Steel Soviet Union

Can the armor-piercing shelling projectile that Ke Jing tinkered with unreliable accuracy be able to penetrate the level of defense of the Hunting Tiger? To be honest, Malashenko had no idea and couldn't explain why.

According to the early penetration formula of the first-generation discarding sabots, the armor-piercing sabots fired by the 122 gun can completely penetrate the frontal armor protection of the Jagdtiger.

But the problem is that the thing developed by Kogin may not even be considered the first generation of discarding sabots, which is the most serious thing in history. This is an experimental type used to demonstrate the transformation of theoretical foundations into practical operations. Is this something feasible? Logically speaking, it is not even qualified to go on the battlefield. It is a defective product that even Ke Jing shook his head after seeing the test results.

At this point, there is no other way. Apart from trying this thing, the only other option left is to ride on the side of Malashenko. He doesn’t mind treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor and trying this shelling. Can armor-piercing bullets achieve the desired effect?

After receiving the order from Malashenko, Iushkin acted quickly. He held the helicopter and steering machine in his left hand and right hand and went into battle almost at the same time. After a burst of rapid operation, which was too fast for ordinary people to catch up, he immediately aimed at the target. .

"I hope this thing is really useful, come on!"

Click——

boom--

The firing lever on the side of the breech block held tightly in his hand was pulled down instantly, and the 122 gun, which was already known for its massive medicine chamber, instantly ejected a large ball of orange muzzle flash. The gunpowder gas that had not been completely ablated erupted from both sides of the muzzle brake chamber in the form of flames. The violent muzzle shock wave even instantly flattened the green lawn directly below the muzzle.

The projectiles that rush out of the muzzle brake at high speed are slightly different, just as expected when it was designed and developed.

The outer cartridge case including the core armor-piercing body immediately split and fell off on its own after being separated from the muzzle, leaving only the cone-shaped but flat-headed core armor-piercing body itself roaring through the air and advancing at high speed.

The redundant weight that is shed immediately after exiting the barrel greatly enhances the armor-piercing power of the bullet core's armor-piercing body. The smaller front projection area means that the armor-piercing core of the bullet encounters less wind resistance when flying along the ballistic path, and the speed and energy stored when it finally hits the target is higher, resulting in more powerful kinetic energy armor-piercing power. That's where it comes from.

But an obvious and unavoidable problem is that the stability of the armor-piercing body of the small flat-nosed pointed conical core is really poor. Compared with traditional armor-piercing projectiles, its shape deviates too much from the aerodynamic design, and the flight process The projectile deflection and trajectory changes caused by wind resistance are much greater than those of ordinary armor-piercing projectiles.

The final result derived from this is the hip-pulling accuracy that may make people cry when they finally hit the target.

To exaggerate, it's your business where you aim. The final impact point of the artillery shell has nothing to do with it. How accurate you say it can be depends on your belief in Comrade Stalin. It doesn't matter whether the high ground is strong or weak. Anyway, this has nothing to do with your artillery. There really isn't much connection with the technique, it's that simple.

Malashenko soon witnessed with his own eyes what Kotin’s reminder of “poor accuracy” meant and how it would be reflected in actual combat.

Iushkin was very sure that the part he was aiming at was the main armor belt on the front of the monster's fighting room, but what was really unexpected was that the shell actually deflected downward by a dozen centimeters at a distance of just over a hundred meters. So many that it hit the upper edge of the armor along the tilt of the huge car body.

Ding-ding——

The metallic impact sound of the violent collision between the armor-piercing body of the bullet core and the armor on the inclined nose was heard instantly. Although Iushkin was "shocked" in his heart by the outrageous accuracy, he still knew clearly that he hit the target and did not miss it. There was no tracer of ricochet across his field of vision.

All this can only mean one thing. The shell was indeed rammed into the armor and had some effect, but whether it penetrated the armor or semi-penetrated the card owner is another matter. .

Therefore, the only thing that Iushkin currently hopes for is that this artillery shell, which is accurate to the accuracy of his grandma's house, will be more or less effective.

"Hit! I hit, Comrade Commander!"

"Shut up, I saw it! The German guy may not be killed by you, keep your eyes open and watch!"

The discarding sabot armor-piercing projectile has a very fatal weakness. It is an armor-piercing core made of pure metal. It does not have a projectile warhead, so it does not have any warhead charge.

To put it bluntly, the damage caused by this thing after penetrating an enemy tank all depends on how much remaining armor-piercing kinetic energy remains in the armor-piercing body of the bullet core, and whether it has the ability to continue moving forward and cause deep damage after breaking through the armor. In addition, the armor fragments brought up by the impact of the bullet core's armor-piercing body at the moment the armor was penetrated, scattered and killed the soft targets of the members in the vehicle at extremely close range.

An iron lump that cannot be exploded is the best way to describe the armor-piercing core of the discarding sabot.

The use of a 122mm large-caliber main gun does bring a certain gain to the aftereffects. For example, the mass of the 7kg tungsten alloy warhead is clearly marked on the instruction manual. Compared with various types of first-generation sabot armor-piercing projectiles in the early Cold War, the quality of such a warhead can definitely be regarded as powerful, heavy, and thunderous.

If it can penetrate the armor, a larger and heavier warhead will inevitably bring more armor fragments and have a stronger damage effect on the equipment and personnel inside the vehicle body. But the premise is that you can penetrate it, otherwise all the after-effects will be in vain.

Find the most appropriate and optimal balance point between increasing the mass of the warhead to increase the aftereffect, and reducing the mass of the warhead to increase the armor-piercing power. This was also a top priority that designers from various countries considered when developing the first generation of discarding sabots during the Cold War.

Of course, all of the above are things for Malashenko. It doesn’t matter that only a time traveler like him can understand these principles. What matters is whether this ridiculously inaccurate thing can penetrate the German armor. This is the only thing Malashenko cares about now.

Since there is no charge, you probably can't expect the Germans to blow up the car on the spot after the cannon hits it.

Unless your core armor-piercing body still has enough residual kinetic energy after penetrating the armor and happens to hit the ammunition rack as it continues to advance on the ballistic path, the super-power generated when the core armor-piercing body physically collides with the shell. High temperature damage causes the ammunition to explode.

Otherwise, it would be almost impossible to explode the ammunition just by relying on the armor fragments brought up instantly when it penetrates the armor.

Irregular armor fragments have weak armor-piercing ability and their speed decays very quickly. Unless the armor fragments are extremely sharp, they may break the projectile at very close range, ignite the charge, and cause a fatal explosion. Otherwise, the probability is as low as that of picking up a hundred-dollar bill on the way to get off work in an era when everyone was scanning QR codes to pay.