What kind of tank is the German NbFz tank?

Believe that everyone who understands the history of World War II knows that Germany had unparalleled achievements in the army, especially in the research of tanks and armored vehicles, it also has both industrial aesthetics and actual combat. The effect of sex. During World War II, Germany's investment in army weapons was extremely crazy, and the Tiger tank at that time was one of the best performances. However, these powerful tanks evolved from a tank called NbFz. So let's get to know it together now.

This tank is the Grosstraktor, which is the oldest qualified in the history of German tanks. "Grosstraktor" means "big tractor" and is the camouflage code given to it by the Germans. It was actually a test product of the German tank industry after the First World War. In 1929, Krupp secretly developed two test vehicles with mild steel body, which were only used as teaching aids for technical testing and armored schools.

is very interesting because the test in Germany is "not so reassuring". The two cars were actually taken to the Soviet Union for testing, but the Soviets watched the exercise of this big tractor with great interest. , I think this car is very stupid, it is impossible to threaten Soviet tanks.

From the point of view of our World of Tanks, this car is simply poor maneuverability, poor visibility, thin skin and big stuffing, the whole big meat car... The Soviets think that we can kill with BT-5. This rotten goods....

Then these two goods were taken back to the armored school in Germany and placed on the campus as a monument....The future Tiger-style elites of China often take graduation photos on the "big tractor".....

Of course, the passionate German boys can't stop at driving the "big tractor". What they need is in the true sense. A few years later, in 1933, the famous Rheinmetall company received an order to manufacture a real tank with three turrets!

It should be pointed out that in the 1930s, the tank The use of tactics is still relatively primitive. At this time, some people in the Germans still think that tanks should be all-powerful, and can be used for assault missions/artillery/suppression of infantry, etc., so the requirement is that the design must be multi-turret.

Because of the technical reserves of the previous "large tractors", Rheinmetall did not take much effort. In 1934, it launched the real tank-Neubaufahrzeug, which means "new structure vehicle" in German.

The biggest novelty of this "new structure vehicle" is the change in the suspension system of the tank. The suspension system of the old "large tractor" has too little movable travel for the load wheels. The maneuverability on complex terrain is greatly reduced, and "underpinning" often occurs-friends who drive should be able to understand how annoying this is. The "new structure car" adopts a brand-new road wheel structure, which greatly improves the terrain passability.

For weapons, the new structural vehicle Type A developed by Rheinmetall is equipped with two main guns, which are installed vertically in the large turret of the tank, and a 75mm Kwk37 gun (the short 75 on the fourth). A 37mm Kwk36 type artillery. The designer’s original intention was that the 75mm gun could be used to strike bunkers and bunkers, and when encountering an enemy tank, the 37mm gun could be used for anti-tank operations.

The secondary weapon is three machine guns, one is a coaxial machine gun that serves as the main gun in the main turret, and the other two are distributed in the front and rear small turrets. The task of the small turret at the back is still very important. : Responsible for protecting the chrysanthemum of the tank, lest enemy infantry outflank it from the side. The machine gun has 6000 rounds of ammunition, enough to support a battle.

Although it sounds stupid and troublesome, but based on the design thinking at the time, this is very advanced: Oh! It's perfect! A tank can support infantry Attack the enemy tanks at the same time! Don’t laugh, everyone, in the German equipment sequence at the time, the No. 3 tankIt is used for anti-tank, and the No. 4 tank is used to support infantry.....The tasks are separated.

But for Nazi Germany, this heavy tank with multiple turrets has another function-propaganda. The rapid expansion of Nazism requires some powerful spiritual symbols. The "new structure car" is very in line with the tastes of Goebbels and Hitler, so at the 29th International Automobile Expo held in Berlin in 1939, three "new structure cars" Type B is here. Goebbels made a big blow at the venue, and the description of the "new structure car" fell into the sky, so that the audience at the scene thought that the car was blowing invincible air every second...

Well, obviously for Dr. Goebbels, bragging is not taxable. Because the German armament department never thought about mass production of NbFz tanks, but turned around to engage in more reliable and more in line with Guderian's theory of blitzkrieg No. 3 and No. 4 tanks.

In 1940, Nazi Germany sent troops to invade Norway, and three NbFz tanks B (Krupp turret) also received their new task: acting. They were incorporated into a special company, and Lieutenant G. Hausmann was appointed as the commander of the tank platoon. He was responsible for taking these three tanks to Oslo, the capital of Norway, to shoot a promotional film.

On April 19, 1940, these three tanks arrived in Oslo. Although the battle was over, the shocking scene of them rumbling through the ruined street was filmed, followed by the Nazi German Propaganda Department’s The technicians cleverly edited these scenes with the previously shot battle scenes, and the cut film looks exaggerated than "Furious".

However, the actors are obviously not willing to be lonely. On April 25, one of the NbFz took part in the attack on Kvarn village, and initially led the German infantry forward aggressively. But then the British in the village found out that such a big guy had come. It must be very difficult to deal with! Immediately focused fire on this NbFz, and it was not long before the NbFz driver was hit by the British anti-tank gun. It was wounded and could not continue to control the tank, but NbFz just couldn't move, and continued to open fire to support the German infantry.

After overturning several bunkers one after another, NbFz defeated the British defense and the Germans successfully took the village. But this does not mean how strong NbFz is....After that, the car fell into the marsh near Tetra Hamor. After failing to save themselves, the crew was afraid that the tank would fall into the hands of the British, so the car was blown up. .