Imperial Overlord

How many tanks did Germany have in WW2? Let's barely count, number one, number two, and number four, then the famous Tiger Panther, and then Tiger King.

This does not include tank destroyers that extend from tanks, not counting alternative modifications to these tanks.

How complex was the German tank model throughout World War II? Just to give an example, you can see it: the Tiger King tank even has a Porsche limited edition...

Such a complex tank model, on the entire battlefield, is a desperate logistical supply disaster!

A tank battalion, originally equipped with No. 4 H-type tanks, was banging, and got a batch of Leopard-type G-type tanks. How to supply it?

Therefore, the entire logistics force needs to prepare two completely different tank spare parts for such a tank battalion equipped with two types of tanks.

As a result, the logistical support unit of this battalion has doubled its size in terms of weapon spare parts.

and then? This is just a little more complicated when it comes to maintenance. Is the logistical maintenance of the armored force more complicated?

No, it requires your maintenance crew to be able to refinish two different tank models, and they have nothing alike from the screws to the bearings...

Therefore, those who repair tanks are more depressed than those who come in to open tanks. They will not die at the same time as the tanks are destroyed. They have to retreat to a safe place and wait for more tanks to be repaired.

However, these originally valuable and very important tank maintenance soldiers found it embarrassing that they were supplemented with tanks that they had not repaired before...

When they finally learned to repair a new type of tank, one shell fell and two were killed. The commander encountered an even more embarrassing question: Where can I find such a supplementary soldier who can repair two types of tanks?

So a tragic thing happened, lack of maintenance parts, lack of technical soldiers who can repair tanks, lack of fuel, and a large number of tanks could only be abandoned in the end.

Tiger tanks, Leopard tanks, King Tiger tanks, these ace chariots that are familiar to fans of World War II, have all become scrap iron that was thrown on the roadside and killed by their own grenades.

Then, it leaves everyone with a bad impression of their poor reliability and a waste of resources. Although there are reasons for these equipments themselves, but more, because of another reason.

The reason for this is the collapse of the logistics guarantee system! Germany was the most logistical country in the Axis powers during World War II, but affected by its national strength, it had to focus its energy on the main battle force.

Because of this, when the logistics support collapsed in 1943 and 1944, the combat effectiveness of the German ** team was greatly weakened.

When the Allies had to replace a Tiger tank with 5 or more tanks on the frontal battlefield, they forgot that the Germans lost two Panther tanks on the road because they could not be repaired.

War is so ruthless and ruthless. After German industry devoted energy to developing new weapons, when the army abused all kinds of weapons to maintain the shaky defense line, both sides threw their pressure on the logistics support force.

The inability to repair faulty tanks is only one reason for the large number of non-combat attritions of German tanks. Another reason is the problem of ammunition.

Although the German army has developed tungsten core armor-piercing projectiles, this new projectile has not been widely popularized because of the simple reason that the production capacity of tungsten alloys is insufficient.

Because of this, another disastrous consequence was the overcomplication of weapons and ammunition.

When a tank starts to be equipped with three or even four different ammunition, replenishing a tank battalion requires counting and transporting four different ammunition. Counting machine gun bullets and grenades, it was another disaster.

In this way, the Germans made an addition problem that should be as simple as possible, or to do subtraction work on the basis of sufficient...

Are you naive because it's over? wrong! Even with the same caliber of weapons and ammunition, the Germans played the complexity to a new level because of the different times.

The same tank gun, the same 88mm caliber, the ammunition between the Tiger tank and the Tiger King tank is not universal.

Besides, the 75mm caliber cannon of the same caliber, the shells used on the Panther tank are different from those used by the No. 4 tank.

Who would have thought that the four main battle tanks used by the Germans in the war had no similarity at all, and there was no common concept between them.

In contrast, the Soviet Union's production focus has been on the t-34, which is said to have produced more than 50,000 vehicles, while the American m4 Sherman has also produced tens of thousands of vehicles.

But what about the number of tanks produced by the Germans? There are more than 5,700 No. 3 tanks, more than 8,500 No. 4 tanks, and less than 6,000 Panther tanks...

There are more than 1,000 No. 1 tanks, more than 1,000 No. 2 tanks, more than 1,000 Tiger tanks, and more than 1,000 38t tanks. The total number of six types of tanks is almost 25,000!

