Chapter 208 Uranium Dust

A huge iron block more than one meter thick! Hearing this, Locke suddenly felt dizzy. God! How did these crazy Soviets do it?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

At present, the L7 105mm tank gun widely equipped in the West has a penetration depth of less than 500mm for the most advanced armor-piercing shells at a distance of 1,000 meters. Can the Soviet Union's 125mm tank gun penetrate to a depth of one meter? This is definitely impossible!

It must be the Soviets acting in front of Albert!

"Albert, are you sure that it was the Soviet tanks that fired?" Locke calmed down and asked Albert.

"Of course, it was a tank next to us that opened fire. The sound was so loud that my ears are still buzzing. The distance should be 1,500 meters. When I went to take a look, the iron block that was pierced was still hot next to the hole. I didn't dare to touch it. There was also an iron slug next to the hole. It must have been hit just now." Albert said: "The Soviets also warned me not to take pictures or write about the situation in the newspaper."

The target is still hot! It must have just been pierced! Hearing this, Locke suddenly remembered something: "Come, take Mr. Albert to the hospital for a check-up!"

"Hey, I'm not sick, why should I go to the hospital?" Albert said, "After you finish asking, I have to write an article. I'm very busy. If I delay any longer, I won't be able to catch up with tomorrow's newspaper."

"For your health, Mr. Albert, you may have been exposed to excessive radioactive elements and may develop cancer." Locke's words immediately frightened Albert.

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Yokota, headquarters of U.S. forces in Japan.

"Locke, is the information reliable?" Holding the freshly printed intelligence, which still smelled of ink, Major General Field-Taylor, commander of the 1st Cavalry Division, looked very serious.

The above information was hard for Major General Field to accept. Could the Soviet tanks have become so powerful?

"Basically reliable." Locke did not feel that Major General Field's question was rude. After all, even he himself could not believe it.

The Soviet 125mm tank gun had already demonstrated its absolute superiority over the island nation's tanks in the last war. The Type 61 could penetrate the armor of the Type 74 with one shot, and the armor of the Type 74 could not withstand the shooting of the 125mm tank gun.

However, even so, the Americans still had confidence in their M1 tanks. After all, no matter how powerful the Soviet tank guns were, they only had a penetration of 300 to 400 mm. The M1 composite armor, developed from the Chobham armor, had a protection level of nearly 500 mm of homogeneous armor, and with the angled arrangement, it was enough to block 125 mm tank guns.

This is also the reason why the Americans deployed their M1 tanks to Hokkaido and gave them to the islanders for use. With the help of a small-scale conflict, they could test the performance of their new tanks. At the same time, even if they were penetrated, the ones who died would be the islanders.

At the same time, in order to increase the protection capability of the Type 74 tanks of the island country, the United States provided the island country with composite armor, which was installed on the front of the turret and the main armor of the body of the Type 74 tanks of the island country. Only the finished product was provided, and the manufacturing process and composition were unknown to the island country.

Only these new tanks can gain an advantage over Soviet tanks. Without quality advantage and quantity advantage, there is no point in winning.

But now, this quality advantage seems to no longer be an advantage. Major General Field certainly knows that the latest M1 tank cannot withstand this kind of armor-piercing projectile.

Basically reliable! It's not that I don't believe it, I just don't want to believe it. Now, it seems that the Soviets' armored equipment technology is far ahead of the United States.

"We examined the two journalists, Albert and Yolen, and extracted a small amount of radioactive uranium from their bodies, which shows that the Soviets did use depleted uranium armor-piercing bullets. We have also conducted experiments in our country. Depleted uranium armor-piercing bullets will burn during the armor-piercing process, increasing their armor-piercing ability. However, this type of armor-piercing bullet will cause certain environmental pollution, and people nearby may inhale excessive uranium dust." Locke said.

The Soviets could fake things on the iron, such as leaving the middle hollow, but they would never fake the surrounding environment. The discovery that the two people inhaled radioactive uranium dust almost confirmed that the Soviets did master the technology of depleted uranium armor-piercing shells. With this technology as a support, plus the large caliber of the 125mm tank gun, it is possible to achieve a penetration depth of one meter.

One meter of penetration! The M1 tank is like paper in front of the Soviets!

"What about the armor protection capabilities of the Soviet tanks?" Major General Field continued to ask.

If the Soviets' tank guns could only fire far, it would not cause them to completely lose confidence. The M1 tanks, which use gas turbines, have acceleration performance that is far beyond the reach of other tanks. In other words, they have the ability to dodge the shells fired by the enemy.

As long as they rush forward, the Soviet tanks will still become their targets. The M1 tank has an excellent fire control system, and its first-shot hit rate in dynamic-on-dynamic combat is also quite high.

"The defensive capability is confidential, and we don't know it. However, if you look at these photos, you can see that the Soviet tanks have been equipped with something," said Locke.

In the last battle, the Soviet T-72 tank was penetrated by the Japanese Type 74 tank at close range, and the tank turret was blown off by the Japanese's oldest 105 tank gun armor-piercing shells. The United States has the latest 105mm tank gun armor-piercing shells. After conversion, it can be obtained that the M1 tank can also penetrate the main armor of the Soviet tank at a distance of one thousand meters.

The Soviets also knew this, so they would definitely modify their tanks. Now, the brick blocks that appear on these tanks should be the ones they modified based on their combat experience.

Locke didn't know what it was, but the experienced Major General Field took one look and thought to himself, "It's explosive reactive armor!"

Explosive reactive armor was a popular means of tank protection ten years ago, but due to various technical problems, many countries froze the project after research. Major General Field knew that Israel's Rafael Company had successfully manufactured the "jacket" reactive armor and equipped it on their tanks, greatly improving the protection level of old M60 and other tanks.

Now, these are obviously explosive reactive armors of the Soviets, but they are larger in size. It seems that the Soviet reactive armor should be more effective.