Ciric touched his nose, after coming back, he seemed to have signed a document, at the beginning of the hurry, the subordinate said that he had studied it and thought that the plan was feasible, as a result, he signed it, and he did not expect that it was actually a plan for the production of this No. 1 tank!

The No. 1 tank in history was originally an emergency plan! After it was produced, it only solved the problem of whether it was there or not, and it was not accepted by the troops at all, even if it was tanks No. 3 and No. 4, in fact, they were all problematic, at most they were just enough. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

And now, of course, Guderian will not agree to make up the numbers with such tanks, his tank units, all of which are based on the Panther tank for exercises, and the members are all 5 people, and now, 2 tanks operated by people? Are you kidding!

"I'm sorry, but I'm also responsible for this." "I shouldn't have signed that document, Tank No. 1 is not in line with the equipment of our armored forces, perhaps, we can think of other solutions to solve the existing difficulties," said Ciric. ”

With that, Ciric said to an engineer sitting next to him, "Knibbekamp, do you have any plans?" ”

Kniberkamp, an engineer who was vigorously promoted by Ciric after being in charge of equipment development, can be said to be the king of ideas in the equipment department, he has come up with various advanced concepts, and has successfully solved a series of problems.

"Now the main problem is that the quality of our torsion bar is not enough, I have a way, since the quality is not enough, then simply make up the quantity!" The opinion of the king of ideas finally came: "Now, our Panther tank only has six pairs of load wheels, if it is changed to eight pairs of load wheels, won't it be able to share the weight?" ”

"However, eight pairs of load-bearing wheels will increase the length of the body." Hearing Knipokamp's words, Guderian immediately said: "In that case, the entire structure of the vehicle will face the problem of pushing and restarting." ”

After the improvement, the length of the hull will be longer, various structures will change, and the weight of the tank will increase, so maybe, eight pairs will not be enough, it will be a vicious circle!

"What I'm saying is that you can add weight wheels without changing the length of the car, so I plan to make the load wheels staggered."

Ciric immediately frowned, in history, the staggered weight wheel was proposed by this guy! When I was in the desert, I had already determined the single-row layout of the large-diameter load wheels, and it must not be staggered!

"This layout can evenly distribute the weight of the vehicle, reduce the mass demand for the torsion bar, improve the cross-country ability, contribute to the driving stability and ride comfort, and to a certain extent, slow down the recoil of artillery firing." "And, more importantly, this layout reduces the amount of rubber used," says Knepokamp. ”

Rubber! For Germany, like other rare metals, this is a strategic resource that is not available in Germany itself! Historically, Germany has been constrained by a lack of rubber!

The load-bearing wheels of the tank are made of steel, but the rims must be made of rubber! Moreover, inferior synthetic rubber, quite unsuitable, it is better to use natural rubber!

If Germany is to rise, it must solve these resource problems! Ciric had a plan for these issues for a long time. As for this staggered load wheel, Ciric would never have agreed.

"No," said Ciric, "we must not use staggered wheels, otherwise, like the anti-aircraft guns of the hand-pulled machine, the soldiers on the front line will curse us to hell." ”

Of course not! In this matter, Ciric is quite resolute!

"There's really no other way." "Unless it's to reduce the tank's weight," Knipokamp said. ”

Lower the dead weight of the tank!

Just like a ballpoint pen, if you write for a long time, the balls inside will fall off, and many people can't solve it, as a result, a businessman changed his mind and simply made the refill short, and when it hasn't fallen off, the pen oil is gone!

And now, since the suspension can't withstand it, let's think differently and simply make the tank lighter!

At the beginning, when Ciric proposed the design indicators of the tank, he tried to do it in one step, and immediately got a glimpse of the 30-ton tank, and made the prototype of the Panther, a fairly good medium tank, and it could be further expanded to become a heavy tank of the King Tiger class.

Advanced diesel engines, large-caliber tank guns, inclined armor, and various concepts were added to this tank to create the best fighting vehicle in Germany.

In the desert base, after five years of hard work, various technologies have made breakthroughs, prototypes have been built, test runs have gone smoothly, and various mechanical failures have been eliminated, but when it comes to the real mass production stage, there are still many problems!

Historically, German tanks started with the No. 1 tank, and continued to develop step by step, and finally developed various advanced tanks, but now? The tank in one step already has the feeling of a castle in the air.

All kinds of technology should be matured step by step, and the smelting technology of various metals should also be improved.

Knipokamp's proposal was not affirmed by Ciric, so he could only say gloomily, since it didn't work, then he could only reduce his own weight!

The output of high-quality torsion bars is low, the quality of ordinary torsion bars is unqualified, and it can't bear the weight of 30 tons, so the weight of 20 tons is no problem, right?

Judging by the current armor-piercing projectile technology, the 30-ton tank, with its protective capacity, has far exceeded the needs of this era! You can't use such thick armor at all, it's a waste!

And. What's more, now, Germany's steel production has begun to be a little tight.

At present, Germany is already building warships for the Soviet Union, and the contracts have been signed, and the Soviet Union will send a large number of minerals to Germany, and at the same time, Germany will also lobby for the Soviet Union to rebuild the western railways to the same standard as Europe, which is of strategic value.

At the same time, Germany's own warships will also be started in large quantities, and battleships and aircraft carriers will continue to be built, launched, and put into service, so that the demand for steel in Germany will greatly increase.

Although Ciric single-handedly presided over the research and development of the Panther tank, the production of the Panther tank will still be limited to a certain extent!

If the Panther tank is reduced to a 20-ton tank, it will undoubtedly reduce its dependence on steel, which means that more tanks can be made!