Chapter 2462 The Future Steel Torrent 4

? What? You said tanks are not needed for island operations? Please, although Kalimantan and Guinea are called islands, their areas are not small at all! At 700,000 square kilometers, how big is France? How old is Ukraine? The islands that the Americans fought so hard to capture are certainly worth shedding more blood to defend! Therefore, the equipment of the US Army must be adapted to the combat environment of the Japanese Army in Southeast Asia. From this point of view, for a long time, the construction direction of the U.S. Army was not suitable to compete with the German armored forces!

After all, in Southeast Asia, Americans need to consider supplies, road conditions, and combat environments. Their enemies are not strong, and their requirements for firepower and defense are not high. There is no unlimited local tyrant in this world. For example, if you can use If 20-ton tanks are used to solve the problem, then the US government will definitely not use 30-ton tanks to equip a large number of troops.

It's like if you're used to being the king in Novice Village all year round, and you suddenly come to the Monster Room, you're definitely not going to get used to it. However, during wartime, it is a long process to switch from adapting to adapting. After all, it will definitely take a while for a weapon to mature from the beginning of development, especially the more complex the weapon.

In fact, there is some blindness in various targeted weapons. If Germany conceals its equipment plan and military equipment changes well, then before the actual large-scale battle between the two armies, the Americans will affirm Germany's armaments. There will be some bias in assessment. It is said that as soon as the enemy appears on the battlefield with a certain weapon, it can immediately attract the attention of high-level officials. This kind of thing sometimes does not happen. Because the number of opponents may not be large, it is not a mistake to specially change the equipment system for this purpose!

This is just like the Tiger tanks that appeared on the North African battlefield in history, but the long-barreled Sherman did not appear. It was not until after Normandy that the Americans suddenly realized that their firepower was insufficient when facing a large number of Tiger and Leopard tanks. Problem, so there is the so-called long-barreled Sherman tank.

In fact, not only the Germans had the idea of ​​completely suppressing their opponents in terms of performance, but Americans also had it historically. If the war had lasted longer, then the so-called American T29 tanks, T30 tanks and T32 tanks would not have been put into production. Maybe all the chariots will appear!

In the view of Caliput and others, the biggest hidden danger for the U.S. Army in fighting the German Army in the future is the failure to establish a suitable and complete armored force development system. Although the Americans have also developed some tanks and self-propelled artillery, they are not suitable for high-intensity armored cluster confrontation with Germany.

However, the German military is more concerned about the American armored personnel carriers, and calls them equipment that can make up for the final shortcomings of the German armored forces. It is impossible for a tank to act alone. All armored units, whether tanks, assault guns or tank destroyers, actually require the cooperation of a large number of infantry. However, the fragility and low mobility of the infantry themselves make it easy to get out of touch during the attack.

The so-called method of using trucks to pull the infantry to the front line and then dismounting to fight, how should I put it, seems good in theory, but in fact the operability is somewhat poor.

First of all, the passability of wheeled vehicles is relatively poor. In areas with poor passing conditions, the loss and efficiency of vehicles are very bad. Secondly, wheeled vehicles are prone to ambushes and are inherently too fragile. The third is that it delays the pace of troop deployment.

According to the relevant combat training of the German Army, before entering the position, the infantry carried by the truck need to get off the vehicle outside the battlefield and then join the battle on foot. The trucks should be gathered together and placed in safe areas. It takes a long time for the troops to dismount and assemble until they enter the battle. If the opponent has strong long-range firepower, it will be even more troublesome, directly affecting the advancement speed of the armored forces.

In actual combat, the infantry was still very vulnerable. At the beginning, the Allied Powers had little experience, and with tanks blocking the front, the infantry was relatively safe. However, later, as the Allied Powers became more sophisticated and began to set up side-firing positions, the situation became somewhat complicated. Changed, plus various models of mortars and mortars. The infantry's survival rate under a storm of shrapnel is very worrying!

But with the armored personnel carrier, it's different. The threats of machine guns and shrapnel that cause the most damage to infantry are greatly reduced, and troops can enter the battlefield faster and can launch charges with tanks at any time, and the load provided by armored personnel carriers can give infantry troops more weapons and ammunition. For example, an armored personnel carrier carrying a squad in the United States has three machine guns. Two of them are BAR machine guns, carried by the infantrymen who get off the vehicle to fight, while the other Browning machine gun is operated by the personnel on the vehicle. . This firepower density is already very high.

However, in the eyes of German veterans on the alcohol battlefield, this level of firepower is still not enough. "In actual battles, when infantry units attack, we need to deal with a lot of light bunkers, some of which are machine gun positions or backup positions. They will build breastworks with a certain thickness in these places. Sometimes they will also use wood. Strengthen. Ordinary machine guns and even large-caliber machine guns have limited damage. When accompanied by tank attacks, we may face artillery bunkers with very low heights and very tricky positions. Tank guns often respond a little slowly due to issues with shooting angle and speed. At this time, some rapid-fire artillery that can accompany the tank's maneuvers is needed to provide fire cover. In combat, the 2-pound machine gun is very effective, but it is a bit heavy and lacks suitable vehicles. We can use it in future armor delivery The vehicle is equipped with a smaller-caliber rapid-fire machine gun!" Major General Karls wrote in a report to Crown Prince Ruprecht.

"It seems that we have gained a lot this time." Ruprecht said a few days later after looking at the report sent by General Kariput. After this period of investigation, the German Army has a general understanding of the current situation of the U.S. Army. Generally speaking, the United States, as a powerful entity that has grown up and begun to show its fangs, has demonstrated its strong power. But overall it's still a little immature. There are many remarkable things about the equipment system, but there are also many loopholes.

As for performance in actual combat? This depends on what happens later. It doesn’t matter if you suffer some losses in the early stages of the war. The key is to learn from war and draw lessons from it. Historically, it was relatively easy and enjoyable for Americans to defeat Japan in World War II. I don’t know about this dimension. Facing Japan with the support of the British under the conditions of World War I, what results can the United States achieve this time? Ruprecht is looking forward to it!

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