It seems that grille armor is very common in later generations, but if you study history carefully, you can find that this kind of thing actually existed as early as World War II, and it was the Soviet Union's civil defense Germany at that time.

Under the circumstances at that time, the German army developed a revolutionary individual anti-tank weapon: Iron Fist/Tank Killer. Although this same rocket booster weapon had a short range, its power was not vague at all. It was simple to construct and was easy to produce in large quantities. For example, the "Iron Fist" bazooka was launched in October 1943. As of the end of the war, the four models produced a total of 8 million units.

This large-scale spread weapon caused enough Soviet tanks. Not to mention anything else, 1,200 of the 2,000 armored vehicles lost by the Soviet Union in the final Battle of Berlin were related to it.

At the same time, after discovering this threat from Germany, the Soviet army immediately confronted each other and found a simple and effective mesh-shaped additional armor that could detonate the "Iron Fist" in advance and reduce the effect of metal jets.

Some soldiers even replaced them on the spot, using steel wire mattresses to weld this mesh armor. Although the effect is questionable, the knot and the infantry are well coordinated with each other, which can completely defend against attacks within 50m of the two largest output models of Iron Fist 30/60.

At the beginning, Cialek did not pay attention to the bazooka, and he also had this consideration. Although the weapon was easy to use, it was easy to block him, just use something like a fence.

This weapon was invented purely to cause trouble for Germany itself. After installing grille armor, it will be very difficult for soldiers to get on and off their own tanks, and they may be injured by the grille armor outside.

Don’t think that grille armor is easy to work with. If it is simple, just build a dense enough fence. If it is complicated, there are many specialties in the grille. There are also outward-looking probes on it, which are used to increase the chance of contact with the warhead of a rocket, etc. These things will cause harm to the soldiers.

"In other words, as long as we surround a fence outside the tank, we can block this weapon?" After hearing Cialick's explanation, the people present still didn't understand it very much, but for them, although they didn't understand it, they would not believe it. After all, Cialick had never missed it.

"It would be unrealistic to stop them all," said Cialick. "But if it is appropriate, it would be fine to stop eighty percent."

No one can guarantee 100%. Even in later generations, the efficiency of grille armor is only 60%. In this era, it is even higher, which is a blessing for technology. Because there is no reliable piezoelectric ceramic fuse in this era, and the use of backward mechanical trigger fuses is still used, so the chance of rockets being dulled is higher, and even if the shooting angle is inappropriate, it will not detonate.

And grille armor can change its shooting angle.

However, it would be quite good to increase it to 80%. I lost more than 20 vehicles last time. If it was 80%, it would be reduced to four or five vehicles, which is a completely acceptable number.

"Then we can install this kind of grille armor in the entire army," said Scherner: "And now we can modify a batch first and try it on the battlefield."

Cialek nodded. The principle of this grille armor is simple. Under the current industrial foundation of Germany, it is not difficult to produce quickly and in large quantities, but try it first, it can be effectively defended so that it will not be wasted.

"This is just one aspect, and on the other hand, we need to completely block the aid from the United States." Cialick said: "We have already repaired the submarine base in the island country?"

The last time the islander came to discuss with Cialek, after negotiation, Germany exchanged a small island in the north of the island with twenty landing ships. After the agreement was reached, the German infrastructure engineers immediately went overseas and began intensive construction.

Because Germany is in a hurry.

With the United States transfusion of blood from the Far East to the Soviet Union, Germany urgently needed to cut off this transportation line. Under the current circumstances, using a submarine is the most suitable, but Germany has only one nuclear submarine so far. Conventional submarines cannot cross the Arctic due to various reasons and are useless.

Because there is only one nuclear submarine, it is impossible to cruise uninterruptedly, especially after they added escort ships, it is no longer realistic to use deck guns to solve the target on the submarine.

Torpedoes are precious, but every time a submarine attack is completed, it must return to Germany's home port for replenishment. It took a lot of time to travel back and forth. During this period, a large amount of American supplies still had the possibility of reaching the Soviet Union.

These anti-tank rocket launchers, these Nissi, arrived in the Soviet Union by ship in this gap, and as long as the island country's submarine base is built, this situation will never happen again.

"Yes, it has been repaired, and our first submarines are rushing to the base." Denitz said: "Now, we will completely cut off the Soviet transport lines."

Dunitz's eyes shone brightly. He had long been looking forward to his submarine force being able to perform. Unfortunately, although his submarine force had highlights in previous battles, it could only serve as a foil. Now, the submarine force is finally going to play the leading role!

Cialek nodded: "Then we are looking forward to the wonderful performance of the submarine force. As long as we can block this maritime transportation line, even if it is only three months, it will be enough for us to win this war."

Submarines can only be part of the entire naval combat system. You must not place all your hopes on submarines, otherwise it will be miserable. This is the case in history. At first, the wolf pack tactics were vigorous, but later they were completely stopped.

And now, there is a reason why Cirick dares to launch the wolf pack tactics.

The US Navy was restrained by the island navy and could not distribute the power to help the fleet clear out the underwater threat. On Midway, the United States and the islanders were engaged in a terrible tug-of-war.

The United States only gave the Soviets cargo ships, supplies, and the sailors on the ship were all Soviets, and the Soviet warships were also responsible for escorting the Soviets, and these warships were very backward.

So, now that once the German submarine passes, it can not only be used to take cargo ships, but also to eliminate the escort warships, completely cutting off this route!

German submarine forces have been developing towards ocean submarines, with almost all large submarines with displacements of more than 2,000 tons. As long as they are based on the island country, they can cover the entire Bering Strait waters, cut off the United States' support to the Soviet Union, and see how long the Soviet Union can last!

If they had such a huge air force as Germany, they might be able to support it with air supply for a period of time. Now, once the maritime access is cut off, the outcome of the Soviets is already destined.
Chapter completed!