▲WT in World of Tanks 12
Hello players of " World of Tanks ", in the "Final Deal" auction held in January this year, players in the Chinese server can auction a D-series 10 named WT 12 Class tank destroyer. WT 12 has an impressive 128 mm cannon with 5-round magazine. Its extremely powerful explosive ability makes it stand out among all level 10 vehicles. However, after the explosion, WT 12 will enter an output vacuum period of more than 50 seconds. It can be said that It's quite extreme. Did a tank like the WT 12 really exist in history?
▲The 88mm caliber anti-aircraft gun that can kill both aircraft and tanks
The story has to start with the German 88mm anti-aircraft gun that "can hit aircraft at the top, and can hit tanks at the bottom". Some people always say that the 88mm anti-aircraft gun is the Rommel that can hit tanks. The tactic of slap on the forehead actually has precedents as early as the Spanish Civil War and period. And no matter anti-aircraft guns, field guns or mountain guns , they can all be used to fight tanks, but the effects are different. In order to obtain a higher shooting height, general anti-aircraft guns usually make the barrel of artillery longer, so that the shell can be fully accelerated in the barrel. The muzzle velocity is usually high and the trajectory is straight. 88 in the above picture Take the millimeter-caliber Flak 36 anti-aircraft gun as an example. The gun's maximum firing height can reach 9,900 meters.
▲An artillery gun with high muzzle velocity and flat trajectory is very effective for anti-tank use.
An anti-aircraft gun with high muzzle velocity, straight trajectory and fast firing rate is used as an anti-tank gun. is the best. The prototype of the 85mm tank gun on T-34-85 is the 52K anti-aircraft gun. Since the Germans experienced the excellent anti-tank effectiveness of anti-aircraft guns, they immediately began to convert the anti-aircraft guns into anti-tank guns/ tank guns . This is how the 88 mm tank guns on the Tiger / King Tiger came from. , and due to the limited production capacity of the vehicle, some anti-aircraft guns have been converted into towed anti-tank guns, such as the Pak 43 anti-tank gun modified from the 88mm FlaK 41 and the PaK 40 anti-tank gun modified from the 128mm FlaK 40 Tank gun.
▲128mm FlaK 40 anti-aircraft gun
WT 12 The extremely accurate 128mm artillery prototype is the FlaK 40 anti-aircraft gun above. The FlaK 40 anti-aircraft gun and the 88mm FlaK 41 anti-aircraft gun are also made by Rheinmetall. The barrel length of the FlaK 40 anti-aircraft gun reaches an astonishing 7.8 meters, and the total weight of the gun is 17 tons. The 128 mm caliber shell used by the gun has a total length of 95.8 cm and a maximum range of 14 kilometers.
▲Twin-mounted 128mm Flakzwilling 40/2 anti-aircraft gun
What’s more interesting is that the FlaK 40 anti-aircraft gun also has a twin-mounted version. This version concentrates two 128mm caliber anti-aircraft guns on a rotating gun mount, with a total combat weight of It has a weight of 26 tons and can fire 20 rounds of artillery shells per minute. It requires a gun crew of more than a dozen people to operate. However, this twin-mounted 128 mm caliber anti-aircraft gun is only used by Berlin anti-aircraft towers and cannot be placed on a self-propelled chassis because its recoil is too large and its center of gravity is too high.
▲E-100 heavy tank chassis
Having finished talking about the artillery, let us look at the body of the WT 12. The body of the WT 12 is E-100. It is a type of super-heavy tank developed by Germany at the end of World War II. However, until it was captured by the British army, the vehicle failed to install a turret. Only one completed 60 % chassis. According to the German plan, the E-100 will be equipped with a 150 mm caliber tank gun and a 75 mm caliber tank gun. It will play the role of the mainstay and easily destroy the Allied tank clusters.
▲This blueprint of the WT 12 is from the hands of future generations.
But the Germans have never thought of changing the chassis of the E-100 super-heavy tank for other uses, such as changing it into a weapons carrier like the WT 12. That is undoubtedly A waste. And even if the chassis of the E-100 super-heavy tank can carry a single 128mm FlaK 40 anti-aircraft gun, it will be difficult for the vehicle to fire in the form of a magazine like the WT 12 in the game. The conclusion is obvious. The artillery system of the WT 12 is real, and the body and chassis are also real, but the WT 12 that combines the two does not exist in reality.
▲WT 12 has very poor defense
The WT 12 in "World of Tanks" is a level 10 D-series tank destroyer. In terms of accessories, players can choose to improve the rotating device/ camouflage network / gun team mirror /improved gun Control system/improved sight to improve the combat efficiency of WT 12. However, this still cannot change the two shortcomings of WT 12's extremely poor concealment and almost no defense. Moreover, it takes a long time to reload the entire magazine of WT 12, during which time WT 12 is quite vulnerable.
▲WT 12
in "World of Tanks" However, behind these shortcomings is the unparalleled output capability of WT 12. The excellent 128mm gun control is very powerful, and it has good accuracy performance even at a distance of 500 meters, let alone it. It has a terrifying burst ability that can cause 2800 points of damage in just 8 seconds. If the enemy accidentally encounters a WT 12 with a full magazine, it will be difficult to escape unscathed. WT 12 is such a highly personalized level 10 tank destroyer . It would be a pity if you did not get it in the "Final Deal".
