After such a toss, Li Le realized that his efforts seemed to have been in vain. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

He painstakingly reduced the weight of the historic Leopard to 37 tons, but this also slightly weakened the Leopard's defenses.

Compared to the historical Leopard tank, the new tank was inferior to the real Leopard tank in terms of defense on the sides and on top of the back.

In fact, Li Le strengthened the Leopard tank's artillery - and now it seems that this reinforcement may not be successful......

Because German engineers have already suggested that the use of large-caliber 88-mm guns has serious problems with recoil, and it is better to reduce the caliber to achieve the purpose of balance.

Although Li Le had already rejected the request and ordered the use of 88 mm guns on the new tank, he was concerned that technical problems remained.

In addition to the obvious increase in artillery, the only effect of the new Leopard tank was to save some of the excess weight.

This result is obviously not something Li Le is willing to face, which is equivalent to saving some materials on the premise of weakening the defense, and it is basically useless.

"Am I not busy in vain? The original design of the new tank is just a little heavier, and nothing has changed at all. Li Le rubbed his eyes, which were slightly astringent because of tiredness, and complained.

Krupp, who was sitting on the train, the king who produced artillery, raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard the Führer say this.

He was called in by the Führer to listen carefully to the development of new tanks. It was he, a big capitalist who had a good personal relationship with Hitler, that he had the opportunity to ride the Führer's special train and be with the Führer.

This German artillery king has always been a supporter of the Führer. His villa even had rooms reserved for the Führer, which shows that the relationship between the two was very good.

As the king of German arms, Krupp was not just a businessman who made artillery. His company penetrated almost the entire German military-industrial system, and was so large that others would be jealous.

The company owned by this modest man ranged from the production of submarine tanks to machine guns and cannons - almost everything.

"My Führer, you are really arrogant...... Krupp considered his words and said with a smile: "Your opinion is like a compass, guiding the direction of our research and development. ”

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, pointed to the drawings in front of him, and said: "At least the new tank has saved at least 40% of the cost in the production process." ”

When Krupp said this, he was based on scientific calculations. The use of torsion bar suspension and the strict use of single-row load wheels have greatly reduced the consumption of production and processing links.

And in the future maintenance and repair, it is necessary to save some time, and even because of the simple structure, even the probability of failure is lower.

Similarly, because the power system of the front and rear distribution of the Leopard tank has been eliminated, a central propeller shaft is missing, which also saves a lot of space in the car.

What is even more gratifying is that this is the first time that they have been consulted and participated in the tank design process, putting forward their valuable opinions to simplify the production process of tanks.

Suffice it to say, although this tank, which is still called Tank 5 and is still nicknamed the Leopard Tank, does not look much different, but it can be said to be a revolution in the history of German industry.

This revolution allowed the German industrial system to start using its own production capacity correctly and rationally, so that it could produce more weapons per unit of time - this is what the Leopard tank is all about.

"20% of our parts will be the same as the No. 6 tank, which is the Tiger tank." Krupp proudly gives data, which was previously unimaginable.

Tank 5 will also have a similar chassis, with the same wheels in between, as well as the driver's section at the front, ammo racks and crew seats inside the vehicle!

In today's view, this is just a bold attempt at universal modularization, but it can be said to be an epoch-making achievement at the time.

It was only after Li Le proposed GM and pointed out the benefits of doing so, that German designers began to pay attention to the importance of using standard parts.

Under the guidance of this mode of thinking, German armored vehicles and self-propelled guns began to use standard parts design, so for a long time in the future, only one style of seat will be produced, which can be installed on all combat vehicles!

It's just a universal screw, a universal armor plug-in module, and a universal commander's self-defense machine gun module...... This allowed Germany to significantly increase the pace of its own production of armored vehicles.

The same approach has already been applied to the No. 4 tank, because of the modular design standard, the initial version of the No. 4 tank already in service on the front line was simply modified on the Eastern Front with its own commander's machine gun.

Another great achievement was the Stalker tank destroyer proposed by Li Le, which had a no less impact on the German weapons research and development department than the development of the No. 5 tank.

