Except for the Merkava main battle tank, the other tanks are all equipped with the front compartment, the middle compartment is the personnel compartment, and the rear compartment is the power compartment, so Albert's idea is amazing, after all, this kind of tank design has never been seen before. And this design means that at the same thickness of the front armor, the Israeli Merkava also has a front engine to protect the members, and the front cabin and the middle cabin are the personnel compartment tank, which means that the casualties of the members and the risk of ammunition explosion also means that once it is penetrated, it will lose combat effectiveness, and the Merkava also has a large engine to block the warhead or jet that has little power, so that the Merkava can also use a backup power or motor to drive the turret to fight or let the members disengage.

Moreover, Merkava, as the tank that has experienced the most wars in the world, also has its own unique advantages in design after learning lessons from the battlefield.

"In terms of artillery, I would like to be able to use a 125 mm smoothbore gun, which will have to be handed over to Krupp, after all, you are the artillery experts." Albert said that the T64 tank's Type 2A46 125mm smoothbore gun can be regarded as the ancestor of the tank smoothbore gun, and better than the rifled gun, it can be used to launch rockets. And as a revolutionary artillery design, even in the 21st century, the Type 96 and Type 99 main battle tanks still use this improved version of the gunfire. He did not want to adopt Merkava's 105mm rifled tank gun.

"Smoothbore cannon? Your Highness Albert, are you serious? "This time Krupp is not confident enough, World War II tanks are basically rifled guns, you come to a smoothbore gun, how to make people, whether the customer will pay is a question. Moreover, no one in Germany had ever tried a smoothbore gun design, which was no small challenge for Krupp.

"Also, Your Highness Albert, what is this K-shaped composite armor of yours?" Krupp stared at the word K-type composite armor on the document, and asked puzzledly, in addition to the smoothbore cannon and the layout change, could it be that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wanted to make another revolutionary thing.

"This is a special type of armor made of materials from the outside to the inside: forged steel plate, ceramic material, high-hardness forged steel plate, reinforced glass fiber material, ceramic material and anti-neutron lining. Among them, the ceramic material layer is corundum ceramic, the hardness of the inner steel plate is much greater than the outer layer, and the reinforced glass fiber material provides better toughness for the armor, and the outermost layer of the armor has 3 to 4 stiffeners and V-shaped protrusions, which have the functions of wave-proof, bulletproof and anti-skid boarding. ”

Hehe, Albert pirated the K-type composite armor before the USSR, and this will also be a big selling point at that time. Ceramic materials and fiberglass had already appeared in the early fifties, so it wasn't a problem for Albert to get these things out two years earlier.

"Moreover, the installation of fence armor on the outside of weak armor will allow the guerrillas to use RPG anti-tank rockets on a large scale in the future, and this kind of anti-vehicle ammunition usually uses shaped charge warheads, so the best way to protect this type of weapon is to destroy its explosive effect, detonate it early, and destroy its armor-piercing effect." Based on the tanks that have been destroyed by RPGs in the Middle East, Albert proposed this protection device that is better than nothing.

Speaking of which, everyone has a general understanding of Albert's tank concept, which is a new type of tank with composite armor, smoothbore gun and power front compartment layout, which also makes Ferdinand, who once designed the King Tiger tank, eager to try, although the King Tiger tank in World War II is notorious on the side of the Allies, but this does not mean that the King Tiger is a garbage design, but reflects the horror of the King Tiger tank from the side of the nightmare of the Allies.

In the end, Ferdinand Porsche gave way to emotion and reason, and he promised Albert to design the tank himself, which was largely inherited from the Merkava tank and innovated in key areas, and was named the Mantis main battle tank.

The implication is that anything in front of this kind of tank is like the scum of a mantis arm and a car.

Of course, the design of the Merkava tank provided by Albert can only be regarded as a castrated version of the Merkava tank, because the Merkava tank is a product of the late 70s, for example, the original tank uses the Matador MK2 fire control system, and the improvements include the use of yttrium aluminum garnet laser rangefinder instead of neodymium glass laser rangefinder, and the use of more advanced ballistic computers. But where did the 50s give you the whole ballistic computer and this kind of thing. There are also low-light night vision devices, the first in the USSR only appeared in the 60s.

So far, the main battle equipment of the Belgian army and air force has been decided, and Albert's plan to build a new Belgian army has been launched. However, this is not the final version of Albert's army-building plan, because the navy is really not too much room for development under the pressure of the European powers. So far, Belgium has only been able to buy all kinds of warships from other countries.

