Chapter 102: Wheeled armored vehicle

　　 Maintenance! If you have been an armored soldier, you should know that in the daily routine maintenance, there will be an adjustment of the track, swinging a sledgehammer, holding a steel drill, and disassembling the track. This is a skill for armored soldiers. The track is not tight. , It is easy to fall off or break off during walking!
　　 These are absolute physical tasks, but the wheeled type has no such content, and it is quite concise.
　　At the same time, if you can drive a car, you can drive a wheeled armored vehicle, and if you can drive a crawler, you have to drive a tractor!
　　 And the current ten-wheeled off-road truck, this chassis will be the chassis of the wheeled armored vehicle in the future!
　　 For Ford, Cyrenk is full of confidence, because Cyrenk knows that in history, Ford has produced the famous M8 wheeled armored vehicle. This armored vehicle has produced tens of thousands! In the United Kingdom, this armored vehicle is affectionately called the Greyhound!
The M8 wheeled armored vehicle is six-wheel drive, with a maximum speed of 88 kilometers per hour, a maximum cross-country speed of 48 kilometers per hour, a maximum range of 560 kilometers, a wading depth of 0.6 meters, and a wall height of 0.3 meters. This maneuverability was at that time Still very good.
　　 The chassis of this armored vehicle is almost similar to an all-wheel drive ten-wheel truck, and it is easy to copy it.
　　 This is also the technical reserve that Cyrenk has made for Germany. After this truck is produced in a German factory, it can easily be converted at any time to produce wheeled armored vehicles.
Of course, for the 66 drive armored vehicle, the off-road capability still cannot satisfy Cyrenk. What Cyric wants most is the 88 drive armored vehicle. From the side, the four tires in each row almost occupy The length of the entire body! This also makes it more mobile, and is the most common form of wheeled infantry fighting vehicles in later generations.
　　 The old Ford was also quite shocked by the technical data that Cyric put forward at this time. Old Ford has been studying machinery. Of course, he understood the idea that Cyric put forward.
　　 "In that case, first of all, we must have a high-power engine. Now our engine is less than 100 horsepower, which is too small. We need one hundred and fifty horsepower, or even two hundred horsepower."
　　 If you want to drive a car, you must have an engine. If you want to drive a ten-ton all-wheel drive truck, the power of the engine is even greater!
　　 For example, the American heavy truck in World War II, the MackNO1943-1945 heavy-duty artillery tractor, weighs 13 tons and is equipped with a 159 horsepower engine. This is definitely a large model of automobile engines.
　　 Ford produces cars, not airplanes. Ford does not have the technical reserves of high-power engines. Therefore, Ford raised the first question, which is the engine!
　　 Engine! For Cyric, this is not difficult!
"I believe that Ford's technology can definitely develop high-power engines." Cyric said: "If the progress is temporarily delayed, our Maybach company has similar engines. At that time, we will build a factory in Germany. It can be purchased from the supporting Maybach company. In addition to various gasoline engines, there are also diesel engines that can be used. Among them is a V6 diesel engine with an output of 230 horsepower, which is absolutely sufficient."
　　 Maybach company! This is an important automobile and engine company in Germany. There are various types of engines for sports cars with a power of 200 horsepower. However, this gasoline engine is not suitable for trucks, and diesel engines are the most suitable!
Diesel engines!
　　 Now, Maybach company has begun to produce 500 horsepower V12 diesel engine for Germany's latest tank! At the same time, various other simplified models have also been finalized.
　　It mainly includes two engines, V6 and V8. The layout and structure of these engines are exactly the same! Cylinders, pistons and the like are completely replaceable! It can be said that it is equivalent to splitting from the V12 engine and splitting it in half, which is the V6 engine!
　　 What are the benefits of this? Of course it greatly facilitates the logistics supply! Various parts can be replaced, and the types of logistics support will be greatly reduced! At the same time, it is also convenient for the production of supporting manufacturers!
　　 It can even be said that once it enters the war mode, the main engine manufacturer only needs to produce a cylinder block, and can quickly assemble this diesel engine with the various accessories of the downstream manufacturer! Capacity is not a problem!
　　 Ford, the most important thing is streamlined production! The higher the output of various components, the lower the cost!
　　When Ford enters Germany, it will bring this advanced production method to Germany, further reducing the production cost in Germany, and this V6 and V8 engine will also become the main driving force for the various equipment of the German ground forces!
In fact, the 230 horsepower of the current V6 is somewhat surplus, but this is better. It can provide more powerful power to the truck, with stronger carrying capacity, and after it is transformed into a wheeled infantry fighting vehicle, it will have strong power. , Can make the wheeled infantry fighting vehicle have more weight~EbookFREE.me~ This means that you can have thicker armor! Add a bigger turret!
　　 Hearing what Cyric said about the engine, old Ford was also happy: "230-horsepower diesel engine?"
　　 Old Ford certainly knows that, for cars, gasoline engines have low noise and vibration, and look high-end, while for trucks, diesel engines have high torque and sufficient traction, which is of course more suitable!
　　 I didn’t expect that Germany had a suitable diesel engine!
　　 "Okay, we, Ford, will carry out chassis research and development. I believe that this ten-wheel truck will be developed soon." Old Ford said.
　　 As long as the engine problem is solved, the chassis problem will not fail Ford!
　　 "As long as the R&D is completed and meets the needs of our military, we will carry out mass production, and the initial order will be tens of thousands." Cyric said.
　　 If a model has not yet been developed, there will be a large order. This is what any manufacturer hopes most!
Now, Old Ford is very excited when he hears this: "Okay, then we will operate immediately, and we will soon submit a plan to you regarding the establishment of the factory." This matter is also most beneficial to Ford. Yes, Ford can occupy more markets! Moreover, from Germany, it can even radiate to the entire Europe!
　　 As for the military purpose of this truck, old Ford doesn't care about that much. As a businessman, the most important thing is profit!
　　 Needless to say, now, even in the Second World War, there are still a large number of American businessmen who are secretly doing business with Germany through neutral countries. Many of the resources that Germany needs are actually smuggled.
　　 And now, the Germany that has been fostered is also the idea of ​​the high-level Americans, so there will be no resistance to Ford to build a factory in Germany!