The Chinese armored forces are gradually being reequipped, and a large-scale rearmament plan within the army will also begin. There are two points on the basis of this reorganization, the first is the experience and experience of the Chinese armored forces fighting in Italy, and the second point is the golden finger from Xu Jie, a traverser! Although the performance of the Chinese armored forces in Italy can be described as successful, in fact there are still many problems.

The first point is that the size of the armored forces is still on the small side. The size of a battalion of about 50 vehicles is not suitable for the future battlefield situation. Judging by the situation on the battlefield in Italy, even the highly acclaimed Type 29 tank was still vulnerable to a variety of large-caliber anti-aircraft guns and cannons. The Chinese armored forces were on the defensive in Italy, and they were still in a bitter battle despite having a large number of anti-aircraft guns. If it were replaced by the Huaxia armored forces to attack, I am afraid that those cannons and 88mm anti-aircraft guns would be able to inflict heavy losses on the heavily armored battalion under Zhou Fu.

As the spearhead of the army's attack, the armored forces must not be easily broken, they need to tear through the opponent's several layers of defense, and at the same time, they must be ready to confront the opponent's armored forces at any time. The number of 50 tanks in one battalion is simply too little. Leaving aside the losses on the battlefield and the unserviced tanks, the number of tanks that can be used after a battle may only be more than 20, and this number of tanks will not be able to do anything. Although some tanks are difficult to destroy, it is not difficult to get them out of battle. The key to the use of armored forces is concentration! Even with a reduction in the number of armored divisions, quality must be guaranteed.

Historically, Germany and the United States have tried to ensure the combat effectiveness of armored battalions and have adopted larger establishments. (Of course, there are a lot of them in theory, but whether they can be achieved in practice is another matter.) For example, at the end of 1943, the German Panzer Division had a tank regiment under one tank regiment, one tank regiment under two tank battalions, one of which was a Leopard tank battalion, and each battalion had four companies. Each company had 3 platoons of 5 tanks each, plus 2 tanks at the company headquarters. A company was a total of 17 tanks. The 4 companies plus the tanks belonging to the battalion headquarters made a total of 79 tanks. And the other battalion is the No. 4 tank battalion, which is also a 4-company system. But the base was larger, a company had 22 No. 4 tanks, and theoretically a battalion had a total of 98 tanks. And if you add the tanks directly under the division headquarters, then this number will be even higher, of course, in fact, almost no Wehrmacht armored division can reach full strength.

Also, the size of the armored battalions in the United States is large. An armored battalion of the U.S. Army has three medium tank companies and one light tank company, with the former having 18 tanks each. The latter has 17 light tanks. Together, one battalion is 78 tanks. Although the number is a little smaller, an armored division of the US army has at least three armored battalions, and the full strength rate is relatively high. The number is still quite a bit more than the German divisions. Of course, if you talk about quality, the quality advantage of the leopard is too obvious. In addition to normal tanks, there are also armored units such as assault guns or self-propelled anti-tank guns, and if you count them, the number of armored fighting vehicles will be even higher.

According to historical experience, the number of tanks and tank destroyers in an armored division should be better between 200 and 300, which both Germany and the United States believe in the conditions of the 2 war. Only in this way can the armored division complete the task better. In the future Chinese Army, Xu Jie plans to assign four armored battalions to an armored division, including one heavy tank battalion and two medium tank battalions. Plus a mixed battalion of tank destroyers and assault guns.

The establishment of two medium tank battalions was carried out in a four-company system. Each company had about 18 tanks, and the size of one battalion was comparable to that of an American tank battalion. The heavy tank battalion is somewhere between the historically independent Tiger and Leopard battalions. The establishment of the former is a bit small, while the establishment of the latter is really a bit large. After all, heavy tanks weigh more than 40 tons, and it is a bit difficult to equip each division with nearly 80 heavy tanks. Therefore, the establishment of the Huaxia heavy tank battalion is about 65 vehicles, with 15 tanks in each of the 4 armored companies, and then 5 tanks in the battalion headquarters. …

If there are rules to follow in the establishment of tank battalions, then the remaining battalion with a mixture of tank destroyers and assault guns is more troublesome. Why? The scope covered by tank destroyers is too wide, a battlefield as small as a stalker can be called a tank destroyer, and a cheetah class can be called a tank destroyer. Consent to the elephant and tiger hunting level can also use this name. Historically, the Germans used elephants and tiger hunters by grouping them into separate anti-tank battalions. And this plane Huaxia does not plan to get a heavy tank destroyer of more than 70 tons. At present, there are only two types to be equipped, one is the Type 29 tank destroyer, and the other is a heavy tank destroyer modified from the chassis of a future heavy tank. Heavy tank destroyers themselves are expensive. Naturally, the establishment cannot be the same as that of a normal medium tank destroyer. As for whether a light tank destroyer like the Stalker is needed, Xu Jie has not yet thought about it. After all, this plane has been rampant, and the L48 artillery will be able to move anyone in the later stage?

