"This thing is just an ugly iron lump." A German engineer said regretfully to the apprentices around him, slapped at a model of a chariot that was about to be completed.

In his experience, if he really designed such a rag in his lifetime, it would definitely be a shame that he would never be able to wash away in his entire life.

This strange vehicle proposed by the head of state is simply a disaster for industrial civilization. Such a blasphemy of industry is definitely an unbearable historical regression.

Everything produced by the German industrial sector is as exquisite as possible, and this thing is simply difficult to describe in words.

"It... is just a soap box. Believe me, I have found the best and most appropriate word to describe it." The engineer looked at this thing helplessly and barely spoke up to give an evaluation he thought was very pertinent.

According to the standards of German engineers, or according to the German industrial production capacity, this newly designed armored vehicle is really a soap box.

The chassis of the 38t tank has been extended and widened a little, and more than 40% of the parts of the original 38t tank are universal.

In this way, this tank can be easily maintained on the front line and can be towed and transported by existing transport vehicles, which is very convenient.

The universality on the chassis makes it extremely cost-effective, and the body uses a large inclination that the German army has never seen before, making this tank destroyer look very avant-garde.

How simple is the Trailer Tank Destroyer? You can see it just by its proper performance and design.

In the eyes of the German industrial department, this is just a beggar-specific vehicle that can barely beggar-specific in the end of the world.

I have to say that their vision is indeed very vicious, and it is immediately obvious that the hunter tank destroyer is the beggar car they launched for emergency response in real history.

Even though it is still on the factory's prototype production line, this hunter shows his simple side.

It was almost welded with some scrap iron sheet. Because it was not sprayed, it felt like it had been patched all over the body, which made people sad to see.

Because the latest pak38 cannon is installed in a small car body.

This gun has a caliber of 50 mm, has a long tube with a caliber of 60 times the caliber, and has good armor-piercing capabilities. It was used by the German army to modify the No. 3 tank on a large scale and is also equipped with many towed anti-tank guns of the same model.

Because the 75mm caliber anti-tank gun that Li Le asked for was unable to complete the design on time, the hunters can only install more mature weapons at this stage.

It is precisely because of this kind of ideological guidance of as soon as possible that the hunters are turned into a hodgepodge of existing weapons.

In order to install a large recoil cannon in a small space, the hunter can only place the cannon at the right position of the central axis of the entire tank.

This design makes the 50mm caliber anti-tank gun only 6 to 7 degrees to the left, while the 12 to 13 degrees to the right.

However, because this cannon is not placed on the central axis, the center of gravity of the entire hunter tank is also deviated.

Therefore, the right side of this tank has to bear more than 560 kilograms of pressure, although it is better than the real hunter in history, it also collapses the German designer who pursues perfection.

They simply cannot understand how this kind of garbage with different turning radii to the left and right can be delivered to the troops for continued use?

The extra half ton of one side is more than half a ton, making the right suspension of the Chaser tank easier to damage, affecting the tank's climbing, steering, and off-road capabilities.

At the same time, the added weight makes the track on the right side of the tank more likely to wear, just like a person with an incorrect walking posture, and the parts of his soles that are often used are more likely to wear...

The design of left and right asymmetric has made German designers unable to bear it, while other designs have made them even more desperate.

In the entire hunter's battle room, the driver was at the forefront, behind him was the gun captain, and behind him was the loader - three people arranged in a row, one next to the other.

On the right is an artillery, behind the artillery is the captain of the car, and he also has to shoulder the responsibility of the radio operator.

In the small space, four people sat in the car in an L-shaped shape, but there were only two exits on the roof - the leader used one, and the rest of them had to go and fill the other exit behind their hands if they wanted to leave.

It is just a disadvantage that is inconvenient to enter and exit. Once destroyed, the members of the hunter can run out at most two - the commander and the loader.

The remaining two people did not have enough time to leave, and they had to be burned to death in the tank, which was another unbearable thing for the German designers.

It is worth mentioning that the Trailer Tank Destroyer uses the now-looking fashionable and avant-garde tilt armor design, and it also adheres to this design on both sides.

