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The front end of the hooded armor-piercing projectile, which semi-penetrated the armor, had completely penetrated into the vehicle and plunged into the head of the King Tiger's turret.

The broken armor fragments scattered by the kinetic energy of the projectile bounced around in the vehicle, setting off a bloody storm. The commander and gunner guarding the main gun on the left and right became the first unlucky targets.

The large armor fragments hit the gunner's head first, right between the eyebrows. The skull, the hardest part of the human body, was so vulnerable and brittle as tissue paper under the kinetic energy impact of the high-speed armor fragments.

The armor fragments that struck at high speed cut open the flesh and blood, instantly penetrated the forehead and skull, and then continued to move forward, instantly opening a gap in the fragile brain tissue wrapped inside.

The blood and brain matter rushed outward crazily under the squeeze of the advancing fragments. To describe it in detail, it can be regarded as the appearance of a soft rubber leather case filled with water being slashed, and it could not be restrained at all.

When the head is penetrated, there is no way to react autonomously, to raise a hand to cover the wound and suppress the flow of blood. The German gunner who has lost his sight is destined to become a body with a temperature that gradually deteriorates in just a few seconds. Low body.

The armor fragments flying to the other side also hit the commander in the turret, but this man was obviously slightly luckier. He was not shot in the head on the spot but was shot through the chest.

A large glob of dark red blood surged out from the wound, which was five centimeters long, and instantly wet the front of his clothes. Feeling the sharp pain in his chest, the first instinctive reaction of the German commander was to raise his hand. Cover your wounds and suppress the flow of blood.

It was only a short moment that would only give him a chance to react, but not the time to put it into practice. The 122 full-caliber armor-piercing projectile that was stuck in the armor on the front of the turret, and whose warhead had completely submerged into the vehicle, could It was not a stink bomb that failed to fire, but an about-to-explode projectile that had triggered an armor-piercing delay fuse.

The violent projectile explosion followed in an instant. It was natural to imagine what would happen to the King Tiger, whose armor was in a semi-penetrated state and the warhead had penetrated into the car.

The flames and blast that instantly rushed into the turret burned and burned everything around it. The flesh under the torn and ignited military uniforms had already decided its fate at this moment.

The warhead charge of the 122mm full-caliber hooded armor-piercing projectile is far greater than that of conventional small guns. As long as the shell charge is increased to 100mm, there will be a qualitative change in power almost every ten millimeters more.

As the heirloom of the Red Army's heavy tanks, the 122 gun is full of explosives and has devastating after-effects. In past battles, almost once it penetrated a German tank, it was bound to explode on the spot.

Even if it does not completely penetrate the armor, but only half-penetrates the projectile explosion, the power is still not something that the narrow interior space of the turret can withstand.

The first ready-to-fire ammunition rack, which was placed at the very end of the turret, survived because of the distance.

The warhead charge explosion, whose power was attenuated by distance and limited due to semi-penetration, did not detonate the stacked fixed-length 88 shells.

But it can't destroy metal products, but it doesn't mean that the power of the explosion can't kill people.

A human being with a mortal body, who could be killed on the spot if hit by a small gun, is definitely one of the most vulnerable combat units on the cruel battlefield created by himself.

The incoming projectiles exploded with fierce flames, burning the German commander who was already dying and with most of his body lying in the coffin. At the same time, the extremely powerful explosion shock wave completely shattered the flesh, turning it into a ball of fleshy paste separated into upper and lower parts.

The conditions of the other two crew members in the turret were not much better. Under such a close-range large-caliber projectile explosion, even if the full power was limited due to the semi-penetration effect, the restraints released The power is still not something ordinary people can withstand. Being blown to pieces on the spot is the only possible outcome.

The projectile explosion not only completely killed the three German armored soldiers in the turret, but the flames rushing down the turret seat also killed the two drivers and electromechanical personnel at the front of the vehicle.

Although they did not die suddenly like the three unlucky guys in the turret without even leaving a whole body behind, the explosive force of the warhead charge of the 122mm full-caliber armor-piercing projectile was still very powerful.

Even after filling the turret, it still has terrifying power that is enough to inflict severe damage to a flesh and blood human body.

The driver and electromechanical personnel of this King Tiger ended up with their clothes on the back almost completely torn and burned through, a large area of ​​the skin on the back burned to a black paste, blood vomited at the mouth, and the internal organs were severely damaged by the shock wave. He reluctantly abandoned the vehicle and was able to climb outside the tank.

Seeing this, the surrounding German infantrymen hurriedly stepped forward to rescue them and pulled them on. However, the two men, who were destined to die soon, were dragged into the trench bunker and temporarily hidden. The medic died on the spot when he arrived to rescue him.

Needless to say, the final cause of death was that the severe burns on the back were only an added bonus at best, and the severe rupture of the internal organs and internal bleeding were the final cause of death.

The obvious result of semi-penetration made Malashenko fully aware of the seriousness of the situation. Even if he was lucky and still killed the crew members with semi-penetration, it was equivalent to solving the problem of the car. Tricky Henschel turret King Tiger heavy tank.

However, Malashenko, who has reached the final conclusion that "effective penetration in actual combat cannot be guaranteed at a distance of 300 meters", is still unable to be happy and unable to arouse any interest that can be called joy and excitement.

Although the German King Tiger equipped with the Long 88 is also helpless against the heavy tanks of the Red Army, Malashenko, who is used to bullying and beating German children, can hardly accept the idea of ​​hitting the Tiger head-on at a distance of 300 meters. This big-faced turret has to be mixed with some luck and take into account the disgusting reality of variable incident angle under actual combat conditions.

The appearance of the Tiger King shows that the good old days of the Explosive Hammer Crunchy Tiger have become a thing of the past. What the Germans will do in the future must be to replace the Tiger with the Tiger King and carry out large-scale mass production without leaving any trace.

This also means that no matter whether Malashenko wants it or not in the future, the reality that he must fight in close combat whenever he encounters the Tiger King is abruptly put before his eyes.

The shortcoming of insufficient armor-piercing firepower has once again been exposed. If Malashenko wants to change the situation of having to fight close combat to win, he must come up with feasible countermeasures as soon as possible and put them into practice.