Klaus-Maffei Wegmann, Munich.

This is the company that was born in 1800, and now, it has a history of nearly two hundred years, at the beginning, this company mainly produced trains, and now, it is the most important supplier of ground weapons in Germany, including tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, self-propelled howitzers, wheeled armored vehicles, military trucks and various logistics support vehicles

In the 30s, under the influence of the expansion of Nazi Germany's armaments, Krauss-Maffei began to develop military half-track armored vehicles, until now, the tracked tank produced by the company, the Leopard 2 main battle tank, is already the company's most powerful tank force in Europe.

Located on the banks of the Isar River at the northern foot of the Alps in southern Germany, Munich is a beautiful city with fresh air and steeple buildings everywhere.

Looking through the window of the car and looking at the buildings around her, Lilith couldn't help but say, "Honey, thank you for bringing me to such a beautiful place." ”

Lilith grew up in the West, and this kind of building felt very intimate, looking at Lilith's child-like expression, Mhammad said: "Lilith, if you like it here, then I'll buy you a house here." ”

Lilith's moving eyes looked at Mhammad and said, "My dear, being with you is the happiest, even the caves in Afghanistan are the most beautiful places in my eyes." ”

Mhammad could only hold Lilith's hand tightly, this girl, unconsciously, had really entered Mhammad's heart.

During this time, although Lilith was already with Mhammad, there were wars everywhere, and Mhammad was running around. Lilith, on the other hand, has been staying at home in Islamabad and working as a housewife with peace of mind.

She knew that she should stand silently behind Mhammad and hold up half the sky for him. And when Mhammad was about to take her to Europe, she immediately took out the most beautiful dress from her closet. In the image of a beautiful lady, she appeared in front of all countries.

The car stopped, and the Klaus-Maffei company had arrived, and the first thing to come was the company's shooting range.

Accompanied by Prime Minister Kohl, Mahmad and his entourage visited the Leopard 2 tank.

In the makeshift shed, Mhammad held a telescope and looked at the tank at the shooting range, constantly maneuvering.

Germany's mechanical technology is very strong. The hydraulic torque converter and torsion bar suspension were used to allow the Leopard 2 to move forward quickly on the undulating field, while the personnel inside would not feel too much bumps, and then, the muzzle of the gun suddenly spit out a tongue of fire, a deafening sound. A shell flew to a target at a distance of 1,800 meters. Precise hits!

Shooting on the move is the most direct way to test the fire control system of a tank, and at this time, the main tank equipped by Pakistan, the Type 59, only has the ability to fire stationary. Buzz forward for a while, then stop, launch, and move forward.

The progress of equipment will produce qualitative changes. If such a tank is equipped with the Pakistani army, it can completely abuse the tanks of the Indians, excellent mobility, can evade the opponent's aiming, and shooting from the ground will make the Indians' tanks all scum.

"After the failure of the MBT70 tank project we cooperated with the United States, many of the results of the project have been applied to the current tank." Laurith, the manager of Klaus-Maffei, told Mhamad: "Even against the Soviets' T72 tanks, you can win outright." ”

Mhammad nodded: "Yes, this is indeed an advanced tank!" ”

After visiting the live performance, Mhammad and his party entered the production line of the tank and watched how the steel behemoth was made, which had been automated in the 80s.

Watching the huge engine, being assembled and hoisted into the inside of the tank, the chassis moving forward, the turret, and countless workers, all working in earnest, Mhammad was deeply fascinated.

In his previous life, Mhammad was trained to drive tanks, whether it was 59, 69, even if it was a newer Type 96 tank, the use of operating sticks, the same as driving a crawler tractor, this kind of operation, very laborious, moreover, the noise in the tank is too loud, the tanker must use a throat microphone, and this Leopard 2 tank, using a steering wheel operation, is very simple, and the internal noise is small.

The Pakistani personnel who traveled with them were also attracted by these tanks, and many of them were military personnel, so they naturally knew what this tank represented.

After a round of sightseeing, the two sides finally sat down again in the building of the company's headquarters.

"It is an honor for us to have chosen our Leopard 2 tanks." "In order to help our friends and defeat the Soviets, we are willing to offer you one at the best price, one of 1.2 million marks," Lauyt said. ”

For the sake of the RD33 engine, Krauss-Maffei decided to give the Pakistani army the same price as the German army, which was already quite cheap, except for earning some wages from the workers and the wear and tear of equipment, it was almost unprofitable.