When one model was produced, the German industry was competing with more than 4 different models of tanks.

While the Soviet Union and the Americans were playing with assembly-line production, the Germans were producing art in tanks! Carving their Porsche Limited Edition...

Ferdinand produced 90 tank destroyers, 85 Tiger Hunt tanks, less than 500 Tiger King tanks, and 425 Cheetah tank destroyers!

When other countries are desperately seeking production, the Germans have only produced a total of 100 tanks of various types!

Think about it carefully, these important German weapons production workers, those production workshops that were finally built, provide weapons for the German armored forces at the speed of producing two wheels per day.

These weapons are broken and have no spare parts to repair, and there is no special vehicle for transportation. Because of the different widths, railway bridges cannot be used. After finally reaching the front line, we have to keep enough ammunition in the hail of bullets...

If Germany can win World War II like this, it will be a real hell! Throughout World War II, Germany produced 22 major categories of tanks, only one of which exceeded 10,000!

It is a pity that this one that has produced more than 10,000 people is not the Panther tank that everyone loves, nor the famous Tiger tank, but the No. 3 assault gun that everyone jokingly calls the Three Bald Man!

In the most difficult 44 years of the war, the only chariot in Germany that produced 2000 units was the Stalker, which was changed from a 38t tank chassis!

In addition, German production can be done, only the No. 4 tank and the Panther tank are left...

Before Li Le crossed over, he really wanted to know what was in the heads of the German logistics minister and those geniuses who organized production.

It takes a lot of courage to produce and deploy 19 types of tanks and destroyers in the army, not to mention that most of these 19 types of combat vehicles do not have much connection with each other.

Now, Li Le, who has passed through, absolutely does not allow his army to have such a mess of equipment.

As the German head of state, he has put forward requirements for the construction of military logistics support, stipulating that all chariot weapons equipped by troops must be compressed into 10 major categories.

Interestingly, according to later data analysis, in fact, the German tank production capacity is not lower than that of the Americans and the Soviets.

This conclusion greatly exceeded everyone's expectations, right? Common sense always believes that Germany's production capacity is not good, and it has been "completely exploded" by its opponents in terms of resources and production.

But in a horizontal comparison, when Germany began to mobilize production, the total production of medium tanks in 1943 was 11,000, and the Soviet Union was 17,000, and the gap has narrowed.

In the 44th year of the sunset, the German medium tank production was 15,000, and the Soviet Union's 16,000 was almost the same!

This proves that it is not the raw materials that restrict the production of German tanks, nor the lack of worker productivity, but the waste of too many opportunities!

You know, Germany is also mass-producing submarine anti-aircraft guns and other weapons and equipment with extremely low Soviet output.

If, this time, Li Le entered the industrial mobilization ahead of schedule, and at the same time reduced the types of weapons and equipment produced, and concentrated the productivity, it would be able to increase his own productivity.

In the end, it is not as simple as consolidating production, but concentrating effective production capacity on better equipment.

Combining them and entering the state of cluster assembly line production, Germany will produce 30% more excellent tanks than the original with the quality of German workers and the advantages of traditional industries!

That's right! Close the No. 3 tank production line~www.wuxiaspot.com~ cancel the boring Ferdinand and the hunting tiger production line, the production capacity of the new No. 5 tank may be more than twice that of the Panther tank.

If the performance is similar, the extra Panther tanks will bring 10 more armored divisions to the German army!

Don't underestimate the 10 armored divisions. It sounds like a small number, but in fact, there were only 46 armored divisions in Germany during World War II. You must know that most of these armored divisions are dissatisfied, and at least half of them are so-called "armored divisions" without tanks.

Under such circumstances, how terrible is it to build 10 more armored divisions for the army?

With 10 more armored divisions, Guderian may have captured Moscow! With 10 more armored divisions, the Germans may have captured the Caucasus! With 10 more armored divisions, Kursk is definitely another result!

Ferdinand and the Tiger Hunting Tank Destroyer are in Niu, can they fight the Soviet steel torrent of the entire Eastern Front with 100 vehicles? The answer is no.

But if the German commanders had 10 more armored divisions, they might be able to face the steel torrent of the Soviet Union and see who's wave was more fierce!