.Let’srewindabitandlookataslightlyearlierstudy,“MetallurgicalExaminationofa3-1/4″ThickarmorPlatefromaGermanPzKwVTank“,writteninJanuaryof1945.Notsurprisingly,it’sfullofthesamereviews:“poortoughness”,“resultingfractureexhibitedaroughcrystallinesurface”,etc.Allright,butthatwasonlyafewmonthsprior,let’sgobackevenfurther.
上述报告是1945年战后写就的。我们再往回走一点,看看早些时候的研究,“对于德国的豹式坦克侧面的焊点以及装甲的冶金的实验”,与1945年1月写就。不出意外的是,报告中的点评也差不多:“硬度很差”,“测试用的平面在测试后展现出一种粗糙的透明的表面”之类的。好吧,但是这只是几个月前的东西。我们继续往回走。
Ohhey,thereitis,radicaldropinquality!Couldthi二Beit?Imean,in1944,itwouldmakesenseforGermanarmourqualitytodrop.Theiralliesareleavingonebyone,theirfactoriesarebeingbombed,theWesternAlliesaremovingupthroughFrance,theSovietscrossedtheiroldbordersandareonGermanterritory.Butwe’renotsatisfiedwithconjecture!Forwardandonwardbackward,to194