Chapter 551

The 9137 project, an arms factory in the Ural Mountains of the Soviet Union, has been completed and is now in the process of being put into operation. The project includes the establishment of a series of tank production plants in Chelyabinsk to turn it into a city specializing in tank production.

The chimneys erected here are like forests, proving its grandeur and magnificence. If you include some skilled workers who have been withdrawn from Minsk, Kharkov and Donetsk, it has 30000 employees, which can be said to be another industrial heart of the Soviet Union.

Of course, this factory is an important base for the Soviet Union to produce tanks, and the lathe equipment set up with the help of American engineers is also preparing to serve the production of new Soviet tanks. This kind of tank is a war monster carefully designed by Soviet scientists and a decisive weapon that Stalin had high hopes for.

This kind of tank is equipped with a 76mm caliber tank gun, which is refitted from the Soviet anti-aircraft gun. It is very practical and has more power than the main gun of the KV-1 tank, but this kind of tank needs less steel than the KV-1 tank. The whole tank and the German tank use the same inclined armor plate, the only difference is that this kind of tank has a hatch cover for entering and leaving the tank on the front armor plate.

This kind of tank has seven load-bearing wheels. Of course, this is directly related to Germany's preemptive purchase and confidentiality of Christie's tank suspension system. The Soviet Union didn't get the relevant patents and technologies, so it couldn't come up with any decent damping scheme for a while, so it had to use the technology of KV-1 tank for the time being.

Of course, it has to be said that the tiger king tank being developed in Germany and the T-34 tank being prepared by the Soviet Union both adopt "torsion bar suspension", and the experience of later generations has proved that torsion bar suspension is the mainstream choice of tank suspension system. This suspension has many advantages over the Christie suspension which is widely used in German tanks.

Because Christie's tank suspension is designed based on the principle of spring force, this kind of suspension takes up a lot of space inside the car body, which also makes the T-34 tank in another time and space, and the German Panther Tiger Tank led by akkado in this time and space somewhat messy, affecting the ammunition storage and equipment placement.

This is also the result of the misunderstanding of akado's "T-34 tank mythology". In fact, from the simple structure and space utilization, the torsion bar suspension is a kind of tank suspension which is generally accepted by all.

The funny thing is that in another time and space, the suspension systems of Tiger tanks and leopard tanks produced by Nazi Germany, which have been criticized, are the torsion bar suspension systems commonly used by M1 main battle tanks of the United States, leopard 2A6 main battle tanks of Germany, 99 main battle tanks of China and T-72 and T-80 main battle tanks of Russia. On the contrary, the mythical T-34 tank with Christie suspension was completely eliminated.

Why is that? In fact, this needs to be explained by the German suspension design: the German tanks are indeed using a more advanced and simple and reliable suspension system, but they have changed a simple and advanced suspension system beyond recognition because of their perseverance and unavoidable difficulties.

To put it simply, the torsion bar suspension must stagger the position of the load-bearing wheels on both sides, so as to place the "torsion bar" that needs to cross the whole car body, which causes the "problem" that the load-bearing wheels on both sides of the tank are asymmetric. Of course, this asymmetry does not affect the daily use at all, but it is an unbearable "disaster" for Nazi German designers in another time and space.

As we all know, in another time and space, the Tiger tank and leopard tank adopt the staggered load wheel structure. This structure is forced to adopt because of the insufficient rubber weighing capacity at the edge of the load wheel. In other words, Germany must try its best to install more load wheels to support the weight of the whole tank under the limited body length. So for torsion bar structure, engineers need to install more torsion bars - as many as 16 tiger and leopard torsion bars. In this way, the advantages of simple structure of torsion bar immediately disappeared.

Of course, another reason that makes the tiger and leopard walking mechanism more complicated is that Hitler and German designers found it themselves - they can't stand the asymmetry of their own tank loadwheels, so they used means to make the complicated staggered loadwheels symmetrical left and right... Isn't it beautiful? Isn't it a surprise? So many Virgo German designers and leaders came together in the history of World War II in Germany. It's really tearful.

In addition, the engine of the Tiger tank itself is a little horse pulling a cart, and the gearbox is faulty, which creates a false impression that later scholars fall into a misunderstanding: the structure of the T-34 tank is simple with few faults, while the structure of the Tiger tank is complex with many faults. This is actually a very wrong argument, at least not comprehensive.

