Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

"President Qin, it's a pleasure to finally meet you." Jack greeted Qin Yang excitedly, "Come, let me introduce you. This is Clark, an engineer from Gage-Tadson Company, a subsidiary of Cadillac. He is a famous tank designer currently designing a light tank to replace our domestic M551."

Speaking of Cadillac, many people think of the presidential limousine, synonymous with luxury cars. But in reality, Cadillac is also comprehensively developed. Anyway, there isn't much difference between making cars and making armored vehicles.

The US Army's main battle tank is the M1, but in many situations, they don't need such a behemoth. Therefore, they are also equipped with the M551 Sheridan light tank. This thing doesn't have a good reputation, especially during the Vietnam War, where it was heavily criticized. However, it also has many commendable aspects, such as being the only US military tank capable of firing gun-launched missiles.

As time passed, this tank gradually aged, so a brand-new tank was needed to replace it. Cadillac targeted this market and developed the Stingray light tank in the 1980s. Like the Sheridan, it was thinly armored with a powerful punch. The US military didn't like it, but because of its light weight, it was favored by a certain Asian country, who bought more than a hundred of them.

Now, it seems they should have just started developing this light tank. This is the only thing they can relate to. Their main military vehicles are actually wheeled armored vehicles.

Cadillac's tank designer? Qin Yang secretly sneered in his heart, thinking they were just trying to embellish their reputation.

"President Qin, it's a pleasure to meet you." Clark extended his hand, "I heard that your company is interested in our company's technology and wants to cooperate with us to upgrade your massive 59 tank series. Please rest assured that our company will provide the most professional technical support!"

"Yes, I hope we have a pleasant cooperation in the future."

Their hands clasped together.

"Next, let's go to the conference room." Qin Yang said, "Let's discuss the details of the cooperation first."

Clark glanced at the rifling machine again and finally spoke, "President Qin, is your company selling this type of rifling machine?"

"This… we'll talk about it later." Qin Yang said, "Let's talk about serious matters first."

Qin Baoguo's smile froze on his face. Judging by this, the Americans don't have similar rifling machines either. We are the only ones in the world with this! I knew I shouldn't have brought the Americans here. I wonder if this counts as leaking secrets.

960 Factory, conference room.

"We have already negotiated before that, in order to enhance the performance of the 59 tank, we will provide advanced diesel engines and transmissions." Jack said, "This time, Clark has brought you more detailed information."

Clark opened his briefcase and took out the materials.

"After comparison, we believe that the Detroit Company's 750 horsepower 8V-92TA diesel engine and the General Motors XTG-411 fully automatic transmission are very suitable. However, your company is not familiar with these equipments. Therefore, I suggest that your company put the tank's improvement in our Textron factory in Louisiana. It is specializing in the production of military vehicles, where you can get the best technical support. Whether it is building tanks or modifying tanks, we are the most professional."

Textron Factory? Of course, Qin Yang knew that the technology there was indeed good. Almost all of Cadillac's military armored vehicles were made there. Moreover, if you were to go there for inspection, you could see two rusty tanks parked in a corner of the factory, one of which was the famous five road wheels, and the other was the Jaguar, which was improved on the basis of the five road wheels.

Although the Peace Pearl project failed, the J-8 was sent back after the electronic equipment that was removed and refitted. However, the Jaguar tank did not have such a good fate and had been thrown into the Textron factory.

Qin Yang didn't want that kind of thing to happen.

"In recent years, we have also been improving the 59 tank. Speaking of modification, we have the most experience." Qin Yang said, "So, it's better for us to do it ourselves."

As he spoke, he took the information handed over by the other party.

"No, you have always been following the Soviet system and are not familiar with our equipment. If you rashly modify it, you will definitely encounter many problems. Let us do it, after all, we are the most professional."

The other party kept saying professional, so Qin Yang began to fight back.

"Your engine and gearbox are not compact at all, and the space is wasted too much. Is this specially developed for tanks?"

The power pack of a tank engine is square, which is convenient for being stuffed into the tank. Looking at this engine and gearbox, the engine is high and the gearbox is short. It can be seen that it was transplanted from car parts!

"Take the engine as an example, modifying the turbocharger's pipe can significantly reduce the height. Aren't you professional? This modification shouldn't be a problem, right?"

This light tank only weighs 22 tons, and the speed ratio of the gearbox is small, so that the tank can get a relatively high speed. It is crazy enough to think about speeding at 70 kilometers per hour in the wild, but it is not suitable for driving a 40-ton tank. It's like putting the power of a car on a truck.

"Mr. Clark, as a professional tank designer, you can't even notice these big problems? First improve the power pack according to our requirements, and then we will talk about cooperation."

Clark swallowed: "The engine and gearbox are produced by supporting companies and cannot be changed."

"Can't be changed? Okay, it seems we can only change it ourselves, fortunately we are professional." Qin Yang said.

The power pack of the Jaguar, the green one in the front is the engine, and the white one in the back is the gearbox and transmission system. The front is high, and the back is wide, which is not suitable at all