Chapter 349 (1/2)

SD KFZ 232 heavy armored vehicle, which is the official title. In private, for convenience, this heavily equipped and cheap armored vehicle is called wheeled infantry combat vehicle, which is to distinguish it from the tracked 251 series armored vehicle.

Why is it cheap? Because a large number of parts of this car are common to Ford's ten ton truck, this kind of common has brought about a decline in cost. After Ford set up a factory in Germany, it stubbornly reduced the price of the truck by half, which is the charm of generalization.

On the other hand, it is also because of the wheel type. Compared with the crawler chassis, the wheel type receives much less resistance, travels faster on the road and consumes less fuel.

If we say the disadvantage is that its cross-country ability can never be compared with the crawler. Later, on the muddy land of the Soviet Union, the trafficability of this wheeled infantry combat vehicle is far less than that of the crawler.

However, at least for now, it is still suitable for the war on the European continent.

At the same time, this infantry combat vehicle makes a lot of reference to the design of the truck. The engine is arranged in the front, the driver is on the left, and the engine is on the right. In this way, the rear space is equivalent to the part of the body, which is quite spacious.

Here, a ten person combat team is arranged, just a space for an infantry squad.

Because there are tires on both sides, like later infantry chariots, they open the door from the back. When necessary, they can even jump down from the back during the journey. In this way, there is a car body in front, and the infantry is relatively safe.

In the upper part of the car body, that's the turret.

The design of this infantry combat vehicle is much more advanced than the open 251 series armored personnel carriers. It can fight directly on the battlefield!

Small holes are opened on both sides of the car body, allowing infantry to shoot directly from inside the car body to the outside.

In this way, there is a new problem.

The Mauser rifle is too long, even if it is further shortened as a cavalry gun, it is not suitable for use in a narrow infantry chariot. Therefore, in order to meet the needs of combat, the armored infantry battalion must choose new weapons.

If possible, they certainly hope that the 6.8mm mp38 submachine gun can be equipped for them. Now, the whole army is competing for this submachine gun everywhere.

As an ordinary motorized infantry division, they can't compete with others, so they can only take the second place. They are equipped with mp36 submachine guns. Although they are second-hand goods replaced from the SS, they are still excited. In particular, this batch adopts the model of 75 rounds of drums!

The small submachine gun is very suitable for use inside the infantry fighting vehicle. Now, it is just used for collision with cavalry!

If the infantry goes down and arranges interceptors in a hurry, they can only be run over by these cavalry. They sit in the infantry chariot and are extremely safe. Then they fire outside through the shooting hole.

As long as there are cavalry, fire!

In the turret of the infantry fighting vehicle, it is enough for the commander to pay attention to the front. In case there is a fish in the net, it is very appropriate to hand over the defense on both sides to the vehicle mounted infantry.

So, after the cavalry appeared in the field of vision, a German soldier immediately pulled the trigger of his submachine gun. In the sudden sound of gunfire, a shuttle of bullets swept away from the cavalry outside, and immediately killed the guy.

”Boom!” Two seconds later, the grenade exploded, and the infantry combat vehicle had already left.

The 230 horsepower diesel engine is roaring, and black smoke is constantly coming out from the side exhaust pipe. In the process of hedging, we must not stop. That is to discredit the German armored vehicles!

If you want to keep the engine running, you have to step on the accelerator! The driver stepped on the accelerator and kept moving forward. Then he shouted, ”attention, impact!”