Hearing the experts say yes, the generals above are relieved, if such a weapon appears, without any restraint weapons, it is equivalent to the complete abolition of tens of thousands of tanks produced, which is somewhat unacceptable to them, according to a tank, the military procurement price of 70,000 US dollars, 50,000 tanks, is the cost of 3.5 billion US dollars, although the dollar has long been restricted from being exchanged for gold, but it is only the cost of physical goods and labor, which is also a huge expenditure, If you see them turn into scrap metal, I'm afraid that there are at least a lot of people in the middle of these who don't want to be protected. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

But before they could breathe this breath and completely return to their stomachs, the words of the experts made their hearts come up again, because according to the experts, the amount of armor needed to resist such a weapon is very amazing, and it may exceed several tons.

A few tons, it doesn't seem like much, but if you really want to multiply this number by 10,000 units, or even tens of thousands of vehicles, this data is very amazing, and there were generals who immediately raised objections at that time, is it really necessary, although this weapon is very scary, but adding a little bit of steel plates, and adding a large number of steel plates, this is completely different from the meaning.

Looking at the generals who were a little excited, the expressions of those experts were calm, the data could not deceive people, although the samples were not sent to the headquarters, but according to the description on the telegram, the descriptions of these witnesses, this weapon can directly penetrate the battery of the tank, which is quite a terrible armor-piercing ability.

Some of these experts are tank designers, and they may not have a special understanding of this new Japanese weapon, but they have a very high degree of understanding of the tank itself they designed, and basically the general data of the tank is clear.

According to the thickness of the current tank 2 cm cast iron, the penetration is at least 40 mm of lethality, of course, cast iron and steel can not be compared, converted, it is also more than 30 mm, if you add the penetration of the human body in the tank, and after shooting, continue to penetrate the human body of several people, the armor-piercing ability of this weapon is terrible enough.

In the case of weapons, the United States is still quite professional, only part of the data studied by the front line, but the armor-piercing ability of this weapon has been analyzed, the armor-piercing ability of this weapon is between 80 mm and 90 mm, such armor-piercing ability, compared with the battleship guns, is far inferior, and even compared with the main guns of ordinary destroyers, it is far from the same, and even some army large-caliber artillery, after they are equipped with armor-piercing shells, can exceed this armor-piercing ability, but put it on the tank, it's scary enough.

When the tank was first studied, it also considered the performance of protection, and after careful study, it was found that it was not easy to complete him, because of a very simple data, the weight of the tank is limited, in the case of fixed power, to reach a certain speed, a certain firepower armor-piercing ability can not be considered, in fact, the 2 cm thick iron plate, enough to withstand most of the bullets and machine guns in close range of attacks, the tank needs to consider the protection capacity is not high, since the creation, it has never been considered, Tanks will meet such restrained weapons.

The speed of this aspect, has been strengthened to the extreme, it is impossible to think of a way in this aspect, then can think of a way, I am afraid that the only way to do it is to protect it, the tank can be made, because of the relative cheapness, and then the outside of the tank, plus a layer of protection, with the weight of the tank, the tonnage of a tank has risen by at least 5 tons, on the tank, strengthening such a tonnage, it is not impossible to succeed, if the machine gun on the tank is reduced by one, it is almost enough, Reducing the position of a machine gun and a person, space and tonnage can be almost saved, which is not a problem, at most reducing the maximum speed of the tank, the maximum speed is reduced by 3 km, and the weakening of the tank's performance is not as great as the improvement of the protection ability.

According to the price of a ton of armor steel, it is five times that of ordinary steel, 5 tons of armor steel is equivalent to more than 1 times the cost of the tank, how much to improve, it depends on the performance of the armor, in short, the higher the performance of the armor, the higher the cost.

Cost is always a key aspect of restricting weapons, take the most high-end battleship as an example, the armor he installs is not the highest-end, when used, it is necessary to balance the output, manufacturing difficulty, cost and many other aspects, after reaching a certain balance point, it can be installed on the battleship.

When the experts told the officers all the things that could be analyzed, and what could not be analyzed, all the generals stopped talking, the data can't deceive people, as non-professionals, when they received the battle report before, they only took into account the horror of such a weapon, but they didn't think that such a weapon, how terrible it would be, the experts analyzed the power of this weapon in simple words, and the armor-piercing ability was between 8 cm and 9 cm, which is for the average warship, For example, destroyers and light cruisers are a terrible armor-piercing ability, not to mention tanks, no wonder tanks are so fragile, nearly a thousand tanks, almost in a short period of time, have been destroyed.

But it's not easy to agree, if you just add one or two pieces, on average, each tank is equipped with dozens of kilograms, or even hundreds of kilograms of armor, to their status, mobilize resources, it can still be satisfied, the left and right are only a few hundred tons, less than a thousand tons, but each 5 tons, what does this mean, when I think of more than 200,000 tons of armor, even the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is a little frightened.

To tell the truth, before participating in the European War, the United States also believed that the United States had a vast land and vast land area, and a developed industry, which were enough to support the United States in many aspects of warfare, but when it came to the real war, especially the Pacific War and the operations in the United States itself, under the two-front war, not only could the United States not be able to keep up with its human resources, but the US economy could not make up for these losses under the premise of Alaska's huge consumption, and even the military began to compete step by step for the share of the appropriation of funds. The doubling of the cost of tanks is a good thing for manufacturing companies, because a larger cost will ensure that they have enough profits, which is conducive to the development and growth of their group.

