Chapter 193: The Formation of Odin's Land Mecha
"Land mech?" Su Ming froze suddenly, what can fly is obviously what can be made, why should it be made into a land combat type, now that the armored forces are all airborne, wouldn't it be a regression to still develop land mechas.
"Yes, after our research, if we do not pursue air flight, the carrying weight can be increased to about three tons, the running speed can reach more than 100 kilometers per hour, a variety of firepower can be increased, and external armor can also be increased, the attack can give full play to its powerful firepower advantage, and the defense can be used as a land fortress." The German man twitched his thick eyebrows, as if he were cooperating with his words.
"Well, we thought about it, but because we didn't have the technology to do it, we finally gave up on the idea." The greater the weight, the more difficult it is to take off, if you don't consider taking off, you can indeed drive a few tons of weight, but the 611 Institute itself is an aircraft research institute, and it has never thought about it, Su Shi has no research strength at all, and it all depends on Su Ming alone.
"This is Klaus Maffei. Von Von of Wigmann. Mr. Wiegman, the developer of the Leopard series of tanks, focuses on the research of ground armor and is the world's largest manufacturer of military vehicles. Someone next to him introduced Su Ming, and Su Ming then knew that the famous Leopard 2 series tank was invented by their company, but this company really hadn't heard of it.
"I don't know if you have any good ideas, Mr. Wigman, you can bring them up and we can discuss them." Looking at the other party's meaning, they want to cooperate in this regard, and the land combat mecha is also a development direction, and the current Su Ming does not refuse any cooperation, anyway, I have the core technology, so I am not afraid that you will leave me alone, and you will contribute to me.
"We can provide all the external integration technology, and at the same time carry out collaborative research for further development, I don't know if Mr. Su has any ideas for this, we can negotiate to determine the size of the share, and at the same time, we can also push various European countries to pre-purchase this product." Feng. Mr. Wiegman presented his idea, his bright eyes full of confidence.
At present, the scale of ground warfare is getting smaller and smaller, and the demand for heavy tanks is getting less and less, although the Leopard 2 series tanks of Wigman Company have occupied the top position in the armored vehicle rankings for many years, but they are not popular, and there are not many countries that really purchase them, and several large countries are their own tank products, and even if they do not procure, they are mostly taking into account political factors, and Germany does not have any advantages at the political level. This left Wigman deeply worried.
All their technical strength is on land, and seeing that under the impetus of the United States' military strategic thinking, armor is developing more and more in the air, and if it takes a few more decades, maybe Wigman will have no products to sell, and even the police armor painting will be replaced by helicopters more and more.
Feng. Wigman saw Thor in the news, at first he also regarded Thor as a competitor, this kind of individual combat platform can replace many kinds of light attack vehicles, but soon he found that since the power system produced by Thor can drive such a heavy thing to the sky, it can drive more things to run on the ground, so it is not a heavy firepower ground platform, but also convenient and fast, fast moving.
When he sent someone to understand the situation of Thor, he got Thor's request to visit, and asked the Ministry of Defense to join the visiting team, through a close visit, it was more verified that his idea is feasible, as long as he can discuss cooperation with the other party, the rest will not be a problem, and the vitality of Wigman Company can be continued backwards, and there may even be greater development, moving towards the air field.
Feeling that the other party's train of thought was very helpful to him, Su Ming put Feng. Wigman invited him to his residence, and at the same time opened up information about Thor Guan Duo to him for his reference, but Su Ming first raised his own question: "Mr. Wigman, how to solve the running of such a huge body as Thor, does the current technology have this ability?" ”
This is where Su Ming is puzzled, if it is replaced with a wheel, it is difficult to solve it in the transmission, not to mention, the balance is not easy to maintain, if the form of mechanical legs is adopted, there is no such a good means of indulgence, and there is also a problem of balance.
"Mr. Su, this problem is very simple, it still uses the current form of propulsion, as long as he is so heavy that he can't take off, his legs can be artificial joints, which only play the role of auxiliary running and support, isn't this solved." Feng. Wigman spoke his mind.
Su Ming thought about it and felt that this method was feasible, using buoyancy to reduce weight, pushing forward in the back, and only using his legs to assist in running and supporting, so that the difficulty was reduced from the technical realization, and at the same time, there was no need to make major modifications, which was a good way.
