Chapter 37 Tank Indicators

Twenty kilometers away, in another depth of the desert, a hidden military base is being built.

If you have money, you can do anything!

The yellow sand is everywhere, and the wind is blowing. This is a terrible sandstorm in the desert!

In the reinforced concrete room at the base, Cyric listened to the reports of the engineers present.

It was Alfred who presided over the meeting.

"Future wars must be dominated by tanks, so our design indicators for tanks must be carefully considered." Alfred said.

Experts from various companies were gathered here. They all came here secretly in response to Krupp's call to participate in the research and development together. Moreover, after signing the contract, once they came here, they could not go back within five years. .

This allows maximum secrecy.

As a future tank commander, Guderian also participated in the meeting.

Tank design indicators! Originally, this was not difficult for them, it had nothing to do with each company, and the military put forward the indicators entirely.

But now, they have nothing to do with the military, so this initial indicator has to be determined by themselves. In this case, they must be cautious.

Once the general direction is wrong, the past few years will be wasted.

"Right now, our technology in tanks is still blank." An engineer said: "In order to reduce the difficulty of the project, I suggest that we start with the simplest ten-ton light tank. Now, we already have The news is that the British are developing this type of tank."

Now, it's not even 1925! All countries are blank about what the future tank will look like. Among them, the British, as the inventor of the tank, have always been concerned by other countries.

And now, the British design team headed by JohnValentineCarden and VyvianLoyd is designing the prototype car of MK.E.

The body of this car is riveted and armored, the power source is a British Armstrong upright four-cylinder gasoline engine, and a trolley-type suspension system is used on the suspension system.

Double track structure, four pairs on the left and right. Each pair of rails is connected to two road wheels, and two pairs of road wheels on the left and right are equipped with spring structures. This suspension system is considered to be a very good system, which can withstand long-distance driving. It is very good in this era. design.

This kind of tank, the Wicks tank that was finalized later, was not widely used in the UK, but it was widely used for reference by other countries. This tank is a prototype, and he has come up with his own No. 1 tank.

The total production in the world, more than 10,000 vehicles, has fully influenced the design of tanks around the world!

Now, German tank design also starts from imitation, so targeting the tanks under development in the UK is an opportunity.

"No, this tank is not what our armored troops need, it is too small." Guderian immediately retorted.

Since he came here, Guderian has been busy, organizing these thousands of troops to use cardboard for training first. He is even more looking forward to the arrival of the tank.

However, Guderian didn't want his tank troops to use this kind of thing!

A ten-ton tank is too small, which means it cannot have thick armor, and a large-caliber anti-tank gun can kill it! At the same time, it cannot carry more powerful artillery!

Except that it can be used by scouts, this tank is almost useless!

In later generations, the No. 1 tank participated in the Spanish civil war. The combat effectiveness of this tank was almost as predicted by Guderian, and it was not very useful!

"Guderian, what's your opinion?" Alfred asked.

"I think we should divide tanks into two basic types, the main tanks that carry high-velocity guns for anti-armor warfare, and the support tanks that carry large-caliber guns to shoot high-explosive ammunition. The combined ratio is three companies of main battle tanks and one company of support tanks."

Guderian is very forward-looking. His view is not unreasonable. In later generations, it was under his suggestion that Germany carried out the research and development and equipment of the No. 3 and No. 4 tanks at the same time.

"Both of these two tanks have a dead weight of about 24 tons, which can adapt to the load limit of our highway bridges. The maximum travel speed is 35 kilometers per hour. The two tanks work together. The former is equipped with high-speed tank guns, which are mainly used for combat. Enemy tanks, the latter with larger caliber howitzers, are used in anti-infantry operations."

Of course, Guderian came prepared. These days of thinking and research, in Guderian's mind, have formed the current conclusion.

"Guderian, your idea is good, but now, we don't have much technology accumulation, I'm afraid we can't directly make more than 20 tons of tanks." An expert from Henschel said: "The technology is too difficult. , I'm afraid we have to finally terminate the project."

technical difficulty! In Germany now, it can be said that there is no pre-research, and everything starts from scratch. In this case, the best way is to first build a primary model, and then gradually develop it.

The 20-ton plan proposed by Guderian was a bit too advanced.

At this moment, Cyric spoke: "Why use two tanks? Can it be combined into one?"

World War II can be said to be the world of tanks. All kinds of tanks galloped across the battlefield, and the tank soldiers became the greatest arms.

Cyric, who loves World War II research, also discovered a peculiar phenomenon. The German No. 3 and No. 4 tanks are almost similar to the British cruisers and infantry tanks.

Why not integrated into a tank? Like the afterlife, there aren't many categories at all! It's the main battle tank!

"Because we can't make a suitable artillery." Guderian said: "Anti-tank, the muzzle velocity of the shell needs to be high, so the caliber cannot be too large, otherwise the barrel will be too long. Now, we can start from 37 mm. The anti-tank gun is the choice, and the anti-infantry needs a large-caliber howitzer. My vision is to use a 75mm caliber short-barreled howitzer. Unless we study monster tanks with multiple turrets, it can only be separated.”

There are still 15 years to go before World War II! In the past 15 years, tank technology has been greatly developed, and now, it is just in its infancy!