Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

How it was achieved cannot be told to Dr. Wright for the time being. I have to maintain a sense of mystery. When the method is revealed, Dr. Wright will have no other choice but to accept it. After all, Qin Yang didn't lie to him. If he said he could achieve it, then he could. As for how he did it, that can't be said casually.

At this time, after hearing Qin Yang's words, Dr. Wright nodded solemnly. For him, if a 105mm gun could achieve 500mm of penetration, then the M1 tank wouldn't need to be replaced with a 120mm tank gun, which they didn't have and would have to import from Germany.

If they can use their own, they should use their own.

Ten million US dollars for brand new armor-piercing technology is still worth it.

"I heard that the British purchased armor-piercing technology from you. Now it seems that you are making very rapid progress in this area, which is very enviable!" Dr. Wright said, "In the past, we would never have imagined that a 105mm armor-piercing projectile could have such powerful performance. Is 500mm penetration its limit?"

"Of course not. As long as there is a need, it can continue to be increased," Qin Yang said.

Dr. Wright's eyes were filled with shock.

Qin Yang smiled and said, "Light tanks equipped with our kind of gun can solve the problem of insufficient firepower. Next, we have to work hard on protection."

The firepower of light tanks is easy to solve. At worst, use anti-tank missiles. The power can always be guaranteed. For light tanks, protection is the most important thing. After all, the weight of the tank is directly related to the strength of the protection. If you want to increase protection, you need to increase weight.

Look at the British Challenger tank. In order to enhance its protection, it increased the tank to more than eighty tons. You know, the German Maus tank during World War II was only a little over a hundred tons.

The weight of modern main battle tanks has exceeded that of heavy tanks during World War II and has become super-heavy tanks.

At this time, hearing Qin Yang's words, Dr. Wright thought of something: "Are you saying that you have a way to make the protection of a light tank reach that of a main battle tank?"

"Yes," Qin Yang said, "If it can't be achieved, how can a light tank survive on the battlefield?"

"What method?" Dr. Wright felt his breathing quicken.

"This method is just a concept for now. If you want to hear it..." Qin Yang said, "If it was my idea, I would definitely give it to you for free. However, this plan is not mine, so..."

"How much do you want?"

"It's not me who wants it, it's our technical staff who wants it," Qin Yang said.

"Yes, yes, how much?"

"Not much, just one million US dollars."

The accompanying staff looked at Qin Yang with complicated expressions as he eloquently fooled the Americans. In such a short period of time, he had already fooled them out of more than ten million US dollars. Although the other party may not necessarily pay the money, daring to ask them for it was already amazing.

At this time, after hearing Qin Yang's words, Dr. Wright thought for a while, and then took out his checkbook.

"I want to hear this plan first."

So much talk, all of it costs money, and he hasn't heard anything yet. Dr. Wright was already looking forward to it.

He wanted to hear how to make the protection of a light tank reach the same level as a heavy tank.

"Okay." Accepting the one million US dollar check, Qin Yang was in a great mood. Old buddy, you're finally willing to spend money! It's really not easy to trick money out of your pockets.

"The brand new armor we designed is called electromagnetic armor," Qin Yang began to introduce. "On the outside of the tank's main armor, place two steel plates at a certain distance apart, and connect both sides to high-voltage electricity to form a capacitor. When an incoming shell flies over, the two steel plates short-circuit, which is equivalent to the capacitor being penetrated. In this way, a strong discharge will occur inside the capacitor, generating a strong magnetic field, thereby destroying the incoming shell."

Electromagnetic armor, this is the most high-end principle, and this thing also fits light tanks!

"In the past, we mainly relied on hard armor materials to improve the protection of armor. We looked for all kinds of hard armor, such as high-strength steel, such as ceramics, etc. Even composite armor still follows this route. We believe that this solution has reached its limit. If you want to continue to improve the protection of the tank, you have to think of a solution from the principle."

"Not yet. Even if there is, it is top secret, just like the British Chobham armor. They didn't announce this armor material, did they? Except for you Americans, no country can get it."

Dr. Wright nodded. That's right. Everyone definitely wants this advanced armor. It's good that the Easterners can give themselves the principle diagram. However, as long as they have the principle, they can explore it themselves after they go back.

In this way, the firepower and protection of light tanks will also meet the standards. It really can be started.

"President Qin, I knew you wouldn't let me down. I have gained a lot from this trip to the East," Dr. Wright said.

Qin Yang opened a new door for him.

Qin Yang smiled and said, "Dr. Wright, we are good friends. Of course, we have to share this advanced technology together."

One million US dollars to sell a concept is too worth it. As for the research and development of this armor? Before he was reborn, it had not been successfully developed and only belonged to the conceptual stage. It is also very good to use concepts to fool people.

Of course, it can't all be concepts, there has to be something real.

While speaking, the group had already walked past the tank modification workshop, through the corridor, and into another workshop.

This workshop is used to develop wheeled infantry fighting vehicles. When Dr. Wright walked in, he quickly noticed the chassis vehicle inside.

"Are you also developing wheeled infantry fighting vehicles? Oh, why doesn't your car have a drive shaft?"

This is still a chassis, and the upper structure is currently being prepared for welding. Therefore, the bottom can be seen clearly. Where is the common drive shaft of the car?

Without a drive shaft, the car can't drive at all.

"Our car does not use the conventional central drive system, but the side drive system," Qin Yang said. "This drive system is simpler and more reliable. Of course, the technical difficulty is also greater. We also spent a lot of money and time to develop it."