So, at least in Kariput's view, in the future, the only areas in northwestern Africa can break out in large-scale ground wars between Germany and the United States. As for the direction of the Indian Ocean, the entire Western Indian Ocean is almost the inland sea of ​​the allies, and it is not easy for Americans to go there.

"In my opinion, although the Americans' hardware is very good, at least in terms of artillery, logistics, infantry equipment and communications, they will definitely be at the first-class level in the future. But I always feel that their army's strategy and tactics are very backward. In the future, armored troops and armored infantry will be the core of the army, they will be the engine of offense and the backbone of mobile defense. But in my opinion, the development of the US Army's armored troops is still centered on infantry, not just now, but in the foreseeable future, the US Army's no longer seems to have considered dealing with tanks! Most of their future tanks are equipped with howitzers, not cannons," said Caripot.

When the German Army began to develop, it had very clear goals for tanks and assault guns. For example, the earliest cricket tanks, the 40mm machine guns on them were actually mainly to cover infantry operations, and they were considered low-end combat vehicles. The Hufeng assault guns were compatible with anti-armor and cover tasks. There is no way, you can't expect to create a chariot with a fairly good performance before the 1st War, equipped with a rotating turret and a 75mm cannon.

Then when it came to the wolf tank, its main task was to deal with the tank. Otherwise, the 75mm cannon could be replaced with an 88mm howitzer. The former had a warhead weighing about 7 kilograms, and the latter had a warhead weighing 10kg. If it was a grenade, the latter would definitely be better, and the gun weight might be lower. The wolf tanks also proved its value on the subsequent battlefields, and in the Balkans, Asia Minor and the Western Front, the British and French Allied Forces tanks were smashed into pieces.

If the German armored troops were still in its infancy in World War 1, then in the future armored troops development plan, the German military made very clear definitions and divisions of tanks, assault guns and tank destroyers, and formulated specific tasks for different armored units.

Tanks are naturally divided into medium-sized tanks and heavy tanks. The design requirements of medium-sized tanks are prominent in terms of cost-effectiveness. First of all, they must be easy to produce. They have the firepower that can destroy most of the opponent's tanks and have the front armor that can effectively resist the firepower of the opponent's level tanks at a certain distance. The artillery is mainly equipped with medium-caliber cannons. At the beginning, the 75mml48 cannons from later Germans could be used. In the middle and late stages of the war, if the pressure is high, you can change to a cannon of the level of 17-pound cannons. After all, the British could install 17-pound cannons on Shermans, why can't the Germans?

As for the heavy tanks, they naturally target all the opponent's targets that appear and may appear. It is necessary to ensure that the front can block more than 95% of the opponent's firepower at a close distance. The side can use angles to immunize the opponent's attack from medium-sized tanks. The heavy tank itself has enough firepower to destroy the opponent's strongest tank! The number of heavy tanks is not large, but it is the spearhead of the attack, used to tear open the opponent's tight defense line and play a pillar role in large-scale tank battles.

In fact, it is not difficult to build a tank with a strong frontal strength with the offense and defense level of the second battle. The most difficult thing is that both sides need a certain defense ability. The Germans’ approach is to trade tonnage for defense, while the Russians’ approach is to compete with angles and exchange space for defense. The final result is that the Germans built a tiger king of more than 70 tons, which is large and unreasonable. The Russians finally created an is2m tank, (is3 came out, but the number was too small.) The data is very good, but there are many details, such as the excessive torque caused by the super large d25t artillery turret, and the amount of ammunition reserved is only 28 rounds.

The Americans have a strange idea of ​​heavy tanks. The result of the Americans on the Pershing tank is to focus on defense. (Call it for now.) The front of the side is 3-inch vertical armor, and the back is brittle. Overall, the Pershing tank is a very good mass-produced version of the tank. With the strong technical and industrial strength of the United States, the 90l50 cannon has good performance and the frontal defense is also considered moderate. It is very suitable for mass production. However, in terms of side defense, Pershing is still unqualified due to weight issues, and in this plane, the power of the 90l50 cannon may not be enough!

As for firepower? Historically, the Germans went darker in the aspect ratio than the previous road, and finally created fishing rod cannons such as 88mml71 and 75mml70. The cannons are difficult to make, and they are not effective when facing large-angle armor. The Russians finally chose 122mm d25t and 100mm d10t. Generally speaking, d25t will be better against large-angle armor, but because of the use of sub-packing bombs and the bullet weight is too large, the rate of fire is very problematic. Cannons above 120mm cannot be installed on armored vehicles, but the premise is that your internal operating space is larger and can maintain a reasonable rate of fire. And d10t is more balanced, with a higher penetration depth plus a suitable rate of fire. Of course, it would be better if the US armor-piercing bomb technology can be added...

As for assault guns and tank destroyers? How do you say this? Although the Germans in history have also distinguished these two weapons, there are many things that often mix with each other, such as the No. 3 assault gun... This thing is equipped with 75mm howitzers, 105mm howitzers, and 75mm cannons with two caliber calibers of l43 and l48, and it is even more common to shoot tanks. The reason why No. 3 assault guns are called assault guns is because they are usually organized as artillery organizations and are used to support infantry operations...

In fact, at the beginning, the No. 3 assault gun was a real assault gun, using a short-barrel 75mm artillery, or the Germans found that the chassis was good, and the anti-tank pressure was a bit high, so the No. 3 G assault gun appeared, using a 75mml48 artillery. At the same time, it also felt that the 75mm howitzer was not powerful enough, so the F-type 3 assault gun equipped with a 105mm howitzer came out!

Of course, after forcing the 105mm howitzer to force the chassis of the No. 3 assault gun, it is somewhat reluctant to prepare the ammunition volume. The No. 3 assault gun, which uses the 105mm howitzer, seems to have only 30 rounds of reserved ammunition volume.

As for armor protection, the defense of assault guns may not be poor, and the defense of tank destroyers may not be strong. For example, the No. 3 assault gun is better than the No. 4 tank in the later stage, but what about tank destroyers? Such as Black Panthers and Tiger Hunting, etc., are naturally stronger. However, there are also vehicles like rhino with convertible hoods that have almost no defense.
Chapter completed!