"Yes, that's the support of our government." "However, you have to pay in cash, dollars, or marks," Cole said. ”

Cole has been reminding Mhammad that this empty glove white wolf is not feasible in Germany, and that American military aid is the business of the Americans, and Germany needs to be traded normally.

"Really?" "As far as I know, the internal price of equipment in your army is no more than one million marks," said Mhammad. ”

At this time, the internal cost of this tank was still classified, and Mhammad said this, it was completely his bluffing, the Germans, how could it be possible not to make money?

Hearing this, Lauyt's face turned red, he asked for an extra 200,000 marks, otherwise, if other Western European orders found out, they would definitely protest to their company.

"Okay, then a million marks." Cole said: "The remaining 200,000 marks are regarded as our support for your country. ”

Cole said this out of friendship, and who would have thought that Mhammad was obviously not satisfied.

"This price includes the number of spare parts and ammunition, right? A tank also needs at least five base ammunition to be enough for us to equip. Mhammad said.

Colton was speechless, and Lloyt, who was on the side, was even more speechless, if this was the case, it would be cheaper than the equipment of the German Army!

No, absolutely not!

"A million marks, that's just the price of a tank." "Ammunition, you need to pay for it, and the same goes for spare parts," Lloyt said. ”

If it weren't for the fact that the Prime Minister could get the RD33 engine, the company would have planned to ask for a price of two million marks, and the person in front of him was simply too shameless, Lloyt couldn't help but think.

"It's too expensive, it's out of our budget." "In that case, we have to think of other options," Mhammad said. ”

With that, Mhammad held his head in his hands and fell into deep thought.

The atmosphere at the scene suddenly cooled down, no one knew what this general who had established great feats on the battlefield was thinking, only Lilith on the side knew that Mhammad had already had an idea, and this must be hanging the other party's appetite.

"Well, we'll only bring in 200 vehicles." Mhammad said: "The remaining 300 vehicles, we can produce them in Pakistan, so that the cost will come down, one million marks, only one tank will be bought, and this ammunition will have to be bought, just like that, I am afraid that I will not be able to deal with the president when I go back." ”

Do you produce it yourself? Do you really have an idea? Hearing Mhammad say this, Lauyt immediately shook his head: "Impossible, this is absolutely impossible." ”

Tanks are nothing else, artillery, armor, engines, transmissions, these are all developed by the Germans with a lot of painstaking effort, and they are exported to Pakistan like this? How is that possible?

Still produced in Pakistan? In terms of the industrial situation in Pakistan, there is only one overhaul plant of 59 tanks, which simply cannot bear the heavy responsibility of producing advanced Leopard 2 tanks, which is simply a joke!

"In that case, then we can only be very sorry." "Originally, I was going to add a milk cover to the turret in front of Pakistan after the introduction of this tank," Mhammad said. ”

Bra? It's official! Lilith couldn't help but be a little worried, what did Mhammad say? Don't make a fool of yourself here!

The Pakistani side was also confused, but after the translator passed the words, several senior engineers in the Klaus-Maffei company opposite were immediately excited.

A metaphor for the image of Mhammad made them pause!

In fact, the Leopard 2 is not omnipotent, at this time, the armor of the Leopard 2 tank still has zài defects, the turret of the Leopard 2, square and square, looks mighty, however, the frontal bulletproof ability is not strong, with its own 120 mm smoothbore gun, it can be easily destroyed.

And now, the Leopard 2 tank is already more than 50 tons, and the increase in weight is limited, so how to greatly increase the thickness of the armor in front of the turret of the Leopard 2 without adding too much weight has become a difficult problem in front of them.

Mhammad solved the problem very simply, add a milk cover!

This is not an ordinary milk cover, two pieces of composite armor, in a triangle, the tip of the triangle is forward, so that two milk shields are formed, because it is oblique, when the shell passes through, the thickness of penetration, far exceeds the thickness of the composite armor.

In the continuous improvement of the Leopard 2 tank, when the improvement to the Leopard 2A4, this milk cover was already used to increase the protection capacity. The domestically produced 99 changes also add a milk cover. (To be continued......)