However, it is not good news for the War Department and the General Staff Liaison Conference, and the most important thing is that the armor steel, which itself needs quotas, is not a problem that money can solve.

The reason why the United States was able to produce 50 battleships and a huge number of auxiliary warships in more than a year to form a huge fleet is based on the strong production capacity of the United States, the United States not only used the wartime economy to mobilize the entire United States' steel power, and even forcibly obtained the technology of oxygen blowing from the Williams Laboratory, which almost all the steel mills in the United States have been refitted, and the United States itself has 80 million tons of steel production. It has doubled to 160 million tons, which is several times more than the total number of Entente and Central Powers before World War I.

During World War I, steel represents this strength, represents force, and represents continuous combat capability, which is also the fundamental reason why the United States was able to produce tens of thousands of tanks in a short period of time, accumulating close to 100,000 tanks, a tank of 25 tons, most of which are steel materials, and the consumption of steel is as high as 2.5 million tons.

Steel is steel, 160 million tons of steel production, the output of armored steel, may only be a few dozen, or even one percent, by 1916, the annual production capacity of armored steel, is only about 570,000 tons, basically, all allocated to shipbuilding factories.

Armor is the source of a battleship's strength, a battleship without armor protection is fragile, even if it has strong firepower, it cannot guarantee his survival, the battleship duel of this era, just like two warriors wearing giant armor, keep slashing, and the protection ability has reached a vital aspect.

According to the present, absorbing the battleship technology belonging to the British side, and under the premise of being blue, the American battleships have surpassed the general super dreadnought, with a total tonnage of 49,000 tons, which can basically reach the same level as the fantasy class, not only with superior attack power, but also quite powerful in terms of protection capabilities.

The protection of the battleship can be completed through key protection and part of the armor belt, but how to use technical means, enough armor tonnage, is also indispensable, without this, all technical means, it is impossible to make the battleship into an infinitely powerful weapon.

A battleship, 4. 90,000 tons, of which 16,000 tons, that is, accounting for one-third of all battleships is armor, which is also the source of the strength of battleships, 50 battleships, in 2 years, occupy 800,000 tons of armored steel, which cannot be said to occupy all the production of two years, but it is not much different, after all, in addition to the battleships need armor steel, heavy cruisers, light cruisers, and even some key areas of destroyers, also need to have.

In this case, a tank only needs 5 tons, which does not seem to be much, but the current number of tanks in the United States exceeds 50,000, and in the future, it is still increasing, so that if the armor steel is fully equipped, the demand for armor steel has reached a number of people who can measure the distance.

Just the current possession, the United States just popularizes all the tanks, it needs a total of 250,000 tons of armored steel, what does this mean, almost 20 battleships use armored steel, and 50,000 tons of tanks play a capacity, far less than 20 battleships, if the US military can completely overwhelm China in the Pacific theater, the Japanese army in Alaska is basically a battle of trapped beasts, without foreign aid, Alaska is such a barren place, how much output can be produced.

I have to say that the dream of the Americans is very good, if the United States knows, even if it does not rely on shipping, China can also pass on 3,000 strategic transport planes, forming a daily transport volume of 90,000 tons, although the cost is a little larger, in a short period of time the transport volume still exceeds the transport ship, the transport ship is slow, although the single tonnage is large, China guarantees Alaska's materials, there are a total of 250 transport ships active in the North Pacific waters, with a total tonnage of more than 4 million tons, according to once a month, two months back and forth, It is about 2 million tons per month, and the average is about 60,000 tons per day, which is not even as good as the volume of 3,000 strategic transport aircraft.

Not to mention whether or not the United States can gain sea supremacy in the Pacific Ocean, even if the navy has an advantage, the basic airfields and defenses that China has built on the Alaska Islands and a series of islands from Sakhalin to the north are enough to ensure that the route north of the Aleutian Islands is only a slight detour, and even 10,000 steps back to say that if it loses the sea supremacy over the entire Pacific Ocean and is blocked by the United States, what will happen, and will Japan be in a slump?

China has basically established industrialization for Japan in more than a year, and to a certain extent, Japan's degree of industrialization is a little stronger than when it was on Japan's main island, but relying on its own industry, Japan may not be able to fight the current modern war with the United States, nor will it be defeated all at once, as the United States thinks.

These United States do not know, they can only rely on the existing understanding, make an assessment of the overall situation, which is equivalent to the fact that things are back to square one again, for the US military, this is a choice, whether to make the choice of armored tanks.

The analysis of the technicians came to an end, several generals, after a little discussion, and finally, asked a question, if the armor is installed, can it withstand such an attack, which is very important for these generals, let tens of thousands of tanks become scrap metal, but let them lose their positions, if the armor steel is installed, it still becomes scrap iron, then it is not as simple as losing the officer, there is a huge waste, and even affects the manufacture of battleships, which is fatal.

The answer is yes, because in the design of the tank, there is an option to install armor, the protection of the tank is stronger, of course, the power is greater, and there are even artillery, but because of the cost, it cannot be realized, now, the facts are in front of us, if the US military does not adjust, millions of troops, tens of thousands of tanks, but have to be trapped there, at this time, this has been denied choice, but has a rare vitality.