Chapter 58： Visit T-24

The trip to the Soviet Union, Cyric went quite smoothly!

The most constructive thing is that it has reached a series of trade agreements with the Soviet Union, using the minerals and energy in the Soviet Union to exchange German industrial products, including warships!

This will bring more job opportunities to Germany!

At the same time, as a testimony to the friendship between the two sides, Cyric’s visiting team spent a few days in Moscow. Before leaving Moscow, Cyric asked to inspect the tank factory. As a result, the Soviet side actually agreed!

Although Cyric wants to talk to Koshkin very much now, the two had better befriend his brother. When Stalin's purge, he will be killed directly for treason. T-34 will definitely do it. Followed a miscarriage.

Unfortunately, it’s only 30 years now. Koshkin is still studying at the Leningrad Institute of Technology. It belongs to Koshkin’s glory, and there are still ten years away.

Now, the main tank design and manufacturing organization in the Soviet Union is the Kharkov Communist International Locomotive Factory.

The factory here has built a special T2 workshop to produce tanks.

At the same time, the tank design team formed in 1927 has become the core of the newly established T2K Tank Design Bureau led by Ivan-N-Aleksenko, participating in the design, manufacture and testing of T-12 and T-24 tanks. Engineers also joined in.

And now, their latest model is the T-24 tank!

This is a medium tank with a combat weight of 18.5 tons and a crew of 5 people. When he saw the tank being assembled in the workshop, Guderian took it seriously.

If, like later generations, Germany is still restricted by the Treaty of Versailles until now, then Guderian would be quite envious of his Soviet counterparts, already having such an advanced tank!

But now, Guderian is holding the attitude of finding fault with everyone. This tank, in Guderian's eyes, seems to have problems everywhere.

For example, this tank uses a large row of small-diameter road wheels, which are simply inherited from the suspension mechanism of the bulldozer, which makes the maneuverability of this tank quite limited.

What's more terrible is its turret, which is a multi-turret tank.

The main turret is equipped with a 45mm tank gun. There is also a machine gun turret on the main turret, and four 7.62mm machine guns are installed on the main turret, auxiliary turret and the front of the hull.

The firepower is powerful enough, but it's useless!

Tanks, do the tank business! What should the tank do? Offense, offense, offense! Therefore, tanks need large-caliber artillery! Need fierce firepower, as for machine guns, not so much!

At the same time, this multi-turret tank is quite tall, runs fast, and is more likely to tip over!

The leader of the design bureau, Aleksenko, said to the visitors: "My German friend, this is our latest tank. What do you think?"

The Soviets dared to show this tank to the Germans. One of the important reasons was that this tank was a failure! A total of only a few dozen cars have been mass-produced!

On the basis of this tank, the T-28, which has been further developed, is considered to be ready for service.

In terms of tanks, Germany has been ahead of the Soviet Union by ten years!

And now, why are you here for? Of course it wasn't to ridicule the opponent, but to lead them into the ditch.

Looking at Aleksenko with a calm expression, Cyric said, "Guderian, look, how about our Soviet friend’s tank?"

Guderian had been prepared for a long time, and immediately said: "I don't think much, the suspension mechanism of this tank is too backward, and the speed is definitely not fast."

Cyric's face suddenly changed: "Guderian, how do you talk?"

When the two sang a match, Aleksenko first reacted: “Mr. Cyric, don’t blame Mr. Guderian, he is right. Our tank is very mobile. I don’t know what Mr. Guderian thinks. The best suspension?"

The Soviets have poor tanks, at least the Soviets still have tanks, but what about Germany? Germany can't build a tank now! Aleksenko wanted to listen to the other party's opinion, whether he was talking about it, or was really capable.

"Of course it is a combination of wheel and track. I don't know if you have heard of it. Christie of the United States designed and manufactured the M1928 tank, also called the T3 Christie tank. The suspension device of this tank should be the most advanced."

The tanks of the First World War, such as MK and A7V, had no suspension at all and could only travel at low speeds. As an accompaniment to the infantry, the tanks must have suitable suspension devices to advance at high speeds.

After the First World War, an American engineer named Walter Christie designed his first tank. He first adopted a balanced suspension device on the tank’s two load wheels and also A spring is added. This balanced suspension device made his tank much more advanced in balance than the tanks of other countries in the same period.

After several developments, now, finally came out a tank that satisfies the U.S. military. Not to mention the appearance of this tank, only its suspension is advanced.

This tank uses 4 large-diameter road wheels, the driving wheel is rear-mounted, and there is no support wheel. The road wheel and the car body are connected with a large spiral spring. The last road wheel is in a horizontal spiral state, thereby increasing the load. Round trip.

When its second road wheel is in a highly compressed state, the remaining three road wheels are still in an extended state. In this way, it can reach a high speed of 44 kilometers per hour while driving.

Moreover, the so-called wheel-foot combination means that his road wheels are made of rubber. When the track is damaged, the road wheels can still travel at normal speed, and the driving speed is faster, reaching 75 kilometers per hour when the road condition is good!

Although this tank was taken in by the U.S. military, it was quickly abandoned because the suspension of this tank requires a lot of space, resulting in a small internal space.

The Soviet Union really likes this suspension.

Last year, when the Soviets realized that their own industry alone could not produce all types of tanks and weapons, Voroshilov, the People’s Commissar of the Army and the Navy and Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Committee, suggested sending a military-industrial enterprise delegation to a foreign country. To gain experience and skills in technology and equipment.

As a result, they fell in love with this type of tank in the United States. In the end, they bought the chassis at a high price. After careful study, they formed their own BT fast tank series. Even the early models of the T-34 tanks used this type. suspension!