Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

The Finnish soldiers on the Mannoheim Line of Defense stared at the behemoth that was slowly advancing, and many of them had nervous expressions on their faces. Although the guy's speed was extremely slow, he had already advanced to less than 2,000 meters away from the defense line.

"How to deal with this thing?" The Finnish officers on the Mannoheim Line of Defense all showed deep anxiety and worry on their faces. "Lieutenant Colonel Hans, can the Iron Fist destroy it?"

Among the equipment supported by Germany this time are many Iron Fist anti-tank rocket launchers, and they are an upgraded version of the previous Type 100, the Iron Fist Type 150.

The Iron Fist 150 still adopts the previous Iron Fist design in terms of firing principle, but in the warhead, the Iron Fist 150 adopts a brand-new structure: a tapered hood + a cylindrical projectile. This warhead design has several advantages: 1) It simplifies production. The hood and projectile are produced separately and then combined together, which improves production efficiency; 2) Optimizes the aerodynamic appearance and increases the range.

The warhead diameter of the Iron Fist 150 is only 105 mm, which is much smaller than the 150 mm of other major models. This not only reduces weight, but also reduces wind resistance, helping to increase range.

Through a more scientific cover shape and detonation distance, although the diameter of the iron fist 150's explosive charge and armor-piercing cover are smaller than those of the 30/60/100 type, the armor-breaking power remains at the same level as them. :220mm. In addition, in order to make up for the reduction in lethality caused by the reduced mass of the warhead, the Iron Fist 150 has also specially designed a prefabricated fragmentation sleeve for the warhead, which can greatly increase the destructive effect on soft targets. It can be said that the Iron Fist 150 is a breakthrough in the development of the Iron Fist family, and it has initially determined the guiding role of the Iron Fist weapon in the design of post-war individual anti-tank weapons!

Although Lieutenant Colonel Hans was not sure whether his Iron Fist Type 150 could destroy this monster, he could not be discouraged at this time. "Of course, even if you can't penetrate its front armor, it's still easy to penetrate the side armor. As long as the tank is close to the defense line, it will die." Now we can only hope that its armor thickness is thinner than 220 mm.

What Yannick didn't know was that the firepower of this "Soviet version" of the Maus tank was different from the German version. The 128mm KwK44 L/55 main gun in the original design was replaced with a 152mm Howitzer M-10 gun, which is the tank gun of the KV2 heavy tank; and the 75mm secondary gun was replaced with a 2mm tank gun, which is the tank gun of the KV1 .

The gasoline engine is rotating at high speed, and a steady stream of electricity is sent to the electric motor behind it through the cable. The driving wheel rotates slowly, driving the one-meter-wide crawler track to move forward.

There are six crew members inside this tank. What’s interesting is that they are not real soldiers, but test drivers. This super tank was pulled onto the battlefield before it had completed its test run. This made Lavlenkin, who served as the tank commander, a little uneasy. He kept praying in his heart that nothing would go wrong, so that they could complete the task steadily and arrive. There might even be a reward at some point.

But as the saying goes, "Whatever you are afraid of will come to you." Seeing the Finnish defense line right in front of him, Lavlenkin smelled a pungent burnt smell. "Damn it!" He couldn't help but curse secretly and shouted loudly. "Stop, stop! There must be something wrong somewhere. Yuri, go check it out!" Fortunately, they are used to this. This car has never had any problems, big or small, since it was assembled. Lavlenkin skillfully arranged for people to troubleshoot the problem, praying in his heart that the problem was just a minor problem.

"" Seeing the steel giant stopped 800 meters away, the Finnish soldiers couldn't help but look at each other. No one knew why this guy stopped there and didn't move.

"Fire!" At an anti-tank gun firing position, the artillery squad leader finally couldn't stand it anymore and loudly gave the order to fire.

"boom!"

The gunner pulled the gun rope hard, and the muzzle of the gun was filled with flames. An armor-piercing projectile hit the huge beast on the opposite side at a speed invisible to the naked eye, and hit its front armor hard.

when!

There was a crisp sound, and the 50mm shell bounced away weakly, leaving only a small dent in the armor plate.

Lavrenkin, who was inside the tank, also heard the impact and knew that the Finnish army on the opposite side had opened fire, so he sneered contemptuously. "These guys are overestimating their abilities, Mikhail, give them a taste of their power."

"Got it!" Gunner Mikhail responded excitedly. "Load high-explosive bombs!"

The Maus tank's turret is quite large, with ample space inside for two loaders. One loader picked up the grenade warhead and stuffed it into the barrel of the gun, while the other picked up the propellant pack, stuffed it in the same way, and then closed the gun door. Generally, when the caliber of artillery shells exceeds 120 mm, sub-loading cartridges are basically used. Because at this time, manual loading is no longer enough, so sub-loading cartridges have to be used. "Loading complete!"

The shell came from directly in front. Mikhail barely moved the muzzle before he found the target and immediately stepped on the pedal.

"Boom!" Amidst the huge gunfire, the entire turret was filled with smoke, and the not-so-efficient smoking system began to exhaust.

The tanks in World War II had small gun calibers, no overall three-layer defense on the turret, and poor sealing (some tanks did not even use periscopes, but just opened a small slit in the body to look out), so the necessity of exhaust gas extraction was not prominent. At that time, The process of drilling oblique holes in the gun barrel was not up to standard, so tanks during World War II generally did not have exhaust gas extraction devices.

But if a large-caliber gun like the 152mm is not equipped with an exhaust gas extraction device, all the members inside will either be choked to death or have to wear gas masks. Therefore, this tank is the first to be equipped with a smoking device. But this thing was not very efficient, and everyone was still choked and coughed violently.

Lavrenkin coughed and saw through the periscope that the fired shells landed near the anti-tank gun firing position.

Although there was no direct hit, the power of the 152mm high-explosive bomb was no joke. This thing weighs 52kg. When it explodes on the ground, it can easily create a large pit with a diameter of about 5 meters and a depth of nearly 2 to 3 meters. The power of its shock wave can destroy light armor within 3 meters, multi-layer brick walls within 10 meters, and basically cause serious damage to doors, windows, and glass within 20 meters. The shrapnel generated by the explosion can cause damage to unprotected soft targets with a radius of about 40 to 50 meters.

Lavrenkin clearly saw that several gunners on the anti-tank gun position were blown away. There seemed to be a few pieces of blood mist in the air, and it was obvious that they would not survive. The anti-tank gun also rolled to the side. Although he couldn't see clearly what happened, Lavlenkin believed that it could never be used again.

Yuri, who went to troubleshoot the problem at this time, reported. "It is reported that the core components of the motor are completely damaged and can only be replaced with new ones sent from the factory."

"Damn it!" Lavlenkin cursed softly. "Correspondent, report to the superiors and ask them to send parts. Notify the troops in the rear and let them continue the attack. We will cover them here."