Text Chapter 286 New equipment enlists in the army and returns to the right path
Although Xiao Lin's forces were changed from the Yanhuang Trading Company to the New American Empire, the basic national policy remained unchanged. In particular, the company's military research department is still engaged in its own previous research. This kind of research will not stop until it has fully digested the various military science and technology money that Xiao Lin brought from the 21st century, and will even continue for two or three generations. Xiao Lin didn't know how much money he smashed at the beginning, Europe, North America, South America, Belarus and other places, he smashed the front.
All the military technology that appeared before 1985 was basically packaged by him. It is also thanks to these backward military technologies that Xiao Lin can get. If it was more than nine years of military technology, he would have to pay at least several times the price before. Then there is no need, the technology before 1985 is enough for his strength to dominate for hundreds of years. After fully digesting these technologies, the company will also have its own R&D foundation, and will continue to dominate for decades following the future ideas.
And today, it's time for further breakthroughs in research and the fruits can be reaped. The result is a full-fledged diesel-powered maneuvering force. Prior to this, the kingdom had only a fleet of 300 light, medium and heavy truck trucks procured from the 21st century. It is used a lot and often runs day after day in a row. If it weren't for the limited spare parts and the limited oil for the high-quality products, I am afraid that I would have been unable to move a long time ago with the assistance of modified carriages. Therefore, having a full-fledged self-built truck is a must.
Sholin bought some dilapidated production lines from the 21st century, and researchers have been refitting and repairing them. Not long ago, it was finally put into production. Not an advanced truck, though. This truck, known to many people, is often seen in the Anti-Japanese War TV series. That is the United States Shevrand truck, the reason why everyone often sees it on the screen, is because Dongying copied it and used it in a large number of invasion wars, and the models at that time were Toyota Model 1 trucks and Nissan 180 trucks.
Both trucks are made in Japan to imitate the American Shevrand trucks, to the same standards, just produced at different car manufacturing plants. The truck weighs 5,500 pounds, is 18.10 feet long, 6.4 feet wide, 7.5 feet tall, has a wheelbase of 15.6 feet, headroom of 9 feet, and a 6-cylinder 78-horsepower gasoline engine. Because it was not too high-end technology, the company's imitation of the "Little Wolf" truck, named Type 30, perfectly met the data at that time. There were even improvements that were made, changing the gasoline engine to a diesel engine.
Compared to gasoline, diesel is easier to refine. Xiao Lin now has only one oil refinery in his hands, and the oil reserves are very rich, that is, if the pursuit of production capacity cannot guarantee quality, and the pursuit of quality cannot guarantee quantity. The diesel oil refined in the middle is almost at the level of the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, which is used to supply the Type 30 truck, and the engine service life is also two years, which is still in uninterrupted use.
After talking about trucks, which can be used for military and civilian purposes, the next step is to talk about completely military equipment. The White Tiger 1 light reconnaissance tank was not very powerful, after all, it was the initial technology. Especially before, because Xiao Lin did not have an oil factory in his hands, he could only use electric energy. Electricity has not fully matured in the 20s of the 21st century, let alone reached the common people, let alone can be self-produced here. Sholin had three times the number of tanks in his hands with spare electric engines, but now in use, there are not many left.
Instead of developing an electric engine, it is better to replace it with a diesel engine. However, since then, the tank has to be overhauled. Therefore, instead of wasting effort on the White Tiger 1 tank, it is better to go directly to the new tank plan. The research team gave several options, and Scholin finally chose the German No. 2 tank as the main vehicle of the kingdom in the future. Tank No. 2 was a light tank produced by the MAN company in 1935, the FZ.121. The first 25 were produced as the Type A1, and 25 more modified vehicles were produced as the Type A2, making a total of 50 units produced in 1936 for the last Type A3 in the series.
Of course, the company mainly borrowed the design of this tank, and did not completely copy the exact same tank. The main difference is in tank guns. Sholin did not use a 20mm tank gun, which the company does not currently have in reserve and develop. If it's an enemy who has been playing in line to shoot, this cannon is not bad. But now it seems that it is impossible, plus Xiao Lin still has nearly a hundred White Tiger Type 1 tanks in his hand, and the 37mm rapid-fire gun on it must not be eliminated.
