Thanks to the weight of the T-14 tank of 14.6 tons, the tank can accommodate a crew of five, and can also carry 2,800 rounds of machine gun ammunition, 42 shells and some supplies, as well as enough fuel for more than 400 kilometers.

Of course, the weapons of each of the five crew members are also counted, which are used by the tank soldiers to defend themselves and participate in the battle when the tank is scrapped or breaks down.

The T-14 tank also has a decent boost in speed. Although the weight has also been greatly improved, the T-14 tank can still maintain an average speed of at least 26 km/h on flat surfaces, and can reach a maximum speed of about 30 km/h.

But the data on the flat road doesn't tell us much, because the tank is designed to adapt well to all kinds of road conditions, even trenches and ravines dug by the enemy.

It's a pity that even with the strengthening of power, the T-14 tank does not travel fast on uneven roads.

Combined with various road conditions, the T-14 tank can maintain an average speed of 15 kilometers per hour on uneven and obstructed roads, and the maximum speed will not exceed 20 kilometers per hour.

If the speed exceeds 20 kilometers per hour on the road with various obstacles, then problems such as lying on the ground will soon appear, and the big killer will become a big scrap metal.

This kind of problem is not something that can be solved in a short period of time, and even during World War II in history, tanks had problems from time to time.

At present, Australasian tanks can achieve this level, which is already a big step ahead of the world's tank scientific research progress.

Although it can't solve the problem of the T-14 occasionally lying on its stomach, on the whole, as long as the tank can be repaired quickly, the T-14 tank is still a big killer on the battlefield.

With thick armor and a 75 mm semi-automatic gun and a Maxim heavy machine gun, this will be a combination of hard shields and sharp contradictions on the battlefield, as long as the opponent does not have anti-tank weapons, or uses large-caliber artillery to bombard, otherwise the tank will not be in any danger.

The reason why the T-14 tank is called the basic and improved version of the first generation tank is because there is also such a big killer as the T-14A heavy tank.

If you look at the weight of the T-14A tank, you can see that there are many differences between it and the T-14 tank.

The T-14A tank weighed 21.7 tons, which was 7.1 tons higher than the T-14 tank.

In terms of firepower, the T-14A tank was armed with a GA1906 105-mm semi-automatic gun and a CA-1-37 mm cannon and a MA-107 Maxim heavy machine gun.

Because of the huge increase in firepower, the T-14A tank also had a main turret and a forward turret.

The only heavy machine gun was located in the forward turret, as well as a CA-1-37 mm cannon, which was guaranteed to be effective against enemy land forces.

A 105 mm semi-automatic gun in the main turret is designed to capture enemy positions and fortresses, and is the first class weapon for charging into battle.

In terms of armor protection, the T-14A tank had steel armor up to 35 mm thick, which was a whole lap larger than the T-14 tank in terms of size.

This also greatly improved the protection of the T-14A tank, at least the enemy's small arms did not pose any threat to the heavy tank.

Even some large-caliber artillery is not so lethal to this big guy. Because of the overall design of the T-14A tank, if the shell is not very good and explodes directly, it will be bounced off by the strong steel armor, and the lethality will be greatly reduced.

Unless it is a shell located at the bottom of the tank that explodes, or directly blows off the tracks of the tank, the T-14A tank only needs to go on a rampage on the battlefield.

The T-14A tank had a crew of two more than the T-14 tank, a crew, a driver, a commander, two gunners, a machine gunner and two loaders, a total of seven people.

As a heavy tank, the T-14A tank is capable of carrying more weapons and ammunition.

In general, the T-14A tank is capable of carrying 4600 rounds of machine-gun ammunition, 180 37-mm shells, 22 105-mm shells and enough fuel for the tank to travel more than 300 km.

Of course, such data is relative. If it is on a flat road, the tank will be able to carry a little more weapons and ammunition. On the contrary, it will be less.

As a heavy tank, the T-14A tank had more and larger diesel engines, but it traveled a bit slower than the T-14 tank.

Of course, this is also the design of this tank. We are not looking for speed, but more importantly, stability.

According to several private tests conducted by the Agricultural Machinery Plant, the heavy tank was able to reach a maximum speed of 22 km/h on a flat road, with an average speed of 18 km/h.

And on non-flat roads, the T-14A tank is able to reach a maximum speed of 16 kilometers per hour, with an average speed of 12 kilometers per hour.

Although the speed does not seem fast, if Arthur remembers correctly, most of the tanks in World War I did not seem to reach the speed of 10 kilometers per hour.

