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&-62 felt strenuous, how did the Iranian sheikh do it?All the armored soldiers have this question, but they know that this is certain, and they will soon encounter the Iranian tanks.

The Chieftain tanks were lined up on the temporary road, waiting for the cement in front to solidify.

Were it not for the doe, we would be out of the swamp now!The battalion commander of the first armored battalion in the front, Hilard, stood on the turret, looking at the Chieftain tank waiting behind him, feeling a little helpless.

The helicopters in the sky also returned to the base, the CH-47 needed to go back to transport cement, and the Cobra had been flying in the air for several hours and needed to return to refuel.

The sky at this time is full of white clouds, which is a rare good weather.However, the sun has already slid to the west, and in two or three hours, I am afraid it will be dark. According to the current progress, the dark just comes out of the swamp. advantageous.

The soldiers all jumped out of the sweltering tank, talking in twos and threes beside them.

Let them relax, Sheila must know that the working environment of the tank crew is very harsh, with high temperature, high noise, and dirty air. The inside of the tank is like a living coffin that can be moved.

Sheila had to look at the young man beside her, and then looked into the distance again.

In the distance, a few small black dots appeared and were moving towards this side.

what is that?Sheila immediately picked up the high-powered military binoculars hanging on her chest.

Seeing this, he was taken aback: this is one armored vehicle, not two. From the looks of it, it should be a Type 63 armored vehicle equipped by Iraq.

The other party came so fast!

"Quick, the Iraqis are coming up, ready to fight:!" Sheila yelled.

The armored soldiers, who were lazy just now, immediately became lively at this moment, quickly jumped on their own tanks, and started rumbling.

"The target is still at 3000 meters. Pay attention to aiming. As soon as the opponent approaches, fire immediately." Sheila commanded in the radio. After shouting just now, he immediately jumped back into the turret and started the radio.

At the same time, he picked up the microphone of another radio station, and then shouted: "Report to the division commander, I am the [-]st Armored Battalion, our department has encountered the enemy, our department has encountered the enemy."

The tank that Hillard is in is a command vehicle, so there are two radio stations, one with a smaller power and a range of only [-] kilometers, responsible for communicating with all the tanks below, and one with a higher power, enough to cover a range of [-] kilometers. Responsible for liaising with superiors.

Therefore, there are two whip antennas on the rear of the tank, and the lower tank has only one radio station, but in order to confuse the enemy, all tanks have two antennas, and one antenna is useless.Otherwise, when fighting, the opponent only needs to aim at the tank with two antennas to fight, and one hit will be the command vehicle.

&k1 In the periscope, the other party has already driven a distance of 2000 meters.

"One company prepares, the tail stabilizes the shell-piercing shell, and destroys the opponent at 800 meters. Two companies and three companies are alert." Hillard commanded.

The opponent has only a few armored vehicles, a company of twelve tanks, even if one of the three shells hits one, the opponent can be eliminated.

At this time, the tank had already started, and the hydraulic motor drove the turret, which rotated to the direction that the armored vehicles were coming from. The commander had already tracked the opponent's route through the fire control system.

"Squad leader, we don't need to be so close. If we get any closer, we will enter the range of the opponent's tank, and we won't be able to run away even if we want to." Said a soldier and the squad leader on the armored scout vehicle at the front.

At this time, the other party's whereabouts have been discovered, and the investigation task has been completed, but the stubborn squad leader still keeps moving forward.

No matter how thick the steel plate of the Type 63 armored vehicle is, it will definitely not be able to stop the attack of armor-piercing bullets.It is very dangerous to approach so hastily.

The squad leader moved forward stubbornly, because he suddenly felt that these Iranian tanks were a bit strange. They just pointed their guns at themselves, but did not drive up to destroy themselves. This is incredible. You know, the armored vehicles were spotted by the tanks , that means being wiped out, but now, the opponent is staying in place, there must be something wrong.

He chose to approach slowly, and finally, relying on his eyesight, he saw the place where the opponent's tank was staying, with a gray-white thing that did not match the swamp.

It turns out that the answer to the mystery is here!He smiled, and at the same time, quickly braked and put on reverse gear.

"Boom!" The chief on the opposite side finally opened fire.

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Chapter 35 Firefight

Chapter 35 Firefight——

&Rifled tank guns, when firing tail-stabilized shell-piercing shells, are powerful enough to penetrate a 500mm thick homogeneous steel plate and hit an armored vehicle with a thickness of only a dozen millimeters. "novel"

According to aerodynamics, the thinner the projectile, the lower the drag.But the caliber of the gun is fixed, so a new method appeared: sandwich the body of the armor-piercing projectile in the middle with a lightweight bullet holder. The caliber of the bullet holder is the same as that of the cannon. After the breech, the bullet holder falls off automatically due to the effect of resistance, and the bullet body continues to fly along the direction of the barrel, which is the origin of the term "shelling".In order to ensure the stability and accuracy of the slender projectile during flight, when the armor-piercing projectile is manufactured, four fins are installed at the tail, arranged in a cross shape, so it is called "tail stability".This armor-piercing projectile has a very powerful armor-piercing ability.