If this kind of gun is used alone, it is better to convert it into a tank gun or a battle defense gun, but it takes too much effort. It's better to dismantle it and replace it with the second tank. To this end, the designers eliminated a 7.92mm caliber machine gun to make room for the tank gun. A brand new tank with a 37mm tank gun and a 7.62mm defense machine gun mounted outside the turret. Other protection relied on the four Type 50 submachine guns in the tank, and a few holes were specially opened to go out.
It's a bit nondescript, but Xiao Lin's requirements have been met. The new tank also uses a diesel engine, a 160 hp diesel engine on the company's assets. The speed has slowed down slightly, and the best modification speed of the original No. 2 tank is 60 km/h on the road, and the company's own 52 km/h on the road, and the off-road speed can also reach more than 25 km/h. In terms of armor, the front is 30mm, the side is 20mm, and the back is 10mm.
However, this does not erase the fact that it is also an over-tank. After two or three years at most, this tank will still be eliminated, so Xiao Lin didn't bother to name him, and directly called it the White Tiger II tank. At the same time, ten units were produced, and the test performance was still very good, and the combat effectiveness far exceeded that of the White Tiger 1 tank. However, it has not yet reached the standard of the main battle tank in Shotin's mind. Because of technology, Shotin would not have been ambitious enough to pursue the Type 59-1 tank.
The tank he likes is still German, but it is the German No. 4 tank. It's not that Xiao Lin is a German fan, but because the things of the original people are good, the workmanship is excellent and elegant, and the equipment is combative. Although historically, their well-made and powerful tanks were drowned by the enemy's sea of simple tanks with large production and not very strong combat effectiveness, but that also had its own relationship. If it weren't for the covert development of armaments and cooperation with the Soviets, the Soviets would not have had their own tank industry, and perhaps the T-34 Sea would not have appeared.
In this era, those in Europe have not even played with rear-loading muskets, let alone rear-loading artillery, let alone tanks. Instead of pursuing a sea of tanks, it is better to pursue elite tanks with stronger single combat effectiveness. He also thought that if this spirit could be preserved forever, no matter how much it changed in the future, the kingdom would be able to occupy a place in the world and ensure that it was strong and rich.
Tank No. 4 is also an outstanding work of German industry. One of the things that Sholin values most is its strong modificationability, and the No. 4 tank has a very complete range of various modifications. The use of various artillery, all kinds of turrets, and the addition of skirt armor and bridge-building vehicles can already be used for civilian use. As the last tank developed by Germany before World War II, it suppressed the various British cruiser tanks and the French crispy tank for a long time, and the later modified model was to compete with the main Sherman tank of the Allies.
Not to mention the Tiger and Panther, these two tanks are strong, but they are also difficult to produce and consume a lot of resources. Even because of the urgency of time, he went into battle before he could solve all the shortcomings. The real workhorse is still the No. 4 tank of various modifications. Most of these tanks are elite forces. Without the assistance of Tank No. 4, it would have been difficult for them to make a difference. However, the No. 4 tank is still a bit high-tech for the kingdom now, and it will take several years for the prototype to be built, not to mention the later modified models.
The official enlistment of the White Tiger II tank also represents the company's return to the right path. Electric engines, in this era, can only be regarded as an evil way.
Of course, the research department has been busy for so long, and it is not the result of just one truck and one tank. The Type 50 submachine gun was officially completed in-house, and the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle began to be formed at the factory. Type 56 submachine gun, because of the previous focus on research, the production is okay, but the performance is less than eighty percent of the original, and now it has evolved to ninety into five, which is enough to use. The most exciting thing is that the kingdom can already produce howitzers. I have two large-caliber real howitzers in my hands, and after studying them for so long, I finally got results.
The new howitzer was designated as the Type 01 howitzer, which represented the first year of the kingdom's existence. The caliber of the howitzer is 105mm, the length is 3 meters, the width is 1.98 meters, the height is 1.98 meters, the total combat weight is 2000 kg, the elevation angle of the gun is -4 degrees - +41 degrees, the artillery firing range is plus or minus 54 degrees from left to right, the maximum rate of fire is 6 rounds / min, the initial velocity of the discharge is 530 m / s, and the maximum firing range is 12000 meters. All the data is a bit similar to the Krupp 105mm howitzer that Xiao Lin once saw in the book records, but the data needs to be inserted, but not too much.
It is very suitable to fill the gap between 75mm and 122mm caliber guns. Some of the roads that the Type 54 122mm heavy howitzer could not cross, it can pass, and the tactical arrangement is more flexible.
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