A few months ago, stubborn German weapons designers believed that the excellence of a weapon was all about excellence in design.

However, when the Chaser tank destroyer appeared, the German weapons designers suddenly discovered that a weapon that had been put together everywhere could meet the requirements of 70 percent or more of their design.

And when such a weapon is in production, because it is a mature production line, the output is amazingly fast!

The Stalker was designed from July, and mass production began at the beginning of the 8...... Compared to efficiency, it can be said to be the best in the world.

Between August and September, 210 of the Stalker tank destroyers, with mature technology and production lines and simplified production processes, were in service!

God forbid! You read that right! It's really 210 cars! In less than a month, more than 200 tank destroyers, which are not good-looking, have average performance, and are regarded as garbage by many engineers!

Before the birth of this tank destroyer, all the armored vehicles and tanks of Germany, there was no such terrible record.

If this production is maintained, Germany will be able to replenish the front line with more than 2,000 Stalker tank destroyers by May next year!

In addition to consuming more fuel than in history, the strength of the German army has undoubtedly really been strengthened, and more than a little bit stronger!

You must know that at the beginning of the war, the total number of tanks that Germany could use to fight on the Eastern Front was only more than 3,000.

The addition of 2,000 Stalker tank destroyers is almost two-thirds more than two-thirds more than Germany's tank and armored forces.

These extra units can be used against the opposing infantry, and a large number of T-26 and other tanks.

At least it will be possible to free the main armored forces from the complicated defensive work and appear more in front of the Soviets as attackers.

"My Führer! A lot of your ideas, they're great ideas! Krupp opened his mouth and continued to comfort: "This corrects many of our misconceptions in the past. ”

Speaking of which, Krupp remembered rumors about the MG-42 machine gun. Although the Führer really has no tradition in naming weapons, these new weapons that are not named according to the principle of chronology are indeed good things!

The new, already approved by the troops, the STG-44 assault rifle, has now been ordered to be produced in full force.

The G-43 semi-automatic rifle, which is under development, has also been proved by the conclusion of the investigation report to be the weapon and equipment needed by the troops.

As for the beggar version of the MG-34 machine gun, which was named the MG-42 machine gun, which was assembled with a large number of stamping parts, it turned out to be a genius idea.

Even Krupp had to admit that Dr. Gruno, inspired by the Führer, massively produced weapons from stamped parts, which was an epoch-making innovation.

His improvements made the process of producing machine guns simpler than producing submachine guns, and if this is not an epoch-making innovation, then what can be called an innovation?

The dizzying improvement in the production of weapons, after two months of precipitation, has begun to accumulate changes.

The most obvious feeling is the grassroots soldiers of the German army. Although the weapons in their hands have not changed well, the number of weapons in their hands has gradually increased.

Originally, in two months, a newly built infantry company could only receive one machine gun supplement, but now, they can receive two or more.

In the same way, the commanders of infantry divisions could not have imagined the equipment of armored combat vehicles, especially tracked combat vehicles.

However, with the advent of the Stalker tank destroyers, these elite infantry divisions got their equipment and at least calmly faced the enemy's tank forces.

The situation in the past, when encountering enemy tanks, had to call armored units and look for separate armored battalions everywhere has been somewhat alleviated.

It was with these small improvements that German industrial capacity was able to provide the front-line armies with more weapons and to reform anti-tank tactics without significant changes......

Put this in the past, it would have been impossible. But now, it did happen, and it happened right in front of them.

"You owe all the improvements to these weapons! My Führer! Krupp paused for two seconds, broke free from his thoughts, and praised Li Le.

Li Le was a little embarrassed, he really wanted to scratch the back of his head, and then said modestly: "False praise, false praise!" These are all weapons books of later generations, which are too professional, and they are all well analyzed and analyzed by the great powers of later generations......"

Unfortunately, he didn't want to be dissected by Himmler, so he could only express his contempt for it, and said: "In this respect, I have always believed that my inspiration is correct!" Intuition is my key to success! ”

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