The German company has limited production of its own production, and the orders for the Leopard 2 tanks they produce can be lined up until five years later, in this case, they first exported the production line of the Leopard 2 tanks to Pakistan, and transformed the tank overhaul plant to have the ability to produce the 1,500 horsepower engine and gearbox of the Leopard 2, as well as the ability to assemble complete vehicles.

Other spare parts from Germany were transported to this tank overhaul plant, and with the efforts of Pakistani technicians, under the command of German technicians, the production line began to function normally.

When Mhammad came in with the Minister of Defense and others, the director of the tank overhaul plant, Basilt, excitedly greeted him.

"Welcome Mr. President and the Secretary of Defence to visit us." Basette said.

"Well, how is the production of our tanks?" Mhammad asked.

"Our production line has been completely renovated, and now it is in the low-speed production stage." Basette said.

The engineer Ludwig, the head of the German side, also came over, and Mhammad shook his hand cordially.

"Let's go and see the engine production line first." Mhammad said.

What Mhammad values most is, first of all, this engine, which is a 1500 horsepower engine at the advanced level of Germany! Even if it is more than ten or twenty years from now, this engine will not be outdated!

Almost all the equipment of the production line was shipped from Germany, and the equipment aided by the Eastern countries could only be idle due to insufficient accuracy.

Seeing the Pakistani workers on the production line busy, Mhammad was very happy.

"Now, will we be able to produce this engine entirely in-house?" Mhammad asked.

Listening to Mhammad's questioning, Basit was a little embarrassed and said, "Mr. President, we are now. Cylinder blocks and other parts can be produced by ourselves, but advanced fuel injectors, oil pumps and other parts also need to be imported from Germany. ”

Mhammad's eyes suddenly lit up and he looked at Ludwig: "Mr. German Advisor." What's going on? ”

"The parts produced in your country are not up to standard for the time being." Ludwig said.

In later generations, although China was able to produce advanced heavy-duty truck engines, more than 500 horsepower can be produced, but the most important system of the engine, high-pressure oil pump, injector, is monopolized by foreign enterprises. But. At that time, the requirements were raised to meet the emission standards of China III or IV, but now, tank engines are regardless of emissions, only performance.

Pakistan's basic industry can already produce some parts, but the advanced fuel injection system cannot be mass-produced for the time being.

"In accordance with our agreement. At the beginning, it was able to produce all engine parts. Mhammad said.

"High-precision injector components also require advanced alloys. If you want to produce unqualified alloys, you also need to import new alloy production equipment and build supporting alloy production plants. Ludwig said.

The meaning of his words is very obvious, however, that he wants to be completely asset. Pakistan will have to continue to invest in building other factories.

In Germany, the production of the Leopard 2 was negotiated by two companies, Klaus and Krupp. It was the Claus company, and now the representative sent by the production is the Krupp company, so that the Klaus company pretends not to know, and asks the Krupp company to make a request, so that it can make more money from Pakistan.

Mhammad smiled: "Okay, then the new alloy production plant, we will build it soon." ”

"We at Krupp have production equipment that can be shipped at any time." Ludwig said.

"No need." "We have already negotiated with the American side that a new alloy plant, which will be built soon, will definitely meet our tank manufacturing needs," Mhammad said. ”

This trip to the United States, also for the Pakistani industry, the introduction of some advanced alloy production lines, the United States technology, no worse than Germany, the need for alloys, can be completely independent production. Not only the alloys needed for precision parts, but also extremely hard alloys such as crawlers can be produced.

Ludwig was bored with himself, and had planned to make another fortune on these, but it seemed hopeless.

"Let's go, let's take a look at our vehicle production line." Mhammad said.

The body of the Leopard 2 is not complicated, it is all welded, and on the assembly line, pieces of armor are being welded into shape.

"What is the speed of our production line?" Mhammad asked.

"Now, in the trial production stage, we should be able to produce six vehicles a month, and when the production line is run in and started at full speed, we can produce more than 20 vehicles a month." Basilt said, with pride on his face.

You know, even the Leopard 2 licensed in Switzerland is only six units a month.

Mhammad nodded: "Our armored corps needs Leopard 2 tanks as sharp knives, the production of this kind of tank is related to the security of our national defense, and at the same time, we can't give up the transformation of our old tanks, the transformation of the 59 tank, how is it going?" ”

"We've done the renovation." "Mr. President, please go to the shooting range and see the performance of our 59 tanks," said Basilt. ”

New tanks are too expensive, and no country will eliminate the old tanks when they introduce new tanks, and they will continue to upgrade the old tanks and use them all the time.