"We have an artificial joint company in Switzerland that technically can do that." Wiegman remembered that the company had engaged in a charity event to provide artificial joints for the disabled, and had cooperated with the Swiss company, as long as the negotiation here was good, the other side immediately went to buy the company, and now said in advance that it was his own company, although it violated the business reputation, but it was also excusable, anyway, it was a small company, and it could be acquired casually.
Artificial joints? Isn't that a medical device, used to save people, isn't Wigman a military industrial enterprise, this is to save people and kill people, Wigman Company is good at diversification, but this has nothing to do with itself, and I don't need this play.
Wiegman took out a piece of paper and drew a simple rendering on it, which is roughly the same as it is now, but the shape is enlarged and can accommodate more weapons, especially in the two shoulders of the mecha, equipped with two missile launchers, which can launch air-to-air missiles or anti-tank missiles, which does look much more powerful, and can be machine guns, machine guns, grenade launchers, rocket launchers, etc., and can carry a multi-functional ammunition box behind it.
Su Ming looked at the strangely shaped but useful bodies from Feng. Wiegman's men kept appearing, and looking at other people's painters, at least they couldn't do it themselves, and they had to let themselves paint, but it was similar to what children painted.
After a series of consultations between the two sides, it was decided to name the project "Odin", which is the supreme god of the Norse Aqi god clan and the king of the gods, legend has it that he holds a spear made of branches of the World Tree Gunnir (meaning of the eternal spear), riding an eight-legged horse, which is a god believed in by the Germans, and also symbolizes their deep disobedience, because in Norse mythology, the thunder god Thor is the eldest son of Odin, all this Su Ming does not know, no matter what the code name, Thor, who originally came from the beginning, followed the thunder and lightning casually (some people say that it is similar to digital life, I haven't seen this book, and this situation can only be said to be an accident), and people want to call Odin Odin.
The other party insisted on five or five accounts, Su Ming directly said that this was absolutely non-negotiable, and in the end the two sides agreed that it was six or four accounts, and Su Shi only provided the power system, because there was no need for a life support system on the ground, and the pod was changed to a suspension balance type, and basically everything had to start from scratch.
After signing the agreement, less than 10 days later, the Wiegman Company applied from the German Ministry of Defense for a pre-research and development fee of 50 million German marks for the individual combat system for future wars, and the second development fund of 120 million yuan has been approved, and as soon as the physical object comes out, it will be able to get it immediately.
Su Shi got 30 million German marks, and then through Wigman Company, it only took 10 million German marks to get all the authorization of the rotary engine in Wankel's hands, which is also Su Ming's order to spend a small amount of money and make a big trouble, otherwise if this thing is found out and sued for patent infringement and prohibited sales, it will not affect his own money.
It is too easy to see what people are earning, and it is not at all necessary to take out the money from the hands of the state and the taxpayers, and give some welfare to the people.
got 20 million Deutsche marks, and then Su Ming began to do nothing, waiting for the arrival of another 70 million funds, plus a piece of more than 100 million Deutsche marks, in exchange for more than 400 million yuan, plus the income of 17 million US dollars, there was a return of 600 million in just a few months, and he hadn't even sold a single product, the profits were so huge, it was really impressive, this money was made too fast, the arms business was really more powerful than drug trafficking, and it was the first money-making business.
Su Ming later figured out why the arms company was so influential, it turned out that they had set up a lobbying company, which was responsible for public relations to officials and parliamentarians, this kind of public relations behavior was not illegal, the lobbying company generally hired retired officials or senior politicians, through various seemingly non-illegal means, to carry out public relations to those in power, such as giving a gift that was not enough to pay a bribe, pimping with social or social activities, etc., on the surface, all of this is under the premise of formality, In fact, it is also a disguised act of trading power for money.
No wonder this money is so easy to get it, I thought it was a simple administrative efficiency, it turned out that the world was as black as a crow, this discovery made Su Ming have a better understanding of the operation of the Western system, and at this time, the Ministry of Defense sent a formal letter of request, hoping to better understand the various surnames of Thor and Odin, and create favorable conditions for further procurement.
(To be continued)