Imperial Overlord

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After such a tossing, Li Le realized that he seemed to have wasted his efforts.

He tried his best to reduce the weight of the historical Panther tank to 37 tons, but it also slightly weakened the defensive ability of the Panther tank.

Compared to the historical Panthers, the new tanks are less defensive than the real Panthers on the sides and rear top.

In fact, in addition to strengthening the artillery of the Leopard tank - it seems that this strengthening may not be successful...

Because German engineers have suggested that the use of large-caliber 88mm artillery has serious problems such as recoil, it is best to reduce the caliber to achieve balance.

Although Li Le has rejected this request and ordered that 88mm caliber guns must be used on the new tanks, he is worried that technical problems still exist.

In addition to the obvious increase in artillery, the only effect of the new Panther tank is to save some excess weight.

This result is obviously not what Li Le is willing to face.

"Am I busy in vain? The original new tank design is just a little heavier, and nothing has changed at all." Li Le rubbed his tired eyes and complained.

Krupp, who was sitting on the train, was the king who produced artillery, and raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard the Führer say this.

He was recruited by the Fuhrer to listen carefully to the opinions on the development of the new tank. That is, he, a big capitalist who had a good personal relationship with Hitler, had the opportunity to take the special train of the Führer and do it together with the Führer.

The German artillery king has always been a supporter of the Führer. His villa even has a room reserved for the head of state, which shows that the relationship between the two is very good.

As the king of German arms, Krupp is not just a businessman who makes artillery. His company penetrated almost the entire German military system and was so large that others would envy it.

This small man runs a company that manufactures submarine tanks to machine guns and cannons—almost everything.

"My Führer, you really underestimate yourself..." Krupp considered his words and said with a smile: "Your opinion, just like a compass, guides our research and development direction."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, pointed to the drawing in front of him, and said, "At least the new tank saves at least 40% of the cost in production."

Krupp said this based on scientific calculation and statistics. The use of torsion bar suspension and the use of single-row road wheels are strictly required, which greatly reduces the consumption of production and processing links.

And in the future maintenance and repair, it will save some time, and even because of the simple structure, the probability of failure is even lower.

Similarly, because of the cancellation of the front and rear power system of the Panther tank, there is one less middle drive shaft, which also saves a lot of space in the car.

What is even more gratifying for the production department is that this is the first time they have been consulted, and they have participated in the tank design process and put forward their valuable opinions to simplify the production process of the tank.

It can be said that although this tank is still called the No. 5 tank, the chariot still called the Panther tank does not seem to have changed much, but it can be said to be a revolution in the history of German industry.

This revolution has allowed the German industrial system to use its own production capacity correctly and reasonably, and can produce more weapons per unit time - this is the meaning of the Panther tank.

"20% of our parts will be common to the No. 6 tank, which is the Tiger tank." Krupp proudly gave the data, which was an achievement that was hard to imagine before.

The No. 5 tank will also use a similar chassis, and even the road wheels can be used in common between the two, as well as the driver's part in the front of the car, as well as the ammunition rack and crew seat inside the car!

In today's view, this is just a bold attempt to generalize modularization, but it can be said to be an epoch-making achievement back then.

Just after Li Le proposed universal and pointed out the benefits of doing so, German designers began to pay attention to the importance of using standard parts.

Under the guidance of this thinking mode, German armored vehicles and self-propelled artillery have begun to use standard parts design, so for a long time in the future, only one style of seat will be produced, which can be installed on all combat vehicles. superior!

Just general screws, general armored external modules, general self-defense machine gun modules for commanders... This allows Germany to greatly increase the production speed of its own armored vehicles.

The same method has been applied to the No. 4 tank. Because of the modular design standards, the early version of the No. 4 tank that has been in service on the front line was simply modified on the Eastern Front, and its own commander's machine gun was added.

Another great achievement is the Stalker tank destroyer proposed by Li Le - it has brought an impact to the German weapons research and development department, no less than the development of the No. 5 tank.

