Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

The rate of fire of a tank mainly depends on the layout of the ammunition racks in the cabin.

The tank ammunition rack can be divided into two parts. One part is the standing ammunition rack, which is very close to the loader, and the shells can be taken easily; the other part is the reserve ammunition rack, which can be placed wherever there is space; such as the 75mm of the M3 Grant/Lee tank There is a reserve ammunition rack under the tank gunner's seat, and the gunner sits on a pile of shells to fire. The reserve ammunition rack of the M26 Pershing is arranged at the bottom. After using up the standing ammunition in the turret, the loader has to bend down every time to retrieve the shells. Most of the German tank's shells are on the side of the vehicle body (the King Tiger's tail compartment is also equipped with shells, but you have to turn around to load the hand-held shells, which is obviously not as convenient as the Pershing). Loading the hand-held shells is obviously more troublesome.

Therefore, when the stock ammunition is used up, the tank's rate of fire will gradually decrease. Coupled with the physical exertion of the loader and other reasons, the rate of fire will become slower the further back it goes.

In less than a minute, the German tanks destroyed the fastest Soviet BT-7 and BT-5 with extremely high rate of fire and good accuracy; after destroying several more T-26 tanks The distance between the two sides is close to 800 meters.

Under the order of company commander Herman, the German tanks began to fire while retreating. Although the T-2 mm caliber tank gun may not be able to penetrate the main armor of the Panther tank even at a distance of 100 meters, but if it is hit accidentally, it will interrupt it. The tracks and other things are also a big loss.

The ability to reverse is one of the key features of modern main battle tanks. If you suddenly encounter a superior enemy on the battlefield, you can use rapid reverse to keep the most protective front turret and body facing the enemy while quickly retreating. Keep your distance from your enemies while still firing calmly. If the tank's reversing ability is poor, it will have to turn around and expose its butt to the enemy, which will be very dangerous.

The tanks during World War II did not reverse at a very high speed, just like a tortoise speed. For example, the famous German Panther tank has a reversing speed of only 3 to 4 kilometers per hour; only the Tiger tank, with its relatively advanced gearbox and 2 reverse gears, can achieve a reversing speed of nearly 10 kilometers per hour; in actual combat, Facing the swarming T-34 tanks, the Tiger tanks often used their good reversing speed to fire while reversing, trying not to let the T-34s get close, and destroying the attacking T-34s one by one on the way back.

Fortunately, today's Panther tanks are equipped with advanced gearboxes and can reverse at a speed of 15 kilometers per hour.

"Loading complete!" the loader shouted loudly.

"Stop! Fire!" Following Hellman's order, the tank stopped retreating. After a few seconds, the shell flew out of the barrel and flew towards a T-26 on the opposite side.

At this moment, the German tank commanders saw the Soviet KV-2 tanks still 2,000 meters away slowly stopping, and then a puff of black smoke erupted from the muzzle.

"Are those guys stupid?" Of course they knew what the black smoke meant. It was the KV-2 tank that opened fire. But they know the performance of the KV-2 well, let alone 2,000 meters away. With their unadvanced sights, they may not be able to hit the target even 500 meters away.

"Boom!" The fired shell landed on the ground about a hundred meters away from the German tank, raising dust several meters high, causing the German tank soldiers to sigh over the radio. "Tsk, tsk, the power of the 152mm cannon is really extraordinary. If the accuracy was higher, we would be out of luck." Unfortunately, without accuracy, this is just a useless waste of shells!

"How did these bastards think of installing 152mm cannons on their own tanks?" Other tanks were all 50mm, 70mm, 80mm... It was better for the Soviets to just move out the 152mm. , almost twice the caliber of their 88mm tank gun! If a shell hits the target, it doesn't even need to be penetrated. The shock can kill the crew inside the tank.

Just after the German tanks fired five more rounds of shells, the KV-2 tank moved forward a certain distance and stopped and fired shells at them again.

A shell happened to land not far from the Hellmann tank, and the shock wave hit the tank, making the tank crew inside dizzy.

"Hey, these damn guys, are you trying to compete with us for luck?" Heilman shook his dizzy head. The Soviets were not fools. They must have known that the artillery shells at this distance would not be accurate at all, and it would be a matter of luck if they exploded.

After another round of fire from the German tanks, all the remaining T-26s had been destroyed, and now only the KV-1 and KV-2 tanks were left slowly moving forward in the distance.

Hellman ordered. "Go forward, the distance is shortened to 1500 meters!"

The 25 intact German tanks drove forward for a certain distance, and the distance between the two sides shortened to 1,500 meters.

"KV-2 right ahead! Fire!" Although the KV-1 tank was closer to them, Hellman decided to eliminate these KV-2s that were more threatening first.

"boom!"

The shells were fired at the KV-2 tank in front, but unfortunately because the angle was too tilted, they were deflected by the thick armor on the KV-2 turret.

"Load! One more shot!" Hellman ordered somewhat depressedly. This was the first time he saw that his own shells failed to penetrate the armor of the opponent's tank. In this round of fire, they only destroyed seven or eight KV-2 tanks.

Before Hellmann's tank had time to load new shells, the remaining KV-2 tanks on the opposite side fired a round of shells.

"Boom!" The sound of explosions at close range made Hellman's heart sink. This was not the sound of artillery shells falling to the ground and exploding. He hurriedly asked on the radio. "Who got hit?!"

exclamations came over the radio. "Tank No. 3 was hit!! Oh my god! This damn shell was so powerful, it blew up Tank No. 3!"

Another voice said somewhat depressedly. "The tracks of Tank No. 8 were blown off."

"Damn it!" Hellman cursed in his heart. It seemed that the god of luck favored the Soviets. But this kind of luck only comes once. "Keep firing!"

This shell successfully penetrated the front armor of the KV-2 tank and directly turned the tank into a pile of scrap metal. The extremely slow reloading speed of the KV-2 became its fatal weakness. Before it had time to reload, the Germans had already fired four rounds of shells. Even the low hit rate from long range is enough to completely wipe out these KV-2s.

After eliminating the most threatening KV-2, only the KV-1 tank was left. At this time, they had just traveled 1,000 meters away.

"You're really not afraid of death!" Heilman sneered. The weaker BT-7, BT-5, and T-26; and the stronger KV-2 were all annihilated. These guys can still move forward without fear of death. It's really courageous. Commendable.

It is a pity that their 5 times caliber 76mm cannon will not pose a threat to itself until it is at least 500 meters away, and within this period of time, we can fire ten rounds of shells.

"Free fire, destroy them all!"