An inventory of the ten most perverted weapons of World War II
Speaking of World War II, it was actually very cruel, and there are many things that we don’t want to mention. But the more cruel it is, the more things must be controlled. In our own hands, for example, we may not use some core weapons, but we cannot live without them. This point of view must be established. Recently, many people are also reviewing the history of World War II. It is said that there were ten abnormal weapons in World War II, so which ones are the top ten?
1. Zero fighter
Mentioning pearls In Hong Kong, the Japanese military launched the Zero carrier-based fighter jet that created the so-called "Zero myth". The total production of Zero fighters was 10,449, which was Japan's largest production of World War II aircraft and is almost synonymous with Japanese fighter aircraft. At the same time, the Zero fighter was also Japan's main fighter in World War II.
The aircraft was light and flexible, with powerful firepower. In the early days of World War II, its performance greatly exceeded that of allied fighter jets. It is like a devil wandering over the vast Pacific Ocean and the vast East Asian continent, ruling the sky over most of the Pacific Ocean. The reason why it was named "Zero" is because the first flight of this type of aircraft in 1939 was the year 2600 in the Japanese calendar.
2. T-34 medium tank
In World War II, there were many tank models that were more capable than the T-34, but the T-34 was undoubtedly the most cost-effective product. At the same time, it also has many firsts in the field of armored self-propelled weapons - a high-power dedicated diesel engine, which pioneered the "diesel engineization" of tank power units; a large-caliber tank gun, making the tank the best anti-tank weapon; a good comprehensive Protective nature made medium tanks the mainstream in World War II.
The T-34 first participated in the battle in Grodno, Belarus on June 22, 1941 and became famous in the First World War. In the subsequent series of battles, the German army could not find a tank that could compete with it. A large number of tanks relied on in the early stages of the war were eliminated, and newer and heavier tanks were forced to be introduced to cope with the situation.
3. Katyusha Rocket Launcher
The rocket launcher first used by the Soviet Union in World War II was nicknamed "Katyusha" by the officers and soldiers. Compared with traditional artillery, this kind of artillery has unique characteristics: when the artillery shell is fired, it spurts out bright flames and makes a harsh whistle, and the firing speed is extremely fast and the firepower is extremely powerful. It was able to pour 80 rounds of artillery shells onto the German positions, causing the Germans to panic and suffer heavy losses.
On September 5, 1942, the Soviet Red Army launched a large-scale counterattack against the German army in Stalingrad (now known as Volgograd). In this counterattack, Katyusha became the star among the many artillery pieces of the Soviet army, causing heavy casualties to the besieging German troops.
4. 88mm anti-aircraft gun
The 88mm anti-aircraft gun was designed and developed by the world-famous artillery manufacturer Krupp in the late 1920s. In May 1940, the German 7th Tank Division commanded by Rommel advanced at high speed from Belgium to Dunkirk, and encountered a counterattack by a British army midway. Facing the heavy tanks in the British army, the German 37mm anti-tank guns were helpless.
At the critical moment, the 88mm anti-aircraft gun of an anti-aircraft artillery company fired at the British army with a low muzzle. In the blink of an eye, it destroyed 9 British tanks and forced the British army to retreat. From then on, the German 88-mm gun could The reputation of masturbating planes and beating tanks spread among the Allied forces, and became a nightmare for the Allied armored forces for a long time.
5. "Spitfire" fighter jet
The "Spitfire" fighter jet has been the main fighter aircraft of the British Royal Air Force in World War II. It was the first British fighter jet to feature all-metal stress skin and hydraulically driven retractable landing gear. The "Spitfire" used eight 7.7mm machine guns as its main weapon. In the famous Battle of Britain, the Royal Air Force fighter force fought hard against its powerful opponents and finally defeated the German Air Force's attempt to seize air supremacy over the Channel and southern England with inferior strength.
6. V-2 rocket
In March 1926, Robert Goddard, the father of American rocketry, successfully tested the world's first liquid rocket. Although this failed to attract the attention of the US government, it was highly regarded in Germany.
In June 1944, after continuous technical improvements, rocket expert von Braun presided over the completion of the design and production of the world-famous V-2 rocket. The V-2 rocket is a single-stage liquid rocket with a total length of 14 meters, a maximum range of 320 kilometers, and a flight time of 320 seconds.
In actual battles, V-2 rockets repeatedly crossed the English Channel and bombed the British mainland. London alone received 1,050 rockets.
7. German U-boats
Germany drew inspiration from the lessons of World War I. Facing the powerful British fleet, the German surface fleet was far from an opponent, and the solitary submarine Against the heavily escorted transport fleet, we lost more than we won. Therefore, the "wolf pack tactics" proposed by D?nitz for the use of submarine clusters received strong support from Hitler. By the time the war broke out in September 1939, the "Wolf Pack Tactics" had been perfected and continued to sink various Allied ships in the Atlantic.
The German submarine wolf pack also broke the original record on the coast of the United States, once setting a record of sinking 121 US ships in one month. Churchill wrote in his postwar memoirs: The only thing that scared me during the war was the threat of U-boats. The legendary war history of U-boats provides an unlimited space for the development of submarines after the war, and also brings lingering fear to other naval services.
8. Essex-class aircraft carrier
The Essex-class aircraft carrier can be said to be the master of the U.S. Navy’s aircraft carrier construction technology in World War II, and it made a distinguished mark in the war against Japan. Military exploits. Americans have always used the word "backbone" to describe Essex - spine, pillar, backbone, determination. Its design displacement is 27,000 tons, and its full load displacement is about 32,000 tons. Its main combat force is carrier-based aircraft. In the late World War II, 144 Japanese ships were attacked by torpedoes, bombs and Japanese "Kamikaze" suicide planes, but not a single one was sunk.
9. B-29 bombers
Late at night on June 15, 1944, 68 US military B-29 "Super Flying Fortress" heavy bombers quietly flew over Japan's Kyushu Island. The first batch of bombs were dropped on the Yawata Iron and Steel Works, which had provided a large amount of steel to the Japanese army, kicking off the US military's strategic bombing of Japan.
The B-29 is huge and weighs 60 tons. It can carry 4 tons of bombs and fly 5,600 kilometers at an altitude of 10,000 meters at a speed of more than 560 kilometers per hour, with a maximum bomb load of 10 tons. On the night of March 9, 1945, B-29s carried out the famous bombing of Tokyo, causing heavy casualties, even exceeding the subsequent atomic bombings.
10. Atomic bomb
In July 1945, the world's first atomic bomb exploded in the western desert of the United States. On the morning of August 6, 1945, a U.S. B-29 bomber dropped the first atomic bomb over Hiroshima, Japan, razing Hiroshima to the ground and killing about 80,000 people. Three days later, the second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, killing more than 70,000 people. Under the powerful deterrent power of nuclear weapons, Japan's Emperor Hirohito announced his unconditional surrender on August 15.