"Sturdy! Aggressive! Stable! That's what we need! It can accompany the infantry and destroy all kinds of enemies it encounters at any time. "Prince Leopold, after greeting the designers and the test crew, surrounded the behemoth with great interest.www.biquge.info

The length is 5.5 meters, and the length is 6 meters if you count the gun in front. The width of the body is 2.7 meters. The height is 1.8 meters. The weight is around 16.8 tons. This size can only be regarded as a small thing in 2 battles. However, in this era, it is already a behemoth, especially since there are two German versions of Renault next to it!

The front of the hull is very simple, with a 40-degree inclined armor plate and another 30-degree inclined steel plate forming the front of the hull. The thickness of the armor plate in the upper part of the bow was 45mm. And the thickness of the lower armor plate is 30mm. However, because the first area is small and not easy to hit, it is normal to weaken some defenses. The sides of the hull are also surrounded by 30mm to 20mm armor. The rear of the body is made of 15mm steel plates.

How to say it, in the eyes of the prince, this goods can almost be described as worthless, but far ahead of the times! Tilt the armor! Diesel engine! Medium-caliber artillery! How stylish! It's a combination of the characteristics of the T34-76 at the beginning of World War 2 in history! Of course, the suspension, the engine, and the willow armor are really bad!

"Can this vehicle hold off artillery attacks?" The excited prince asked with interest as he stroked the bullet-riddled armor with his hand.

"The 57mm gun, well, it's probably a high-explosive shell fired by the British 6-pounder gun, no matter how strong it is, I'm afraid it won't work." Maybach himself did not believe in this statement. Not to mention anything else, just by relying on the armor combined with these willow nails, even if it can't be penetrated, there will be serious misalignment, and it's hard to say like the back plate cracking or something.

"Well, it would be much better if it was a whole piece of armor, but although there are still some flaws, the overall performance is still good, and this time it will bring a big change to our war mode!" Prince Leopold said. "Well, how much does such a tank cost?"

"100,000 marks!" Maybach estimated that this price has actually been depressed, and this is the price that can only be achieved after mass production and the R&D and test expenses are evenly apportioned. But even so, it's amazing in this era. (The first British Mk1 tank cost only £5,000, which is about 10 marks at exchange rates.) But the Mk1 is heavier, larger and has more weapons. ）

"100,000 marks," the prince also sighed. He knows what that number means. This is only for procurement and does not include daily training and maintenance. With such a big guy, stability must be more troublesome, and if you count these, you may not be able to double the price of your whole life!

"But it doesn't matter, Bavaria has no problem with hundreds of them. About money, look for Ruprecht, and if he doesn't give it, tell me. Prince Leopold said half-seriously, half-jokingly. And the prince also cooperated to make a helpless expression, which caused everyone to laugh.

"Your Royal Highness, we have one more test item waiting for you to test. If you can, I hope you can come back to the viewing platform and see the performance of the Breakthrough Tank No. 1 car. Maybach said with a smile on his face.

"Supposedly, their numbers are about the same, the only difference is that there is a ring-firing turret and a 50mm gun mounted on it?" Prince Leopold asked.

"That's right. The weight of the No. 1 car of the breakthrough tank is higher than that of the No. 2 car, which is about 18 tons, and the height is about 2 meters. There has been a slight increase in the amount of ammunition reserved. Other data are not much different. Maybach thought for a moment and said.

"Is it true that the No. 1 vehicle has a better range of fire, but sacrifices firepower and ammunition load?" The prince fell into deep thought. Even if the 75mm gun is only 24L long, it is still more powerful than the 50mm gun, although Maybach is very artistic to say that the No. 1 tank has a larger bomb load, but unfortunately the difference between the 1.75kg shell and the 7.5kg shell is a bit large. So if you talk about the effect of destroying the target, it is clear that the No. 1 car is far inferior to the No. 2 car, after all, the 75mm gun can solve the opponent with one shot, and if the 50mm gun is allowed to fight, it may take 2 or even 3 guns.

As an old soldier, especially Prince Leopold, who was still working in artillery, immediately showed a great loss of interest in this No. 1 car. After all, this thing's firepower is really bad. In the Prince's view, the greatest effect of this epoch-making weapon is to give the infantry a kind of chariot that can provide infantry with firepower and cover at any time, or it exists to cover the infantry.

Of course, although he was a little dissatisfied, as a well-educated nobleman, Prince Leopold returned to the viewing platform to continue watching the performance of Breakthrough Chariot 1. As a traverser, the prince knows very well that it is very difficult for a tank of the same level to win against an assault gun or tank destroyer of the same level.

After all, if a tank with a turret has an offensive and defensive advantage while enjoying the advantage of the shooting range, then it will be worth it? In general, turretless vehicles have advantages in terms of attack, defense, and concealment. Tank No. 3 can't beat the No. 3 assault gun, and the Leopard tank can't beat the Cheetah. Maozi's T34-85 also don't want to win the Su-100. So there was a saying in the German army of the 2nd World War that if I were on the defensive, I would rather have a company of assault guns than a battalion of tanks.

But it has to be said that tanks are still indispensable, and a simple firing range is enough. After all, assault guns are not very suitable for attacking, and when attacking targets, they have to turn the hull of the vehicle, and they are slow to react to blows from the side, which are Achilles' heels. (Of course, some tanks have turrets but still turn very slowly, as is the case with the German Tiger, and even more so with Maozi's IS2, which is said to have been surrounded by assault guns and pursuers.......) ）

Perhaps in order to attract the attention of His Royal Highness the Prince, in the performance of the No. 1 prototype, he tried his best to show the superiority of having a turret, a large angle of firing range, and a tank with a turret naturally performed better in the face of scattered targets, but unfortunately the grenades fired by the 50mm gun were still not so powerful...... In addition, the turret space is small, it is a two-person turret, the commander and gun commander are in the turret, and the loader is in the hull, so the loading operation space is narrow. The rate of fire of the 50mm gun was not fully utilized, and the rate of fire could only be considered average.

"In my opinion, the suitability of the Breakthrough Tank No. 2 is better than that of the No. 1 car. They are both much better than assault vehicles, but the latter can make up for the lack of numbers, and if they can, I think Breakthrough Battlefield 2 and Assault Tank 1 are more suitable for mass production. Eventually, Prince Leopold commented.

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