Our own tank is the best!

The tank code-named a-32 has been given a tank with t-32, and it is the famous t-34 tank in later generations, but now, this project is under suppression.m.

In this era, the Kharkov Design Bureau was not famous. The leader of the Soviet tank designer was Kokin of the Kirov factory.

However, Kojing's design does not conform to the actual situation of the current Soviets. He blindly increased the weight of the tank but could not solve the bad mechanical problems. The tank on his own is the best design!

Mikhail Ilyich Koshkin firmly believed in his design. At the beginning, with his insistence, he abandoned the complex dual-purpose tank chassis and created a medium-sized tank with full tracks. Especially after creatively using the diesel engine, all aspects of the tank were balanced.

This is the tank the Soviets need! Koshkin is quite sure of this, but he has a lot of bitterness.

Comrade Stalin did not know the progress of his tank. Of course, all of this was done by Kojing. Even in Kojing's mouth, this tank on his side had many faults and had no possibility of serving.

A few days ago, when he heard the news from Moscow, Koshkin was quite angry, and at the same time, he boldly made a choice.

Isn’t it said that our tank has frequent mechanical failures and cannot be fixed at all? Then use a practical action to break this rumor!

From Ural Mountain, drive directly to Moscow, this faraway road of thousands of kilometers is to test the performance of your own tanks! This long journey is the best display!

Koshkin was full of anger, and even he personally rode the tank in charge of commanding the tank's advance. After a few days, they had traveled thousands of kilometers, but the tank on his side did not have any mechanical failures.

In terms of time, just as soon as they arrived at Kubinka, Comrade Stalin was there too!

Koshkin was extremely excited. He knew that the time was already coming to decide the fate of his tank.

"Cough, cough." Koshkin coughed twice. For some reason, he had always coughed recently. Before leaving, someone was worried about his body, but he insisted on coming.

He is the chief designer of this tank and he wants to work hard for the future of this tank!

"Cruff." The t-32 tank stopped on the side of the kv-1 tank. Compared with the appearance, the t-32 tank is obviously smaller. However, for some reason, Stalin felt more intimate with the t-32 in front of him, especially the turret, which looks very smooth and good.

"Comrade Stalin, on behalf of the Kharkov Locomotive Factory, I am here to present you a gift. We drove this T-32 tank from Kharkov. After three days, we traveled 1,200 kilometers, and arrived in Moscow on time to accept your inspection." After getting off the tank, Koshkin reported to Stalin loudly.

At this time, Stalin and his group had already shifted their interest from KV-1. Stalin looked at Koshkin and said, "You said, this tank had been running thousands of kilometers in three days?"

Of course Stalin knew what this meant. The German armored troops carried out a terrifying blitzkrieg. What is the key? Firepower and protection, of course, there are reasons for this. However, what is the most enviable thing about German tanks is definitely the maneuverability!

Only when one's tank has the same maneuverability can it be a successful tank and the tank needed by the Soviets!

"Yes, Comrade Stalin, our trip is accompanied by the safety committee staff throughout our trip, and they can testify for us," Koshkin continued.

Although they came all the way off-road and motorized, of course, they had more than one car during this long journey, and they also had a guaranteed vehicle. In this kind of vehicle, there were also people from the Safety Committee responsible for supervising it to see if they cheated and deceived Comrade Stalin, they would be shot directly.

Stalin's eyes lit up immediately.

The KV-1 tank here is shiny and spotless. In comparison, this T-32 is like being taken out of a mud pit, and the entire body of the car is covered with mud and weeds.

You should know that the Soviet Union has a vast territory and its main means of transportation is trains. Highway construction is quite backward. Most places are dirt roads without hardening.

"Comrade Stalin, be careful that your clothes are stained." Just as Stalin was eager to try and wanted to go up and take a look, Kojing hurriedly said.

Kojing's words only made Stalin roll his eyes, and Kojing quickly shut up.

Kejing was already a little panicked at this time. A few days ago, he also reported that the T-32 was still early to be finalized, and various mechanical failures could not be eliminated. If he could not walk a few kilometers, he had to fall into bed. Now, he has run thousands of kilometers over!

Although his father-in-law said in front of Stalin, once Stalin pursued him, his father-in-law would definitely put all these mistakes on him.

"When we designed, we took into account the current trend of tank design and our national conditions to the greatest extent, so we chose inclined armor." Seeing Stalin was very interested, Koshkin on the side was also quite excited. At this time, Stalin had already stood in front of the tank. Compared with the two tanks, in addition to the size, of course, it was the design idea, such as the concept of inclined armor.

"The armor thickness of our body is 45 mm, with a 32-degree bevel angle and 49 degrees on the side. The turret is a hexagonal cast, with a front armor thickness of 60 mm and a side 45 mm. The oblique angle of the body extends to the turret, so the t-34 looks almost a right triangle from the front."

The design of the entire body is Koshkin's most proud of. Now, he finally had the opportunity to explain to Stalin. Of course, he had to seize this rare opportunity.

"Cough, cough." He couldn't help but coughed twice, and then continued to explain.

"The inclined armor has two advantages. First, the shells are easily bounced after hitting, that is, they are prone to jump, which is greatly reduced in power. Secondly, through the inclination of the armor, we can increase the effective protection thickness under the same weight. Although we only have 45 mm thick armor, through the design of a 32-degree oblique angle, the protection ability is equivalent to 130 mm, and the side armor with a 49-degree oblique angle is also equivalent to 100 mm."
Chapter completed!