The 37 mm anti-tank gun, in the early days of World War II, also shined, was the main anti-tank gun of Germany, and of course, it was also an anti-tank gun that quickly fell behind and faced obsolescence. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

And now, a 37-mm anti-tank gun on a tank, designed specifically to counter the opposing tank, is already quite tough!

And the anti-infantry, it needs to be a large-caliber howitzer, moreover, the ballistics of the howitzer are curved, and the ballistics of the anti-tank gun is straight, these two seem to be impossible to integrate at this stage!

"It seems that my thinking is a little too far ahead." "I also have an idea, how about our tank firepower to be put in place in one step, directly on the long barrel of the 75 mm gun?" The length of the body tube is magnified to about 40 times the diameter. When using armor-piercing shells, aim for a penetration depth of about 100 mm. ”

A 75 mm gun with a long barrel and a penetration depth of 100 mm!

Everyone present was shocked by Ciric's statement!

In this era, it is already good for a tank to have armor more than ten millimeters thick! The thickest front armor is only fifty or sixty millimeters, and now, the request put forward by Ciric has directly crossed over to 100 millimeters! That's too cruel, isn't it?

"Ciric, will the firepower of this kind of artillery be too great?" Guderian said.

"Guderian, we have talked about the three elements of firepower, protection, and mobility of the tank, so, in your opinion, what should be the most important?" Ciric asked.

What's most important? Guderian thought for a moment and said, "It should be firepower." ”

"Yes, it's firepower! In the case of insufficient protection, the firepower must be satisfied! In the case of insufficient mobility, it is also necessary to meet the firepower first!! Ciric said: "I don't want our soldiers, on the battlefield of the future, to shout loudly, not to penetrate, not to penetrate!" ”

Firepower, this is the first element! Germany in this regard, in fact, went the wrong way, the Tiger style of the World War II era, the Tiger King, all focused on protection, and after World War II, it was found that the heavy tank was wrong, and the result went to the extreme, the Leopard 1 tank, with outstanding firepower and excellent mobility, but the protection was extremely weak!

And look at Huaxia again, the development of new tanks, mobility, because there is no advanced engine and the performance is not outstanding, as for the protection, this is confidential, and the firepower, without hesitation, the 125 mm caliber tank gun was chosen, moreover, the medicine room was enlarged, and the firepower was the first!

If the firepower is not enough, then everything is in vain, even if you can rush up and withstand the enemy's artillery fire, what is the use? Is it by impact?

Piercing through enemy armor, especially from the front, is the number one priority for your tank!

"Now, the tanks in all countries of the world have weak armor protection, but we can imagine that after more than ten years of development, the performance of tanks will improve significantly, and we must aim at future threats, so large-caliber, long-barreled tank guns, mounted on our combat vehicles, that is a must." Ciric said.

"It's not just 75mm guns, we also need to have the ability to replace 88mm or 100mm tank guns at a later stage." "As we progress, so will the enemy's armor," Ciric said. ”

In later generations, the German 88 mm anti-aircraft gun converted from the tank gun, famous, along with the Tiger and the Tiger King and all military fans talked, but, in fact, in World War II, the largest number of enemy tanks destroyed was not 88 mm guns, but 75 mm anti-tank guns!

The PAK40 anti-tank gun, in addition to the German No. 4 tank, the Stalker, the No. 3 assault gun, and the No. 4 tank destroyer main gun, is also a large number of anti-tank guns equipped with infantry, and the results are remarkable.

The original 37 mm guns, 50 mm guns, of course, Shirek can't look down on them, at least 75 mm tank guns!

At the same time, it is also a very suitable caliber.

Now, the 88-mm anti-aircraft gun is not yet visible! According to the Treaty of Versailles, Krupp is now unable to study artillery, and the historical 88-mm anti-aircraft gun was only developed in the 30s.

Although the caliber is larger, the power is greater, but another aspect is that the number of shells carried is reduced, and at the same time, relying on manpower to carry the shells is definitely a hard work. The larger the caliber, the more laborious it is to carry.

Therefore, Shirek finalized the caliber of the tank gun to 75 mm, and he can work on the shells in the future!

"If we really set the tank gun to 75 mm caliber, then our hull will have to be enlarged at the same time, the weight will also increase, and if we want to have good mobility, then we need a better engine, which is also beyond our ability." An engineer from Henschel said.

If, like in World War I, you can only keep up with the speed of the infantry, the tank is of no great use, and now, it is necessary to use the tank as the main weapon of the assault, and the cross-country speed must not be low!

It's a pity that Germany is extremely backward in all aspects because of the restrictions of the Treaty of Versailles, and it will find out all the existing engines at hand, and there is no suitable one!

"We, the Maybach company, do not have any kind of engine and transmission system that can fit into tanks of more than 30 tons, everything needs to be developed from scratch." Another technician spoke.

Led by Krupp, many companies have sent their own engineers, and the participation of Maybach is the inevitable prerequisite for the smooth progress of the current project.

Because, they need engines from Maybach.

In later generations, the Maybach brand went out of business, and now, Maybach is the most famous car manufacturer in all of Europe, producing sedans that sell so much that only the wealthiest can afford them.

At the same time, the Maybach company is also an important company that manufactures engines, the famous Zeppelin, uses Maybach engines, and in the history of later generations, German tanks are almost all Maybach engines!

HL62 for tank No. 2, HL108HL120 for tank No. 3 and No. 4, HL210HL230 for Tiger Panther, HL230 for King Tiger, all Maybach!

After the decline of the airship, Maybach's main focus was to develop large luxury cars, and now, the engine used in their luxury cars is only 150 horsepower!

And to drive a 30-ton tank, you need at least more than 500 horsepower! It's an insurmountable chasm!

And without the right power, any tank will not be able to mature!