Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

Berlin Palace.

Yannick couldn't help laughing when he received the information that the Americans failed to test the ice aircraft carrier. "really interesting."

In order to reverse the increasingly defeated situation during World War II, Germany spared no effort to develop various imaginative doomsday weapons, such as a new generation of Tiger tanks, V-series missiles, atomic egg projects, etc. However, it is precisely because Germany developed new weapons at all costs, Objectively, it also accelerated its failure.

In fact, Germany was not obsessed with such imaginary weapons from the beginning, but only began to spend money on research at the end of World War II.

During the Soviet-German War, the performance of the Tiger tanks far exceeded that of the Soviet tanks of the same period, but the Soviet tanks overwhelmed the performance advantages of the German tanks with their numerical superiority.

Soviet tanks are easy to make and have strong and durable skins. The production of tanks is as continuous as making toys. On the other hand, German tanks are as precise as pieces of handicrafts. German tank designers seem to have forgotten that those things are used on the battlefield to compare consumption. They strive for perfection in every part of the tank and invest a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, resulting in The huge amount of man-hours consumed in producing each tank has made tank production unable to keep up with the needs of the war. If a small part is damaged, the entire vehicle must be overhauled, and it is difficult to repair on the front line and needs to be sent to a specialized maintenance site. The precise design makes it possible to The Soviet Union was also vulnerable to cold weather, making it difficult to start a car during a war.

This also reminds Germany that it is good to be advanced, but it must pay more attention to actual combat.

In this regard, Germany has adopted the method of casting a wide net to catch more fish to develop various new weapons. But this requires a lot of money. If you don't have money, you will have to make up for it here and there. You will also use the funds used to research atomic eggs to research other weapons. This has also become a secondary reason why Germany failed to create an atomic egg; At times, frontline combat funds were even allocated for weapons research and development.

With such crazy spending, a variety of weapons were developed, but few of them were truly practical. The large amount of military spending caused the German economy to fail to make ends meet, accelerating Germany's demise.

Is it now the turn of the United States and the Soviet Union to be so crazy? Not long ago, the Soviet army sent anti-tank dogs to attack its own tanks. It had also built the Maus tank and Gustav cannon "provided" by him before. I wonder what other imaginative weapons it will develop next.

Yannick hoped that the bigger the better, the better, and they would produce less serious aircraft, tanks, cannons and battleships. And he is also happy to help them expand their imagination.

After pondering for a while, he took the paper and pen and wrote down "Flying Tank" (introduced in Chapter 410).

The second weapon is the "Sphere Tank". Rumor has it that in 1941, Soviet tank engineer Fotrisov submitted a development plan called a "spherical tank" to the Central Committee. This design is very novel. The car body is spherical, and the suspension system is two elastic straps, made of metal and rubber, with spikes on them to increase grip. Fotrisov envisioned installing a 76mm main gun on the top of the vehicle body, powered by an M-17 gasoline engine, similar to the BT-7 light tank.

The "Sphere Tank" project somehow got approved. Due to its peculiar shape, none of the major Soviet factories participated in the plan. Fotrisov personally led a working group in Vyksa to complete the design.

This working group completed the design of two spherical tanks, namely SHT-1A and SHT-2T.

Actual tests confirmed that the spherical tank has good off-road performance. It is easy to control, spins in place as flexibly as a top, and can easily cross depressions or trenches. When accelerating at full speed, the chariot can jump over a 2-meter-high section.

The spherical tank even fought with the German army. The appearance of this strange guy confused the German army. At one point, they forgot to fire until the tank began to accelerate towards the German infantry, accompanied by two T-34 tanks. . When they were 50 meters away from the Germans, they had no time to deploy anti-tank guns and caught the Germans by surprise. During the hurried retreat, a Panzer IV was even destroyed by the SHT-2T.

The Germans who came back to their senses used various firepower to attack the tank, but it was basically of no effect. The ball cooperated with other friendly forces to quickly destroy the position.

The above story is the "World War II Soviet SHT-1A and SHT-2T spherical tanks" that has been widely circulated on the Internet in later generations. It is actually an April Fool's Day joke in 2013 by Wargaming's historical consultant Yuri Pasholok. (This person later even published a related "textual research book", but the content is really difficult to distinguish between true and false). He compiled a large article with both development process and practical experience in a serious manner. It was ruthless. has teased many "advanced World of Tanks players" who are committed to "restoring history".

In the Soviet archives, there is indeed information about a spherical tank similar to the SHT series that looks like that, but there is only one painted painting and two sketches. However, judging from its structure, this thing has no stability at all, and it is very likely to roll randomly on the ground after it rolls over.

At the end of the article, Yuri clearly stated that this was an April Fool's Day joke, which is similar to fishing with a straight hook. However, there are still many "advanced players" and "military self-media practitioners" who are still willing to take the bait, which is really laughable.

There is also the "Big Boss Roller" designed by the British. It is actually an obstacle-breaking device, planned to be released from the landing craft and used to clear the anti-landing obstacles deployed by Germany on the beaches of the "Atlantic Defense Line". It adopts a parallel-wheeled vehicle layout. The wheels are made of wood, and the cylindrical chamber between the two wheels is used to hold explosives. The object itself has no power and is propelled by a rocket fixed on the wheel. The test was conducted on a beach crowded with tourists. In full view of the public, the rocket detached from the wheel, and then began to run uncontrollably until it overturned. Increasing the number of wheels to three did not help - test It's obviously a failure.

After writing down these three imaginative weapons in one go, Yannick asked Reinhard to pass them on to Natasha.

As for the Soviet anti-tank dogs, Yannick didn't care at all. After encountering the Soviet anti-tank dogs in World War II, Germany quickly came up with a countermeasure, which was to equip the forwards of its armored columns with flamethrowers. Because fear of fire is an animal's instinct, no matter how hungry the animal is, it is unlikely that it will brave the flames to find food. Although there are still some crazy dogs that rush towards German tanks at the risk of being burned, they are only a minority and do not pose a big threat.

In addition, you can also use loudspeakers to play the roaring sounds of tigers and leopards to scare the dogs. Dogs' fear of tigers is a conditioned reflex engraved in their genes, a natural instinct inherited from their wolf ancestors. Even training for several generations may not eliminate this reaction, let alone months or years of training.