Steel Soviet Union

Lavrinenko, who has been with Malashenko for so long, has long been accustomed to his old classmate and partner, and he always likes to tell some bad jokes from time to time for humor.

To be honest, it would be strange for Lavrinenko if Malashenko suddenly stopped talking.

After fiddling with the safety button at the rear of the breech block, Lavrinenko lowered his head and started fiddling with other things. At this moment, Iushkin's exclamation immediately followed.

"Oh, damn, that Kraut scope is awesome! I've never used anything this good!"

Malashenko had long expected that Iushkin would definitely praise the Tiger's gunner's sight. Zeiss, which is good at manufacturing high-end precision optical equipment, worked hard to create this binocular channel TFZ9B main gun sight for the Tiger. mirror.

Compared with the monocular main gun sight on ordinary tanks, it is not only more comfortable and more efficient, but also optimizes and improves the problem of the main gun sight's field of view being too narrow, providing the gunner with up to 25 degrees. The wide aiming field of view is simply unsound compared to those criticized old tanks.

Feeling the ultimate refreshing experience brought by the huge aiming field of view, Iushkin, who used to always look at people through a crack in the door with a very narrow field of view, felt unprecedentedly refreshed, and even began to envy those who could drive a Tiger. German armored personnel.

"This thing is really great! Comrade Commander! Don't you know Comrade Kejin? Next time, we must give him some advice. We should also use such a comfortable main gun sight. The feeling of aiming through the door crack makes me really happy." Enough is enough!”

It is rare to hear Iushkin complain about the shortcomings and shortcomings of his own tanks. Of course, Malashenko also knows that the German Zeiss's technology of high-end precision optical equipment is amazing, and he admits that his current tank sighting equipment is indeed not as good as that of the Tigers. Well, it's nothing to be ashamed of.

"Okay, next time I see Ke Jing, I will tell you what to say. Just say that the best gunner in our brigade said that the tank you designed is not easy to use, and the main gun sight is as bad as a piece of shit. Maybe Comrade Ke Jing will also call you personally to share his experience. "

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Iushkin blinked and was in a daze. He even thought that he had heard something wrong because he was hallucinating.

Lavrinenko, who knew Malashenko best, did not take these words seriously at all. It is impossible to say that this was not a joke to Iushkin.

"Hey, relax! If he dares to say that, I'll put the German man's manure-scooping helmet into his crotch and pad his butt, and he won't be allowed to take it out. What do you think?"

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The two good friends, who were both talkative, talked nonsense more and more. The honest man Iushkin, who looked confused, didn't know how to finish the next sentence. The lively and cheerful atmosphere lingering inside the tiger seemed a bit unreasonable.

Malashenko, who reached out and fiddled with the objects in his commander's position, noticed a special device at hand.

This is something that looks like a clock or an instrument panel, with the complete sequence of Arabic numerals from 1 to 12 engraved on it, and the black pointer is pointing diagonally in the direction of the number 10.

Malashenko, who put his hand on his chin and thought about what this thing was for a while, soon got an idea. He spoke softly and blurted out toward the gunner's position where Iushkin was.

"Iushkin! Look on your left hand side. There should be something like a clock. The black hands are engraved with numbers from 1 to 12."

Iushkin, who was still fiddling with the main gun sight in front of him, heard Malashenko's words, and then turned his head and started searching strangely. It only took a few seconds to find the one. A conspicuous surface-like object, Iushkin also had no idea what this thing was used for.

"Keep an eye on that watch, and now try to turn the turret, Iushkin."

After receiving further orders from Malashenko, Iushkin did as he was told. He gently stepped forward on the soles of his feet to drive the pedal, and the heavy tiger's head immediately continued to turn to the left again.

"The hands are spinning! Do you see it?"

Seeing that the pointer of the watch-like object at hand was slowly moving towards the number 9, Malashenko believed that the same situation should be the same for Iushkin.

"I see, the pointer on my side is also spinning, Comrade Commander! What is this thing used for?"

Iushkin seemed to subconsciously think of some possible results, but he was just short of the last step and could not get an accurate answer.

On the other hand, Malashenko confirmed his suspicion. The function of this thing was exactly as he expected based on his distant memories.

"Direction indicator, a linkage direction indicator for the gunner and the commander."

"The periscope of the commander's command tower on my side is engraved with the same numbers from 1 to 12. The position pointed by the pointer represents the direction in which the main gun muzzle is aimed, which is the direction of the turret."

"The angle of view of the gunner and the commander is different. If the muzzle of the gun is facing to the left and I am looking straight ahead, Iushkin. The 12 o'clock direction I reported is 9 o'clock to you. On the contrary, your 12 o'clock will be 9 o'clock for me, which will easily lead to confusion in the actual combat. The German is so thoughtful that he even thought of this!"

"This direction indicator is used to solve this problem. Having this thing as a reference is equivalent to having a shared 12 o'clock direction for the gunner and the commander. Now both of our direction indicators should be pointing close to 9 Location, do you think it’s the same over there?”

Iushkin, who has a bright mind, has roughly understood what Malashenko meant. The so-called direction indicator pointer in front of him is indeed pointing to a position close to the number 9 as Malashenko said.

Recalling that in past battles between himself and Malashenko, there had indeed been confusion in direction designation due to different perspectives, Iushkin finally felt how important this inconspicuous little object in front of him was. Like waking up from a dream.

"It's incredible, Comrade Commander. I always thought that those German armored soldiers were really better in technology than us, but now it seems that I was all wrong! If we had such good auxiliary equipment, we would definitely be better than those German armored soldiers. Even better, how did those German engineers come up with these little things?”

The precision of the design of the Tiger tank's internal details shocked the entire crew. Even Malashenko, who knew the Tiger tank very well, was impressed by the inconspicuous Germans who strive for perfection after getting started with it himself. I was a little shocked by the small design, but the German guy really put a lot of effort into this excellent tiger.