The Tiger tank uses a hydraulically controlled variable speed gearbox and a semi-automatic transmission system. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoThis is different from the previous Panther, after all, the increased weight of the tank means that a new control system is needed.

The control system of the Tiger Tank is a double-helical type with two different and fixed shafts twisted by different helical gears, and it is equipped with an eight-speed gearbox with sixteen helical gears. That is, the Tiger has 8 forward gears and 4 reverse gears.

And, if necessary, the minimum radius rotation can be performed by unilateral braking. This operating system, at the same time, becomes a steering wheel in front.

Tracked chassis, most of them are operated by levers, in later generations, to the Type 96 tank, still use the operating lever, which side to pull, which side of the track brake, you can turn to which side, until the Type 99, it became a steering wheel.

And in this era, the Tiger tank is already a steering wheel!

In terms of simplicity of operation, of course, it is the steering wheel, hydraulically assisted, quite lightweight, the same as driving a car!

At the same time, these are hydraulically assisted, and by extension, the turret is rotated, that is, hydraulically driven!

"Ciric, it seems that you are happy with this tank?" Hitler asked Shirek.

Ciric's point of view is of great value, and if Ciric says that this tank is good, then Porsche should not do it at all.

"I'm not satisfied with its running mechanism, it's simply the worst invention I've ever seen!" Ciric said, pointing to the tank's load wheels.

At the beginning, Ciric had solemnly expressed his opinion, for a tank, the maintenance performance on the battlefield is the first, and the staggered load wheels are definitely a pit design.

But what about now? This Henschel product actually uses staggered load wheels, which is exactly the same as the historical Tiger tank chassis!

It must still be the ghost of the idea king, he doesn't have the energy to take care of all aspects now, and he came out to make trouble again!

The advantage of staggered load wheels is that the length of the whole car is saved, space is saved, and comfort is improved, but the disadvantage is even more fatal, that is, it is difficult to repair on the battlefield!

Ciric definitely doesn't want this kind of cheating equipment!

Now, the two chassis are placed together, and the Porsche company uses a single row of six load wheels, while the Henschel company uses eight pairs of staggered load wheels!

Ciric's words relieved everyone present.

As far as the matter is concerned, Ciric did not completely deny the products of Porsche, nor did he completely affirm the products of Henschel, and did not take sides, only for the best tank in Germany!

Ciric's words made Owen's face flush: "However, that will reduce comfort." ”

He can't say anything else, the chassis has been designed, and now if it is changed to a single row of load-bearing wheels, it will have to be overhauled!

"The lives of the fighters are the most important, and reliable tanks come first." "Now, the tracks of this tank are tight, and on the battlefield, once the tracks are damaged, it will be difficult to disassemble the tracks, and even have to be cut with gas welding, or blown up with explosives, have you considered it?" ”

On the chassis of Henschel company, the load wheels and tracks are a big problem, and the Porsche products on the side, the tracks are directly on the upper end of the load wheels, which is looser and easy to disassemble, while the Tiger is quite difficult.

"Owen, you'd better go to our armored forces and survey our fighters to see what kind of tanks they need." Ciric continued.

What kind of tanks the troops need, Ciric is the most authoritative, because he is the commander of the most powerful tank unit in Germany!

Ciric's sentence can be regarded as a summary of this comparison, now, it is only the tank chassis, the turret on it is produced in the Krupp company, and now under the intervention of Ciric, Germany's tank development has long been on the right track, so Ciric thinks that the historical right-angle turret tank should not appear.

Krupp should have directly designed a turret with a large inclination, so that the current Tiger style is already very similar to the later Tiger King.

"Both tanks still have flaws, and by the end of the year, they will be tested in a unified manner." Hitler said.

The current tank is mainly pre-research, after all, with the current Panther 3 tank, the performance is enough to sweep all the tanks of this era!

Now, if you look at Europe as a whole, what about the tanks of other countries?

The British are separated by an English Channel anyway, and they have not yet paid attention to it, and the main force they use is the Matilda tank, which is a light tank with a total weight of only a dozen tons.

The French are amazing, and now there are 30-ton Charles B1 tanks, but the appearance of this tank looks so ugly and stupid.

The high tracks on both sides are very similar to the Mark tank of the First World War, the tank is tall enough, and there are two guns, but unfortunately, the tankers inside can't operate it at all.

The driver had to operate the 75mm short-barreled gun at the same time, and the commander of the 47mm gun and the 7.5mm side-by-side machine gun were his job, and even the loader had to be responsible for loading the 75mm gun and delivering shells to the commander's 47mm gun at the same time.

The only thing that can pose a threat to German tanks is the Soviet Union, but unfortunately, the current Soviet Union, the famous T-34 tank, has just been finalized.

Far East, Moscow.

The weather in April is still very cold, and in the Kremlin, a supreme defense meeting of the Soviets is being held, and the main topic of this meeting is the new Soviet tanks!

In the Spanish Civil War, the German Panther tanks gave the Soviets a great stimulus, and the existing tanks in the Soviet Union were outdated!

Although Germany and the Soviet Union had already signed a non-aggression pact, everyone knew that peace was only temporary, and that there would certainly be a big war between the Soviets and Germany.

So, the Soviets had to have a new tank that surpassed the Panther tanks of the Germans!

They felt a great deal of urgency.

Now that the purge has come to an end, the main reason is that there are too many people who have been purged, and Stalin feels that it is enough.

And even many of the fighters who returned from Spain were purged, and now, Major Belotov, who was present at this meeting, was one of the few survivors and was not purged, but on the contrary was promoted to major.

He has the lowest rank here, and the reason why he came here was to let him tell about the Panther tank of the Germans.