"Your Majesty, the ''ck Panther'' tank we are equipped with is very advanced in performance. ording to the information we have received, tanks from other countries simply cannotpare with our ''ck Panther'' tank. Our ''ck Panther'' tank, At least five years ahead of them!" General Guderian,mander of the 8th Army, smiled.
As one of themanders of the two armored armies of the Imperial Army, General Guderian is now full of ambition. He is very much looking forward to the uing war. Looking forward to leading the army of the German Empire and defeating powerful enemies. In that case, he would also be able to get the marshal''s scepter he had dreamed of.
Manstein, who was a staff officer, was already one step ahead of them, bing the Imperial Field Marshal, and serving as the Minister of War and Chief of Staff. This made General Guderian and General Rommel,mander of the 9th Army, very envious. You know, before thest world war, when Qin Tian was themander of the 8th Army, he valued all three of them very much.
Qin Tian nodded, the performance of the ''ck Panther'' tank is indeed very advanced. As a traveler, he is well aware of the ws of the ''ck Panther'' tank in another time and space. Therefore, he also personally participated in the design of this type of tank, found out all those defects, and made improvements. This has greatly improved the performance of the "ck Panther" tanks currently equipped by the German army.
Qin Tian knew that if war broke out, the ''ck Panther'' tank would be the main tank of the German armored forces. At least, in the early or even mid-term of the war, therge number of "ck Panther" tanks will be the most powerful armored weapon for the German armored forces to crush other countries. As for more advanced tanks, due to production and cost reasons, they will not rece the ''ck Panther'' tank as the main force in the armored forces in a short time.
''ck Panther'' tank, weighing 38 tons, 8.66 meters long (with gun barrel), 3.22 meters wide and 2.68 meters high. It adopts a 1,000-horsepower Maybach gasoline engine, with a maximum speed of 60 kilometers per hour, a maximum travel distance of 250 kilometers without an auxiliary fuel tank, and a maximum travel distance of 500 kilometers with an auxiliary fuel tank. The tank gun is a 52-caliber 75mm tank gun equipped with capped armor-piercing projectiles, tungsten carbide core armor-piercing projectiles, hollow-charge high-explosive projectiles and tracer projectiles.
"How big is our ''ck Panther'' tank production now?" Qin Tian asked.
"Your Majesty, the current monthly output of the ''ck Panther'' tanks is 300. If war breaks out, this output can be quickly increased to 600! If necessary, it can even be increased to 900!" Chief of Staff Man Marshal Stein said.
Qin Tian nodded, the output is already not low. The "ck Panther" tank has only been mass-produced sincest year. At present, only the 8th Army and the 9th Army are equipped. The other 10 armies are still equipped with the previously produced ''Leopard 4'' tanks or even ''Leopard 3'' or ''Leopard 2'' tanks. The previous tanks still have a lot of immature performance andck of reliability. Therefore, the output is notrge. In the n of the German Army, they will be reced with "ck Panther" tanks one after another.
During the war, if the monthly production of 900 "ck Panther" tanks can be increased, it will be more than 10,000 in a year. This output seems to be very high. But the various losses of tanks during the war were also great. In addition to being destroyed by enemy tanks, it was more lost due to various mechanical failures. Therefore, it is necessary to have arge number of tanks to supplement the front line at any time, so as to maintain the powerful assault capability of the armored forces.
You know, in another time and space, the Russian T-34 tanks produced more than 80,000 tanks. If Germany wants to conquer other major powers in this time and space, it will definitely need more tanks. Therefore, in Qin Tian''s view, even if the monthly production rate is increased to 900 ''ck Panther'' tanks, it is not enough.
"Let''s find a way to further increase production. After the outbreak of the war, our ''ck Panther'' tanks can be increased to 1,200 or even 1,500 vehicles per month. Follow-up more powerful tanks, if you want to In terms of mass production, the output needs to be further improved. Only in this way can our armored forces have enough tanks in the war." Qin Tian said.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Marshal Manstein nodded. He knew that because of Qin Tian''s order, the arsenal responsible for producing tanks had to expand again, install more production lines, and recruit more workers.
Qin Tian stayed in the Eighth Army for three days before leaving Warsaw and returning to Berlin.
The tank factory of the German Arsenal on the outskirts of Berlin is working overtime to produce the most advanced tanks of the German Army. The "ck Panther" tank is nothing more than a medium-sized tank, although its performance is very advanced, enough to beat any tank from other countries. However, the German Army still needs a more powerful tank in order to be able to deal with the powerful tanks of other countries with thick armor. For example, once Bu Russia is defeated on the battlefield, they will soonunch the KV series of heavy tanks. The KV tank with rough skin and thick flesh, the 75mm tank gun of the "Panther" tank will be quite difficult to deal with.
It was precisely to guard against this that the German Army developed a more powerful heavy tank at Qin Tian''s request. Now mass-produced is the ''Tiger 3'' tank. The previous ''Tiger 1'' and ''Tiger 2'' tanks are both experimental. Because of the immature technology, all aspects of the performance of the tank failed to achieve the expected results. Therefore, only a very small amount was produced for testing. It was not until thetest "Tiger 3" tank that its performance matured that mass production began.
The ''Tiger 3'' tank, named the ''Tiger'' tank, will be mainly used to equip the heavy tank brigades of the armored army, the heavy tank battalions of the armored forces of other armies, etc. The cost of the ''Tiger'' tank is much higher than that of the ''ck Panther'' tank. Therefore, mass production will not be carried out on arge scale at present, only small batch production will be used to equip the main forces. On the battlefield, they will also mainly assume the role of the sharp knife of the armored forces. Unless the performance of the enemy''s tanks has been greatly improved and the "ck Panther" tanks are very difficult to deal with, the "Tiger" tanks will be mass-produced on arge scale and deployed in troops.
Of course, if that time reallyes, the German Army should have developed a more powerful tank. For example, advanced tanks equipped with 105mm tank guns, or even main battle tanks equipped with 120mm smoothbore guns and armor-piercing shells with stabilized tail fins, etc.