Chapter 305： Impartiality

The Tiger tank uses a hydraulically controlled variable speed gear box and a semi-automatic transmission system. This is different from the previous Panther tank. After all, the increased weight of the tank means a new control system.

The Tiger Tank’s control system is a double helical gear type. There are two different and fixed shafts that are twisted with each other by different helical gears. It is equipped with an eight-speed gearbox and has 16 helical gears. In other words, the Tiger tank has 8 forward gears and 4 reverse gears.

Moreover, if necessary, the minimum radius rotation can be rotated by unilateral braking. This operating system has also become a steering wheel in the front.

Most crawler-type chassis are operated with levers. In later generations, the Type 96 tanks still use the levers. Whichever side is pulled, which side of the crawler brake can be turned to which side, until the 99 type. , It became a steering wheel.

In this era, the Tiger tank is already a steering wheel!

In terms of the simplicity of operation, it is of course the steering wheel, hydraulically assisted, which is quite lightweight, just like driving a car!

At the same time, these are all hydraulically assisted, and the extended turret rotates, that is, hydraulically driven!

"Cyric, it seems that you are very satisfied with this tank?" Hitler asked Cyric.

Cyric’s point of view is of great value. If Cyric says this tank is good, then Porsche just don’t do it.

"I am not satisfied with its walking mechanism, this is simply the worst invention I have ever seen!" Cyric said, pointing to the tank's road wheels.

In the previous period, Cyric has solemnly expressed his opinion. For a tank, the maintenance performance on the battlefield is the first. The staggered road wheels are definitely a pitted design.

But now? This Henschel company’s product still uses staggered road wheels, which is exactly the same as the historical Tiger tank chassis!

It must have been the ghost of that idea king. He doesn't have the energy to take care of all aspects now. He has come out to make trouble again!

The advantage of staggered road wheels is that it saves the length of the whole car, saves space, and improves comfort at the same time. However, the disadvantage is more fatal, that is, repairs on the battlefield are very difficult!

Cyric definitely does not want this kind of cheating equipment!

Now, the two chassis are placed together. The Porsche company uses a single row of six road wheels, while the Henschel company uses eight pairs of staggered road wheels!

Cyric's words relieved everyone present.

As far as the matter is concerned, Cyrenk did not completely deny the products of the Porsche company, nor did it completely affirm the products of the Henschel company. It does not favor any party, only for the best tank in Germany!

Cyric's words made Owen flushed: "But that would reduce comfort."

He can't say other aspects, the chassis has been designed, and now if it is changed to a single row of road wheels, it will have to be changed a lot!

"The lives of soldiers are the most important, and reliable tanks come first." Cyric said: "Now, the tracks of this tank are tight. Once the tracks are damaged on the battlefield, removing the tracks will It's very difficult. It even needs to be cut by gas welding or exploded with explosives. Have you considered it?"

On Henschel’s chassis, road wheels and tracks are a big problem. For the Porsche product on the side, the track is directly attached to the upper end of the road wheels, which is looser and easy to disassemble, while the tiger type is quite difficult.

"Owen, you'd better go to our armored force to investigate our soldiers and see what kind of tanks they need." Cyric continued.

What kind of tank the army needs, Cyrek is the most authoritative, because he is the commander of Germany's most powerful tank unit!

Cyric’s words are a summary of this comparison. Now, it’s just the tank chassis. The turret above is produced by Krupp. Now, under Cyric’s intervention, the German The development of tanks has long been on the right track, so Cyric felt that the historical right-angle turret tanks should not appear.

Krupp should design a turret with a large inclination directly. In this case, the current Tiger style is very similar to the later Tiger King.

"Both of these two tanks still have defects. We will conduct unified tests until the end of the year," Hitler said.

The current tanks are mainly pre-research. After all, the performance of the current Panther 3 tank is enough to sweep all the tanks of this era!

Now, looking at the whole of Europe, how about tanks in other countries?

The British are separated by an English Channel anyway, and they have not taken it seriously. The main force they use is the Matilda tank, which is a light tank with a total weight of only a dozen tons.

The French are awesome. There are now 30-ton Shire B1 tanks. However, the appearance of this tank looks so ugly and stupid.

The high tracks on both sides are almost similar to the Mark tanks of World War I. The tank is tall enough and there are two artillery pieces. Unfortunately, the tanker inside cannot handle it at all.

The driver must operate the 75mm short-barrel gun at the same time, and the 47mm gun and the 7.5mm parallel machine gun are his job. Even the loader needs to be responsible for loading the 75mm gun and the 47mm gun for the length of the vehicle. The division of labor between the tankers is quite unreasonable when passing shells, and in combat, it must be quite sad.

The only thing that can pose a threat to German tanks is the Soviet Union, but unfortunately, now the Soviet Union, the famous T-34 tank, has just been finalized.

Far East, Moscow.

The weather in April is still very gloomy In the Kremlin, a Soviet Supreme Defense Conference is being held, and the main topic of this conference is the new Soviet tanks!

In the Spanish Civil War, the German Panther tank gave the Soviets a great excitement. The existing Soviet tanks are all outdated!

Although Germany and the Soviet Union have signed a non-aggression agreement, everyone knows that peace is only temporary, and there will definitely be a war between the Soviets and Germany.

Therefore, the Soviets must have a new tank that exceeds the German Panther tank!

They felt a great urgency.

Now, the great purge has come to an end. The main reason is that too many people have been purged, and Stalin felt that it was enough.

Even many fighters who had returned from Spain were purged. Now, Major Belotov who attended this meeting is one of the few survivors who have not been purged, instead they have been promoted to major.

His military rank here is the lowest. The reason for coming here is to let him talk about the German Panther tank.