Chapter 285 Skoda Arsenal
The Skoda engineers on the side were silent.
Any product is soaked in the efforts of engineers. For these Skoda engineers, their tanks are like their children, and they are eager to produce all of their tanks.
However, they also know that this is impossible. Compared with the German tanks, their tanks are too backward. For example, the armor is still rivets. When the opponent's artillery shells come over and hit the rivets, the rivets are splashed. , is the greatest damage to the tank crew.
"Using our streamlined production method, the subordinate factories assigned to Skoda Arsenal will manufacture separately, and then assemble them here." Knipokamp continued: "We have already made estimates in the past few days. In the initial three months, here It should be able to reach the production scale of 50 vehicles per month, and it should be able to reach the output of 100 vehicles per month after being skilled in the later stage, so that the Skoda Arsenal can produce thousands of Panther 3 tanks for us every year.”
Cyric was instantly delighted. The output here has reached thousands of vehicles every year, which is already quite a remarkable number. It is equivalent to doubling the output of his own tanks!
This means that by the end of this year, Germany can reorganize ten full armored divisions! If it is delayed for another year, the war will start at the end of next year, and Germany will be able to reorganize 20 full armored divisions!
With these twenty armored divisions, it is enough to sweep across Europe! Cyric is of course very confident that the Panther tanks of this era are absolutely invincible! It took more than ten years to mature, and its performance is five years ahead of the entire era!
"So, what about the tanks and chassis we originally produced?" asked the Skoda technician.
Hearing the other party's question, Knipocamp also turned his attention to Cyric. Of course, Cyric had to make up his mind about these.
Will these tanks be abandoned? Of course not! After all, they have already been produced, and it would be a waste to bring them all back to the furnace at this time!
In fact, if Germany did not have the power over the years, this LT38 tank would already be considered advanced equipment. This ten-ton tank, up to now, is actually a blank in Germany's equipment sequence. Germany The Panther 2, the lightest tank, also belongs to the 20-ton class, and is about to be transformed, all of which are improved according to the 40-ton Panther 3.
Due to the high indicators, the output of this kind of tank is not large, even in wartime, the factory becomes a 24-hour uninterrupted production, and the output is doubled at most.
When it comes to fighting the Soviet Union in the future, the Soviet Union has always relied on the tank sea, and the number of German tanks has always been at a disadvantage.
Therefore, it is a waste to discard these existing tanks directly or throw them to the second-line troops.
Second-line troops, just have a Mauser 98 rifle, what tank do you need?
Cyric's mind turned around, and a new thing came to his mind.
Stalker Tank Destroyer! This is an excellent anti-tank weapon formed on the 38t tank chassis, simply using a large angle of armor and erecting a long-barreled 75mm tank gun.
It is not a self-propelled artillery, because it often accompanies the tank to charge, relying on the mobility brought by high speed and the protection brought by the large angle of armor to kill the opponent's tank!
This weapon only appeared in 1944. At that time, Germany had changed from offense to defense and needed more anti-tank weapons. This unique-looking assault gun became the treasure of the German army, and its output was very high. , the goal set by Germany at the beginning was to produce thousands of vehicles per month, while Skoda could produce four or five hundred vehicles a month at its peak.
In terms of quality, Germany's tanks are sufficient, but in terms of quantity, it is always unsatisfactory. Therefore, it is better to transform the existing chassis, including the manufactured LT-35 tanks, into this kind of tank destroyer!
This is not Cyric's brain opening. This kind of tank destroyer is famous in history, and even the Allies praised the excellent performance of this tank destroyer.
And now, Cyric has given his own explanation on the transformation of this tank into a tank destroyer, and even drew a few sketches. It can be selected from the existing tank guns in Germany. This modified chariot has only one task, which is to kill the enemy's tanks!
Cyric's explanation won the respect of the Czech military personnel present. They all said that General Cyric is omnipotent. Now, after such a transformation, this chassis of our own side will be more useful, even in the future. Can continue to produce!
At the same time, this is also a proposal, and other modifications can also be tried, such as armored personnel carriers.
Cyric's inspection successfully solved the production problems of tanks and formulated a policy. Some of the staff studied how to modify the tank destroyer, while the other began to transform the entire tank production workshop for the production of Panther tanks. prepare.
After completing the inspection of the tank department, Cyric continued to inspect the huge Skoda arsenal. The next item was Skoda's small arms.
In this era, the ZB26 light machine gun produced by Skoda is famous! It is no stranger to everyone who is familiar with the Anti-Japanese War, because this machine gun shines brightly on the battlefield of China!
Only the Czech Brno factory, between 1927 and 1939, exported 30,249 ZB-26 light machine guns to China. And Huaxia itself imitates and produces more. There are about 100,000 ZB-26 light machine guns on the entire Huaxia battlefield. In the war of resistance films, it is often seen that the machine gunner is holding this Czech-made light machine gun, and the bullet on the top is The box is its most obvious feature.
The LMG even won an order from the British Army to switch to the 7.7mm caliber. And its original caliber is 7.92 mm.
Yes, it is exactly the same as the existing 7.92 Mauser ammunition in Germany!
Simple structure, low cost, and powerful firepower are the advantages of this light machine gun. As for the disadvantage, the 20-round magazine is too small, and the magazine is placed on it, which blocks the line of sight.
Now, Germany also has an advanced light machine gun, the MG34. In terms of performance, the performance of this light machine gun exceeds that of the ZB26. So, should the Brno Arsenal stop producing this light machine gun and fully produce the MG34?
The arrival of Cyric reassured them. Facing the supervisors and engineers here, including ZB26 designer Halik, Cyric solemnly told them: "The performance of the ZB26 light machine gun is good, this light Machine guns, production can continue."
(Let's talk about the previous question again, the 7.92mm bullets in stock will not be wasted. After all, there are still squad machine guns that use Mauser bullets, and the second-line troops continue to use Mauser rifles and change to 6.8mm caliber. , because this is the best caliber, the power is not reduced, and the caliber is small, it will save a lot of raw materials. As for the original production line, if you switch to a new caliber, you should change the mold, right? confused.)
(Information found by Huadong Zhixiong: The main parts of bullets, such as bullet casings, bullet casings, primer casings and tracer tube casings, are all cup-shaped with a bottom, and their processing needs to use the most widely used type of bullet production. Process - "Extension processing" to produce parts of different shapes and wall thicknesses, just change the shape and size of the mold.)