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Basically, as for the war trauma of World War I, the new generation of leaders succeeded. Among these leaders, those who look forward to revenge, those who look forward to plunder, and those who hope to dominate the world, are not looking forward to peace.

In the world industrial map in 1914, China::) 19%. Although Britain was the world's number one at the end of World War I, after more than ten years of slow development, it had to rank third with a slight disadvantage of 18%.

Although the United States has repeatedly attacked China, its foundation is that the prosperous east has not been affected by the war. Therefore, after a decade of high growth rate, the United States ranks fourth with 15%, followed by France 9%, 7%, and 3.

The reason why Americans were eager to start a war was because the Americans could no longer wait. If the state of division of the east and west existed for ten years, then the United States would have no hope of recapturing the West. Americans still remember the wonderful moment when the United States ranked first in the world at the end of the last century. At that time, Americans accounted for 30% of the world's industrial production, but the evil Chinese conspired to split the United States and turned the American west into a barren land.

So although the sinking of the Titanic this time was more because of the iceberg, the Americans still declared war on the Japanese impatiently. The Americans' national strength is six times that of the Japanese, with a population of more than 4 of the Japanese, 5,200 to 12 million. And they have a large-scale navy and air force. The only disadvantage is the Army.

What is ridiculous is that although Americans repeatedly claim that their army heroes are good at fighting, and after the war, countless war-themed films were sent. In these films, American soldiers are extremely heroic, and they are unwavering in the face of the dominant enemy. One person can withstand dozens of times the enemy.

However, it is recognized in the world that the strongest army is the Germans, and the Chinese are not much different from the Germans. Moreover, the number of Chinese people is much higher than that of Germany, so China and Germany are usually called together. Although Russia performed very poorly in the first battle, because the Russian soldiers were really excellent, it is usually believed that the Russians are the third strong army, and their strength cannot be underestimated. The French rank fourth, the British rank fifth, and the Japanese were ranked sixth because of repeated defeats. However, China, a country that has fought with Japan, is very optimistic about the Japanese army and often believes that the Japanese can rank fourth. Then Yugoslavia, Turkey, and then...

After passing dozens of countries, finally in Chile, you can see the name of the US Army. In the introduction to the country's army, it is somewhat mean but very accurately stated the current situation of the US Army.

"I have no fighting spirit, even if I have the advantage of the troops, I still dare not start street fighting. There is no bloody army, all wearing white gloves. The US government has to waste a lot of money to create unnecessary weapons, just because if I don't do so, I will flee in large quantities. Please remember that this situation does not happen in wartime, but in peacetime. The US government can only compromise with itself. In short, the US Army does not dare to sacrifice when it is at a disadvantage, and cannot resist stubbornly. Compared with its equipment, it is trash!"

Such an army requires countless money to support it, otherwise it will be a bad army and a useless army. Therefore, in order to comfort the poor soldiers, the United States began to vigorously develop tanks, hoping that the armor of these tanks could isolate the beginning and fear of death.

The m3 tank is the latest product of the American Vehicle and Foundry Company in the 1910s. It is mainly used for reconnaissance, alerting or performing rapid mobile combat missions, also known as the "Stuart" light tank.

After the end of World War I, the US military began to realize the rapid assault role of tanks and continuously developed and equipped new light tanks. In June 1910, on the basis of light tanks with riveted structures, the US military adopted measures such as increasing the thickness of the armor, installing induction wheels in the operation part, and improving air defense weapons, and improved the design of the m3 tank, which was finalized in July 1910.

The first batch of vehicles left the production line in 19114, and when the war started in 1914, the front armor plate and side armor plate of the tank body were vertical. The main weapon was 1 37mm cannon, and the auxiliary weapon was 57.62mm machine gun: 1~.=The front right side, 2 are installed in the machine gun seats on both sides of the vehicle body, and 1 is installed on the top of the turret with a small command tower.

However, this tank has a disadvantage. Once hit, the rivets will become deadly weapons and kill all the soldiers in the tank. This disadvantage aroused dissatisfaction among the soldiers. As a result, all the m3s were reworked, and the turret of this light tank was improved and turned into a welded structure. The small command tower on the top of the turret was cancelled. The machine guns on both sides were also cancelled. The auxiliary weapons became 37.62 meters machine guns: 1 side-by-side machine gun, 1 front-mounted machine gun and 1 anti-fire machine gun.

Then the soldiers discovered another defect. If the vehicle body was hit, this would also happen. Without guaranteeing their lives, they refused to use this coffin training. Therefore, the vehicle body was also changed to a welded structure, and other vehicles were m3m311 m3

Then, based on armor issues, the last improved model of these 5,811 m3/m3 light tanks, the front and sides of the armor plates were changed to be inclined, and the inside of the car was from front to rear, which was the cab, combat compartment and power compartment respectively.

Inside the car, there are 4: the commander, gunner, driver and front machine gunner. The driver and front machine gunner are located in the cab. The driver is on the left and the machine gunner is on the right. Each of them has a door above them, and there is a periscope installed on the door. The combat cabin is in the middle of the vehicle body, and there is a turret on it. The commander and gunner are located in the turret. The commander and gunner are located in the turret. The commander and gunner are on the right and the gunner are on the left. There is a hatch door above them.

