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At the same time, since the basic skeleton is still there, in the later stage, when the war requires, it can be re-armored at any time and become a medium or even heavy tank again.

In another seven or eight years, with the development of metallurgical technology, high-quality torsion bars should be technically passed, right? When the time comes, replace the torsion bar, and the upper body will be able to bear more weight!

When the time comes, even more than 30 tons, it can be developed to 40 tons, like the Panther tank of later generations!

Even, on the basis of the Panther tank, it can be further upgraded to become the majestic Tiger style of later generations, or even the King Tiger tank!

Now, let's lower the technical requirements and become a 20-ton tank!

In addition to temporarily lowering the requirements and allowing a large number of them to enter service, another aspect is to become an excellent tracked chassis, on which other deformation vehicles can be developed! For example, self-propelled guns, Spitfire tanks, etc.

Ciric thought of a lot of benefits in his mind, so he finally made up his mind: "Since the quality of the torsion bar cannot be improved now, in order to be able to manufacture our tanks in large quantities, we can consider reducing the weight of the tank first and becoming a 20-ton tank." We produce our 30-ton Panthers in small batches and 20-ton tanks in large quantities. Well, it's okay to name Black Panther 1 and Black Panther 2 respectively. ”

In short, the No. 1 tank, which has only 2 people, can never be put into production in large quantities, it is too backward, it can only solve the problem of whether it has or not, and it cannot give confidence to the armored troops!

And the current 20-ton tank is already very similar to the historical No. 3 or No. 4 tank, let's talk about the number first!

However, although the requirement has been lowered, another requirement cannot be changed.

"Our tanks must remain versatile." "This simplified Panther 2 tank needs to be more than 60 percent common with the prototype Panther and the individual components need to be standardized to meet the needs of mass production," said Ciric. ”

Versatility! Standardized design!

The American Sherman tank is one of the representative masterpieces.

The United States has a strong industrial production capacity, and the Sherman tank is not done by a single manufacturer, and the parts that make up the various specifications are produced separately and mass-produced by various manufacturers.

The production plant only works on the production method that it is good at, and after the production of all the standardized parts is completed, the parts that make up the body are highly compatible.

In these ways, the Sherman became one of the most produced tanks of World War II, with a production of 49,234 units!

On the other hand, if you look at Germany, there is no systematic and standardized design and manufacturing.

If you look at No. 1 to No. 4, they are different, just looking at the walking mechanism, No. 3 and No. 4 are also different, No. 3 is a large load-bearing wheel, and No. 4 is a small load-bearing wheel. And when it comes to the tiger style, black panther and so on, they are also different.

Streamlined production is the premise of mass manufacturing! In this regard, German systems engineering is really a zero score!

Therefore, in his mind, Ciric has already begun to plan, to rationalize the production of military and civilian products, so that it is convenient for the use of civilian transfer to the army in wartime, establish a standardization and unification committee, and unify the standards of various industrial products in production.

These are all very important, otherwise in the future, there will be a tragedy that two tanks, airplanes, warships, etc., of the same model, cannot be universally interchangeable.

At the same time, it is necessary to establish the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, the General Armament Department, and the General Logistics Department, unify the level of equipment manufacturing, technology, and so on, and adopt the American assembly-line industrial production method.

In World War II, the various parts and components of German tanks were almost not universal!

Now, let's start with the Panther tank!

In addition to the standardized production of car body, suspension, etc., the engine is an important point!

The current 12-cylinder V-shaped diesel engine is already an anti-heaven existence in this era, which can stably output 500 horsepower, and this diesel engine will be the main power of the tank in the future!

Based on this diesel engine, a series of diesel engines have been developed to unify cylinders, pistons and other standards, and a large number of production and manufacturing can be carried out! For example, the current 20-ton tank does not need a 500-horsepower diesel engine, so you can replace the V12 engine with a V8, in addition to the cylinder block, crankshaft and other changes, many other parts can be used!

You can even make a V6 engine for cars, armored vehicles, etc.!

"In addition to the torsion bar, there is also the problem of the barrel, and it is quite labor-intensive for us to process and produce the current long-barreled 75mm tank gun." Gustav said: "If we had changed to a 50-mm tank gun now, we would have greatly increased the production schedule. ”

Now, although the tank has been reduced to 20 tons, if it is now operating everywhere in Germany, it will still cause alarm when it is seen by Britain and France, this kind of firepower is too perverted!

Switching to a 50 mm tank gun is not so shocking, and the production process is greatly simplified, which can improve production efficiency!

When the turret was designed, it was always thinking about versatility, so that it would be easy to replace it with an 88 mm or even a 100 mm tank gun later, and now, it is quite simple to replace it with a 50 mm tank gun.

Cirek nodded: "Krupp, we must come up with a plan as soon as possible, after the prototype is no problem, it will be put into production in large quantities, we have been waiting for several years, we can't wait any longer." ”

Gustav agrees: "In this case, the cost of each new Panther could be reduced to less than 100,000 marks." ”

Historically, the cost of the Panther was 117,100 marks, the Type 4 tank 103,462 marks, and the Tiger 250,800 marks. The Panther is only 10,000 marks more expensive than the Type 4 tank, and its performance has doubled, and the cost performance is still very high.

Now, if a standardized large-scale assembly line is applied, it is possible to significantly increase efficiency and reduce costs, which Gustav is confident to reduce to less than 100,000 marks. This is only a rough estimate and will be reduced to less than 80,000 marks in the future.

"Minister Ciric, these proposals of yours can be regarded as solving the current problem, but we still have one more problem that we must pay attention to, and that is the source of our rubber." Knippekamp said.