1，K-WAGEN？ Ultra-heavy tank: In view of the great achievements made by the British Mark I tank on the battlefield, the warring countries began to urgently develop their own armored weapons, and Germany, which suffered a big loss in front of the tank, was even more unwilling to lag behind. On June 5438+091611,the German Seventh Ministry of Communications accepted the task of developing heavy tanks assigned by the German General Staff. 19 17 In June, the first tank A7V in German history was officially put into production and immediately put into actual combat.
Although this kind of tank is superior to the British type I tank in firepower, maneuverability and protection, it cannot effectively suppress the British tanks on the battlefield due to various problems such as size and steering. In order to solve this problem, in 19 18, the German military's super heavy tank design scheme was born. This planned super heavy tank is called "K-WAGEN" super heavy tank.
It is equipped with four 77mm guns with 800 rounds of ammunition, and seven 7.92mm Ma Kexin Ma Keqin 08/ 15 machine guns with 2 1000 rounds of ammunition. Similar to the enlarged version of A7V tank design. Nevertheless, due to the huge size and weight of this tank, in order to facilitate transportation, it can only be disassembled into six parts and transported by train to the assembly site not far from the front assembly site for reassembly. K-tank is also equipped with improved U-boat communication equipment and control equipment.
This tank is operated by 22 people. However, in the specific development and experiment process, researchers found that breaking through the enemy's positions and defense lines is the most important purpose of tanks. As a result, this tank has been modified many times, and the final weight of the tank is 150 tons. The whole vehicle is riveted with steel armor, the maximum armor thickness is 30 mm, and the power plant is changed to two developed "Daimler-Benz" aviation gasoline engines, with the maximum power of 2×650 HP and the speed of 7.5 km/h. ..
The tank is12.98m long, 6. 1 m wide and 3m high. German military * * * ordered 10 K-Wagen tanks. However, due to the lack of raw materials, the finished vehicle was delayed. By the end of World War I, only two were produced and just finished. According to the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, the management committee of the Allies destroyed the two tanks.
2.FCM2C heavy duty? Tanks: 19 16 In order to maintain its leading position in the field of armor, the French army began to study 70-ton FCM 2C heavy tanks. After the prototype of this heavy tank was born, it was 10.27 m long, 2.95 m wide and 4.0 1 m high, with a total combat weight of 70 tons. The main weapon is 1 75mm APX 1897 gun with a range of 320 degrees, and spare ammunition 124 rounds.
The auxiliary weapons are 4 8 mm machine guns and 9504 bullets. Equipped with two Maibakh 6-cylinder engines, it provides 2X250 horsepower, with a top speed of 12km/h on the road and 8km/h off the road. Including conductor, driver, mechanic, assistant engineer, correspondent and various gunners, full 12.
However, the defects of this heavy tank are very obvious, such as heavy body, cumbersome operation and slower speed than infantry. This FCM-2C cannot reach its destination through complicated and changeable roads alone. The French army built two extra special transport trains for each FCM-2C tank to pass through complicated roads such as railways or bridges. However, due to the serious lack of mobility and flexibility, only19,216,5438+06,5438+06,5438+0 years after the armistice ended in June, and France only produced 10 tanks.
During World War II, the French military proposed to develop FCM-F 1 super heavy tank to replace FCM-2C super heavy tank. In the end, this heavy tank during World War I finally disappeared into history. 3.fiat 2000? Heavy tanks: Italy's tank record has also been greatly shocked. With the urging of the military and the efforts of researchers, although Italy's own tanks were produced in June of 19 15, due to its poor performance on the battlefield, Italy also launched a plan to study heavy tanks.
19 17 17 assembled the first prototype in June, and it was improved by many experiments. The second prototype was completed around February 19 18. The prototype of Fiat 2000 is 7.4 meters long, 3. 1 meter wide, 3.9 meters high and weighs 40 tons. This tonnage made it one of the heaviest tanks put into production during World War I, and Fiat 2000 may be the most well-designed heavy equipment.
Fiat 2000 rotates the turret on the whole structure, and a 65 mm howitzer is installed in the turret, which has amazing fire coverage. The power and transmission cabin is separated from the war room and arranged below the war room, and the working environment is much better than that of British tanks. Its walking device has four balanced suspensions on each side, each suspension has two wheels, and the wheels are damped by steel plates.
Fiat 2000 crew *** 10, driven by a 240 horsepower aero engine, with a speed of 7 kilometers per hour and a journey of 75 kilometers. The front armor is 20 mm, the rear side is 15 mm, and the superstructure is slightly inclined, so the protection ability is relatively high. The original weapon system has 10 6.5 mm machine guns, 3 on each side and 4 on the front. However, after the experiment, turrets with the rotation angle of 1 10 degrees were set in every corner of the car body, machine guns were set in the middle and rear of the car body, and ventilators were set on the roof.
As the Italian army directly imported a large number of Schneider CA- 1 and Renault FT- 17 tanks from France. After equipping the troops, it is found that Renault FT- 17 is not only cheap and light, but also suitable for the rugged terrain on the Italian border. In the end, Italy chose the improved Fiat 3000 tank based on Renault, and the Fiat 2000 project was finally ignored.