1717 New American Empire

Although the power under Xiao Lin was changed from Yanhuang Trading Company to New American Empire, the basic national policy remained unchanged. Especially the company's military research department was still engaged in its previous research. Before Xiao Lin fully digested the changes from 21

This kind of research will not stop with all kinds of military science and technology money brought by the century, and will even continue for two to three generations. Xiao Lin spent an unknown amount of money in Europe, North and South America, Belarus and other places before.

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Basically all the military technology that appeared before 1985 was packaged by him. Fortunately, these were backward military technologies, so Xiao Lin could obtain them. If it were more than ninety years old, he would have to pay at least several times what he paid before.

Price. Then there is no need. The technology before 1985 is enough for him to dominate for hundreds of years. After completely digesting these technologies, the company will also have its own research foundation. Following the future ideas, it can still

Continue to dominate for decades.

Today is the time when further breakthroughs are made in research and results can be harvested. This result is mature diesel-driven mobility. Before this, the Kingdom only had a batch of 300 light, medium and heavy type III trucks purchased from the 21st century.

It is used a lot, often running day in and day out. If it were not for the limited spare parts and the limited quality fuel, I would have been unable to move long ago with the help of a modified carriage. Therefore, it is necessary to have a mature self-made truck.

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Xiao Lin bought some dilapidated production lines from the 21st century, and researchers have been refitting and repairing them. Not long ago, they were finally put into production. However, it is not an advanced truck. Many people know this truck, and it is often seen in Anti-Japanese War TV series. Then

It is the American Chevrolet truck. The reason why you often see it on the screen is because Japan copied it and used it in a large number of invasion wars. The models at that time were Toyota Type 1 truck and Nissan Type 18o truck.

These two trucks are made in Japan by imitating the American Chevrolet truck. They use the same standards, but are produced in different automobile manufacturing plants. The truck weighs 55oo pounds, is 18.1o feet long, 6.4 feet wide, 7.5 feet high, and has a wheelbase

15.6 British

feet, a headroom of 9 feet, and a 6-cylinder 78-horsepower gasoline engine. Because it was not too high-end technology, the company copied the "Little Wolf" truck, named Type 3o, which perfectly reached the data at the time. It was even made

Improvement, changed the gasoline engine to a diesel engine.

Compared with gasoline, diesel is easier to refine. Xiao Lin currently only has one refinery, and the oil reserves are very rich. However, if you pursue production capacity, you cannot guarantee quality, and if you pursue quality, you cannot guarantee quantity. Refining is done in the middle.

The diesel produced is almost at the level of the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China. It is suitable for supplying Type 3O trucks. The service life of the engine is also two years, and this is under the condition of uninterrupted use.

After talking about trucks, which are military and civilian equipment, next we have to talk about completely military equipment. The White Tiger I light reconnaissance tank is not very powerful. After all, it is the original technology. Especially because Xiao Lin did not have oil in his hand before.

The factory can only be driven by electric energy. Electric energy was not fully mature in the 2020s, let alone popular among the civilian population, let alone self-production here. Xiao Lin has three times the number of spare electric motors for tanks.

, but after using it until now, there are not many left.

Instead of developing an electric motor, it is better to replace it with a diesel engine. However, the tank will also have to undergo major changes. Therefore, instead of wasting time on the White Tiger-1 tank, it is better to directly launch a new tank plan. The research team gave a good idea.

Several options, Xiao Lin finally selected the German No. 2 tank as the next Kingdom

The main combat vehicle. The Panzer II tank is a light tank produced by man company in 1935. The standard number is sd.kfz.121. The 25 units produced in batches are called type a1, and an improved type of 25 units called type a2 were produced.

Vehicles, in 1936 a total of 5o A3 models of this series were produced.

Of course, the company mainly drew on the design of this tank and did not completely copy the tank. The main difference is in the tank gun. Xiaolin did not use the 2omm tank gun, which the company currently does not reserve and develop.

.If you have been playing with enemies queuing up to kill, this cannon is good. But now it seems impossible. In addition, Xiao Lin still has nearly a hundred White Tiger Type 1 tanks, and the 37mm cannon on them cannot follow.

It's eliminated.

If this kind of gun can be used alone, it would be better to convert it into a tank gun or a combat anti-aircraft gun, but it would take too much effort. It is better to dismantle it directly and replace it for use on the No. 2 tank. For this reason, the designers canceled one

7.92mm caliber machine gun, free up

There is no space to install this tank gun. The brand-new tank has a 37mm tank gun and a 7.62mm defense machine gun installed outside the turret. Other protection relies on four 5o submachine guns inside the tank, and several shots are specially fired.

hole out.

