Chapter 306 Two Kinds of Tanks

Porsche believes that the weight of 45 tons is too heavy for the mechanical transmission system! It is easy to cause mechanical failure, so he developed a fly-by-wire drive across the ages!

Behind the chassis of this tank are two air-cooled Porsche Type 101/1 engines, each producing 310 horsepower. This engine does not directly drive the tracks.

The engine drives the generator, which in turn supplies power to two electric motors, which in turn drive the tank forward. This is standard electric drive.

He did not use a diesel engine. The characteristics of diesel engines are low torque and high torque. Now driving the generator, it is useless to have low torque. The important thing is power! The power of a diesel engine under the same weight is not as good as that of a gasoline engine.

This concept is very advanced. In later generations, all-electric propulsion is popular, and even warships do this.

But now, this kind of advanced design means bad and constant mechanical failures! After all, the industrial foundation of this era cannot yet support such advanced designs!

In this regard, Cyric also suffered a lot. At the beginning, the Panther tank was forced to be reduced to 20 tons, which was the reason why the mechanical manufacturing did not meet the standard.

Hitler trusted Porsche very much. Facing the tank, Hitler looked up and down and kept asking questions, while Dr. Porsche answered them one by one with a smile on his face.

A group of people around can only wait by the side, especially the personnel of Henschel Company, they know that Hitler's preferences are very important.

"Cyric, what do you think of the chassis of this tank?" Hitler asked Cyric enthusiastically.

This was just an ordinary question, but when the question was over, everyone was quiet. If Cyric agreed, then it could be said that there was nothing to do with Henschel.

"I just want to know, how long did it take for this tank chassis to come from the nearby train station?" Cyric asked.

This is simply an irrelevant question, and this question has made Porsche blush.

for how long? The train station is only fifteen kilometers away from here, but it took two full days!

why? Because there are too many faults in the chassis!

"It's all Siemens' problems. The engines they produce are unreliable. However, I believe that these engines will gradually become more reliable. Our chassis is the most advanced." Dr. Porsche did not directly answer Cyric's question, but directly explained.

When I came over, the motor on one side suddenly stopped rotating. After checking for several hours, the fault was eliminated. After five minutes of continuing to set off, the gasoline engine stopped rotating again!

It's just a series of failures, and Dr. Porsche is very depressed.

Now, let Cyric get to the point in just one sentence, and he is a little more in awe of Cyric. At the beginning, Dr. Porsche was introduced by Cyric to develop the Beetle. And now, no matter how high Dr. Porsche climbs, he has to respect Cyric's opinion.

Cyric shook his head: "Dr. Porsche, your concept is very advanced, but what our troops need are simple and reliable tanks. Our tank soldiers cannot be equipped with a tank that is constantly malfunctioning."

"General Cyric, we can eliminate all these faults in half a year!" Porsche, blushing, said to Cyric.

"Then until the end of this year. Give you two more months," Cyric said. "If the fault persists, I can only say sorry."

Dr. Porsche is the chief consultant of tank development, but Cyric has the right to decide life and death. Moreover, Dr. Porsche knows that if his tank is always faulty, it will definitely not be finalized.

Cyric knows that, needless to say half a year, these faults have been eliminated, and it will not be solved in two or three years. In later generations, various projects of Porsche have been aborted, until the 188-ton rat tank. The system has matured to the point where it can be used.

Hitler, of course, also understood, and after hearing the conversation between Cyric and Porsche, he knew that Cyric could see the problem with this tank at a glance, and could not help but lose interest.

"Let's see this one again." Hitler came to the other chassis.

The technicians of Henschel's company were excited for a while.

Porsche has only been established for ten years, and Henschel is an established company.

The Henschel factory in Kassel, eastern Germany, was established in the early 1800s. At first, it mainly produced heavy machinery such as railway locomotives. Now, the company's project has been greatly expanded, involving almost all aspects, locomotives, tanks, diesel engines, trucks, and airplanes. And artillery and other equipment are involved.

And now, the technician next to Hitler is the project director and chief designer of the Tiger tank, Irving Adel.

Owen carefully introduced to Hitler: "Our tank chassis adopts a conventional layout. We entrusted the Maybach company to expand the diesel engine produced by them, and the power reaches 730 horsepower, which can be further increased to 780 in the later stage. horsepower, even more than 800 horsepower.”

When the engine's horsepower is not enough, what should I do? The simplest is to expand the bore, which is to increase the displacement!

Of course, this will result in parts that are not universal, and almost all have to be remanufactured, but it is also the fastest solution to improve performance.

Historically, the Tiger tank used a 21-liter 12-cylinder Maybach HL210 P30 gasoline engine that could output 650 horsepower. Unfortunately, it still couldn't drive the 56-ton Tiger tank.

So, the Maybach company quickly upgraded it to the HL230 P45 23 liters with 700 horsepower, allowing the Tiger tank to reach a maximum speed of 38km/h, which is done by reaming.

The technology is very mature, and there is no need to worry about additional failures.

Now, 60 tons seems to be a huge amount of data, but, in later generations, which one is not 60 tons of urban muck trucks? Many trailers on the road are kings of 100 tons. It is not impossible for this normal mechanical device to drive a weight of dozens of tons.

Moreover, the technicians of the Henschel company have been more thoughtful in the design of this tank, and its transmission system is more advanced!

How advanced is it? For example, even the 96 tanks of later generations have not reached its level. (I don’t know if it’s right to say this. You can discuss it in the book review area. If it’s really wrong, the hero of East China will delete this sentence. Our tanks, inherited from the Russian system, are durable and simple. The advantage is really not something that pursues advanced performance.)