Chapter 169: Cannon-Fired Missiles!

During the Gulf War, the T-72 tank was defeated and beaten to a pulp by Western tanks, so much so that in order to get rid of the bad reputation of the T-72, Russia had to change the number to T-90 and continue to export it.

The main reason at that time was that the armor of the T-72 was not thick enough to withstand the attack of the United States' depleted uranium armor-piercing shells. More importantly, the T-72's fire control system was backward. The night vision device only had infrared headlights, while the Western world had already used infrared imaging sights. Infrared headlights were glaring targets in infrared imaging sights. Even if the T-72 used infrared headlights, the night vision distance was only 800 meters. The Western infrared imaging sights could see up to 2,000 meters. In this way, the West could easily use its equipment advantages to abuse Iraq's armored forces.

It is not yet the 1980s and infrared imaging sights are not yet mature. The island country's Type 74 tank also uses infrared headlights!

Now, both sides were at the same starting line, both using flashlights to light the way at night, but the Soviets were the first to turn off the infrared headlights!

Although we cannot receive the light reflected by the infrared headlights and cannot see the specific situation ahead, we can still see individual spots of light, which are the targets!

At this time, the distance between the two sides was two kilometers. The 71st Tank Regiment of the 7th Division of the island country also discovered the faint light of infrared headlights in front of them, and then, there was darkness on the opposite side.

"Attention, the Soviets want to attack our flanks! Full speed ahead!" The tank regiment commander, Jiro Matsushita, shouted on the radio: "All regiments, prepare for battle, armor-piercing shells!"

The enemy's infrared headlights disappeared! In Matsushita Jiro's eyes, the enemy must have discovered him and made a lateral maneuver to move towards his two wings, preparing to outflank him from both wings. Since they turned to the perpendicular direction of his side, at such a long distance, the light of the enemy's infrared headlights could not be seen.

Since the enemy chose to outflank on both wings, he chose the tactic of breaking through the center. This is a common tactic of armored troops. Moreover, Jiro Matsushita has confidence in his tanks.

The Type 74 tank uses an adjustable hydro-pneumatic suspension. Although the technology is complex, its advanced performance allows the Type 74 tank to have a very high off-road speed. This operation is all about sprinting!

Rush forward and break through the opponent's central defense line, then you can turn around and encircle the opponent, or continue to charge forward and tear open the defense line of the Kushiro defenders.

But later, he felt something was wrong.

"Boom, boom!" The 125mm tank gun roared, and one 9M112 gun-launched missile after another flew out.

If the infrared headlights are not used in conjunction, the T-72's artillery hit rate will be very low, and it will almost be blind firing. But now, with the opponent's infrared headlights as target guidance points, it can easily destroy the opponent by launching artillery-launched missiles at a distance of 1,500 meters!

The gunner stared closely at his sight and used the joystick to control the flying gun-launched missile, just aiming in the direction of the infrared light spot!

"Boom!" A gun-launched missile accurately hit the turret of the Type 74 tank, and then easily tore open the 130 mm thick front armor of the turret and exploded inside.

The entire streamlined turret was blown into the air, and the tank crew inside was cremated without even a scream.

The production of tanks can be said to be a reflection of the strength of a country's national defense industry. The main armor of tanks has begun to enter the era of composite armor. However, due to technological limitations, island countries still use tank armor cast from homogeneous steel, which has limited protective performance.

In front of the T-72, the protection of the Type 74 tank is still vulnerable!

When the tanks around him were hit one after another, Matsushita Jiro was shocked. Damn, the one in front was definitely not a simple airborne tank like the paratroopers, but a main army tank!

Our tanks simply couldn't withstand the enemy's attack, and the most unbelievable thing was that the Soviets' accuracy was so high at night! Now, our infrared headlights still couldn't see the enemy's outline, which meant that the enemy was still a thousand meters away. How could the enemy's accuracy be so high in the dark night?

Retreat now and wait until daytime to fight again? No, since we have already reached the front, we absolutely cannot retreat! Otherwise, if we retreat in the dark, we will easily be attacked by the enemy and our entire army may be wiped out.

"Attack, keep attacking!" shouted Jiro Matsushita.

Our 105mm tank gun is also quite advanced. As long as we rush within 800 meters, we can destroy the enemy's tank!

The collision of steel and steel is about to begin. Jiro Matsushita is full of confidence that even if he loses some tanks, he can still win in the continued battle!

Unfortunately, the Type 74 tanks they had were really not powerful enough.

In the first round of attack, more than a dozen tanks were completely destroyed. Seeing that the tanks of the Japanese in front were still rushing forward, the 67th Tank Regiment launched a second attack with gun-launched missiles. Each tank stored four gun-launched missiles, two of which were on the automatic loader of the turret and could be used quickly.

The performance is not very stable, because some of the gun-launched missiles miss the target due to various technical problems after flying out. However, as long as the ones that fly past and make contact, they can achieve results!

The second round of attack destroyed more than a dozen tanks of the islanders. Now, half of the tanks of a tank regiment of the islanders have been destroyed.

And the rest are still moving forward!

"Turn on the infrared headlights and prepare for close combat!" Seeing the Japanese rushing up, Captain Tikhonov also became excited. As a tank soldier, this is the most exciting time!

Moreover, the tank under his feet also gave him confidence. No Western tank could penetrate the main armor of his tank, and no tank could survive in front of his tank gun!

At this time, Western tanks still had ordinary homogeneous steel armor. The thickest part of the Japanese Type 74 tank was only over 100 millimeters, while the Soviet tanks were already sandwiched, with a frontal bulletproof capacity of over 400 millimeters! At the same time, the main caliber of Western tanks was still 105 millimeters, while the Soviet tanks already had 125 millimeter main guns!

"Boom!" The distance between the two sides was close to 800 meters. The moment the tank stopped, a 3BM26 armor-piercing shell flew out from the muzzle.

"Shoot!" At the same time, the tank crew of the Type 74 tank of the opposite island country finally saw the infrared headlights of the opposite side, and both sides quickly fired their first artillery shells.