It's a bit nondescript, but Xiao Lin's requirements have been met. The new tank also uses a diesel engine, a 16o horsepower diesel engine owned by the company. The speed is slightly slower. The optimal modification of the original No. 2 tank is 6okm/km on the road.

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The self-produced one has a highway speed of 52km/h and an off-road speed of over 25km/h. In terms of armor, the front is 3omm, the sides are 2omm, and the rear is 1omm. With enough strength, it can completely replace the White Tiger Type 1 tank and carry the beam.

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However, these cannot erase the fact that it is also an excessive tank. After two or three years of use at most, this tank will still be eliminated, so Xiao Lin did not bother to name it and just called it White Tiger II.

Tank. Ten units were produced at the same time. The test performance was still very good, and its combat effectiveness was far better than the White Tiger I tank. However, it has not yet reached the standard of a main battle tank in Xiao Lin's mind. Due to technological reasons, Xiao Lin will not go too far.

Pursuing the Type 59-1 tank.

The tank he likes is still German, but it is the German Panzer IV tank. It is not that Xiao Lin is a German fan, but because their products are good, well-crafted and elegant, and the equipment has strong combat effectiveness. Although historically they have excellent

Powerful tanks are defeated by the enemy

The sea of ​​simple tanks with large output and low combat effectiveness has been flooded, but that also has its own relationship. If it were not for the secret development of armaments and cooperation with the Soviets, the Soviets would not have their own tank industry, and maybe they would

There will be no T-34 sea.

In this era, those in Europe have not even mastered breech-loading muskets, let alone breech-loading artillery, let alone tanks. Instead of pursuing a sea of ​​tanks, it is better to pursue elite tanks with stronger individual combat effectiveness. He also thought

, cultivate the craftsman spirit of striving for excellence in the kingdom. If this spirit can be preserved forever, no matter how the future changes, the kingdom will still have a place in the world and ensure its strength and wealth.

The Panzer IV is also an outstanding work of German industry. What Xiaolin values ​​​​the most is its strong refitability. The Panzer IV has a very complete range of modified models. Those using various artillery, various turrets,

Also equipped with skirt armor are tanks with bridge erecting vehicles that are already suitable for civilian use. As the last tank developed by Germany before World War II, it long suppressed various British cruise tanks and French crispy tanks at that time. Later modified models

It also competed with the Allied Sherman main tanks.

Not to mention the Tiger and Panther, these two tanks are strong, but they are also difficult to produce and consume a lot of resources. Even because of time constraints, they entered the battle before all the shortcomings were solved. The real main force is still various types of tanks.

Modified Panzer IV tanks. Most of these tanks are elite forces. Without the assistance of Panzer IV tanks, it would be difficult for them to achieve success. However, the technological content of Panzer IV tanks is still a bit high for the kingdom, and the prototype has been built.

It will take several years, let alone later modified models.

The official enlistment of the White Tiger II tank also represents the company's return to the right path. Electric motors, in this era, can only be regarded as an evil path.

Of course, the research department has been busy for so long, and it is not the result of just one truck and one tank. The Type 5o submachine gun has officially completed self-production, and the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle has also begun to set up a factory. The Type 56 submachine gun, because it focused on research before, can be produced.

Even though the performance is less than 80% of the original version, it has now evolved to 95%, which is enough for use. The most exciting thing is that the kingdom can already produce howitzers. It has two large-caliber physical howitzers in hand, and it has been studied for so long.

, and finally got results.

The new howitzer is designated as the o1 type howitzer. o1 means that the artillery was produced in the first year of the founding of the Kingdom. The howitzer has a caliber of 1o5mm, a length of 3 meters, a width of 1.98 meters, a height of 1.98 meters, and a total combat weight of 2,000 kilograms.

The artillery elevation angle is -4 degrees to 41 degrees.

The firing range is plus or minus 54 degrees left and right, the maximum firing rate is 6/min, the initial discharge speed is 53o meters/second, and the maximum firing range is 12,000 meters. All the data are somewhat similar to the Krupp 1o5mm howitzer Xiao Lin has seen in book records.

Like, but some data needs to be inserted, but not too much.

It is perfect for filling the gap between 75mm caliber and 122mm caliber artillery. It can pass some roads that were originally inaccessible to the Type 54 122mm heavy howitzer, making tactical arrangements more flexible.