Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 54: Heavy tank
Disenhofen awakened the imperial head of state according to the scheduled timetable. Xu Jun rolled in the quilt for several times before leaving the soft and warm bed reluctantly.
Because it is the head of state, it’s okay to eat more breakfast at nine o’clock. The chef of the Quirinale Palace is very attentive. An ordinary breakfast is made to the level of a world-class restaurant. He smiled openly and praised him.
So when Weierle walked into the restaurant with the documents that Xu Jun needed to review that day, the head of state was still enthusiastically eating the third Italian fried rice ball.
"Good morning, my head of state." Weirler greeted him with a bow.
"Good morning, Weierle, have you had breakfast?" Xu Jun swallowed the rice ball in his mouth and held up the water in front of him.
"I have eaten, my head of state." Weierle opened the seat at the table and sat next to the head of state.
"Eric, if it's convenient, I would like a pot of coffee." Weierle turned his head and said to Disenhofen, who was standing by.
"Please wait a moment, Your Excellency General." The adjutant nodded slightly, and then beckoned to the orderly.
"You should really try this fried rice ball, Weierle, this one is stuffed with mushrooms. I had a pork stuffed earlier. The taste is really impeccable." The head of state put down his knife and fork and motioned to the waiter to accept it. Take the cutlery.
"I asked, the chef here has served the Savoy royal family for 20 years and is one of the best chefs in Italy." Weierle put the briefcase on his lap and unscrewed it. On the mortise lock.
"Then he must have a very good relationship with the king." Xu Jun wiped his mouth with a napkin, and handed it to the waiter who was packing.
"On the contrary, after so many years of service, he hates the Emmanuele family. The king is very picky in taste and has an arrogant personality. It is usually difficult to get along with." Weierle put a stack of papers In front of Xu Jun.
"Rhine Steel has produced the design drawings of the V-tank in accordance with your requirements. The Army Ordnance Office needs your consent. They are preparing to build ten prototype vehicles for technical verification." Weirler took it out of his pocket The monocle was clamped on the eye socket and opened the top document.
"When did you change these glasses?" Xu Jun asked curiously.
"I usually bring this when I travel. It's more convenient." Weierle replied with a smile.
"It looks pretty good, Weierle. You asked Rhein Steel to make a list of the funds and resources needed for the next month. I want to know the actual working hours of their production of this weapon. These data are not exhaustive enough, etc. I returned to Berlin and ordered them to send another production drawing." Xu Jun took out a pen from his pocket, unscrewed the cap, signed a beautiful squiggle signature, and finally drew an exclusive monogram.
Germany's latest heavy tank research and development has entered the final stage at this time. Xu Jun has cut off a bunch of unrealistic design schemes before.
Xu Jun's standard is that this tank must be able to meet the operational requirements of the German Army in the next four years at one time. It does not need to be technologically advanced, but it must be effective in future **** battles.
At present, the main force of the German tanks is determined to be an improved version of the No. 4 tank. As long as it has room for development, Xu Jun will not give up this reliable weapon system.
Foreseeing the cruelty of the armored battlefield on the Eastern Front in the future, in the German Army’s current equipment, the models below the No. 3 tank will be retired from active service except for some of the reconnaissance and security forces. The equipment that has been withdrawn can be used to train recruits, or it can be transformed into a vehicle for other infantry weapons, and can no longer be used as agricultural tractors. Now the agricultural production in Germany is under great pressure and a large number of agricultural machinery is urgently needed.
Now this production sequence is designated as a V-type heavy tank. Of course, it will not be the Panthers that appeared in history, because all the 20-ton medium tank projects have been cut off by Xu Jun.
Xu Jun had already determined the future main tank of Germany in his mind. With Germany’s current technical level and production capacity, if he wanted to stop the huge flood of Soviet armor, there was only one weapon system that could do it, and that was sdkfz181. The tiger tank is famous in the later world.