While Albert was discussing the details of the Mantis main battle tank, a phone call from Prime Minister Arshile van Ack caused Albert to leave the room for a while. Albert knew that Achill would not call him when he was out for no reason, and even if it was a matter of political and diplomatic affairs, the first person he looked for was his uncle, Prince Charlie. So when he looked for Albert, there must have been something that couldn't be put on the table.

When Albert picked up the phone, his otherwise relaxed expression turned cold, because Arshile van Ack had brought Albert bad news, and a not-so-so-good news.

"Your Highness Albert, the British government has rebuked us." Prime Minister Arshier's tone was a little flustered, perhaps because Belgium had been smooth sailing in Albert's hands, and it had not suffered a setback for too long, but the Prime Minister was overwhelmed.

"Hold your ground and tell me what's going on? Could it be about the explosion in the Atlantic? Albert asked.

"No, no, No, Your Highness, it's not about a nuclear explosion. It was the plague event in our Congo colony. The British accused us of denying international humanitarian aid access to the scene of the plague and of hastily burning the bodies, and they condemned us as an inhumane act. The British government asked the United Nations to send personnel from the World Health Organization to the scene of the outbreak of the plague in the Congo to inspect it. ”

Fools know that this is the British Yankees playing on the topic, probably because they saw that Belgium had an unclear relationship with the nuclear explosion at sea, and they were afraid that their position as the supremacy of the sea would be shaken, so they preemptively condemned themselves. After all, in the arrogant thinking of the British, Belgium is a character that everyone can bully. However, the British may have forgotten that after World War II, its status had long since fallen from the empire on which the sun never set to the second-rate level, and the truly terrifying sea monster was the country on the other side of the Atlantic.

"Anything else?" Albert asked, cursing the role of the British-stirring stick in his heart.

"And the Soviets, who secretly contacted our ambassador to the Soviet Union." Achill broke the second piece of good news, which was not good news, "They want to know if Belgium really has nuclear weapons technology, and if they can, they are willing to exchange it for whatever the Soviet Union has." ”

Albert sighed, lowered his voice and said, "It seems that the Soviets have been forced by the Yankees to take it anymore, they continue to master mature nuclear technology, and how do you answer him?" ”

"I asked the ambassador to give the Soviet authorities an ambiguous answer, and then called him to discuss it with His Highness." In this matter, Arshiel did a good job, he couldn't figure out Albert's thoughts, and simply threw the problem to Albert, whether to make a deal or directly refuse, it all depends on your words.

Albert finally realized what it was like to balance the bayonet, not to favor the Soviet Union, but also to sell the other side and count the money for himself, and most importantly, to be able to fish in troubled waters and profit from it without being discovered by the Americans, no less difficult than solving Goldbach's conjecture.

Albert took a fancy to the Soviet Union's missile technology, at this time the Soviet Union, which was supported by German missile scientists, coupled with the development of its own heavy industry, the missile technology in its hands became more and more mature, and in another four or five years, the 9M17 air-to-surface anti-tank missile and the K5 air-to-air missile will be developed one after another. But the biggest difficulty is that in addition to nuclear weapons, there are also those heavy weapons technology in their hands that the Soviets who like to crush and like to bomb can see?

ICBM technology? Albert's mind flashed with inspiration, the last time he made a ballistic missile deal with the Soviets, he almost lost his life, and now three years have passed, and of course the hatred for him cannot be forgotten, especially for the KGB executives.

"You tell the Soviets that you can exchange nuclear weapons technology with us if you want to, but there are two conditions, one is to hand over Viktor Semenovich Abakumov and the sniper who dares to shoot the crown prince to the Belgian government in private, and the other is to exchange all the ballistic missile construction equipment in their hands with us, not a single one!"

"This ...... Your Highness Albert, are we really going to exchange nuclear technology with the Soviets? I don't want a madman in Europe with a nuclear button in his hand. Arshile van Ack is worried.

"Don't worry, how could I exchange nuclear technology with the Soviets, last time it pitted me so badly, this time I will definitely pit them back, let them be sold and help count the money." Albert said viciously.

(Seeing that the river crab god is so powerful recently, I don't dare to be disrespectful to my father, so I transfer the object of the protagonist's hatred to the KGB.) The original plot was originally to get rid of the top leader of the Soviet Union with the help of Beria's hand, but I saw that a certain book got rid of Lenin and hung up, so this plot was deleted by me, please forgive me! ）