A few months ago, the stubborn German weapons designers thought that the excellence of a weapon was all about the excellence of its design.

However, when the Stalker tank destroyer appeared, German weapon designers suddenly discovered that a weapon that had been put together everywhere could meet 70% or more of their design requirements.

And when such a weapon is produced, because it is a mature production line, the output is astonishingly fast!

The Stalker has been designed since July, and has been mass-produced since the beginning of 8th... Compared with efficiency, it can be said to be the best in the world.

From August to September, 210 Stalker tank destroyers with mature technology and mature production lines and simplified production processes actually served!

God bless! You read that right! 210 really! In less than a month, more than 200 tanks of this kind of tank destroyer, which are not good-looking and have average performance, are regarded as garbage by many engineers!

Before the birth of this tank destroyer, all German armored vehicles and tanks did not have such a terrible record.

If this output is maintained, Germany will be able to replenish more than 2,000 Stalker tank destroyers to the front line in May next year!

In addition to consuming more fuel than historically, the strength of the German army has undoubtedly been strengthened, and not only a little bit!

You know, when the war started, the total number of tanks that Germany could use to fight on the Eastern Front was only more than 3,000.

A full 2,000 Stalker tank destroyers added almost two-thirds to Germany's tank armour.

These extra troops can be used as infantry against each other, as well as a large number of tanks such as t-26.

At least the main armored troops can be freed from the complicated defense work, and more of them will appear in front of the Soviets as an attacker.

"My Führer! Many of your ideas are very good ideas!" Krupp said, and continued to comfort him: "This has corrected many of our wrong ideas in the past."

Speaking of this, Krupp remembered the rumors about the mg-42 machine gun. Although the head of state has no tradition in naming weapons, these new weapons that are not named according to the chronological principle are indeed good things!

The new, already force-approved STG-44 assault rifle, has now been ordered to full production.

The G-43 semi-automatic rifle under development has also been proved by the conclusion of the investigation report that it is the weapon and equipment needed by the army.

As for the beggar's version of the mg-34 machine gun, which is assembled with a large number of stamping parts, that is, the weapon named the mg-42 machine gun, it turns out that it is a genius idea.

Even Krupp had to admit that Dr. Grunau, inspired by the Führer, used a large number of stamped parts to produce weapons, which was an epoch-making innovation.

His improvements made the process of producing machine guns simpler than producing submachine guns. If this is not an epoch-making innovation, what else can be called innovation?

The dizzying improvement in weapon production has begun to accumulate changes after two months of precipitation.

The most obvious feeling is that of the grassroots soldiers of the German army. Although the weapons in their hands have not changed much, the number of weapons in their hands has gradually increased.

In the past 2 months, a new infantry company could only receive a supplement of one machine gun, but now, they have been able to receive two or more.

Similarly, for armored combat vehicles, especially tracked combat vehicles, the commanders of the infantry divisions did not dare to want equipment.

But with the appearance of the Stalker tank destroyer, these elite infantry divisions got their equipment, at least they could face the enemy's tank troops calmly.

In the past, when encountering enemy tanks, it was necessary to call armored troops and find independent armored battalions everywhere. Now it has been alleviated to a certain extent.

It is by virtue of these small improvements~www.wuxiaspot.com~ that the German industrial production capacity has provided more weapons to the front-line army without significant changes, and has contributed to the reform of anti-tank tactics...

Put this in the past, it is simply impossible to happen. But now, this kind of thing really happened, and it happened right in front of them.

"The improvement of these weapons is all thanks to you! My head of state!" Krupp paused for two seconds, broke free from his thoughts, and praised Li Le.

Li Le was a little embarrassed, he really wanted to scratch the back of his head, and then said modestly: "It's a shame, it's a shame! These are all weapons books of later generations. They are too professional, and they are also from the great powers of later generations. Good analysis, good analysis..."

Unfortunately, he didn't want to be dissected by Himmler, so he could only express contempt for it, and said, "In this regard, I always think that my inspiration is correct! Intuition is my magic weapon!"

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