If we make an in-depth investigation of the technology used by German tanks in World War II, we will immediately understand that the Germans themselves have drawn a strange circle and made them fall into the "evil road" of tank performance.

Germany developed smelting technology, and found a process called surface hardening, which improved the armor quality of German tanks. But the price is that this kind of surface hardening process in Germany will increase the weight of the metal - similar to the Baigang steel mentioned in martial arts novels, different densities will naturally affect the weight.

As a result, the weight of German tanks increased to a new height while improving protection. In addition to the use of staggered load wheels and double torsion bar, German tanks had an incredible weight at that time. Of course, there is no doubt about the benefits of the double row staggered load wheel. The comfort and stability of the tank are incomparable. I don't know if you feel that these performance improvements are all good aspects: the tank's armor is heavier, and the effect of the walking device is better. Of course, if we take into account the consistent reputation of the German tank gun and Germany's leading position in the targeting system, we will find that this tank is infinitely close to a word: "perfect". Now a new problem has come - the armor is stronger, the walking equipment is more comfortable, and the artillery power is also superior to others. Does this tank really have no shortcomings? Naturally, the weakness lies in the engines and gearboxes of tiger and leopard tanks. In order to make the tanks have extraordinary mobility, the engines of these two tanks are naturally powerful and have excellent performance. But in those years, the improvement of performance brought about a sharp decline in reliability, and the problem of extremely high failure rate appeared. Another fatal problem lies in fuel consumption. The nickname "gas tiger" is not a false name. If you buy a car, it feels great to drive, the safety system is perfect, the interior upholstery is beautiful, and the appearance is enough to show your noble taste, is it really perfect? Is it expensive to repair the car? Did you vomit blood when you bought the car? Is the fuel consumption per 100 km a tear jerker? You may be rich and don't care about these shortcomings, but have you ever thought about what kind of disaster it will be when you have tens of thousands of these cars and have to use them every day? Hitler and his logistics department were facing such a disaster at that time, so they were not wronged at all. In this time and space, the German did not fall into a terrible circle. The weight of their tanks kept very good. The good bulletproof shape made up for the thickness of armor to a certain extent. At this time, the German tanks were steadily moving towards the concept of main battle tank, rather than towards the heavy tank. When Hitler dug the hole, akado jumped down without hesitation. He bought the patent of Christie's suspension system and kept it strictly secret. He used this kind of actually very backward suspension in the leopard and Tiger tanks of Germany, and he felt proud that he simplified the German tanks and reduced the failure rate. When German engineers don't have to worry about "left-right symmetry" and sigh about the rubber quality at the edge of the wheel, they naturally find a more suitable tank suspension system for war, that is, torsion bar suspension, which has been proved to be superior by time. Akado, a layman, was also stunned by the data calculated later. At this time, he realized that the so-called T-34 myth was not always true. He admitted his mistake and ordered the more advanced torsion bar suspension to be used decisively in the design of the German next-generation tiger king tank. Now the most advanced T-34 tank in the Soviet Union also uses torsion bar suspension, and more avant-garde uses the rear gearbox. This kind of tank also has tilted armor plate and excellent bulletproof appearance, and its 76 mm caliber artillery can also threaten the leopard tank put into production in early Germany at a distance of 500 meters. It has the strength to compete with the German tank troops in terms of equipment. Today, Stalin arrived here, inspected the production of the whole factory, and personally painted the last piece of paint on the first T-34 tank that drove off the production line. Surrounded by applause, the first advanced T-34 tank of the Soviet Union officially came into service, and was immediately loaded with a fire truck and sent to the front line of Ukraine to take part in the new counterattack offensive. This time, the Soviet Union mobilized 500000 troops from the Far East and dispatched all the troops that they could deploy to the front line. It can be said that they were quite well prepared. The top management of the Soviet Union knows very well what will happen if Ukraine leaves control for a long time, and the anti Soviet wave there is stronger than expected. With soldiers who have been through a hundred battles and equipped with new weapons, the Soviet Red Army has invested a certain amount of capital this time. This time, Stalin decided not to let political people in. He prepared a real military commander for the millions of troops on the front line.