However, Xu Jun is also very aware of the shortcomings of this tank. The production process is too complicated, the power and action systems are overburdened, and daily maintenance is difficult, which leads to frequent failures on the battlefield.
Since Xu Jun has come to this time and space and has become the latest German helm, how could he not use the technology and power in his hands to improve and make up for these major shortcomings.
The weight of Germany's future heavy tanks is limited to 45 tons, and the total weight must not exceed 50 tons after adding additional equipment and additional armor plates.
On the suspension system, Xu Jun ordered the manufacture of two types of chassis prototypes for comparison, one with independent torsion bars and air shock absorbers, plus traditional German alternating road wheels. The other uses the longitudinal external torsion bar suspension system developed by Porsche, which is the unique suspension scheme used on Ferdinand and Tiger King in history.
It has been rumored in history that the latter suspension is not very reliable, but Xu Jun believes that the main reason is that the carrying weight exceeds the design weight.
The test results are not beyond Xu Jun’s expectations. The torsion bar suspension is indeed more significant than the latter. However, considering the torsion bar system occupies the interior space of the car body and the production man-hours, Xu Jun finally considered I chose Porsche. At least until the weight exceeds the 60-ton mark, the performance of this suspension is equally extraordinary.
Xu Jun is not prepared to make a monster of more than 60 tons. The forty-five-ton tiger is already the limit of Germany’s current production capacity. After the European production potential has fully exploded, he will follow the current The battle situation requires more powerful equipment.
The power and drive system are rear-mounted, which is really tempting, but Germany lacks experience in this area and can only obtain technology from the British. Xu Jun has a large number of drawings, but they are not suitable for tiger-style reforms. Type use.
After subtracting the excess weight consumed by the complex suspension and walking system, the interior of the car body is also made of light materials as much as possible to reduce unnecessary consumption, and allocate quotas to firepower and armor as much as possible.
As for the power system, Xu Jun directly took out the historical drawings of the Maybach hl245 engine, the head of state’s design scheme, which shocked the Maybach company to heaven and earth. What kind of random thought is this, even if it is an old brand No designer can make such a subtle improvement.
This type of tank engine, known as the ultimate product of German heavy-duty engines in history, is equipped with a turbocharger system with an output power of 900 horsepower. After being installed on the new tank, the unit power can reach 18 horsepower per unit. Tons, which means that the mobility of this tank is comparable to most existing medium tanks.
Next is the most important armor. Xu Jun likes the silly shoebox shape, but he also knows that this is a weapon used for warfare, and he can't let his soldiers die by personal preference.
It's not that German designers don't know the benefits of beveled armor, but that they have too much national pride. Looking at the follow-up German products in history, isn't it all sluggish to play with inclined armor? Xu Jun won't get used to this strange temper, don't wait to think of improvement after being hanged. He will only use the technology he has at hand to stifle the threat in the design of the weapon early.
The frontal armor of Shoebox Meow was really effective in actual combat. Xu Jun found that there was not much room for improvement. He just changed the upper armor to a whole bevel to improve the defensive ability of the crew's head position.
The thickness of the side and rear armor of the car body has maintained the thickness of 82mm~IndoMTL.com~Although the armor data is the same as in history, because of Xu Jun's interference, the car body size has been reduced by a whole compared with the historical design. No., equipped with the designed weight reduction turret, a lightweight Tiger was born in front of people.
"I need to remind you that the Ordnance Office and Rhein Steel must be finalized before the end of the year, and start building a new assembly line now, and start full production at the beginning of next year. I need to see two hundred new models before April next year. Retan." Xu Jun finished closing the document.
"Do you know the strongest tank in Germany during the last war? Weiller." The Führer threw the pen on the table and picked up the coffee cup that Disenhofen had placed in front of him.
"I remember that model, it's 7v." Weierle replied.
"The Sherman Type 1, with a rate of fire of 350 rounds per minute, piercing, blasting, and burning, all in an instant. It is the hero in the tank." The head of state had a calm smile on his face.
"Wait a minute, my Führer." Weierle's monocle fell on the table.
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