My German Empire

The 38 tank fighters (also known as "chasing people") is one of the best armored combat vehicles in the Second World War.

What exactly is this tank strike?

The first equipment chasing the troops - 731 Tank Camp reported the relevant combat experience referred to the German commander as follows.

"The hunter passed the test of actual combat, and his occupants were proud of it. The infantry was full of confidence. Specially recognized as a reliable performance of MG34 machine guns. Touvet's strong 75 mm The armor, low and low body, and the big inclination of the owner make it not only compensated in the role of fighting with the enemy tank, but also supports the attack or defense infantry. "

"After a period of million, our department has changed the first large-scale defensive battle in the East Line to confirm the destruction of 57 Soviet tanks, and the enemy tanks that have been infiltrated on the defense line, one has one Even in just a short day, he had a clean and neat to kill nearly 20 Soviet tanks, and two IS-2 was successfully destroyed at 800 meters. During this period, I didn't have a 'championship' by the enemy. The army fire broke through. In order to get to the battle position designated by the Group Army, there was a mechanical failure without a 'charter' after continuous fierce battle, "

In addition to the full affirmation of combat and mechanical properties, the Department's report also emphasizes the importance of vehicle camouflage. "On the way to the march to the collection location, we will disguise all armored vehicles into colors similar to the bush, so that you can make full use of the surrounding terrain. It is also this 'magical' coat makes our chariot It can be observed quickly in the premise that the enemy's attention is not caused and the favorable position is observed, fired. "

In this report, it is the most concerned about the fighting experience and lessons of chasing hunters. The German-related departments are also the practice of this camp to be a dogma that works with other troops. "In the fire with enemy tanks, the body is low, making the '38 tank fighters' can be used in the artillery to use direct fire to fight enemy tanks, after the end of the first fire, I can still panic. Among the rapid transfer of combat positions and fire again. "

"Affectionate car armor can completely resist the attack of the 76.2mm caliber of the Soviet army, which will never be broken by it. So far, all my battles are due to the side of the vehicle body or back It is particularly important to break through the breakdown, so it is especially important to withstand the enemy's tank after the exposure of the front. "

"The enemy tank or a large number of infantry accompanied by self-contained artillery, 'Tourist' at least in a row of troops, but to avoid just entering the anti-enemy artillery fire-prepared assault direction , Village, transportation, and other enemy often choose the goal to be vigilant. Once the enemy has formed a breakthrough, the enemy that is infiltrated from the flank is hit by the enemy, this is the enemy. The fastest way of military, and often can cause heavy losses to the enemy. "

Of course, in the process of using the hunter, the German army has also discovered many of its natural disadvantages, which may only be able to make up for the tactical skills and the tacit cooperation between the tactics: "It should be said that the chasing is designed It is not used to perform tasks near the swamp, because it is like a passage or terrain that leaves the road conditions or the terrain is like the tiger that is caught in the quagmire. If you have been acting on the road, you can be stupid. Since the rotation angle of the PAK39 tank gun of its 75mm-type tank can not attack the enemy's flange, more dangerous is that because the side armor of the hunter is quite weak, it is easy to be enemy in this case. Military anti-tank shear. "

"Because the tourist speed is quite slow,

In fact, not only on the field, in the battle of Warsaw, the Poland, the 731 camp has also played a very important role, which may be due to its flexibility and owned remote control MG34 type top machine gun.

Although its bullet is needed to open the hatch to re-replenish the ammunition, at this time, the smart champion will use radio to notify another accompanying friendly vehicle to provide fire-opening.

As the temple of chasing hunters, the 731nd tank started to invest in the East Line at the end of July 44, and has been fighting to the war. Despite the first battlefield, it took a full 45 new chasing hunters, but the bloody battle also made the 731 camp to pay a painful price. After one month, they were renamed 12 vehicles, and there were 3 vehicles to return. The rear is overhauts, and by October 1st, it was 8 vehicles, and only 18 in the remaining 25 or two can be barely started. But in November, the commander sent 10 tickets to the 731st camp. The newly chased hunter, and it added 20 vehicles at the end of December, and there was no supplement.

Therefore, until December 1st, although the fierce battle continues, the number of chasing the hunters owned by the 731 camp does not drop, 11 can be used in a total of 26 vehicles, plus the big blood bodies at the end of 44, 2 years 2 On the 1st, the number of hunters of the 731 camp suddenly increased to 41, and 27 can be used. On March 1st 731 camp, the whole power of the camp, the power of the camp - 28 chasing tanks A number of numbers that can be attendance are 13, perhaps from the perspective of combat power, it is even more appropriate, but such equipment is quite good in the German troops at the time.

It is called the final life of the World War I Germany, and there is a saying that the Germans will be equipped with this weapon earlier, and even change the process of war.

The original time and space "chasing people" truly born opportunities, I have to "thanks" Royal Air Force: At that time, the British Air Force launched a new round of large-scale air strikes in Germany. The heavy bomb of British was branched in the suburbs of Berlin. The production plant under Alket is under the production of three probes produced here for a while.

The three prototypes have no way to supplement, and it is a disaster for the front line forces. To this end, the Supreme Command of the German Army decided to produce 13 tons of light tank fighters from the Czech BMM that has been swallowed by Germany. Because the chassis uses LT-38 tanks, there is a large number of mature techniques, making the Czech engineers completed all the design work of the chasing hunter for only 4 months.

Its main weapon is a 48-degree-diameter PAK39 75mm gun (41 bomb 41), when using a PZGR.39-type shooting, it can break through the horizontal 91 mm thick 60 degree inclined armor from 500 meters away. The 82mm thick 60 degree inclination armor is over 1000 meters, which is fully capable of dealing with most of the main armored vehicles at that time.

And its crane is high. It can be fired in 15 seconds in 15 seconds, with very good hit rates and damage in 1500 meters, especially 1000 meters.

And the maintenance of the hunter is very convenient, it is convenient to make it. It is 30,000 hours to know that Germany's four tank workers is 30,000 hours, which is minimized. Tiger tanks are scheduled for twenty or more hours. The relative to it is that the Soviet KV series heavy tank peaceful period is only 100,000 hours during the peace period, and the war period is further reduced, and the T-34 medium tank is only about 8,000 hours. So on the battlefield, the number of tanks in the Soviet Union is always more than German tanks.

When the hunter's work is within three thousand hours, this means that the chasing hunter can produce a lot of mass production in a short period of time, which is very suitable for filling the front. In the last years of the World War II, the chasing tanks were hit by the armor and the armored armor of the Allies and the Soviet army, although they could not save the defeat, but it greatly hindered the Allies and the Soviet attack.

Many Western Europe's war history experts hold such views - only "chasing people" is the only way for the Germans to deal with large M4 Sherman Tanks and Soviet T-34 tanks.