readx; In a low bush southwest of the town of Kechakh, a T18 tank with broken tracks was parked in place, but the turret was turning from time to time, and the 105-mm tank gun on it fired from time to time, firing shells one after another, and about 600 meters in front of the T18 tank, the wreckage of an M4 tank was billowing smoke. About a kilometer to the upper right of it, several M4 tanks can be seen faintly in the undulating terrain.www.biquge.info

However, these M4 tanks used the terrain to hide their bodies outside the direct fire range of the No. 137 T18 tank, and even if they occasionally appeared, they quickly retreated when they fired, and after they fired, although the hit rate was not high, they could still occasionally hit the No. 137 car and leave bullet holes in the hull of the No. 137 T18 tank in the open area.

Sergeant Bao Erqing was in the tank, and he was a little anxious in his heart, and he urged the loader to load the shells with a big black man, just now he fired four cannons in a row, but the enemy on the opposite side took advantage of the terrain to dodge, only revealing a small half of the turret, and it was still in a rapid maneuver, so that even the four cannons did not hit the target.

At this time, beads of sweat could already be seen on his forehead, this was cold sweat!

He took a deep breath and re-aimed, he couldn't shoot any more, he had to hit the enemy, otherwise in a few minutes the three M4 tanks would be able to use the terrain to move to their right side, and instead of leaving a crater on their own tank, they would be able to directly penetrate the side armor of their own tank.

After taking several deep breaths in a row, Sergeant Bao Erqing put an M4 tank with only half of the turret exposed into the crosshairs, and began to calculate the amount of advance and the firing position in the undulating terrain. He turned the turret about five or six meters in front of the M4 tank, which was obviously a notch, and if the M4 tank continued to move forward, it would expose most of its body, instead of only half of the turret as before.

In a few seconds, Bao Erqing fired without hesitation, and the main gun of tank No. 137 once again freed up the muzzle flame, and it was a 1943 tungsten alloy APDS armor-piercing bullet galloping away, and in an instant, the M4 tank thousands of meters away suddenly rose a small and small fire, followed by a complete stop after sliding forward a few meters, and a few seconds later the turret hatch was opened, and several American tank soldiers climbed out, one of the corporal jumped off the tank and looked back at his tank, I saw that the right side of this M4 tank has been pierced with a big hole, and although there is no ammunition and fuel tank behind it, this used to be a key part of the transmission system, although the 1943 tungsten alloy APDS armor-piercing projectile has no charge, purely relying on kinetic energy to destroy the enemy tank, but it is this kinetic energy, which is enough to penetrate the armor of the M4 tank and cause violent damage inside.

In an M4 tank in the distance, an American ensign also frowned, scolded in a low voice, and said: "Ask the company headquarters for support, we have caught a big fish, and we must not let it go!" ”

It is very difficult to destroy the T18 tank of the Chinese Army in a head-on tank duel with their M4 tank, and now that the T18 tank has been damaged by itself, as long as you give yourself a chance, you can completely destroy this T18 tank!

It didn't take long for the communications soldier to say: "The company headquarters said that two Pershing tanks from the fourth company are already on the way, and they will be able to arrive in three minutes!" ”

"Is there a Pershing of the Fourth Company? That's even better, if there is Pershing, you will definitely be able to keep that tank! ”

A few years ago, the U.S. Army carried out a new generation of heavy tank research and development program in order to counter the German Tiger, Leopard and the Chinese Army's T15 tank, which is the T26 plan, the T26 plan has three sub-models in the early stage, of which the T26E1 is an experimental model, and its T26E2 is equipped with a short-barreled 105mm howitzer, which was later finalized as the M45 heavy tank, Mainly used to provide close fire support for the infantry, to be precise, its positioning is very similar to the 1943 105 mm self-propelled assault gun in the Chinese Army, which is equipped with a short-barreled 105 mm howitzer, and the tactical positioning is also to provide close fire support for the infantry, but this M45 heavy tank has a tonnage of more than 40 tons, and its protection capability is much stronger than the 1943 assault gun of the Chinese Army. The third sub-model of the M26 program is the M26E3, which is mainly equipped with an M3 tank gun, which is an improved version of the M1 90mm anti-aircraft gun by the Americans, with a 90 mm caliber and a 53 times caliber barrel, and a hull weight of 42 tons. In terms of protection, it has 120 mm stronger upper armor than the T18, but the turret armor is much weaker than the T18, only 102 mm, and has a 500 hp petrol engine. The mobile surname is much better than the Tiger and the Tiger King, but it is much worse than the T18, similar weight, but there is a difference of two hundred horsepower, so it is strange that this mobile surname can be the same.

In terms of body weight, the American M26 heavy tank is similar to the Chinese T18 tank, the Soviet Russian IS-2 tank, and the German Panther tank, all of which are in the class of 40 to 45 tons. Among them, the most powerful firepower is the Chinese T18 tank, the Black Panther is the worst, and in terms of protection, everyone M26 and IS-2 and T18 are equal, and the Black Panther is the worst. In terms of mobility, the T18 tank is definitely far behind its opponents, and the others are on par.

