The tank is a new type of weapon that was born in World War I.
Due to the heavy use of heavy machine guns and barbed wire in World War I, it was difficult for ordinary infantry to quickly break through the enemy's positions when facing a solid enemy defense line, causing heavy casualties to one's own side and easily leading to a stalemate. situation.
During the Battle of the Somme, when the British and French forces attacked the Germans, they faced a position consisting of dense barbed wire and trench facilities. Because they failed to break through the German defenses quickly, they were violently hit by German machine guns and artillery fire. It only took one day to pay a heavy price with more than 60,000 casualties.
In order to solve this unfavorable situation, Sun Bu Luo began to develop a weapon that could climb over trenches, have strong firepower and excellent protective performance. This weapon was called a land battleship, and it was the earliest tank.
This tank was codenamed Mark Tank, but because its shape resembled an iron box, in order to confuse the enemy, the British army called it water tank in publicity.���, because of translation, on the German side, the British tanks were called water tanks and water towers.
However, both of these titles are inaccurate. Armored Tank is its real name!
"Quick, notify the soldiers to return to their positions and immediately measure the distance between the enemy tanks and ours!"
The emergence of tanks is a huge threat to this German army. Although the tanks at this time are only accessories for the infantry, they are weapons that accompany the infantry in combat, and will not act as an armored unit alone for assault and bypass. However, this kind of iron knot is in Slowly advancing on the frontal battlefield, the threat was also huge.
The German soldiers seemed a little panicked about this new equipment. Although tanks were born during World War I, because there were not many tanks equipped in various countries, not every country had them. Everyone has seen them.
At this time, there were a total of five tanks appearing opposite them. They were basically a tank company. According to the standards of the Battle of the Somme, a large-scale battle launched by more than one million British and French troops was nothing more. 18 tanks were invested, but at this time, in order to deal with a mere battalion of their troops, the enemy actually used five tanks. It was really a shame for them!
Therefore, all the German soldiers felt a huge threat!
"Anti-tank team!"
Lin Yu was equally surprised, but he was not panicked.
The tanks during World War I just looked very intimidating. Compared with the Brahms, Leopard 2 and 99 tanks of later generations, they were simply a pile of waste. Iron.
So after discovering the British army's intention, Lin Yu quickly searched for information about this tank.
Mark I tank, name: MARK1 (Mark 1″Male")
Vehicle Weight: 28 tons
Weapons: 2 doors. 57mm Hotchkiss 6-pound rapid gun, 4 Hotchkiss machine guns.
Armor thickness: 6 mm.
Crew: 8 people (commander, gunner, loader, driver, machine gunner).
This tank is very similar to later tanks. The big difference is that the artillery of this tank is not on the top of the tank, but on both sides of the tank, and it also has two cannons.
In addition, this tank is also equipped with four machine guns in the turrets on the left and right sides. There is one nearby and one in the front and rear armor.
The design concept of tanks in this era is to be a mobile fortress. Their mission is to break through the enemy's obstruction and rush to the enemy's position to disrupt the enemy's defense line. Therefore, it must be It has the ability to climb over trenches and cross barbed wire, and has armor that can withstand machine gun bullets. It also has powerful firepower to straf and suppress soldiers in enemy trenches.
During the Battle of the Somme, the Germans faced the enemy. It seemed a little at a loss when facing this new weapon. Bullets from ordinary rifles and machine guns could not do anything to the tank, and its ferocious four machine guns and two artillery were simply devastating to the infantry, so the battle process In China, wherever the British tanks rushed, the defense line would be shaken.
Before the development of anti-tank weapons, tanks were almost invincible on the battlefield.
However, those were all things in 1916, in 1918. Anti-tank weapons for tanks have been developed in
"Get the anti-tank gun!"
Lin Yu saw that the anti-tank team had brought weapons to deal with tanks, so he immediately ordered.
Anti-tank guns, which were the first anti-tank weapons developed by the German army against British tanks during World War I.
Lin Yu The anti-tank gun in hand is the latest version of the Mauser 13.2mm anti-tank gun, code-named M1918. This gun is 1.68 meters long and weighs 15.8 kilograms. It is about the same weight as the Maxim heavy machine gun. It is a
13.2 mm
The armor thickness in other positions is generally around 8-10 mm.
The Mark I tank in front of us weighs up to 28 tons, and its power system has already been overwhelmed. Therefore, in order to reduce the weight, the armor thickness of this tank is not thick. The side armor is only 6 mm, and the front armor is less than 15 mm.
This level of armor can be penetrated by the M1918 anti-tank gun!
When the three soldiers of the anti-tank team heard the order, they immediately handed over their anti-tank guns. His battalion commander, and immediately began to observe the movements of enemy tanks to provide assistance for Lin Yu's sniper operations.
Lin Yu was very familiar with this British tank. There were a large number of design drawings of this tank on the Internet in later generations, so he. It was easy to find the location of the tank driver.
If you capture the thief first, and kill the driver, the power of the tank will be reduced by half!
In order to cover the actions of your own tank, the British army kept moving forward. He opened fire on the German positions in an attempt to distract the Germans and suppress their actions.
However, Lin Yu remained unmoved, calmed down, and firmly placed the British tank in the gun. At this moment, he eliminated all interference around him, and all he could see was the tank in front of him!
One thousand meters!
Five hundred meters!
When the British tanks were advancing in a mighty manner, they were not. Realizing that they had gradually entered the realm of death!
When the tank entered the three-hundred-meter killing range, Lin Yu pulled the trigger!
Bang!
There was a loud noise from the anti-tank gun. Everything around me suddenly became silent, and the whole world seemed to be quiet!