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Why the rear track roller of the PzKpfw 4 F2 hangs in the air. Hello everyone! This article is devoted to the German tank PzKpfw IV, briefly consider the most interesting facts about it, and of course we will touch upon the article stated in the title. Initially, back in 1934-1935, the PzKpfw IV tank was developed as a promising one, with the possibility of installing more powerful guns, which was very handy for the Germans when they encountered British and Soviet tanks. His ...first weapon was a 75 mm KwK 37 short-barreled gun, due to the low initial velocity of the shells she could not boast of good armor-piercing properties, and to fight the T-34, KV, Matilda and Churchilli needed a new weapon. Of the guns in question, 50 mm from the PzKpfw III and 75 mm anti-tank gun RaK 40, the long-barreled 75 mm anti-tank gun was preferred. The installation of the long-barreled gun KwK 40 was not limited to, a number of works were carried out to strengthen the armor protection of tanks, in particular the frontal one. On the armor parts of the entire front projection of the tank, additional armor plates up to 30 mm thick were welded, or bolted, the modernization resources of the machine allowed this. The machines performed very well, the 75 mm cannon fought on equal terms with the Allied tanks, but the armor was still not powerful enough. The first samples of the PzKpfw IV with a long-barreled gun received the F2 index, but later it was discontinued, instead they were designated modifications Ausf. G, H, J on which further strengthened the frontal armor and even the top sheets. Testing the tank, with thickened frontal armor, having exhausted the machines resources for maximum weight, and with a very long cannon, the Germans found that with a minimum roll forward, the rear support roller truck was raised and did not touch the track, while the tank, although it sank in the front, did not lost its driving performance. The lightweight trolley, which almost did not touch the caterpillar and the ground, had absolutely no effect on anything, more often it began to play the role of a supporting support at the moment the machine overcomes the lift. Since this surprise did not affect the vehicles data, they decided not to eliminate it, and the tank went into series with this feature. In general, the source of this article was numerous reviews of the PzKpfw IV tank from the Kubinka Museum of Armored History, and some articles from the German Welt site that confirm the validity of such a flaw.
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