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Просто у противников было недостаточно танков, чтоб специально затачивать советскую промышленность под их истребление еще и таким способом. Считали что других - вполне достаточно.
А тогда вот интересная цитатка:
The most important weapon in achieving victory is the tank. The most
important weapon in depriving the enemy of victory is the anti-tank weapon.
The Soviet Union therefore devotes great attention to the development of
anti-tank weapons. As a result, it is frequently the first in the world with
really revolutionary technical and tactical innovations. For example, as
early as 1955, the USSR began production of the `Rapira' smoothbore
anti-tank gun, which has an astonishingly high muzzle velocity. In its
introduction of this weapon it led the West by more than a quarter of a
century. In the same year a start was also made with production of the
APNB-70 infra-red night sight, for the `Rapira'. Sights of this type were
not issued to Western armies for another ten years.
То есть пишется про то что СССР уделял огромное внимание развитию противотанкового оружия. С 1955 года СССР начал выпускать гладкоствольную противотанковую пушку "Рапира", которая имела поразительно высокую начальную скорость снаряда, а также инфракрасный прицел АПНБ-70 к ней, причем это было намного раньше чем на Западе.
Или вот:
When the BMP-1 infantry combat vehicle was being developed, the
designers suggested a 23mm gun as its armament--this would be effective
against infantry, and is simple and easy to load. But the generals opposed
this; as a first priority, the vehicle must be capable of opposing tanks; it
must have anti-tank rockets and a gun which, even though small, could be
used against tanks. The BMP-1 was therefore fitted with a 73mm automatic
gun, capable of destroying any enemy tank at ranges of up to 1,300 metres,
with anti-tank rockets which can be used over greater ranges. The fact that
20mm automatic guns are fitted to Western infantry combat vehicles is met
with friendly incomprehension by Soviet military specialists: `If such a
vehicle is not capable of taking on our tanks, why was it built?'
Вопрос ко всем: правда ли, что на БМП-1 изначально собирались ставить 23-мм пушку, но затем по требованию военных установили 73-мм, для боьбы с танками противника?
И вот еще про автоматический миномет "Василек"
A way out of this situation, too, has been found. In 1971 the `Vasilek'
automatic mortar was issued to battalions. Its introduction did not mean
that the insistence on simplicity had been dropped. This automatic weapon is
as uncomplicated as a Kalashnikov. When necessary, it can fire single shots.
As an automatic weapon it fires 120 bombs a minute. It differs from all
earlier mortars in being capable of both high and flat trajectory fire. It
can fire both normal and anti-tank bombs. If necessary, a battalion
commander can move his whole mortar battery to a sector threatened by enemy
tanks and can shower them with 720 anti-tank bombs every minute.
The Vasilek is being produced on a self-propelled, armoured chassis and
also in a towed variant. Six of them give a battalion commander greatly
increased capability to bring concentrated fire to bear on a decisive
sector.
Тут написано что "василек" может вести огонь как обычными так и противотанковыми минами. Так ли это?