From the comparison of various surnames, in fact, many of the above tanks do not have comparative surnames, because among the above four tanks, the German Leopard tank is only a medium tank, while the IS-2 and M26 belong to the heavy tanks in World War II, and the Chinese T18 tank is between medium tanks and heavy tanks, and the name within the Chinese Army is the main battle tank. If it is not light or heavy, it belongs to medium tanks.

And due to the different tactical positioning of tanks and potential confrontation targets in various countries, the combat targets of the Americans' M26 tanks are the German Tiger and King Tiger. And the combat targets of the IS-2 tank are also the Tiger and the Tiger King. As for the German side, the tanks relative to each other were also Tiger and King Tiger. When many of the above tanks faced Chinese tanks, the main combat target was the T15. In other words, there was nothing to do with the T18 tank, but the T18 tank of the Chinese Army came out relatively early, so various countries can be regarded as counting the T18 tank into the confrontation target.

In fact, in order to counter the T18 of the Chinese Army, countries actually have other tank research and development plans, such as the IS-3 tank of Soviet Russia, while the United States is preparing to continue to upgrade the M26 and equip the M26 tank with a longer 90mm main gun, which is the T26E4 plan, which is planned to be equipped with a 90mm T15E1 main gun with a caliber of 73 times.

Of course, in today's world, although there is still a gap in the surname of the tanks of various countries, but the latest tanks of various countries are no longer bad, the Soviet Russia's IS-2, IS-3, China's T15 and T18, the United States' M26E3, M26E4, Germany's King Tiger, in fact, the combat effectiveness is not weak.

But in this world war, it is not only a simple comparison of the surname of the bicycle, but also the positioning of the tank in the entire army, to put it bluntly, it is a matter of surname-price ratio. In terms of surname-to-price ratio, the Germans had the worst tanks, followed by the United States, and China again, and Soviet Russia had the best surname-to-price ratio.

The tank is actually a ton of weight and a penny, and you Germans used a full sixty or seventy tons of tonnage to obtain a tank surname of about 40 tons. As far as tank positioning is concerned, China's T15 \ 18 series positioning is not a heavy tank in various countries, but a main battle tank, and the price is not too expensive, otherwise the Chinese Army will not be equipped with more than 8,000 T15 and more than 5,000 T18 tanks, and T18 tanks are still in mass production.

That is to say, Soviet Russia can only use less than 2,000 IS-2 vehicles and the IS-3, which has not yet been mass-produced and expensive, to compete with China's more than 10,000 T15\18 series. Not to mention the Germans, there are not many existing Tiger types, and the Tiger King has only produced about a thousand units in total until now, and even fewer are extant. The production of the M26 in the United States is much larger, and more than 3,000 units have been produced and equipped in less than a year.

Countries need expensive heavy tanks to counter China's large-scale equipment of main battle tanks, which is actually a very uneconomical business for countries. Otherwise, the Soviet Union would not have made great efforts to improve the T34 and develop the T44, and it was bent on equipping the T44 tank with a 100mm tank gun, in order to use a large number of cheap medium tanks against a large number of T15\18 series tanks.

From the perspective of tactical positioning, the T15\18 in the Chinese Army is actually the same as the T34 in the Soviet Army, the Black Panther in the German Army and the M4 tank in the U.S. Army, while the heavy tank corresponding to the Tiger, IS series, and M26 in the Chinese Army is the T17 heavy tank. The T17 that weighs 60 tons and is equipped with a 125 mm tank gun is the heavy tank in the Chinese Army, but the Chinese Army has never paid much attention to the development of heavy tanks, from the T7 heavy tanks in the twenties and thirties, to the T11 heavy tanks in the thirties, and then to the T17 heavy tanks in the early days of World War II, the actual production is not high, for example, the T11 tanks are only a few hundred, and the T17 tanks are less than a thousand. It's just an embellishment.

Among the countries, Soviet Russia and China have not yet started a fight, and the Americans have not had a large-scale tank conflict with China before, but now because of this Kechakh, the two sides have broken out a large-scale military state of up to 10,000 troops participating in the battle, and all kinds of advanced active weapons on both sides are on the field one by one, and the most direct confrontation is carried out.

In this confrontation, it has once again been proved that the M4 tanks equipped by the US Army are outdated and backward, and are far from meeting the needs of the US Army against the Chinese Army, and now it depends on whether the Americans' M26 heavy tanks can meet the requirements of the US Army against T18 tanks.

While Tank 137 was fighting against the Americans' M4 tanks on its own, a T18 tank was rushing in the rear to reinforce them, while on the other hand, two American M26 heavy tanks were also moving at full speed in an attempt to arrive earlier and reinforce the M4 tanks in front.

A few minutes passed, and when the two M26 heavy tanks arrived, only one of the original four M4 tanks was still moving, and the wreckage of several M4 tanks not far away was still clearly visible.

The two M26 tanks didn't dare to get too close, but because the terrain was not platform, they couldn't fire directly at too far away, so they got closer to 1,200 meters before firing the first shot, and after an instant, the 90mm APCR armor-piercing shell fired by the M3 tank gun was already flying towards the immobile T18 tank.