The Third Reich: I seized power

The performance of the Wolf light tank is definitely very advanced in this era.

The 57mm tank gun is powerful enough to penetrate the armor of any tank. The armor was 35 mm thick and inclined enough to withstand most tank guns.

You know, the most representative tank at the moment is undoubtedly the Renault FT-17 tank of the Gauls. It’s just an ultralight tank of less than ten tons. Two models, one armed with an 8 mm machine gun and the other with a 37 mm tank gun.

Many countries of the world are armed with such Renault you FT-17 tanks of the Gauls. It can be said that such tanks are completely popular. It’s just that, in terms of performance, it is simply not comparable to the Wolf light tank.

Not to mention, the Wolf light tank was nothing more than Hess’s first tank. Even, the parallel is not the main tank.

The Panther medium tank, which will be developed next, is the main tank of the future Third Reich. The Wolf light tank will primarily serve as a support tank for power search forces or infantry units. The Panther tank is the main force of the future battlefield. As for the stronger Tiger tank, it is a sharp knife on the battlefield of the future.

Of course, the meal should be eaten bite by bite, and the road should be taken step by step.

With the current scientific and technological conditions, in four to five years it will be possible to develop a Panther tank and equip the troops, which is already God forbid.

Hess, having inspected the 1st Panzer Division, personally summoned the head of the tank project and made a request to him.

“It is necessary to speed up the development of the Wolf light tank, and mass production will begin early next year to equip the troops. At the same time, it is necessary to speed up the development of the Panther medium tank. In the next four years, troops must be equipped. ”

“Yes, Your Excellency, Prime Minister!” The person in charge nodded repeatedly.

Although he knew that it would be very difficult to accomplish this task. However, Hess had already made a request, and they could only do their best to complete it.

“In addition, the structure of the tank should be as simple as possible and not too complicated. Even a slight performance degradation is acceptable. In addition, it is necessary to make the parts as common as possible. In this way, when building tanks, it can be done with minimal man-hours. Hess emphasized.

“Yes, Your Excellency Prime Minister!” The person in charge replied.

The reason why Hess emphasized this point in particular is to avoid these guys falling into the unfavorable situation of pursuing excellence in the development and production of tanks.

Take the Panther tank and the Tiger tank in another time and space, for example, in World War II, these two tanks were definitely advanced and powerful tanks.

The only drawback is that the structure is too complex to produce. And when it comes to maintenance, it’s enough for the armored men to collapse. In comparison, the old Maozi’s T-34 tank is much easier to use.

Although the performance is far from comparable to the Panther and Tiger tanks, it is simple to build, easy to produce, and simple and crude to maintain. Coupled with the numerical superiority, Lao Maozi was able to directly drown the Panther and Tiger tanks with the T-34 tank sea in the war.

In this time and space, Hess of course tries his best to avoid this situation from happening again. Otherwise, the armored forces of the future Third Reich will suffer a nightmare.

Hess hopes that the Panther and Tiger tanks equipped by future armored forces will not only be advanced in performance, but also easy to produce and maintain. It is necessary to create as many tank troops as possible.

Even if it cannot be compared with the woolly bear in terms of numbers, it cannot be too different. At least there must be no quantitative gap of more than a dozen times. Only then will the Third Reich be able to win future wars.

Under Hess’s attention, their armored forces in this time and space have completely embarked on a different development path.

It will no longer be like the Third Reich in another time and space, although advanced Tiger tanks and Panther tanks have been manufactured, but because of the overly complex structure, the difficulty of production, and the lack of resources, it is impossible to form a numerical advantage.

Even if the Tiger tank and the Leopard tank are advanced, the T-34 tank that can crush the old Maozi is still flooded by the tank sea of the T-34 tank.

In this time and space, if the future production of Panther tanks and Tiger tanks of the Third Reich can reach more than 20,000 units, it will be enough to solve the old Maozi.

Of course, with the resources of the Third Reich, it is still very difficult to produce 20,000 tanks.

Don’t forget that in addition to the armored forces of the army, the navy is also a big consumer of steel resources.

Plus, these tanks are oil tigers. Without enough oil, these tanks simply cannot be started, just steel coffins.

These are all questions that Hess needs to solve next. Only by solving these problems can the Third Reich win the war in the future!