"The brand new Leopard tank... Look at the turret, there are machine gun shields!" Pointing at the Leopard tanks parked in the flatbed carriages, William said excitedly.

Because at his exit, there was also a machine gun with an anti-shield, and it seemed that the electromechanical and mechanical officers had handed over the strafing work of the infantry to the loader.

Of course, for the tanks of World War II, this design seems to be not the best. The electromechanical and mechanical engineers who are nested in the tank have no combat tasks, but the busy loader has to be responsible for a machine gun overhead, which sounds a bit awkward.

But this is war, this is the weapon of war. It does not mean that every soldier thinks the most comfortable weapon must be the best weapon.

By the same token, the weapons and equipment that the soldiers hold cannot be the best, they can only get a seemingly optimal solution after making choices.

For example, the Tiger King Tank, which has invincible paper data, actually sacrificed the reliability of the walking mechanism and maneuverability in exchange for strengthening armor and firepower.

When used on weekdays, it is really powerful and can easily kill all opponents.

But this kind of invincibility takes a certain risk: it is very likely that during a retreat or attack, a crew of Tiger King tanks will be paralyzed on the side of the road and cannot be used.

And what's even more tragic is that there are no more accessories to repair, and there is no such a giant that can be dragged... It can only be abandoned on the side of the road and destroyed by grenades from friendly grenades.

This is a probability problem. While invincible on the battlefield, it is accompanied by the risk of possible problems at any time.

It sounds a bit similar to today's card games. A card that consumes a lot of money is very powerful, but it is limited by a lower trigger probability.

Although it is not a good idea to install a machine gun outside the tank's loading hand hatch, it is more in line with Li Le's aesthetic view...

Such a stubborn request was also met by the military. It was not because they were stupid, but because the army was too smart.

After experiencing the inspiration for the head of the genius design of the head of state, the trust established by the Army Stalker Tank Destroyer and a series of other armored combat vehicles has already made the head of state of their team bow down.

The Army trusted the head of state's whimsical imagination, and they were sure that the head of state had an unparalleled forward-looking nature in this regard.

Whether it is on the hunter tank destroyer that is so simple that it makes people want to cry, or on the Leopard tank that is balanced to the extreme, the Army has tasted the sweetness.

So this time, the head of state boldly tried the future tank design ideas on the new Leopard tank improvement model, and was also satisfied by the army generals.

Today's German Leopard tanks look like a jaguar tank from the front. Don't doubt it. It's the T-59 tank improvement plan proposed by the United States and China during their honeymoon period!

The ultimate T-59 tank that looked very fantasy was improved, and Li Le created a twin brother forty years ahead of the scene.

Of course, the fire control device must not be copied, and the German army still used the oldest optical aiming system.

However, because of the increase in the lateral width of the tank turret, the integrated artillery shield design was eventually cancelled by German engineers.

Yes, Germany's most iconic tank turret shield design in World War II was eventually eliminated because it could not meet the performance requirements.

The German shield design can ensure the defense in front of the tank turret, but the disadvantages are also amazing.

The main defects have also been mentioned in the previous article. This design is equivalent to installing the entire front armor of the tank on the high and low mechanism of the artillery and moving together with the elevation angle of the artillery.

The German army adopted this design choice in the early No. 3 and No. 4, and even later Leopard and Tiger tanks.

When the front armor of the tank becomes thicker as the demand becomes thicker, this design directly affects the firing angle adjustment speed of the artillery.

Therefore, after weighing the trade-offs, the turret of the new Leopard tank has been changed to a futuristic tank design with small shields and thick armor on both sides.

Although this design leaves two gaps in the tank's turret, it does not affect much tank defense.

Changing the increased pitch speed of the artillery can reserve opportunities for improvement for installing a gyroscope and artillery stabilization system.

Of course, these choices are something that designers and engineers weigh, and the armored soldiers on the front line cannot see it.

What they can see is actually weapons and equipment that have been prepared for them a long time ago. As for why these weapons and equipment are like this, we can only read the precautions in the operating manual to slowly understand it.

Carlyus saw the new tank, he saw a larger turret, and an unknown so-called reloading gun, and these improvements seemed completely unnecessary in his opinion.

The projection on the front of the small turret is also smaller, and the possibility of being shot is lower. As for the machine gun for loading hands, it is even less important...

Who would let the loading hand stick out his head and shoot the enemy's infantry with a machine gun when encountering an enemy?

As for the fact that the electromechanical and electrical engineer has become a completely idle person, it is not good news for a car crew.

Overall, for Carlyus, this new Leopard tank is not actually developing in a better direction.

If we only consider it from his personal perspective, he hopes that what he has received is an old-fashioned Panther tank that has not been improved.

Even, he would rather have the original Leopard tank A-type outside the cabin door of the car with no special machine gun for the car.

Unfortunately, without such assumptions, the Leopard tank in front of him was a brand new Leopard C main battle tank... He himself didn't understand why it was called a main battle tank.

Anyway, the head of state and the weapon production department call this new turret tank the Leopard main battle tank type C type, referred to as the Leopard C tank for short.

"You are the first star troops to change into leopard tanks, and now you are the first to change into leopard tanks!" The officer in charge of escorting these tanks looked at Carlyus with a smile. This former star on the Eastern Front was posted everywhere.

In fact, even if you don’t look at that familiar face or those pair of funny eyebrows, Carlyus’ identity is no secret.

He was the only one on the platform with the Knight's Iron Cross. When the 505th Battalion was replaced and repaired, Marshal Lundstedt personally issued him very easily-
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