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The Third Empire - Chapter 38

Published at 19th of October 2021 12:02:52 PM


Chapter 38: 38

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The 37mm anti tank gun was also brilliant in the early stage of World War II. It was the main anti tank gun in Germany. Of course, it was also a rapidly backward anti tank gun facing elimination.

Now, it's quite strong to install a 37mm anti tank gun on the tank, which is specially used to counterattack the other party's tank!

The anti infantry needs a large caliber howitzer. Moreover, the trajectory of the howitzer is curved and the trajectory of the anti tank gun is straight. At this stage, these two kinds seem to be unable to be integrated together!

"It seems that my idea is a little too advanced." "I also have an idea that our Tank Firepower should be in place in one step. How about a 75mm gun directly on a long barrel? The length of the barrel is enlarged to about 40 times the diameter. When using armor piercing bullets, strive to reach a penetration depth of about 100 mm. "

75mm gun directly on the long gun barrel, and strive to reach 100mm in depth!

Everyone present was shocked by Sherek's statement!

In this era, it is good for tanks to have more than ten millimeters of armor! The thickest front armor is only 50 or 60 mm. Now, the requirements put forward by shirek have directly crossed to 100 mm! Is that too cruel?

"Shrek, is the firepower of this artillery too great?" Said goodrian.

"Goodrian, we talked about the three elements of Tank Firepower, protection and mobility. What do you think should be the most important?" Asked Shrek.

What is most important? Goodrian thought briefly and said, "it should be firepower."

"Yes, it's fire! In case of insufficient protection, we must meet the firepower! In case of insufficient mobility, we must first meet the firepower!!! " Shirek said, "I don't want our soldiers to shout loudly in the future battlefield, can't break through, can't break through!"

Firepower, this is the first element! In this regard, Germany actually went the wrong way. The tiger style and tiger king in the era of World War II focused on protection. After World War II, it was found that the heavy tank was wrong, and the result went to the extreme. The Leopard 1 tank has outstanding firepower, excellent mobility and extremely weak protection!

Looking at Huaxia's development and mobility of new tanks, because there is no advanced engine, the performance is not outstanding. As for the protection, this is a secret, and the firepower, without hesitation, chose the 125mm tank gun, and increased the medicine room to strive for firepower first!

If the firepower is not enough, everything will be in vain. What's the use of being able to rush up and withstand each other's artillery fire? By impact?

Piercing the enemy's armor, especially from the front, is the first priority of your tanks!

"At present, the tanks and armor protection of all countries in the world are very weak. However, we can imagine that after more than ten years of development, the performance of tanks will be greatly improved. We should aim at future threats. Therefore, it is necessary to install our tanks with large caliber and long barrel." Said Shrek.

"Not only the 75mm gun, but also the ability to replace the 88mm or 100mm tank gun in the later stage." "As we progress, the enemy's armor will certainly improve," said Shrek

In later generations, the tank gun refitted from Germany's 88mm anti-aircraft gun enjoys a high reputation and is talked about by all military fans along with the tiger type and the tiger king. However, in fact, in World War II, the largest number of enemy tanks was not the 88mm gun, but the 75mm anti tank gun!

Pak40 anti tank gun, in addition to German No. 4 tank, hunter, No. 3 assault gun and No. 4 tank annihilation gun, is also an anti tank gun equipped with a large number of infantry, with remarkable results.

The original 37 mm gun, 50 mm gun, of course, Chirac can't see it, at least 75 mm tank gun!

At the same time, this is also a very suitable caliber.

Now, the 88mm antiaircraft gun has not been seen yet! According to the Versailles treaty, Krupp can't study artillery now. The historical 88mm antiaircraft gun was developed only in the 1930s.

Although it is more powerful when the caliber is large, another aspect is the reduction in the number of shells. At the same time, it is definitely a hard job to carry shells by manpower. The larger the caliber of the shell, the more difficult it is to carry.

Therefore, Shrek determined the caliber of the tank gun to 75mm, and he can work hard on the shell in the future!

"If we really set the tank gun to 75mm caliber, our body will have to be enlarged synchronously and the weight will increase. If we want to have good mobility, we need better engines, which is also beyond our ability." Said an engineer from Henschel.

If you can only keep up with the speed of infantry as in World War I, tanks are of no great use. Now, tanks should be used as the main weapon of assault, and the cross-country speed must not be low!

Unfortunately, due to the limitations of the Versailles treaty, Germany is extremely backward in all aspects. There is no suitable engine to find out all the existing engines at hand!

"Our Maybach company does not have any kind of engine and transmission system, which can adapt to tanks with more than 30 tons. Everything needs to be developed from scratch." Another technician spoke.

Driven by Krupp, many companies have sent their own engineers, and the participation of Maybach is the inevitable premise for the smooth progress of the current project.

Because they need Maybach's engine.

In later generations, Maybach's brand once closed down, but now, Maybach company, the most famous automobile manufacturer in Europe, produces cars with high prices, which can only be owned by the richest tycoons.

At the same time, Maybach company is also an important company manufacturing engines. The famous Zeppelin airship uses Maybach engines. In the history of later generations, almost all German tanks are Maybach engines!

Hl62 for No. 2 tank, hl108hl120 for No. 3 and No. 4 tank, hl210hl230 for tiger Panther tank, hl230 for tiger king tank, all Maybach!

After the decline of airships, Maybach's main energy is to develop large luxury cars. Now, the engine used in their luxury cars is only 150 horsepower!

Driving a 30 ton tank requires at least more than 500 horsepower! This is an insurmountable gap!

Without proper power, any tank can not mature!




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