The height of the vehicle is only 2 meters, and the anti-aircraft machine gun on the top is only 2.17 meters.

A 60mm thick armor was used in front, with an inclination angle of 60 degrees! Under the body of the car is also a 60mm thick armor, with an inclination angle of 40 degrees.

If you just look at the armor arranged in front of the vehicle body, then this tank destroyer even has armor comparable to that of tank No. 4.

But in fact, this is not the case. In other directions of this tank destroyer, the armor thickness is simply terrible - the side thickness of the vehicle body is less than 20 mm, and the rear and top are only 10 mm thick.

This makes the Chaser Tank Destroyer only defend against bullets and shell fragments outside the front, and cannot stop the attack of armor-piercing bombs at all.

Of course, the so-called "goods" means gain. The hunter uses a 160-horsepower engine that is not powerful, so it can run 40 kilometers per hour.

Compared with the highway speed, the off-road parameters seem a bit terrible: due to the center of gravity of the car, the car can only maintain an off-road speed of 17 kilometers per hour.

Another "advantage" that satisfies the top management is the cheaper cost of the hunter. Although the relatively expensive 50mm caliber anti-tank gun was used, the hunter was still cheaper than the 38t tank, and it was much cheaper.

It saves labor hours and has a simple structure. Many unprofessional apprentices can also produce them. The ultimate cost savings can almost rebuild such a hunter tank destroyer.

"I think this kind of thing is a kind of backwardness." The engineer sighed while stroking the cold iron plate on the model of the Chaser Tank Destroyer.

He personally participated in the design of this tank destroyer, and the entire design process seemed to be rushing to work with someone with a gun on his head.

The vehicle's center of gravity is unstable? No problem, just make do with it, as long as it can be driven! The armor thickness is insufficient? It doesn't matter, it's already good compared to not, anyway!

After one problem that was regarded as a difficult problem by German engineers was directly abandoned, a smooth road appeared in front of us.

"Regress?" An officer came over and stroked the cheap hunter tank destroyer in front of him: "It's simply a genius work!"

"What? You said this soap box is good?" German engineers simply didn't believe in their ears.

Some people actually believe that a work that has not been carefully designed at all and has a sense of cutting corners from head to toe is an epoch-making work of genius.

"Sir, if you equip the tank troops with this weapon, then this weapon is definitely the worst garbage." The officer said with a smile to the engineer in front of him.

Neither the engineer nor the apprentices around him spoke, because the officer was talking about the conclusion they had just come to.

But why, while this officer agreed with their statement, he also said that this weapon was a work of genius?

"But this kind of weapon was not developed for the armored forces." The officer uncovered the answer by himself without delaying for too long.

"It is an option to provide cheap tank alternatives to infantry." While stroking the cold steel, the officer looked at the huge "head of state toy" with satisfaction.

Apparently, he was very satisfied with the toy of the head of state because the weapon was the "ultimate product" of the Army's cheap self-propelled anti-tank gun program.

Weapons for infantry equipment do not need to be very exquisite, because those infantry are not used to exquisite things.

What they need is a large amount of cheap, simple equipment that can be used at will without much maintenance.

As long as the performance is sufficient and it is better than the weapons in your hands, this is the most popular advanced weapon for infantry!

It turns out that what the infantry has in their hands? The 37mm caliber anti-tank gun was nicknamed can openers - it mocked it for being able to open can iron and cannot penetrate the enemy's tanks at all.

Moreover, this weapon is traction-type and requires a car to drag it away. When there is no car, you need mules and horses to pull it away. When you enter the position, you can even rely on soldiers to push it away!

Under this premise, the head of state provided another option for the infantry: more fierce armor-piercing firepower, basic armor protection, and can also advance by themselves, and even play a guest appearance as a tank when necessary...

Is there any more genius choice than this? When the generals of the army heard that they would equip a large number of armored self-propelled anti-tank guns in the future, no one thought that this equipment was designed so badly.

What they saw was the magic of this weapon - it can effectively fight enemy tanks at a distance of 500 meters, and can also accompany infantry offensive and defense!
Chapter completed!