T-34 crisis

Background

In fact, in the early days of the war, not only the German tank quality is in a disadvantage, but the quantity is not as good as the Soviet army.

June 22, 1941, Germany torn the "Sudan Unexvobiliative Treaty", launched a sudden attack to the Soviet Union, and the Sude War officially broke out. Germany has invested a 3.9 million troops including Finland, Hungary and Romania, divided into three groups in North, China and South, and 3,600 tanks. The Soviet Union has approximately 3.2 million in the western defense unit, with approximately 12,000 tanks.

The war broke out, the Soviet Union has an absolute advantage in the number of tanks, and the country has 25,000 tanks, half of which is deployed in the western region. The Soviet tank mainly includes T-26 light tank, T-37 amphibious reconnaissance tank, BT fast tank, T-28 medium tank, T-35 heavy tank, and the latest T-34 medium tank, KV-1 heavy tank, KV -2 heavy tank.

The new equipment T-34 has been produced 1225 in the war, of which 967 have been equipped. In the face of the Soviet Western Region of the German Central Group, 266 T-34 were equipped, and 494 T-34 were facing the Kiev special military region of the German South Group military group. The latest KV heavy tank of the Soviet Union has been equipped with 508 equipment forces, which are equipped with six mechanized troops.

Compared with the Soviet Union, Germany's 3,600 tanks were put into attack, most of the number of tanks, PZKPFW-35 light tank (35T), 38T tank, basically did not have tank confrontation capabilities. The Third Tank of the Germans is only about 960 in the East Line battlefield, and only 400 tanks in the East Line.

Both tank performance compared to the T-34 and KV-1, there are 76 mm guns, which can break the German III number, IV tank, about 30-50 mm, 500 meters. German anti-tank power is the best III tank 50mm l / 42 gun, to cause threats to T-34 45mm tilt armor in 100 meters. KV-1 tank front armor reached 75-90 mm, and there were 60-75 mm, and any tank cannon in Germany is powerful. As for the 75mm L / 24 short tube gun in the IV number tank, the power is even more weak, and it is difficult to threaten T-34 in 100 meters. This is the "T-34 Crisis" encountered in the early days of the war.

Battlefield

Although the Germans were disadvantageously in terms of tank performance, the Soviet tank troops were huge in the early days of the war. It is said that more than 10,000 tanks in the early days of the Soviet Army can be put into battle in mid-July 1941. Among the tanks losses in the Soviet, the proportion of mechanical failures and maintenance is unfavorable.

Take the 15th Mechanized Army as an example, 64 KV tanks have lost 56 KV tanks in one and a half months, only 11 of them are fighting, and 11 have lost the accident for occupants. Other 34 vehicles are abandoned or destroyed for mechanical failures or insufficient maintenance. In addition, the Soviet logistics guarantee for the early war is serious, and a large number of new equipment T-34 non-elastic is available, each car can only be equipped with 76 mm shells. A large number of new T-34 can only take a German gunfire, hit the German tank and artillery in the body, although the excellent performance is greatly plagued to the German, but it is difficult to survive after the German infantry is surrounded.

The number of tanks have been in a disadvantage after the early days of huge losses, but some tank troops in front of the frontline have been exhaustive performance with T-34 and KV-1. In particular, the Soviet Soviet, the Soviet Unit, the Soviet Soviet, who destroys more than 20 excellent fate of the tank, and the results of Labri's survey reached 52. The 4th Tank Brigade has also been renamed for the Soviet Navit Tantel 1st.