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The Third Empire - Chapter 506

Published at 19th of October 2021 11:52:10 AM


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It's a shame not to shoot!

Getting shot in the back is a disgrace, and now these disgraces are carried by the British third armored brigade.

Most of the tanks did not fire. They had been destroyed before they were close enough to hit accurately, so they did not fire at all.

When the rout began, many tanks were destroyed from behind.

Watching his tanks retreat, while the German tank soldiers are chasing after them, Brigadier George knows that his command is completely wrong.

If you want to fight, fight to the end! If you don't fight, just retreat quickly before contact. Your cruising tanks have a high speed and can get rid of your opponents.

But now, they are in a dilemma. Their hasty retreat can only destroy them all!

"Company 1, come with me!" Cried brigadier George.

There is only one way to save our own army, that is to leave the death squads! The defeat of the commander made George despair. He was determined to save more tank troops with his own sacrifice.

In fact, he didn't think about other factors. Equipment is not omnipotent, but they can't do without good equipment. For example, their tanks have an obvious disadvantage, that is, the firepower of the main gun is insufficient!

Unfortunately, the team has long been scattered. There is no radio. Relying on the flag, he has failed to command.

"Forward, forward!" Cried brigadier George to his driver.

In the defeat, George's tanks, so conspicuous, saw the brigade commander charging. Three or five tanks followed the brigade commander, turned around and rushed to the enemy.

Here, Mayer has noticed the brave captain for a long time. Now, seeing that the other party rushed up bravely and fearlessly, Mayer admires the soldiers most.

"Fire!" George shouted to his gunner.

Inside the turret, his front left is the gunner's position.

After hearing his order, the gunner stood in the turret, supported the butt with his shoulder, and then pressed the firing button.

"Bang bang!" Their tank guns opened fire. Yes, these tank guns are fired repeatedly.

The main weapon of the allied tank is a 2-pound gun, 40 times the caliber, with a maximum firing speed of 22 rounds per minute and 110 rounds of ammunition.

However, this kind of gun is improved from the infantry gun. It is not a high-low aircraft structure, but a simple shoulder device.

In other words, when the gunner fires, it is the same as firing on the ground to control the accuracy by shoulder firing.

This is just for fun. This kind of gun was the main anti tank gun in Britain at the beginning of World War II. It was not until the 6-pound tank gun was finalized that it replaced it.

Pound is a unit of weight, not length. It is an ancient tradition for the British to define artillery by weight.

In the era of front loaded gun, the caliber of the gun that hit the corresponding pound weight ball bullet was called how many pound gun. Now, there is no corresponding relationship between the weight of shells and the caliber of guns, but the stubborn British still hold the tradition and still use the standard of the era of front loading to measure modern guns.

The number of pounds at this time has long been out of correspondence. It is just a proxy for caliber. The current 2-pound gun is 40mm, the 6-pound gun is 57mm, and the 17 pound gun is 76.2mm.

Now, with their fire, 40 mm armor piercing shells flew out of the muzzle and towards the opposite tank.

They hit the other party at the front, of course, the Panther 3 tank.

"Bang!" A 40mm armor piercing bullet came into contact with the front armor of panther 3 tank. At the moment of contact, the fierce impact sound stunned the tank soldiers inside.

But then, there was no then.

The turret of the inclined armored Panther 3 tank, leaning against the inclined angle, has fired the incoming 40mm armor piercing projectile, leaving only a small pit less than 5mm thick on the armor.

This is only the first, then, the second, the third, a total of five armor piercing bullets, all hit the armor.

Some were bounced off, and some continued to drill inside. Unfortunately, the hard and excellent molybdenum alloy armor steel blocked it. It only advanced more than 20 mm and stopped.

The last one hit the weld.

Armor plates are separated. Countries with poor technology use rivets directly to the tank body, while technologically advanced countries, such as Germany, have begun to use welding technology.

Then, if the weld fails to pass, the weld is the weakest place.

Now, the 40mm armor piercing bullet hit the weld. Under the severe impact, it continued to move forward. Unfortunately, it still stopped. The strength of the weld is even stronger than that of armor steel!

Panther 3 tank was safe and sound. At this time, its muzzle had been lowered. The black muzzle pointed to George's tank.

"Boom!" A fire came out of the muzzle. Above the fire was black smoke. The front end of the fire, an 88 mm armor piercing bullet, flew quickly!

Time seems to freeze at this moment.

Captain George's pupils widened. In front of his eyes, there was the muzzle of the fire, and it seemed that he could catch the incoming armor piercing bullet.

"Boom!"

George's tank was destroyed.

"Brigadier!" Several tanks rushed up. They were very angry. The commander shouted, "avenge the brigade commander!"

They rushed up recklessly, trying to buy time for their companions' retreat with their own sacrifice.

"The palm." The loader opened the gun door and stuffed a new shell.

The gunner aimed quickly. Now, the distance between the two sides has been close to 200 meters. At this distance, the gunner can hit it accurately without the commander reporting any data.

Aim, fire!

The gunner stepped on the launcher quickly, but he didn't hear the familiar sound.

"No, dud!" Shouted the gunner.

Dud, this is the last sound that all Gunners want to hear, but now it appears in their car.

The shell has been loaded, but it has not been fired. This is the dud. How to eliminate the dud is what every artillery needs to do. However, now, there is no time to do it.

Because now, it's still on the hot battlefield!

At this time, the Allied tanks opposite were still moving rapidly, and the distance between the two sides had been shortened to 100 meters.

Due to the depression angle of the gun, the distance is too close and it is difficult to shoot. The pursuer behind wanted to replenish the gun, and was just blocked by the Panther 3 tank in front.

"Hit it!" Cried Mayer.




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