The two Type 63 armored reconnaissance vehicles seemed to have been bitten by a mosquito, but the pointed mouth tore the skin of the armored vehicle, and kissed the armored vehicle passionately.Then, the belly of the armored vehicle exploded suddenly, and the internal ammunition was killed by the heat flow formed when the armor-piercing projectile was injected, and the entire armored vehicle turned into a mass of flames.

The squad leader was sweating all over his forehead. If he hesitated for a moment just now, his armored vehicle would probably receive the same treatment. The moment he put the reverse gear on and backed up, the other party started firing shells. During the time, the armored vehicle retreated a body length and survived.

What the squad leader didn't know was that there was another reason why he was spared. The Chieftain tank used a rifled gun, that is, there were rifling lines engraved in the barrel, and the tank gun is a typical high chamber pressure, high ablation, and the rifling line is worn out. Quite powerful, the several tank guns aimed at him had already fired more than 80 shells, and the shooting accuracy had declined. At such a long distance, coupled with the accumulated errors of the aiming equipment, finally gave the squad leader a chance.

The speed of the armored vehicle's retreat was not fast, and the squad leader had almost stepped on the accelerator, and couldn't see clearly what was going on behind him, so he kept retreating away from the battlefield like this.

Under normal circumstances, the opponent's Chieftain tank would have already rumbled after it. No matter how fast it retreated, it would not be as fast as the opponent's forward speed. It became a fireball.

However, the other party did not move and did not chase after him.

The squad leader was completely convinced of his judgment and immediately reported to his superiors by radio.

"Report to the brigade headquarters. Our armored reconnaissance team has found the enemy's traces. Ten kilometers to the east of our department, the opponent is in the swamp and cannot move. Repeat again. The opponent is in the swamp and cannot move!"

Muhammad immediately received the message. Although he didn't know what the so-called inability of the other party meant, he knew that the time to test the 35th Brigade had arrived.

"The tank battalion, move eastward immediately, ready to fight, and the machine battalion, follow after two kilometers." Muhammad said.

They were still marching north just now, but now, all the tanks immediately turned to the right, formed a line of battle formation, and headed east.

Everyone was suffocating in their hearts, rushed forward, beat up these cunning Persians, wanted to sneak attack themselves, no way!

If you look at it from the sky, the usually quiet swamp is now a noisy scene, a large row of tanks are scrambling to attack the east.

If a few armed helicopters flew from the sky at this time, the exposed tank assault group would suffer a lot without the follow-up of anti-aircraft firepower.

However, the Iranian Cobra is still on its way back to refuel.The Hind gunships in Iraq are still in the military area for the time being and have not been dispatched.

However, the Iraqi air force has not yet reacted. This battle is destined to be a head-on collision between the armor groups of the two sides.

Sheila felt that the situation was not good, and the cement had solidified. He immediately ordered his first armored battalion to move on!If you stay here, you will soon attract the opponent's attack. Rather than staying where you are and being beaten, it is better to take the initiative to attack.

A large number of tank troops in the rear are also following up. After Rajawi learned that the front had exchanged fire with the Iraqis, he knew that something was wrong. Now, there is no other way but to kill the opponent's armor in the swamp. The group is wiped out, and the swamp lands as soon as possible, attacking south!

After walking for only 5 minutes, I saw a torrent of steel ahead, and the other party came so fast!

At this time, Sheila felt that the situation was very unfavorable to her. The tank troops of both sides were lined up. However, the opponent was fully deployed in front of her, but her own tanks were in a column, and the two sides formed a T-shape.In this way, one's own firepower can't be deployed at all, which is equivalent to binding one's hands and feet and fighting desperately with a pack of wolves.

"The first battalion and the third battalion, two flanks, and the second battalion, frontal attack." Seeing that the opponent's tank had appeared in his sight, Muhammad gave a combat order.

Immediately, the line-shaped assault formation began to curl from both sides, and the first and third battalions outflanked each other from both sides.

The distance between the two sides is gradually approaching.

"One company, deal with the enemy at 6 o'clock, the second company, deal with the enemy at 9 o'clock, and the third company, deal with the enemy at 3 o'clock, pay attention to each company, destroy the enemy at a long distance, and don't let them approach." shouted over the radio.

Originally, my situation was very embarrassing and not suitable for the use of firepower. I didn't expect that the opponent's brain-dead commander actually attacked his flank. In this way, the tank's firepower just happened to be fully utilized.