Chapter 188： Quality beats quantity

Almost all of the tank engines have been reinstalled, and only the one that Cyric worked together.

This tank is the longest motorized vehicle in the entire tank unit. For this tank, the technicians decided to disassemble its engine to check the specific condition of the engine.

In World War II, the lifespan of tank engines was very short, and the shortest was undoubtedly the crude Soviet tanks.

For example, the Soviet Union’s ace T-34 tank, the time interval between medium repair and overhaul is about 150 hours and 300 hours.

This is also restricted by many factors. Some can run after 250 hours, and some only run two to three hundred kilometers, and the engine is scrapped.

For example, the production level of the factory, in 1942 in history, when the Soviet military retreated, the average quality of workers also fell sharply. As a result, many T-34s that year needed a major repair after only 35 to 40 kilometers of operation.

However, for the Soviets, this can be maintained, because the lifespan of ordinary tanks has not been longer than their overhaul time limit, and the life of front-line tanks is not long. The average is four to ten days, or one to three times. assault. The average mileage of Soviet tanks before decommissioning was 66.7 kilometers, less than half the mileage of overhaul. Most tanks simply cannot survive natural damage.

This also led the Soviet Union to come to a conclusion after World War II that weapons are made to be consumed and do not have a long service life. Anyway, it will not take long to fight.

This conclusion may be correct in times of war, but it is purely wasted in times of peace. The Soviet MiG-29 RD33 has an engine overhaul interval of only 300 hours, while in the West there are thousands of hours. In this way, the engine is wasted. Let the flight cost increase a lot.

If the tank's performance is insufficient, it can only become a consumable. If the tank is strong, it is not. Therefore, under Cyric's request, the tank's service life is very long.

For example, the current Panther tank has an average life span of 1,500 kilometers.

One of the biggest advantages is the ability of precision processing. Compared with the crude Soviet tanks, the German tanks are very sophisticated, especially the tank engines.

The more precise the processing, the longer the life of the engine. For example, the engine of this era still needs to be run-in, but in later generations, the engine does not need to be run-in at all, because it has been precisely processed when it is manufactured. Many heavy truck engines in later generations The oil was changed for 100,000 kilometers. After buying a new car, the first oil change was after 100,000 kilometers.

At the same time, the life of the engine is also related to the tuning. The same engine, different tunings, have different horsepower, so why is it not adjusted to high horsepower? The greater the horsepower, the shorter the lifespan. Some great people in later generations can adjust any car engine to 1000 horsepower, but only a few minutes of life.

The current Panther 2 tank is a reduced weight version. Accordingly, the horsepower of the engine has been adjusted down.

Is it relying on the tactics of a steady stream of tanks, or is it relying on quality to defeat quantity? For Germany, the latter is correct.

The Soviet Union's victory in World War II was almost based on human lives. In every battle, the Soviet Union won a miserable victory, because the Soviet Union who victorious had more dead than the German defeated.

The Soviet Union has human lives, but Germany does not. German soldiers are precious.

Now, the longest-used tank has an off-road range of 800 kilometers. The engine of this tank is disassembled to check the specific conditions of the engine. Can it run another 800 kilometers?

There were also several Maybach technicians who came here from Germany. For them, this is also a precious opportunity. They used to test in a peaceful environment in China, but now , On the real battlefield, how about this engine?

They are all waiting for this dismantling.

After the engine was disassembled, it was placed on the shelf, and the cylinder head was disassembled as the screws were removed.

Inside, there are black marks, which are carbon deposits of the engine. For diesel engines, this is inevitable. However, the carbon deposits are very small, which is completely within a reasonable range.

The bottom was also disassembled, and the pistons and connecting rods were all placed on the tarpaulin spread on the ground.

Several technicians used calipers and other tools to measure the piston.

"There is very little wear and tear, almost negligible."

"The oil seal is intact and there is no leakage of oil."

The Soviet tanks had to refuel for more than 100 kilometers. Why? Because their pistons have poor sealing performance, the engine oil jumps up. Now, Germany has excellent machining capabilities and good sealing performance.

"According to this situation, there is no problem at all for another 800 kilometers." In the end, the Maybach engineer came to a conclusion.

The engine of the Panther 2 tank can be overhauled at 1500 kilometers! Even on the battlefield, if the timing is not appropriate, there is no problem running to 1800 kilometers, or even 2000 kilometers!

Cyric nodded: "Well, our tank, in terms of performance, can fully satisfy our use, and the quality is good!"

In this era, the Soviet T-34 has not been finalized yet! The Soviet Union should be purged soon, right? If you can get some action, let Stalin throw Koshkin into prison!

Now, the most advanced Soviet people, UU reading should be T-26? I don’t know if the Italians have encountered the Soviet tanks?

"Boom, boom, boom." The tank engine was roaring, and the tracks of the CV33 tank ran over the field. In front of them, there was a park called the Garden Home.

This is their main breakthrough point, and on the opposite side, there are several brigades of the Italian National Army and some soldiers of the International Column.

The machine gun of the CV33 tank was constantly shooting. This was its only weapon. At this time, the crew in the tank were all anxious.

They knew that their small tanks couldn't stop them, and this mobile machine gun fortress was another good target on the opposite side!

So, when they are still thousands of meters away from the opponent, they start to shoot! In the unlikely event that the machine gun bullets run out, they can just go down and reload it!

Unfortunately, this time, they did not have that luck.

When they rushed to a distance of one kilometer, they only saw the opposite. From the gap in the fortification, several steel monsters that they had never seen came out.