Chapter 303 VK4501 Project
In 1938, overall, the whole world was still very peaceful, but in this calmness, it was a sign of the arrival of the war.
Cialek was very busy, so busy that every time he went home, it would not take more than a whole day. After Cialek discovered Ava, he immediately asked someone to arrange a project about Ava.
This project is very important. During World War II, Germany's electronic technology was backward. Therefore, although Germany had large killers such as anti-ship missiles and guided bombs, when they were discovered by the British, as long as the electronic interference was turned on, the hit rate would drop significantly.
Frequency hopping technology must be turned into reality!
It was very fast, and in a blink of an eye, it was already April 20.
On this day, the whole of Germany was filled with a festive festive atmosphere. Every shop on both sides of the street was hung with a 10,000-character flag, and people's faces were filled with smiles.
"I wish our leaders good health!" When people met, this is the first sentence.
Because, this day is Hitler's birthday!
Today is also the busiest moment for the top leaders in Germany. Everyone is wearing the latest styles of military uniforms and the most handsome military uniform designed by Hitler himself. They came to an army weapon test site located outside Berlin.
Yes, Hitler's birthday was not spent in the capital, but here, because there were things that made him very obsessed with.
The two tracked chassis have not yet been installed on them, and the two chassis are from Henschel and Porsche. Now, they are here to present a gift to Hitler's birthday!
Germany's new generation of Tiger tanks will be born in these two chassis!
In later generations, it was said that the German army encountered the T-34 crisis during its advance eastward. Then, Germany learned from its mistakes and began the research and development of Tiger tanks. In fact, this is not the case at all.
Germany's research and development of heavy tanks can be traced back to 1935! At that time, Henschel Company successfully developed the 33-ton DW II type in 37 years as required.
Afterwards, Germany continued to propose a new plan, which is vk3001, where vk means "test vehicle". The first two digits represent "30-ton class" and the last two digits represent "first prototype vehicle". This time, it became the "ancestor" of "tiger" i. Within Henschel, it is called "tigercub", which is the tiger cub.
After the development plan was proposed, Porsche, Henschel, Mercedes-Benz and Man competed, but the two companies then began to develop Black Panther tanks and withdrew from the competition, leaving only two left. The Porsche solution is code-named vk3001(p), and the Henschel solution is code-named vk3001(h)
Now, the development of German tanks still overlaps with history. The Black Panther tank is in steady mass production. With the flow of production, the output of this tank is constantly increasing. After occupying the Czech Republic, the integration of the Czech arsenal has almost doubled the production capacity of the Black Panther tank.
Conservatively estimated that by the end of this year, Germany will have ten reorganized armored divisions! All of them are full, which is many years ahead of history!
However, it is not enough to have the Black Panther alone. The standardized chassis of Black Panther is already the limit, and Germany needs stronger chariots!
So, two years ago, the development of new tanks had already begun steadily.
Dr. Ferdinand Porsche successfully met Hitler's requirements when developing the Beetle, allowing Hitler to see the incompetence of the domestic automobile factories. Therefore, Hitler trusted Dr. Porsche very much.
Therefore, he appointed Dr. Porsche as the chief of the German Tank Development Committee and became Hitler's chief consultant in tank development; the committee consists of engineers and industry representatives, responsible for future tank design and professional advice on tanks under development by the Weapons Bureau.
Of course, this does not mean that Cialis is not important anymore. After all, Cialis is in charge of too many projects now, and Cialis is still the commander-in-chief of the armed SS, so Cialis is too busy alone.
After all, it was Cialis who built the current main equipment of Germany, Tiger tanks. Hitler trusted Cialis very much. Just after returning from Libya, Cialis had been officially established as Hitler's successor at the party meeting a few days ago.
The tank's turret was built by Krupp, while the tank's chassis was competed by Henschel and Porsche.
Now, these two tank chassis are on the field.
Dr. Porsche had a burst of excitement on his face. Since following Hitler, he has changed his second spring of life and is full of energy.
"According to our deduction of future wars, after the war begins, Britain, France, the United States, the United States and the Soviet Union will definitely develop new tanks. Their new tanks may have tank guns of more than 70 mm or even 100 mm, and their penetration depth may reach 100 mm. Therefore, our new tanks must have protection capabilities of more than 100 mm."
As the chief consultant for tank development, Dr. Porsche has been studying the development of tanks over the past few years, and his judgment is very correct.
The protective power of a tank must exceed 100 mm, which means that the weight of the tank will increase significantly!
"In this way, the tank's own weight will reach at least 45 tons, or even larger, reaching a scale of 60 tons." Dr. Porsche continued: "We believe that under this weight, ordinary mechanical devices may not be able to withstand this weight, so we have developed an electric drivetrain."
Now, the project number has become vk4501. Both units involved in the development are manufactured based on the 45-ton grade.
Therefore, although the Black Panther tank is very powerful now, it cannot replace the new tank. When the Black Panther tank was developed and improved to the 40-ton class, it no longer had the potential to explore. The current new tank started from 45 tons and was easily improved to the 60-ton class.
Dr. Porsche is a technical maniac. He usually stays at the Porsche factory in Stuttgart for design. Moreover, he is the chief consultant for tank development and is free to use his design talents based on the technical performance requirements deduced by the Weapons Bureau according to the combat training.
It is precisely for this reason that although many of Porsche's designs are advanced in concept, they mostly do not meet the needs of the troops, such as the suspension system and electric drive concepts of the outer frame.
Chapter completed!