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The Third Empire - Chapter 102

Published at 19th of October 2021 12:01:22 PM


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Maintenance! If you have ever been an armored soldier, you should know that in the daily routine maintenance, there will be one to adjust the track, swing a sledgehammer, hold a steel drill, and disassemble the track. This is a necessary skill for the armored soldier. If the track is not properly elastic, it is easy to fall off or break during walking!

These are absolute manual work, while wheeled ones don't have these contents. They are quite concise.

At the same time, if you can drive a car, you can drive a wheeled armored vehicle, while if you can drive a crawler, you must be able to drive a tractor!

The chassis of the current ten wheel cross-country truck will be the chassis of the future wheeled armored vehicle!

Xierik is full of confidence in Ford, because xierik knows that in history, Ford has developed the famous M8 wheeled armored vehicle, which has produced tens of thousands of vehicles! In Britain, this kind of armored vehicle is affectionately called Greyhound!

The M8 wheeled armored vehicle is driven by six wheels, with a maximum speed of 88 km / h, a maximum cross-country speed of 48 km / h, a maximum travel of 560 km, a wading depth of 0.6 meters and a wall height of 0.3 meters. This mobility performance was very excellent at that time.

The chassis of this armored vehicle is almost similar to that of an all wheel drive ten wheel truck, which can be easily copied.

This is also the technical reserve provided by Chirac to Germany. After this truck is produced in a German factory, it can easily be changed at any time to produce wheeled armored vehicles.

Of course, for the 6 * 6 drive armored vehicle, the off-road capability still can not satisfy xirick. What xirick wants most is the 8 * 8 drive armored vehicle. From the side, the four tires in each row almost occupy the length of the whole body! This also makes it more maneuverable. It is the most common form of wheeled infantry combat vehicles in later generations.

Old Ford was also quite shocked by the technical data put forward by Chirac. Old Ford had been studying machinery. Of course, he understood the idea put forward by Chirac as soon as he thought about it.

"In that case, first of all, we need a high-power engine. Now our engine with less than 100 horsepower is too small. We need an engine with 150 horsepower or even 200 horsepower."

If you want to drive a car, you need an engine. If you want to drive a ten ton all wheel drive truck, the power of the engine is greater!

For example, in World War II, the American heavy truck, mackno 1943-1945 heavy truck artillery tractor, weighs 13 tons and is equipped with 159 HP engine, which is definitely a large model among automobile engines.

Ford produces cars, not planes. Ford has no technical reserves of high-power engines. Therefore, Ford raised the first problem, the engine!

engine! It's not difficult for Shrek!

"I believe that Ford's technology can certainly develop a high-power engine." "If the progress is delayed temporarily, our Maybach company has similar engines. When the time comes, we can build a factory in Germany and purchase from the supporting Maybach company. In addition to various gasoline engines, there are diesel engines that can be used, including a V6 diesel engine with an output power of 230 horsepower, which is absolutely enough."

Maybach! This is an important automobile and engine company in Germany. There are various types of engines for sports cars with a power of 200 HP. However, this gasoline engine is not suitable for trucks, but diesel engine is the most suitable!

Diesel engine!

Now, Maybach has begun to produce 500 HP V12 diesel engine for the latest tank in Germany! At the same time, various other simplified models have been finalized.

It mainly includes V6 and V8 engines. The layout and structure of these engines are exactly the same! Cylinder, piston and so on, can be replaced completely! It can be said that it is equivalent to splitting from the V12 engine into two parts, that is, the V6 engine!

What are the benefits? Of course, it greatly facilitates the supply of logistics! Various components can be replaced, and the types of logistics support will be greatly reduced! At the same time, it also facilitates the production of supporting manufacturers!

It can even be said that once entering the war mode, the main engine manufacturer only needs to produce a cylinder block, and can quickly assemble this diesel engine with various accessories of downstream manufacturers! Capacity is not a problem!

The most important thing for Ford company is streamlined production! The higher the output of various parts, the lower the cost!

When Ford enters Germany, it will also bring this advanced production mode to Germany to further reduce the production cost in Germany, and this V6 and V8 engine will also become the main driving force of various equipment of German ground forces!

In fact, the 230 horsepower of the current V6 has some excess power, but this is better. It can provide more powerful power and stronger carrying capacity for trucks. Moreover, after being transformed into a wheeled infantry combat vehicle, the strong power can make the wheeled infantry combat vehicle have more weight, which means that it can be equipped with thicker armor! Add a bigger turret!

Old Ford was delighted when he heard what hilrick said about the engine: "230 horsepower diesel engine?"

Old Ford certainly knows that for cars, gasoline engines have low noise and vibration and look high-end, while for trucks, diesel engines have high torque and sufficient traction, which is more suitable!

I didn't expect that Germany has a suitable diesel engine!

"Well, we Ford will carry out chassis research and development. I believe we will be able to develop this ten wheel truck soon." Said old Ford.

As long as the engine problem is solved, the chassis problem will not defeat Ford!

"As long as the R & D is completed and meets the needs of our army, we will carry out mass production. There will be tens of thousands of initial orders." Said Shrek.

Before a model is developed, there will be large orders, which is what any manufacturer wants most!

Now, old Ford was very excited when he heard this: "OK, let's run it right away. About the construction of the plant, we will submit the plan to you soon." This is also the most favorable thing for Ford. Ford can occupy more markets! Moreover, from Germany, it can even radiate to the whole Europe!

As for the military purpose of this truck, old Ford doesn't care so much. As a businessman, the most important thing is interests!

Needless to say, even in World War II, there are still a large number of American businessmen secretly doing business with Germany through neutral countries. In fact, many resources needed by Germany are smuggled over.

And now, the idea of supporting Germany is also the high-level idea of the United States. Therefore, there will be no resistance for Ford to build a factory in Germany!




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