Now, Pakistan has Leopard 2 tanks, but the 59 tank cannot be abandoned, and it is necessary to continue to upgrade.

Came to the shooting range outside, where a modified 59 tank was parked.

The barrel has changed shape, the smoking device is in the middle, moreover, the barrel is thicker and longer.

The first step in the transformation of the 59 tank was to replace the 100-mm rifled gun with a 120-mm caliber gun!

This kind of artillery was introduced from the Eastern countries, and the transformation and installation was also done with the help of technicians from the Eastern countries, since the structure of the 59 tank is very familiar, and when it is refitted, it is simply a familiar road.

Eastern countries developed two types of tank guns, 120 mm and 125 mm caliber, and after comparison, 125 mm caliber guns were chosen, so this 120 mm tank gun was temporarily idle, and later, it was changed to a self-propelled anti-tank gun weapon.

For Pakistan, the countries of the East were very generous, exporting the manufacture of such artillery and the production line of ammunition in full.

Pakistan reuses electroslag reconstituted steel technology from Austria to produce, using a self-tightening process with internal chrome plating, and the life of this artillery is also greatly improved.

At the same time, in addition to the improved artillery, the sighting system has also been greatly improved, using a simplified version of the FLP-10/EMES18 fire control system that is the same as the Leopard 2, the FLER-HG hybrid ballistic computer, and a thermal imaging system for use in low visibility or night conditions, these systems give the 59 tank the ability to shoot on the move and strong combat capability at night.

Now, what appeared in front of Mhammad was such a tank, the barrel was replaced, the observation and sighting equipment on the turret was also fully transformed, and the infrared headlights were finally gone, and it looked more concise.

"You should introduce our L44 tank guns at the same time." Ludwig said: "This tank, if it were equipped with our guns, would be much more advanced. ”

The fire control system made the Germans a lot of money, but Rheinmetall did not get a piece of the pie, originally planned to use the Leopard 2 artillery to transform it, and they also planned to ask for a high price, but they did not expect that Pakistan actually installed the barrels produced by themselves.

Pakistan is an agricultural country, although it is only now beginning to carry out industrial transformation, but where can it be completed overnight! Moreover, industry requires years of accumulation! Tank guns are the crown of industry, you know, even the Americans, so developed industry, did not independently develop new tank guns, and directly imported the German Rheinmetall L44 tank gun.

The Germans absolutely did not look down on this kind of artillery, they were absolutely proud.

Technically, this tank gun may be inferior to the Rheinmetall tank gun, but the length of the barrel is increased and the final performance is on par with the German gun.

This 120 mm tank gun is 50 times the caliber, while the German tank gun is 44 times the caliber, the longer the barrel, the longer the gunpowder will work, and when it goes out, the greater the kinetic energy.

In later generations, in order to increase the firepower of its Leopard 2, Germany changed 44 times the caliber to 55 times the caliber, and as a result, the power increased greatly.

"Really?" Mhammad said: "Let's try a few shells with tank guns." ”

"Yes." Basette said.

The cooperation between the fire control and the German fire control system was completed by both sides, but the power of the tank gun was not tested at that time, so the Germans were very contemptuous of this kind of artillery of the same caliber.

Now it's time to show the Germans.

At a distance of 1,500 meters, a homogeneous steel plate with a thickness of 150 mm is placed at an angle of 68 degrees, which is equivalent to a penetration distance of 400 mm.

Several tankmen got in, skillfully stuffed the shells into the chamber, aimed.

"Boom!" A ball of flame came out of the muzzle, and a tungsten alloy armor-piercing projectile flew out.

In the telescope, you can see where the armor is placed, and a piece of debris is flying sideways.

Ludwig was shocked, he ran over quickly, only to see that the steel plate had been completely pierced!

What does this mean? If your own Leopard 2 tank is not equipped with a milk cover, it can be easily penetrated by this tank gun produced by Pakistan!

"The target is placed at a distance of 2,000 meters!" Ludwig said.

What is this distance of 1500 meters? Although the armor of the Leopard 2 is not comparable, the tank gun of the Leopard 2 can also penetrate at a distance of 2000 meters!

Now it's a tank gun, not an armor! (To be continued......)