The power compartment is located at the rear of the vehicle body. The engine is www.piaotian.com3's main weapon ground diameter, and the vehicle body is high and the flow linearity is poor. The vehicle's target is large and there are many recesses of the bullet, which restricts its development. Therefore, the American soldiers are still dissatisfied and even prepared to strike to protest.

The m3 at that time

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Car captain

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Maximum itinerary 3km

Firepower equipment mm37mm

Armor

It can be said that it can be considered a good tank in any aspect, but obviously, American soldiers don't buy it.

The US government surrendered and promised to equip a better tank to the soldiers. The m3 Argentina was then sold to Japan at a price increase, and was regarded as a treasure by the Japanese and modified. Those useless components, such as wide leather seats, constant temperature devices, and food placements, were reduced by about 500 kilograms and the escape door was cancelled. In this way, the height of the chassis was reduced by 1 cm and the weight was reduced by 500 kilograms.

The modified tank is named Crane Wu

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Car width

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Maximum speed.-60

Maximum itinerary 3km-247km

Firepower equipment mm37mm

Armor

At this time, the Americans' new tank came out. In fact, there were a few improvements, with stronger firepower and thicker armor. They had better safety and comfort. However, such improvements were not without cost. The tank's weight doubled, and the speed and maximum travel were reduced to varying degrees.

This is the origin of the first medium tank of the US Army - M3 Grant/Lee

In the initial design, the main gun caliber of this type of tank was 37 mm. When the design was almost completed, the m3 designers realized that the 37 mm caliber was far behind the actual combat needs, so they changed the main gun caliber to 75 mm. However, the designed turret cannot accommodate such a large caliber gun.

He had no choice but to make a decision on the body of the vehicle: a protrusion similar to a tumor was installed on the right front of the vehicle body, and the 75mm main gun was installed there. This new tank was named the m3 tank by the US Ordnance Commission on July 11, 1910. Due to war needs, it was quickly approved for production. It was officially produced in 8th in 1911, and by December 1912: more than 6,000 m3 tanks.

This repair design makes the main gun horizontal rotation angle only a few degrees. In addition to the inherent shortcomings of the main gun, the speed and travel are much less. The appearance and structure of the m3 tank have many unique features. Its body is relatively high, the turret is asymmetrically arranged, and there are two main guns. The side of the body is open with a hatch, a three-layer weapon configuration, a balanced suspension device, a front of the driving wheel and a protruding gun seat on the body.

Its biggest feature is that it has two main guns, one is a 75mm howitzer, which is installed in the protruding gun seat on the right side of the vehicle body. The other is a 37mm cannon mounted on the turret. In addition, its propulsion system is also very distinctive, and the most prominent thing is that its various improved vehicles and engine models are different.

Its movement part uses a balanced suspension device, with 6 load-bearing wheels on each side divided into 3, with wheels in front and induction wheels in the rear. The armor protection of the m3 tank is not advanced. The main parts of the vehicle body adopt a welded structure, and some also use casting structures and welded structures.

So, two types of tanks, also produced in the United States, began to communicate on the battlefield. The US Army had a very good idea. It used the powerful assault capabilities of the tank fleet to attack 300 kilometers within a week and directly recapture the California stolen by Japan. To this end, the Americans divided the 6,000 tanks into three clusters, ABC clusters, and these three groups intended to encircle and round-trip attacks.

Americans probably haven't read the modern history of China. The wild boar skin once said, "I'll only go all the way." So after dispersing my strength, failure is inevitable for the American cluster.

The Japanese had more realistic ideas, and they held their positions and waited for an opportunity to fight back. However, the Japanese armored clusters were different from those of the Americans, and were used together in a centralized manner. So in the early stages of the war, when the Americans teared open the Japanese defense line, the Japanese immediately began to counterattack, concentrating tanks to annihilate the enemy A3 group in front.

However, the Americans' new tanks are not covered, and the cost is four times more expensive than the Japanese. In actual combat, the tank damage ratio with the Japanese is quite good at 1:1.5|Advantage, but the commander of the small cluster has already taken up and started to make a strategic move after losing 14 tanks. In the telegram he sent to the headquarters, he claimed: "Ten thousand tanks surrounded us, each of them larger than us, and their firepower is extremely fierce. I estimate that the minimum caliber is above 105mm. Our army successfully broke through after destroying many enemy tanks."

As a result, due to the speed disadvantage of US tanks, these more than 500 tanks did not escape. The excellent escape gate played a huge role at this time. More than 2,000 soldiers successfully escaped these hells. These tanks were left intact to the Japanese. So the Japanese quickly had the first medium-sized tank, the Hewu-2. Similarly, this tank was also modified. Under roughly comparable performance, some parameters were better than those of the American prototype tank.

After the second tank cluster learned the news, it immediately began to make a strategic move. Then, the US front-line command was destroyed by the Japanese tank cluster that was coming. The American tank cluster, which had lost its unified command, soon became defeated and destroyed one by one by the Japanese, becoming the most competent transportation captain in the world.

The Japanese also recovered their confidence in the victory and began to break through the US military's defense line across the board. The carefully built defense line of the United States was torn apart by the Japanese tank cluster, and then began to collapse on the whole line. Countless strategic materials fell into the hands of Japan, and these materials were originally intended to attack Japan, and now they have become the Japanese's refuelers.
Chapter completed!