And about twenty years have passed since World War II, and it is quite normal that various technologies of tanks have made considerable progress.

Judging from the progress made so far in the Australasian tank, it may be possible to create a tank with World War II performance more than a decade ahead of schedule.

"Director Joel, have the performance of both tanks been tested in practice?" After reading the data of the two tanks, Arthur looked at Joel, the director of the Royal Agricultural Machinery Factory, with a little curiosity, and asked.

"The machine factory has already carried out small-scale tests, Your Majesty. However, if this military weapon wants to determine its true performance and stability, I am afraid it will have to go through large-scale and long-term testing. Director Joel replied hurriedly.

After all, it is a military weapon to be used on the battlefield, and even if the agricultural machinery factory has carried out several tests, Director Joel still does not dare to guarantee that there will be no problems.

As long as the military is sure that there are no problems with the T-14 tank and the T-14A tank, even if there are some defects in use, it will not blame the head of the Joel factory.

Even for weapons and equipment tests of relatively high importance, Arthur will personally express his opinion.

Who would dare to say that there was a problem with a tank that successfully completed quality inspections under the supervision of Arthur?

Arthur nodded, and naturally understood Director Joel's careful thoughts, and said, "Organize a formal test as soon as possible, but the news must be kept secret." With the exception of some of the top brass of the Royal Agricultural Machinery Plant, the personnel who participated in the tank tests could only consist of the top military and trustworthy soldiers. ”

Tanks are still too simple to build, just like the first generation of Australasian tanks, with a slight improvement on the tractor, it can become a tank with a combination of spear and shield.

Although the exposure of the tank was inevitable, Arthur wanted the tank to be exposed a little later.

Although the backwardness in the research of aircraft and tanks weakened part of the strength of Britain and France, it also weakened the strength of Germany.

As long as Australasia had tanks and aircraft, the combined military strength of the Entente would be far greater than that of the Central Powers.

As for the fact that Britain, France and Russia did not have tanks and planes, Australasia could sell them at an absolute fair price, and there was no deception.

Having a second-generation tank before the outbreak of World War I was good news for Arthur.

Even if the production of second-generation tanks is not high, even if the war breaks out, there will be a maximum of several dozen, which can play a vital role in the war.

Judging by the current performance data of the T-14A tank, there is no doubt that this is a powerful weapon capable of easily destroying enemy positions and fortresses in defiance of enemy fire.

If such weapons appeared in trench warfare in Europe, would it be possible to speed up the course of the war?

It is unknown, but what is certain is that the creation of the second generation of tanks will significantly reduce the casualties of the Australasian army, at least the casualties of the regular Australasian army.

As for the indigenous army, which numbered in the hundreds of thousands, no one cared about their casualties.

Even if some of these native armies did return safely, they would eventually be sent to other regions by Arthur, or secretly executed in unknown places.

If you have to ask why, it may be that one of the three major island groups in Oceania, where most of the colonies in Australasia are located, and the indigenous people of Melanesia are mostly black.

The territorial scope of Melanesia includes New Guinea, the Crown Territory, Australian Timor, Australian Solomon Islands, Australian New Caledonia, Australian Fiji, etc., accounting for the vast majority of Australasia's overseas territory.

The name Melanesia, on the other hand, comes from the Greek word meaning black island.

According to preliminary statistics from the Australasian government, there are about a million indigenous people living on these lands, mostly Melanesians and a small number of New Guineans.

And the Melanesians maintained pure blood among themselves, and blacks only married blacks, which also led to the fact that the black blood in this land was the purest black blood.

It is for this reason that they will not be accepted by Australasia. The strong racism of the Australasian people did not accept such a population, and Arthur's strong personal will would never accept such a population.

In fact, after Australasia took over these colonies in Melanesia, these natives had only two fates, and their best fate was to be sent to the Dutch East Indies in Southeast Asia except to die in the service of Australasia.

To date, however, there have been no more than three recorded deportations of Aborigines in Australasia, with no more than 2,000 people at each time.

This represents millions of indigenous people in Australasia, with no more than 6,000 people currently leaving Australasia safely.

The number of indigenous people who have been buried in this land and hastily buried in a centralized manner has reached nearly 1.5 million.

Their efforts are worth it, and they have spent more than ten years creating a great power country.

Arthur and Australasia have not forgotten the contributions of these Aborigines, and the repatriation of Aboriginal people has continued and increased in number compared to previous ones.

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