"As I have just said, the cast structure is prone to sand holes, porosity and sand inclusion, and the protection capacity is unstable and inconsistent, and welding only needs to deal with the weld, which will have more advantages than the cast structure, especially with the development of armor-piercing bullets, the advantages of welding will be more obvious. The welded hull and turret have a large interior space, which is conducive to the adoption of composite armor! Xiao Weiguo said loudly.

Goodry smiled soothingly: "Okay, this is a plan that has been decided, so there is no need to change it." Of course, it is quite normal for there to be different opinions, and as for whether the welded turret and hull are more advantageous, we will know in the future! Philip, you go on! ”

Xiao Weiguo nodded and said, "Okay!" Now when it comes to the main gun and turret of the new tank, the two heaviest parts will still be developed by our Dragon Soul Ordnance Complex, and of course, in the future it will be produced at Krupp, Daelham-Benz, Porsche, Henschel, MAN, Rheinmetall, Augsburg Machine-Technurium, Maybach and other companies. In addition to Carl Zeiss, other companies can participate in the production, after all, the production of new tanks will definitely be large in the future, which will also help to promote the development of the entire German weapons industry. Of course, when it comes to the main gun and turret, it is impossible not to mention the sighting system of the new tank, this sighting system is the eye of the new tank, this important task can only be completed by Carl Zeiss, I believe in their strength! In addition, the turret steering machine is also a very important system, I hope that Rheinmetall will be responsible for the design and development of the new tank turret steering machine, I don't know if you think there is a problem? ”

When Xiao Weiguo said this, in fact, everyone who participated in the meeting understood that the main systems of these two new tanks were designed and developed by Dragon Soul Ordnance Engineer himself. In fact, this is also a common practice for many weapons projects, after all, only by mastering the development of key systems in our own hands can we ensure that weapons projects can be carried out as planned. If most of the system design and development tasks are handed over, the risk of being held back by the quilt subsystem is greatly increased. The most important thing is that these two new tanks are too innovative for designers from other companies to really understand their design intent, so the most important system is still to be made by the Dragon Soul Ordnance Consortium itself.

The representatives of the various companies in the conference room began to talk one after another. This time, some companies did not receive the development task at all, such as Henschel, Augsburg Maschinenfab, Maybach. Of course they want to get on board. It's just that they also see that it is also very difficult to develop these systems, especially these two tanks are completely different from their tank design concept, so they can accept it, after all, designing and developing something they don't like, which no one wants to do. Moreover, Xiao Weiguo also said that after the new tank is put into mass production, they can also get a license for production. So why not take risks and have a business to do?

After some discussion, everyone agreed! Guderian said happily: "Today's meeting was very good, and I believe that with the joint efforts of everyone, the 15-ton light tank and the 30-ton medium tank will soon become the core strength of our armored forces." In this way, the mobility of our army units will be greatly increased, and the front of the new tanks in the front of the new tanks, which consists of forts, trenches, mines, and machine-gun fire points, will be rendered useless. In order for Germany to produce the best tanks in the world, it has to excel in design and construction. In this way, there will be greater lethality in the war, so that the enemy has no power to fight back. His Excellency the Prime Minister has ordered the number of troops in the Defence Force to be tripled within five years. The manufacture of armored weapons, aircraft, and warships was the focus of the expansion of the army. Our tank committee hopes to be able to form three armored divisions within the Wehrmacht in two years, so 15-ton light tanks and 30-ton medium tanks will be the core equipment of these three armored divisions, and the development time is also very tight, I believe you can do it! ”

Xiao Weiguo stood up and said loudly: "Please rest assured that Lieutenant Colonel Guderian and His Excellency the Prime Minister are at ease!" Although we have adopted a lot of new technologies in the new tank, which makes the two tanks incomparably advanced, we also have full confidence in this to dare to design like this! A perfect match for a 15-ton light tank and a 30-ton medium tank. Able to give armored forces a strong combat effectiveness. Light tanks are relatively light and flexible, and can be used to support infantry battles in mountainous areas where medium tanks are difficult to deploy, can also be used for tank training, and can also be used more widely to complete reconnaissance missions of armored forces, and can even become an infantry fighting vehicle. It has the characteristics of amphibious. In the future, there will be large transport aircraft, and even air transport. The medium tank will be the main battle tank of the armored forces, which can quickly and maneuver to seize and hold defensive positions against enemy attacks. Medium tanks are also a good anti-tank weapon in their own right, as they can work with other units to destroy enemy armored forces and mechanized infantry. These two tanks, designed by our Dragon Soul Ordnance complex, can ensure that the German armored forces have an overwhelming superiority over any armored forces, and these two tanks will not lag behind in ten or twenty years. ”

The emergence of Xiao Weiguo and the Dragon Soul Ordnance Consortium has put the world's tank development, especially Germany's tank development, on another path. You must know that the two new tanks designed by the Dragon Soul Ordnance Complex, even in the fifties and sixties, are definitely not backward, and even in many places they are still very advanced, after all, its design concept is based on the design concept and design technology of the early 21st century.

In the original history, the tanks used by the German armored forces in the early stage of the war were very average in terms of technology and quality, and the combat effectiveness of the single vehicle was far inferior to that of France, for example, when attacking France, the German army was mainly equipped with No. 1 and No. 2 and a small number of No. 3 tanks, and the German armored forces in the early stage of the war were mainly because the tactics were indeed higher than the opponent's level, and Germany's most famous Tiger, King Tiger, and Panther tanks were only in service after 1943, and Germany was already in the strategic defense stage at that time. Even the Tiger and Panther tanks have many problems in design, such as the turrets are very tall, as if they are afraid that the other side will not be able to see them, so that in order to achieve the protection of Soviet tanks, they have to add weight to steel, which is overwhelming for countries with small territory and relatively few resources in Germany. Therefore, just relying on a few super tanks in the late stage of the war cannot reverse the trend of the war at all. (To be continued.) )