Chapter 603: Weapon gap

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The number of German armored forces has been increasing. This is due to the fact that the Germans can always find a lot of equipment from their opponents to arm themselves: from the French b1 tank to the Soviet t-26 tank, they have become the German team ’s weapons. equipment.
About 1,000 seized Soviet t-26 tanks were assigned to the second-tier German troops for training and daily security tasks, and in the J Army, General Hawk had about 300 such disposable weapons and equipment . The Germans did not intend to use these weapons for a long time. In fact, another 100 tanks were distributed to the troops as parts. If these parts were used up, the tanks would be scrapped as scheduled. The Germans used the t-26 as an armored reconnaissance vehicle, including against some guerrillas without heavy firepower.
At the same time, about 500 other tanks were sent to Poland for modification. These light T-26 tanks eventually needed to dismantle the turret and the armor above to form an open-top environment, so that the German 105 howitzer could be installed. The howitzer was distributed to the troops. The Germans have found a good home for these 500 self-propelled howitzers, and that is the j group army that is also suitable for t-26.
The German self-propelled howitzer is divided into two types, one is the 105 mm caliber self-propelled howitzer of the No. 3 tank chassis, and the other is the 150 mm caliber self-propelled howitzer with the most advanced leopard tank chassis. These two types of artillery are now in short supply in the armored forces, and everyone is waiting in line to equip and distribute the troops.
Especially for the 150mm caliber self-propelled howitzer, the production capacity of the leopard-type tank was not stopped, so the production capacity could not meet the military requirements at all. The output of the chassis of the leopard tank has been increased three times, but the output of the leopard tank is declining. There is no other reason. It is precisely because the German self-propelled artillery occupies a lot of production resources.
There are already many weapon systems developed on the chassis of the leopard tank, such as the leopard bridge vehicle, the leopard repair vehicle, the leopard command vehicle, the leopard 4 combined 40 mm caliber self-defense gun, the leopard 75 mm caliber assault Cannon, Leopard 150mm caliber howitzer, Leopard 130mm caliber rocket launcher-if you add the front and rear Type 3 leopard tanks with different armor thickness, no less than 10 kinds of deformation vehicles have been derived on a chassis.
It can be said that the chassis of the leopard tank has now become the carrier of Germany's second largest series of weapons. Some of the German armored forces did not have Tiger tanks, and some did not have No. 3 tanks. Those modified seized supplies were rare, but the only panther tanks can be seen as long as there are German tank troops.
The extensive use of mature technology has made tremendous success in the improvement and use of leopard tank chassis. The mature technology has kept the failure rate of the German armored forces at a low state, and the maintenance speed is also faster because of the universal equipment. Now, a German mechanic can be pulled out of the armored forces to solve more than half of the technical problems of the leopard tank.
However, the output of leopard tanks is indeed declining. At the peak, the Germans produced 3,000 leopard tanks a year, but now German records show that the production of German leopard tanks will drop to about 1,700 in the next year. . The main reason is that the Leopard A tank with a thinner front armor plate has been discontinued, and the chassis of the Leopard 150mm caliber howitzer has been fully supplied. Part of the chassis of the Leopard B tank with thick armor was also diverted to the Leopard 75mm caliber assault gun.
On the contrary, the output of German Tiger tanks has been steadily increasing. According to the current production line capacity calculation, the German army will add 2700 Tiger tanks in the next year, and these new Tiger tanks are thickened with front armor. Improved. The German army is reducing the proportion of its leopard tanks in military equipment, and its production capacity is gradually leaning towards more advanced tiger tanks.
After testing the chassis of the Tiger King tank, it completely conquered the German tank experts and designers. This type of low-profile tank with some asymmetric torsion bars hangs the rear engine transmission, which is almost everyone. Crazy. Almost all modern tank design concepts are reflected in the Tiger King tank, such as 6 pairs of wide load wheels and better bulletproof shape. Even after reading Akado, I think this is definitely the t-64 tank chassis. And the weight between the two is also relatively close. The German Tiger King tank is expected to weigh about 38 tons, and the total weight of the t-64 tank is also about 40 tons.
