Chapter 303： VK 4501 Project

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

Cyric was so busy that he would not go home for more than a whole day. After Cyric discovered Ewa, he immediately asked him to arrange projects related to Ewa.

This project is very important. In the Second World War, Germany’s electronic technology was backward. Therefore, although Germany had anti-ship missiles and guided bombs, when it was discovered by the British, as long as the electronic jamming was turned on, it hit The rate dropped drastically.

Frequency hopping technology must be turned into reality!

Time is fast, and in a blink of an eye, it has already reached April 20.

On this day, the whole of Germany is full of festive and festive atmosphere. Every shop on both sides of the street is hung with a 4D flag, and people’s faces are full of smiles.

"Wish our leaders always be healthy!" This is the first sentence when people meet.

Because this day is Hitler's birthday!

Today, it is also the busiest time for the entire German high-levels. Everyone is wearing the latest style of military uniforms, the most handsome military uniform designed by Hitler himself. They came to an army weapons test site located on the outskirts of Berlin.

Yes, Hitler’s birthday was not spent in the Führer’s Palace, but here, because there are things that make him very obsessed.

The two tracked chassis have not yet been installed with a turret, and the two chassis are from Henschel and Porsche. Now, they are here to present Hitler's birthday!

A new generation of German Tiger tanks will be born in these two chassis!

In later generations, it was said that the German army encountered the T-34 crisis during its eastward advance. Then, Germany learned its lesson and started the development of the Tiger tank. In fact, this is not the case at all.

The German development of heavy tanks can be traced back to 1935! At that time, Henschel Company, in accordance with the requirements, successfully developed the 33-ton DWII in 37 years.

After that, Germany continued to propose a new plan, VK3001, where VK means "experimental vehicle", the first two digits of the number indicate "30-ton class", and the last two digits indicate "the first prototype vehicle". It became the "old ancestor" of "Tiger" I. Within Henschel Company, it was called "TigerCub", or tiger cub.

After the development plan was put forward, Porsche, Henschel, Mercedes-Benz and MAN competed. However, the latter two companies then began to develop the Panther tank and withdrew from the competition. Only two were left. The Porsche solution codenamed VK3001 (P ), Henschel’s program code is VK3001 (H)

At present, the development of German tanks has a lot of overlap with history. The Panther tank is steadily mass-produced. Relying on streamlined production, the output of this tank is continuously increasing and it has occupied the Czech Republic. After that, the integration of the Czech arsenal almost doubled the production capacity of the Panther tank.

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

However, it is not enough just to have the Panthers. The standardized chassis of the Panthers is already at the limit if it is improved to the forty-ton level, and Germany needs a stronger tank!

Therefore, two years ago, the development of new tanks had already started steadily.

Dr. Ferdinand Porsche successfully met Hitler's requirements when developing the Beetle, allowing Hitler to see the incompetence of those domestic auto factories. Therefore, Hitler trusted Dr. Porsche very much.

Therefore, he appointed Dr. Porsche as the chief of the German Tank Development Committee and became Hitler's chief consultant on tank development; the committee is composed of engineers and industry representatives, responsible for future tank design and providing professional advice on the tanks being developed by the Ordnance Bureau .

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

After all, it was Cyrenk who built the current German main equipment Tiger tank. Hitler had great confidence in Cyrenk. After returning from Libya, Cyrenk had already been defeated at the party meeting a few days ago. Formally established as Hitler's successor.

The turret of the tank was built by Krupp, while 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 had followed Hitler, he had changed his life for the second spring. He was full of energy.

"According to our deduction of the future war, after the war, Britain, France, the United States and the Soviet Union will definitely carry out the research and development of new tanks. Their new tanks may have tank guns of more than 70 mm or even 100 mm, which may penetrate deep. It will reach one hundred millimeters. Therefore, our new tank must have a protection capacity of more than 100 millimeters."

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 100 mm, which also means that the weight of the tank will be greatly increased!

"In this way, the self-weight of the tank will be at least 45 tons, or even larger, reaching a scale of 60 tons." Dr. Porsche continued: "We believe that under this weight, ordinary mechanical devices may not be able to bear this. Kind of weight, so we developed an electric drive system."

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

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 tap, and the current new tank starts from 45 tons. It is easy to improve to 60 tons.

Dr. Porsche is a technical madman. He usually stays in the Porsche factory in Stuttgart to design. Moreover, he is the chief consultant for tank development. He is not subject to the technical performance requirements deduced by the Ordnance Bureau according to the combat training. Design ability.

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