Just as the F4 Phantom was about to enter the test flight, at the Krupp manufacturing plant, the Mantis main battle tank designed by Albert also carried out the final anti-strike experiment. Since Albert had previously instructed this tank to prioritize the safety of the people in the vehicle, Krupp first conducted a tank strike resistance test during the test.

The test site for the tank was chosen at the weapons testing site of the Krupp factory, which was about 1,000 square meters and was stacked with several scrapped tanks that had been tested before. For Albert, who had deep pockets, it was not a problem to take a few prototypes and destroy the design. When the time comes, when the tank market is opened, this loss will soon be recouped.

According to Albert's instructions, Krupp mainly tested the tank's ability to resist attacks when encountering RPG rockets, and the fence armor proposed by Albert before gave Krupp a great inspiration to develop a new defensive armor.

Krupp and his assistant stood on the observation deck, staring intently at the two tanks ready for experimentation, one of which was a mantis main battle tank equipped with fence armor, and the other was an anti-rocket armor of Krupp's own design.

The assistant didn't understand why Krupp wanted to design a different kind of armor, and it was a strange thing that was put together in small square boxes, and he bit his pen and asked suspiciously, "Mr. Krupp, why do you want to hang such a layer of explosives on the surface of the tank?" Isn't the fence armor designed by His Highness Albert not perfect? ”

Krupp never liked to be told that his most inspired designs were the ones he had, so he frowned. "You know, the current tank armor is a technological innovation under the concept of constantly thickening the thickness of the armor. The disadvantages of this approach are obvious, the total weight of the tank is getting heavier and heavier. So much so that the engine technology and the bearing capacity of bridges and road surfaces are close to the limit. With this kind of armor, when the tank is attacked by anti-tank rocket weapons, this armor can respond to the attack, and the layer of explosives hanging on the surface of the tank will detonate instantly when attacked, thus jamming and destroying the anti-tank rocket, greatly weakening the power of the anti-tank rocket. And this armor has the added benefit of being freely disassembled. Fence armor, on the other hand, is a one-time weapon, and once it is broken, it is difficult to withstand the next wave of attacks. ”

The assistant nodded as if he didn't understand. Krupp didn't bother to continue with him, turned his head to stare at the two experimental tanks, and whispered, "Ready to start." ”

Two testers carried the RPG to the predetermined position. RPG rockets were fired at the side of the mantis tank at the same time. When the rocket hit the tank with fence armor, the RPG was immediately detonated, and a dazzling fireball slowly rose from the tank's flank, which was extremely spectacular.

The other tank was also attacked by the RPG, but the explosion scene of the decoy armor designed by Krupp was much more exciting than that of Albert's fence armor, and the moment the explosives in the small box hanging on the surface of the tank came into contact with the RPG warhead, they ignited and exploded like fireworks.

Afterwards, Krupp asked his assistant to conduct an armor damage test on the tank. The assistant recorded various data on the fence armor and reactive armor, the damage caused by RPG rockets in comparison between the two. Reactive armor is slightly better protected than fence armor.

Krupp was pleased with his masterpiece, especially the competitive one, and decided to compete with Albert's design on this point, so he said to his assistant, "Very well, you can now present this report to His Highness Albert, I would like to see what His Highness Albert thinks of this revolutionary design." ”

But when Albert got the report, his face was not very good. He interrupted Krupp's assistant's eloquent conversation, and said in a deep voice, "This is what Krupp calls a revolutionary design?" ”

The assistant didn't understand how he slapped the horse's hooves, so he nodded at a loss, afraid that Albert would suddenly go crazy.

Albert held his forehead weakly, thinking that this guy can really toss himself, the revolution is quite revolutionary, he just provided the idea of fence armor at the beginning, he was able to give himself the whole reactive armor that only began to appear in Israel in the seventies, which was almost twenty years ahead. However, reactive armor in this era was limited by the level of craftsmanship and did not have much use.

Albert unceremoniously pointed out the shortcomings of this armor, "Then you go back and repeat what I said to Mr. Krupp, first of all, Mr. Krupp uses active explosives, which means that this armor will be destroyed not only when attacked by RPGs, but even by heavy machine gun attacks, so others can destroy all your reactive armor with just one machine gun." ”

"Secondly, when the explosive force in the reactive armor damages the friendly infantry and the crew and equipment in the vehicle, and when the tank armor is not thick enough, a detonation of the reactive armor is equivalent to a RPG rocket on the tank."

When Albert said this, the other party's calves and stomachs began to tremble, and he didn't expect that Mr. Krupp's exquisite design His Royal Highness Albert would be able to pick out so many thorns at a glance.

After criticizing Krupp's design, in order not to disappoint the other party too much, Albert still gave a few suggestions for improvement, "Of course, Mr. Krupp's innovative thinking is very encouraging, so I also provide him with some ideas." For example, he could design a passive box-shaped reactive armor unit without explosives. This type of armor is characterized by several layers of flyplates in a single unit, which consist of a number of separate flyplates, i.e., small blocks of steel embedded in the reactive armor unit. When an armor-piercing or armor-piercing projectile is fired into the unit, the flyplate is ablated and shattered, interfering with and disrupting the projectile's penetrating ability. Turns explosive explosive force into mechanical penetration resistance. This box-shaped reactive armor unit is lightweight and small, and is designed to protect the inclined front and tail ends of armored vehicles, as well as on both sides. ”

Albert directly embezzled the explosive-free reactive armor of the American company FMC, and it was not difficult for this day and age to create such a thing, it was much easier than developing an inert explosive. The structure of the steel panel + explosive layer + inert material layer + steel back plate like the reactive passive composite armor is really complicated, and from the cost consideration, Albert does not recommend production at the current industrial level.

"Okay, is there anything else going on now? If not, please go back and talk to Mr. Krupp now. Albert said with a smile. (To be continued......)