Chapter 305 VK4501 Project

In 1938, on the whole, the whole world was still very calm, but in this calm, it was a precursor to the coming of war.

Cyric was so busy that he would not spend more than a whole day at home each time. After Cyric discovered the talent of Aiwa, he immediately asked people to arrange a project about Aiwa.

This project is very important. In World War II, Germany's electronic technology was backward. Therefore, although Germany had such big killers as anti-ship missiles and guided bombs, when it was discovered by the British, as long as the electronic interference was turned on, the hit rate dropped significantly.

Frequency hopping technology must be turned into reality!

Time is very fast, in a blink of an eye, it has already arrived on April 20.

On this day, the whole of Germany is in a festive atmosphere. On both sides of the street, every shop has a swastika flag hanging, and people's faces are full of smiles.

"Always good health to our leader!" This is the first thing people say when they meet.

Because today is Hitler's birthday!

And today is also the busiest moment for the whole of Germany's top executives. Everyone is wearing the latest military uniforms, the most handsome military uniforms designed by Hitler himself. They came to an army weapons testing ground on the outskirts of Berlin.

Yes, Hitler's birthday was not spent in the Führer, but here, because there is something that fascinates him very much here.

The two tracked chassis, which have not yet been installed with turrets, are from Henschel and Porsche. Now, they are here to present 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 in the process of advancing eastward. Then, Germany finally realized the pain and started the research and development of the Tiger tank. 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, according to the requirements, successfully developed the DW II with a weight of 33 tons in 1937.

After that, Germany continued to put forward a new plan, namely VK3001, in which VK means "experimental vehicle", the first two digits of the number represent "30-ton class", and the last two digits represent "the first prototype vehicle". This plan, It became the "ancestor" of the "Tiger" I. Inside the Henschel company, it was called "TigerCub", which is the tiger cub.

After the development plan was put forward, four companies, Porsche, Henschel, Mercedes-Benz and MAN, competed. However, the latter two companies then began to develop the Panther tank and withdrew from the competition, leaving only two companies. The Porsche program was code-named VK3001 (P ), Henschel scheme code name is VK3001(H)

Now, the development of German tanks has a lot of overlap with history. The Panther tank is in steady mass production. Relying on streamlined production, the production of this tank is constantly improving. After occupying the Czech Republic After that, the integration of the Czech arsenal almost doubled the production capacity of the Panther tanks.

It is conservatively estimated that by the end of this year, Germany will be able to have ten reorganized armored divisions! All are fully loaded, which is many years earlier than in history!

However, just having the Black Panther is not enough. The standardized chassis of the Black Panther, if it is improved to the 40-ton level, is already the limit, and Germany needs a stronger chariot!

Therefore, two years ago, the development of the new tank has been steadily started.

Dr. Ferdinand-Porsche successfully met Hitler's requirements when developing the Beetle, and made Hitler see the incompetence of those domestic car factories. Therefore, Hitler trusted Dr. Porsche very much.

As a result, he appointed Dr. Porsche as the chief of the German Tank Development Committee and became Hitler's chief adviser on tank development; the committee was composed of engineers and industry representatives, responsible for future tank designs and to provide professional advice on tanks being developed by the Ordnance Bureau .

Of course, this is not to say that Cyric is not important anymore. After all, Cyric is in charge of too many projects now, and Cyric is still the commander-in-chief of the Waffen SS, so Cyric can't be busy alone.

After all, Cyric single-handedly built the Tiger tank, which is now the main equipment of Germany. Hitler trusted Cyric very much. Just after returning from Libya, at the party meeting a few days ago, Cyric had already been arrested. Formally established as Hitler's successor.

The turret of the tank was built by Krupp, and the chassis of the tank was competed by Henschel and Porsche.

Now, on the field are these two tank chassis.

There was a burst of excitement on Dr. Porsche's face. Since he followed Hitler, he has changed his life for the second spring, and he is full of energy.

"According to our deduction of future wars, after the war, Britain, France, the United States, the Soviet Union and other countries will definitely conduct research and development of new tanks. Their new tanks may have tank guns of more than 70 mm or even 100 mm, and the penetration depth may be It will reach 100 millimeters, so our new tanks must have more than 100 millimeters of protection."

As the chief consultant of tank development, Dr. Porsche has been studying the development of tanks for several years. His judgment is very correct.

The protective power of the tank must exceed one hundred millimeters, which also means that the weight of the tank will increase significantly!

"In this way, the self-weight of the tank will reach at least 45 tons, or even greater, reaching the scale of 60 tons." Dr. Porsche continued: "We believe that under this weight, ordinary mechanical devices may not be able to withstand this kind of weight. This kind of weight, so we developed an electric drivetrain.”

Now, the project number has become VK4501, and the two units involved in the development are all based on the 45-ton class.

Therefore, although the Panther tank is very powerful now, it cannot replace the new tank. After the Panther tank has been developed and improved to the 40-ton level, it has no potential to be tapped, and the current new tank starts from 45 tons. Easily improved to the 60 ton class.

Dr. Porsche is a technical madman. He usually designs designs at the Porsche factory in Stuttgart. Moreover, he is the chief consultant for tank development. He is not subject to the technical performance requirements deduced by the Weapons Bureau according to the war training. Design talent.

It is for this reason that many of Porsche's designs, although advanced in concept, are mostly not in line with the needs of the army, such as the suspension system of the outer frame and the electric drive concept.