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The Third Empire - Chapter 303

Published at 19th of October 2021 11:56:36 AM


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In 1938, on the whole, the whole world was still very calm, and in this calm, it was a precursor to the arrival of the war.

Xierik was so busy that he didn't go home for more than a whole day. After xierik found EVA, he immediately asked someone to arrange the project about EVA.

This project is very important. In World War II, Germany's electronic technology was backward. Therefore, although Germany had such big killers as anti-ship missiles and guided bombs, when it was discovered by the British, as long as electronic jamming was turned on, the hit rate decreased significantly.

We must turn frequency hopping technology into reality!

Time soon, in the twinkling of an eye, it was April 20.

On this day, the whole of Germany is a festive atmosphere. On both sides of the street, every shop is hung with ten thousand character flags, and people's faces are filled with smiles.

"May our leaders always be healthy!" That's the first thing people say when they meet.

Because it was Hitler's birthday!

Today is also the busiest time for the top management of the whole Germany. Everyone is wearing the latest style of military uniform, the most handsome military uniform designed by Hitler himself. They came to an army weapon testing ground on the outskirts of Berlin.

Yes, Hitler's birthday was not in the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, but here, because there were things that fascinated him very much.

Two crawler chassis have not yet installed turrets on them, and these two chassis are from Henschel and Porsche. Now they are here to present Hitler's birthday!

A new generation of German Tiger tanks will be born in these two chassis!

In later generations, it was said that the German army encountered the T-34 crisis in the process of moving eastward. Then, Germany learned from the pain and began the research and development of Tiger tanks. In fact, this is not the case at all.

The research and development of heavy tanks in Germany can be traced back to 1935! At that time, Henschel company successfully developed DW II weighing 33 tons in 37 years as required.

Later, Germany continued to put forward a new plan, vk3001, in which VK means "test vehicle". The first two digits of the number mean "30 ton class" and the last two mean "the first prototype". This plan has become the "ancestor" of "tiger" I. within Henschel company, it is called "tiger cub", that is, tiger cub.

After the development plan was put forward, Porsche, Henschel, Mercedes Benz and man competed. Later, the two companies began to develop Panther tanks and withdrew from the competition. There were only two left. The Porsche scheme code was vk3001 (P) and the Henschel scheme code was vk3001 (H)

At present, the development of German tanks still coincides with history. Panther tanks are steadily in mass production. Relying on streamlined production, the output of this tank is constantly increasing. After occupying the Czech Republic, integrating Czech Arsenal has almost doubled the production capacity of panther tanks.

It is conservatively estimated that Germany will have ten integrated armored divisions by the end of this year! All are fully loaded, which is many years earlier than in history!

However, only the Panther is not enough. The standardized chassis of the Panther has been improved to 40 tons, which is the limit. Germany needs stronger chariots!

Therefore, two years ago, the development of new tanks began steadily.

When developing the beetle, Dr. Ferdinand Porsche successfully met Hitler's requirements and showed Hitler the incompetence of domestic automobile factories. Therefore, Hitler trusted Dr. Porsche very much.

Therefore, he appointed Dr. Porsche as the chief of the German tank development committee and became Hitler's chief adviser on tank development; The committee, composed of engineers and industry representatives, is responsible for the future tank design and provides professional suggestions for the tanks being developed by the ordnance Bureau.

Of course, this doesn't mean that xirik is not important. After all, xirik is in charge of too many projects. Xirik is still the commander-in-chief of the armed SS, so xirik can't be busy alone.

After all, it was xierik who built the Tiger tank, the main equipment in Germany. Hitler had great trust in xierik. Just after returning from Libya, xierik had been officially established as Hitler's successor at the party meeting a few days ago.

The turret of the tank was built by Krupp, while the chassis of the tank was competed by Henschel and Porsche.

Now, on the ground, are these two kinds of tank chassis.

Dr. Porsche's face was excited. Since he followed Hitler, he changed his life for the second spring. He was full of energy.

"According to our deduction of the future war, after the war, Britain, France, the United States, the Soviet Union and other countries will certainly carry out the research and development of new tanks. Their new tanks may have tank guns of more than 70 mm or even 100 mm, and the penetration depth may reach 100 mm. Therefore, the protection ability of our new tanks must exceed 100 mm."

As the chief consultant of tank development, Dr. Porsche has been studying the development of tanks in recent years. His judgment is very correct.

The protective force of the tank should exceed 100 mm, which also means that the weight of the tank will be greatly increased!

"In this way, the self weight of the tank will reach at least 45 tons, or even greater, reaching a scale of 60 tons." Dr. Porsche continued: "we think that under this weight, ordinary mechanical devices may not be able to bear this weight, so we have developed an electric transmission system."

Now, the number of the project has become vk4501. The two units involved in the development are manufactured on the basis of 45 tons.

Therefore, although the Panther tank is now very strong, it can not replace the new tank. After development, when the Panther tank is improved to 40 tons, there is no potential to be tapped. Now the new tank starts from 45 tons and can be easily improved to 60 tons.

Dr. Porsche is a technology maniac. He usually stays in the Porsche factory in Stuttgart for design. Moreover, he is the chief consultant for tank development. He is not subject to the technical performance requirements deduced by the ordnance bureau according to the war training institute, and gives free play to his design talent.

It is for this reason that although many designs of Porsche are advanced in concept, most of them do not meet the needs of the army, such as the suspension system of the outer frame and the concept of electric drive.




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