Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

This General Qin is too detestable, devising all sorts of ways to swindle money from them! Dr. Wright was very unwilling, but he still accepted it. After leaving Fahata's villa this morning, he applied for another ten million in funding. After spending 888, leaving him with 112, he simply gave it all to the Oriental, to see what other schemes the other party could come up with.

The 140mm armor-piercing projectile is very large, and the tank turret's rear compartment simply cannot accommodate it. This is the biggest problem with unitary rounds. Now that the Oriental has a related design scheme, with forty rounds of ammunition, of course, he has to open his eyes.

Forty rounds, each weighing forty-five kilograms, means that these shells alone weigh nearly two tons! How big would such an automatic loader be? The carousel couldn't hold that many, and the rear compartment couldn't hold it either!

How would the Oriental solve it?

With this doubt, Dr. Wright looked at the drawing paper spread out on the desk.

"Forty rounds of ammunition, divided into four rows, ten rounds in each row," Qin Yang said, "Let's start with the shells here."

Dr. Wright became serious: "This ammunition compartment is inclined at thirty degrees? Where is it placed?"

"Next, in front of it, we'll draw the tank gun." Qin Yang ignored Dr. Wright and continued to draw the design drawing. Soon, he drew a huge tank gun in the front.

Dr. Wright frowned: "Why doesn't this tank gun have a turret? If there is no turret, then we can't have it."

During the Cold War, in addition to conventional tanks, there were also some strange tanks. Sweden once built one that was very low in appearance and didn't even have a turret. How did the gun barrel turn? The answer is to adjust the tracks!

No tank commander likes to turn by adjusting the tracks, there must be a turret!

"Of course there is, without a turret it's a self-propelled gun." Qin Yang said, "It's just that our turret is very small, it only protects the breech of the tank gun. It can rotate left and right, and it can also elevate and depress the gun barrel."

After speaking, Qin Yang began to draw a small turret on it. Seeing this, Dr. Wright raised a question again: "With this design, does the gun barrel need to be raised at a certain angle each time it is loaded, so that it can be loaded at the same angle as the automatic loader behind it?"

"That's right, fixed-angle loading." Qin Yang nodded: "Just like your M1 tank."

The black uncles have low education levels, making it too difficult for them to use their brains. Therefore, most M1 tanks return to a fixed elevation angle after firing. The black uncles like this loading method. The M1 tank's complex loading design is just for show. The gunner has to wait for the black uncle to load the shell before he can aim at the target.

Dr. Wright was stunned for a moment and said nothing, watching Qin Yang continue to draw other parts.

"Is the engine placed in the front?" Seeing Qin Yang drawing the engine in the front, Dr. Wright frowned again: "This won't work! Except for the Merkava, no tank in the world puts the engine in the front. This is unscientific!"

"Oh, is it all full? Where do people sit?"

Qin Yang still didn't answer.

Dr. Wright continued to look at Qin Yang's drawing. After drawing the engine in the front, he began to draw in the back. Seeing that it was almost finished, Dr. Wright couldn't help but say: "Nonsense, this is simply nonsense. The engine is in the front, the crew is in the back, the driver has to observe the road conditions through the periscope, and the commander and gunner don't have the best field of vision!"

"I can completely transplant the M1 set over, just transplant the initially drawn automatic loader and shell parts." Qin Yang put down his pen: "I'm opening up your thinking, you have to feel that this one million is worth it, what, are you taking advantage and still acting coy?"

Dr. Wright thought about it carefully and felt that this was indeed the case. The gun and automatic loader part could be completely stuffed into the center of the M1 tank. Drawing it this way now is just another way of thinking.

"Your tanks can carry 140mm cannons, and the old Maozi's tanks can carry 152mm cannons. The armor-piercing capabilities of everyone's tank guns will further increase. In the future, maybe two-meter-thick armor will be needed. With my design, all the devices in the front can provide protection. When it comes to the tankers, the physical thickness doesn't need to be two meters, if the angle is special, it can be five meters. In the future, this design will definitely become popular."

"But driving is inconvenient!"

"The driver's seat can rotate one hundred and eighty degrees. When driving normally, drive backwards. When you get to the battlefield, drive forwards. Anyway, tankers on the battlefield also use periscopes, there's no difference."

Drive backwards?

The driver is at the very back. If he normally drives backwards, there really is no problem. This General Qin is too amazing, he can always think of these strange ways!

Dr. Wright looked at the design drawing again and found that it was not so unacceptable. He also remembered the evaluation of General Qin that he had inquired about from others in China: open-minded, unique thinking. Sure enough, he can always come up with some unique solutions!

"Dr. Wright, is my plan worth it?"

Dr. Wright sighed: "Unique thinking, it's indeed worth spending more than a million. General Qin, how did you come up with so many layouts?"

"Of course, it's because I'm very smart. I said long ago that we Orientals are very smart." After Qin Yang finished speaking, he gestured to Nie Xiaoqian: "Darling, let's go, it's almost time, let's go to the farewell party."

After leaving the room, Qin Yang let out a long sigh: "Alas, in this day and age, it's really hard to make money."

This is called hard?

Nie Xiaoqian had a smile on her face: "Brother Yang, I'm afraid no one in the world makes money easier than you. Just drawing a picture is more than a million, you just came up with it, right?"

"Of course, how is it, do you admire Brother Yang even more?" Qin Yang said with confidence.

What just came up with it, Qin Yang doesn't have that much ability. The drawings he just drew are just a modified version of the old Maozi's Project 490.

The Americans developed the M1 tank, and the old Maozi were certainly unwilling to be outdone, and had to develop a brand new tank to deal with it. The old Maozi opened their minds and came up with Project 477, 490 and other projects. Among them, Project 490 is very similar to the design drawing that Qin Yang is now drawing, but the old Maozi's engine is not powerful, and two must be used, so four tracks were made. The Americans' engine technology is strong, so a conventional layout with a whole track is enough.

The old Maozi had prototypes.

This design breaks the convention, but it does not mean that it is the best. In fact, the old Maozi is most optimistic about the conventional layout of Project 477. Unfortunately, this thing was made by Kharkov. After the collapse of the Red Empire, the technology fell into the hands of the Second Mao, so the Great Mao can only synthesize the previous research results and made Project 195, which evolved into the T-14 tank.

Qin Yang relied on the advantages of the traverser to make money with Project 490, rightfully.

It's just that Project 490 has not been successful after all, and there must be various problems. In order to prevent Dr. Wright from continuing to ask questions, it's better for him to hurry up and leave.