Steel Soviet Union

Outside the trench, huge ISU-152As were approaching at high speed in the direction of Alsim and his team.

The support from the same body and chassis as the IS6 gives these large ISU152A amazing maneuverability that is completely out of proportion to its own huge size.

IS6 is worthy of being called by Malashenko as "the best comprehensive car in the world at the same time."

Not only is it relatively easy to produce, it uses a cast turret cast in one piece and a sharp-edged body made by cutting and welding large pieces of steel plates. The configuration of the entire body and chassis can be described as simple, with just a few large steel plates. Stack up an inclined defensive shape and then weld it up "click-click", and the car body and chassis are completed.

There is no need to consider the difficulty of welding on the arrow-shaped nose of the IS7 body chassis that was born as a high-end car. It saves trouble to the extreme and positions itself as a "large-scale mass-produced main tank".

The power system problems that led to its abort in history also ceased to exist in this timeline due to the intervention of Malashenko, a time traveler.

What? Are you saying that the telex system is unreliable? I have tried many ways but can't solve this problem?

So why should I fix it?

Since it’s not easy to use, shouldn’t I be done with it if I don’t use it?

I have a ready-made and reliable mechanical transmission system, why should I leave it alone and not play with some fancy electric transmission design? Does it feel good to be led into a pit by a German guy? Let our Soviets go their own way, no matter what the Germans do?

The solution to the power system problem can be said to have removed the last shortcoming that plagued the development of the IS6 project.

Essentially, you can hardly find any innovative breakthroughs in IS6.

There is no breakthrough in research and development capabilities, no breakthrough in process methods, no breakthrough in design concepts, no breakthrough in protective materials, and even the most crucial firepower has nothing that can be called a "breakthrough."

But putting together a bunch of gadgets that seem to have no breakthroughs or new ideas, and using a new design plan to turn it into a powerful new tank with qualitatively improved combat capabilities compared to the previous models, this is actually the strongest point in the Soviet military industry. Big's special skill and traditional performing arts: the ability to integrate.

A kind of integration capability that is absolutely unmatched by anyone even in the Cold War period in the next few decades.

As a direct derivative and variant of the IS6, the ISU-152A undoubtedly inherits all the advantages of the IS6 body and chassis, fully achieving the coexistence of reliable protection and powerful mobility.

If we look at the three-factor criteria for evaluating a tank, the only factor that needs to be considered and measured for the ISU-152A is firepower.

But speaking of firepower

Look at that 152 divine religion, Hans, don’t you think this is very just?

Maybe a small number of the German soldiers on the opposite side had objections and different views, but they were destined to have no chance to express themselves, especially under the shocking shock wave of the cannon's muzzle vibrating violently.

Boom——

The ISU-152As with projectiles already loaded in the gun barrels began to output violent firepower as soon as the car stopped. The 152mm high-explosive grenade projectiles waiting in the gun barrels struck through the air with a dull whistling sound.

Those German soldiers who were hiding in the fortification bunkers and doing their dirty work in a cowardly manner only saw a huge fire explosion appear in front of their eyes, and then their eyes went dark in the blink of an eye.

"Shasen!!!"

Before even a curse could be uttered, the astonishing blasting power was completely converted into chemical potential energy, enveloping the entire German bunker in the form of rapidly spreading flames and disappearing.

"Keep loading, concrete destroying bombs! Quick!"

The use of the 152mm main gun has brought many derivative benefits. One of them is that the huge reserves of 152 series ammunition in the Red Army ammunition depot can be directly used, including the concrete destruction bombs originally designed for the "reliable comrade" KV2 .

This is a special type of projectile that is more similar to a naval artillery shell than an army artillery shell. In terms of design configuration and principle of action, it is more like the navy's semi-armor-piercing grenade than the army's traditional high-explosive and armor-piercing projectiles. Any kind.

It has a thicker projectile wall than traditional high-explosive projectiles, and also has an armor-piercing delay fuse similar to that of an armor-piercing projectile. It can produce a much higher kinetic energy penetration value than traditional high-explosive projectiles that have completely different working principles.

At the same time, it has a much higher warhead charge than the Army's armor-piercing bullets.

Although a single shot can't blow up a storm like a high-explosive bomb of the same caliber, it can be as tough as dealing with ordinary military-standard fortifications or even small permanent fortifications.

Its "center blooming and imploding" effect is absolutely satisfactory. The lethal warhead charge has an almost 100% "lethargic" effect on enemy soft targets in small and medium-sized fortifications and in confined space environments.

Not only "sleeping", after a loud noise in the stormy sea, you can even see the scene of objects such as the top of the bunker or the gate of the fortification being blown into the sky. After all, it is an out-and-out 152mm artillery shell.

The 152 grenades that are pre-loaded in the barrel are not very effective against hard targets, especially those in the distance that look like Kraut turtle shells built to the standards of permanent fortifications. Even if your caliber is as large as 152, you will not be able to hit hard targets. Going up is still the result of digging a hole in the outer wall of the steel-concrete structure fortification.

I won't say that a single shot will hit a civilian two-story building like a normal two-story civilian building. The walls will collapse and the house will collapse, and the rafts and oars will be wiped out by flying sand and rocks. It's better to just think about it. The ISU-152A has a considerable degree of combat experience. Of course the crew also knew this, so they immediately switched types of ammunition without saying a word after the first shot was fired.

As for the shot that was fired just now, I'm sorry, it's not that the ammunition was loaded incorrectly at the beginning, but that it was indeed a high-explosive bomb when it bombarded the German soft target at another artillery support point, but now that the support position has been moved The needs have changed, that's all.

The two loaders in the car were rounding their arms and loading with all their strength as quickly as possible. On the opposite German position, the German machine gun bunker that had been hit by 152 grenades had also come over and gradually dissipated. The original shape gradually appeared in the smoke and fire.

The final impact point was less than 50 centimeters below the bunker's firing hole and close to the ground. The huge explosion was indeed powerful and filled with flames, but it was just as predictable.

Even an explosion of this level of power cannot completely destroy this permanent steel-concrete structure bunker. The final result of a single shot is only to peel off large chunks of the outer layer of concrete and collapse the core. The few steel bars that were used for fastening and supporting functions looked a bit miserable, like a bun that had been chewed by a dog.