However, the German tank designers finally persuaded Akado, the head of the "stubborn favorite medium tank", to be forced to compromise, allowing the German Tiger King tank to increase its total weight to an unprecedented 45 tons. However, several designers, including Colonel Demont, are confident in Germany ’s engine technology today. They privately feel that the King Tiger tank can be properly weighted. 48 tons is definitely a weight that everyone recognizes.
These German tank designers did not understand the inconsistent performance of the head of the Akador on tank design: in 1925, the secretly developed German future tank was originally only a pitiful 5 tons, but the head of state directly Denying this design, he proposed that heavier and larger tanks must be designed.
As a result, when the German tank designers took out the No. 2 tank weighing 8 tons, the head of state was still not satisfied, even just to train the troops in advance, and after ordering a batch of No. 2 tanks, they ordered the start of production. The heavier tank No. 3. So the weight of the German tank began to leap-in the shortest time to increase the weight of the tank from 5 tons to more than 20 tons.
The subsequent leopard tanks can be called the classics of world tank design. The German tanks completely disregarded the heroes. They completed the balance of armored protective maneuverability and superior firepower with a weight of about 30 tons. Number one hero. At the time, the number one tank ace Rennes even hit an amazing record of destroying 22 tanks in the battle of Stone.
Everyone saw the vision of the head of state, and everyone saw the footsteps of the heavy tanks, so when the head of state ordered the production of tiger tanks, no one felt strange. Krupp even felt that the order was issued a little late. He The factory is already ready to help the German team maintain the title of tank quality first in the world.
However, after the design of the Tiger King tank started, the head of state changed the habit of requiring the tank to be heavier and heavier and better, and in turn required to restrict the weight of the tank. He ordered that the armor protection level of the Tiger King tank should be better than that of the Tiger tank, and no longer need to deliberately pursue a qualitative leap. On the contrary, Akado began to be keen to develop 105-caliber tank guns to deal with new Soviet tanks with thicker armor.
He ordered to conduct research on the improvement of artillery power in three directions at the same time. One is the improvement of new shells based on the development of new materials; the other is the improvement of the caliber of the artillery and the length of the barrel; To achieve the purpose of enhancing the power of artillery. In the end, based on cost considerations, Akado chose the first type of shell improvement and the third type of caliber improvement to improve the anti-tank capabilities of the German armored forces.
Now the evaluation and improvement of the Tiger King tank has reached the final stage. The entire chassis can be said to be seamless. Akado knows that this shape will not be outdated even in the 1970s. It can be said that the birth of this chassis allowed German tanks to The chassis is invincible.
Next, his designers have only two research directions-more advanced composite armor, and more advanced fire control systems, these two things are combined with the powerful 105 mm caliber smoothbore gun, at least before 1970 , No need to think about replacing the tank.
The long-term accumulation does not seem to have any effect. German tanks and aircraft have signs of being pulled into the gap, but Akado understands more than anyone ’s heart, it seems that the distance is constantly pulling in, but in fact German technology is slowing down Step into a leap stage, and the opponent's reluctant catch-up with outdated technology will show fatigue within the next year.
Some technologies can be replaced with outdated technologies, which may not show any clues in a short period of time, and even strange phenomena of backward technology and better performance may appear. However, as time goes by, the gap will gradually show up, and when the backward party wants to catch up again, because of the lack of technical accumulation process, it will fall into an embarrassing situation of complete collapse.
A simple example is that in the 1970s, the Soviet Union used backward electronic components to develop new fighters. The performance of the MiG-25 for a long period of time has panicked the Western world. But when the new generation of fighters in the United States began service, the Soviet Union's technological lag was exposed, which directly led to the lag in Soviet weapons and electronic equipment in the following decades.
Akado now has a very strong scientific and technical reserve. He just needs one to two years to develop these immature technologies into more reliable mature technologies. By that time, some epoch-making monsters Will appear on the battlefield, once again changing the appearance of the entire battlefield, so that the Germans will once again lead the world-and this time, no one will be able to pull into the distance in a short time, because the technical reserves of other countries have been exhausted .
Once the German Tiger King tank appeared on the battlefield, relying on the infrared technology night vision system, the German army will gain an absolute advantage on the land battlefield at night. The German army will be able to wipe out hundreds of thousands of opponents ’long life at night, and then at dawn Enron exited the battle before coming. Akado would like to know, in the face of such an invincible German armored force at night, what other tanks can the Soviets rely on to make a comeback?