As for assault guns? The Chinese Army was also troublesome. According to Xu Jie's plan, it was planned to replace all the assault guns belonging to the armored division with howitzers. But this artillery is a new caliber. The Chinese Army originally used and howitzers. The production of new howitzers is insufficient, and the number of existing guns is too large to be discarded. So in the end, the assault artillery units also achieved a mix-and-match, with the Type 26 tank chassis, the 26 assault gun equipped with howitzers and the Type 29 assault guns with artillery coexist.

In the end, the War Department decided on such an organization that the tank destroyer and assault gun battalions also adopted a four-company system, two of which were tank destroyers and the other two were assault guns. Each company has between 15 and 20 battlefields. As for the number and proportion of heavy and light tanks under a division, there are no specific regulations, after all, because of the different combat achievements and tasks undertaken, the vehicles attached to them will definitely be different.

After solving the establishment of tanks and other armored vehicles, it is only the first step in the transformation of armored divisions, and the next step is the support firepower of divisions. According to the establishment of the German Panzer Division in the late World War II, an armored division would have an armored artillery regiment, and a regiment would have three artillery battalions, one of which was a tracked self-propelled artillery battalion, each battalion had three companies, one company was a 150 heavy howitzer company, and the other two were 105 light howitzer companies. There are also two towed howitzer batteries. 6 guns per company. The other two towed artillery battalions were the same in number as the self-propelled artillery batteries. All 18 guns per battalion.

And on this plane, the armored division of Huaxia will be dominated by howitzers and howitzers, considering that this kind of unit is generally in the rear, so the chassis it carries can be directly used as a half-track vehicle. Considering that even the towed artillery must be equipped with a tractor for one gun, and the production capacity of Huaxia itself is relatively large, the towed artillery was simply canceled. All self-propelled guns with a half-track or truck chassis were used. The establishment of an artillery battalion is 18 guns, and theoretically there is a howitzer battalion and two howitzer battalions in three battalions. The specific situation can be adjusted according to the situation of the battlefield.

The howitzer problem was easy to solve, but Xu Jie, who was not popular enough to swallow elephants, began to consider whether to assign the armored division to the long-range artillery unit directly under it, according to history, neither the US Army nor the German Army assigned valuable long-range artillery to the armored division. These heavy firepower are the direct responsibility of units at the military level. In practice, however, these units are still semi-permanently assigned to a division.

The reason why Xu Jie wanted to hand over the long-range artillery to the armored division was to make up for the lack of long-range suppressive firepower of the armored division, and the howitzer had a range of only about 18km. And the firing range of long-range artillery is generally more than 25km. Although the tanks and other armored vehicles of the armored division are not sensitive to grenades from long-range artillery, there are still hundreds of personnel carriers and trucks in one division. If an armored division is a heavily armed fighter, then the truck is equivalent to the blood vessels of this fighter, and it is because of their efforts that the combat effectiveness of the tanks in front can be guaranteed. Another reason is the concern about the combat effectiveness of our own air force. Xu Jie thought the same as the Germans, if the air force could not suppress the opponent's long-range firepower, then after breaking into the opponent's depth, it could only be handed over to the army's own long-range artillery, so it was also necessary to equip the armored division with some long-range artillery. …

Therefore, in the army establishment of China, theoretically, an armored division can carry an independent long-range artillery battalion when performing a breakthrough mission, and the entire battalion consists of 12 to 18 cannons. Their mission is to suppress the opponent's long-range artillery and attack the enemy's deep transportation hubs, headquarters and other key departments. Generally speaking, there will be a large distance from the front-line troops.

In addition to the ordinary barreled artillery, the Huaxia Panzer Division also had a separate rocket artillery battalion. The Tempest rocket launcher has been successfully developed and is being tested. These terrifying weapons, which use rockets and can fire 24 rockets in a short period of time, will greatly increase the intensity of the suppressive fire of the Chinese armored forces. Therefore, in the establishment of the Huaxia armored division, there is also an independent rocket artillery battalion, and the entire battalion has 12 to 18 rocket artillery vehicles, which are used to provide medium and close suppressive fire for armored units.

After the tank and support fire formations of the armored division were determined, all that remained were the mechanized infantry battalions and other auxiliary formations, and the formulation of these formations was even more laborious! Because the wheeled combat vehicles similar to the SDK234 series in this plane are equipped with a large number of troops, and this will inevitably lead to changes in the establishment.

Thanks to the book friends zhouyu1976 and hukaikaka for their tips~~~, as well as the book friends bold 100, anhei016, and hahaxiaozi for their monthly pass support ~~~. (To be continued)