh——

Ding-ding-ding-ding——

The bullets fired from the German army, which was just over a hundred meters away, caused sparks to fly and jingle on the shield of the Deshka heavy machine gun on the roof of the car. There was a scene of flying around and the sharp whistling sound of warheads. Just listening to it can make people feel heart-stopping, even enough to make timid people unable to lift their heads and be so frightened that they urinate on the spot.

The cruel battlefield only favors the brave. Most of the time, the timid ones don't even know how they died.

The Red Army soldier who squatted behind the turret for a moment and observed the distance between German firepower saw the right moment. When the German MG34 general machine gun ran out of bullets and replaced the belt, he stood up from behind the turret and grabbed Deshka in front of him. The heavy machine gun pressed the trigger directly.

Dong dong dong dong——

The dull roar of the Deshka heavy machine gun when it fires is more special than any Soviet firearm. This heavy machine gun, which has a slow rate of fire but is extremely powerful, is an absolute must in any infantry battle. conqueror.

Once this thing gets angry, the MG34, which the German army is proud of, will instantly become its younger brother.

The Deshka heavy machine gun replaced with armor-piercing bullets is a weapon that is completely unreasonable, especially on a battlefield like Stalingrad where there is a lack of geotechnical bunkers and most of them are construction bunkers. There were many German machine gunners who tore them apart.

Ordinary walls can't withstand the monster's onslaught. Whenever the frightened German infantry encounter Deshka and start roaring, they will immediately hide behind a stronger bunker. The thicker the wall, the better for fear of being attacked. The people and the bunker were all smashed into pieces.

Red Army soldiers who were in love with the Deshka's ferocious firepower affectionately called this heavy machine gun "the giant bear" and "the Nazi crusher."

The frightened German soldiers who managed to survive Deshka's devastating bursts of firepower horrifiedly called this Soviet heavy machine gun, which was ugly but extremely powerful, "Stalin's guide chain."

The Deshka heavy machine gun, which has a slow rate of fire, makes a distinctive and rhythmic sound when it fires. It sounds like a large guide chain used for field maintenance vehicles, with the "click" and "click" sound when it is pulled by humans. It's like a continuous sound of "click".

For those terrified German soldiers, this distinctive and terrifying sound like a guide chain was like a death noose around their necks. It seemed that as long as the Russian holding the guide chain with one hand exerted force, the German soldier's head would be severed by the thick iron chain, and his head would be moved and his head would fall to the ground in an instant.

The roaring Deshka heavy machine gun hit the red 7mm tracer barrage on the opposite German defense line.

The armor-piercing incendiary tracer bullets mixed into the ammunition chain at a ratio of 1:4 not only play a role in guiding the ballistics, but also can get a burst of flying sand and rocks when hitting the position of the German machine gunners who set up the machine guns behind the ruins of broken bricks and tiles. The terrible effect of destruction on the spot.

Bunkers were penetrated, guns were smashed, and flesh was torn to pieces. Blood and bloody human body fragments were available in unlimited quantities like ketchup in American fast food restaurants.

Several IS1 heavy tanks temporarily recruited from the first battalion by Malashenko have all undergone such specialized modifications. Other Red Army soldiers who followed suit also climbed onto the remaining tanks and stood behind the turret to operate. The Deshka heavy machine gun burst into the German army's face.

Not all the German soldiers who had the sickle of death on their necks were waiting to be killed. There were not a few German soldiers who tried to fight back with their weapons and tried to eliminate the Soviet machine gunners standing on the tanks.

However, the Soviet machine gunner, who was already covered by the tank turret for most of his body, is now protected by a machine gun shield. Although this will seriously affect the machine gun's aiming field of view, the protective effect brought by the 8mm armor steel plate is real. Undeniable.

The German soldiers, who needed to fire accurately to hit the Soviet machine gunners through the gaps, were about to collapse.

The bullets fired by the guy in his hand hit the turret armor and the machine gun shield and sent sparks flying. After a long time of wasted effort and heavy casualties, nearly a thousand rounds of bullets were fired, and the two manipulators of Deshka were barely able to survive. Soviet machine gunner with a machine gun.

Things even more desperate and worse than this followed quickly.

The Russians have a lot of soldiers following the tank who can take over and control the machine gun at any time. Within ten seconds after a machine gunner is knocked down, another machine gunner will climb onto the tank to take his place and continue to fire.

The Deshka heavy machine gun, whose machine gun shield is set quite far forward, is fully and tightly protected even during the entire reloading process of changing the magazine. The wishful thinking of wiping out the machine gunner by interrupting the firepower is almost like a daydream.