For tanks and armored vehicles, the thicker the armor, the better! I believe that every military fan who is just getting started must have such a feeling after seeing the data of tank armor. But is this the case? I believe that after understanding more relevant knowledge, it is not difficult to find that the armor thickness of early tanks is generally inversely proportional to the passability, and it is difficult to unify defense and maneuvering.

The discovery of armor equivalence solves this well. The Soviets have clearly come to the fore, as can be seen in the tanks of World War II.

When the impact speed is 2610fps, when the armor is vertical, the penetration depth of the 57mm gun is 4.2 inches, and when the armor is inclined at 60 degrees, the penetration depth of the 57mm gun is 1.5 inches. The ratio of the two is called the tilt effect. The ratio here is 2.8.

However, looking at the Black Cloud George Patton military vehicles, the armor equivalent value has not reached the maximum. Why is the old guy so excited, is there any surprise in it?

No one dares to underestimate the engineer who is over 80 years old. After all, his identity is too shocking. As one of the designers of the German Panzer 8 during World War II, no one dared to question his authority on vehicle armor.

Many people don't know the No. 8 tank, but when it comes to the name, it is a thunderous existence.

The No. 8 tank rat type; it was a super heavy tank designed by the German Porsche company at the end of World War II, with a total combat weight of 188 tons, which was the heaviest tank at that time. It is also because of the extremely heavy body that the off-road capability of the rat tank is extremely poor, and it was eventually aborted due to the lack of actual combat value.

This type of tank is mainly produced by Krupp and assembled by Alkett. Only two tanks were produced, one unarmed and only used for verification. Equipped with a 128mm main gun and a 75mm coaxial secondary gun, which at the time was enough to destroy any armored vehicle.

The history of the development of the No. 8 tank can be traced back to the German Army's investigation report on the Russian T-35 tanks A, B and C before the war. There are rumors that the Soviet Union is developing a tank weighing up to 100 tons. This seemingly powerful The incomparable "land battleship" deeply attracted the German Fhrer.

Professor Ferdinand Porsche, a famous German tank designer, proposed to develop a super-heavy tank when he met with Hitler, who immediately appointed Porsche as the chief designer to develop a combat vehicle similar to the Soviet 100-ton tank.

In addition, Krupp received an order from the Army Weapons Bureau as early as 1941 to develop a combat vehicle similar to the Soviet 100-ton tank. So Krupp's designers have done a lot of research on the development of 110, 130, 150 and 170-ton tanks, but none of them have gone out of the drawing stage and become real vehicles. Because of their bulky size, the first code name of these super-heavy tanks was called "Mammoth", and later, in order to confuse the enemy's intelligence, it was renamed the mouse.

After mid-March 1942, the Porsche factory received a contract to build a new 100-ton Type 205 VK10001 Porsche Type 205 tank. In mid-April 1942, the German Army Weapons Bureau added that the new tank should carry up to 100 rounds of ammunition. In May 1942, at the personal request of Adolf Hitler, Professor Ferdinand-Porsche and Dr. Muller of Kluber Company Start collaborating on the entire program. Hitler also required that the tank should weigh 180 tons, have high protection, and be equipped with a high-performance 55 or 71 caliber 128 mm tank gun or 150 mm artillery; at this point, the rat tank was officially finalized.

Although the rat tank did not play a big role in the war, it could drive nearly 200 tons of weapons and equipment to fight on land. It is estimated that only the Germans can think of it and make it more powerful.

The old engineer who just talked is the armor designer of the German rat tank, which shows that he has attained the equivalent of armor.

It was incredible to see that Thyssen was able to develop a vehicle with such superior performance, and at the same time, it also had a strong interest in the designer.

The old engineer said: "Mia, did you design this car! It's really young, and it seems that Germany's rise is unknown."

The evaluation is really a bit high, making the pretentious Mia von Rehart feel embarrassed. After all, this car was not designed by him, it is a bit related but not very big.

Mia von Rehart: "Dr. Mller, is there really so much in this car! To be honest, it is not a product designed by Germans, and the most shell armor is designed by Thyssen. The armor you just mentioned is equivalent, A little bit, but it doesn't make sense to look at a lot of places."

Dr. Mueller was a little disappointed to hear that it wasn't Mia von Rehart's design. After all, only people who really understand this car can know the greatness of the shape design. The designer has taken many factors into consideration, and ordinary people can't see the mystery at all.

Dr. Mueller said with a smile: "Can you tell me which company designed this military vehicle and who is the chief designer?"

Mller is the only old German engineer left, and his achievements were not much worse than Ferdinand-Porsche. Being able to attract his attention shows the superior performance and outstanding design of this military vehicle.

Mia von Rehart knew the character of Dr. Mueller, and could only tell the truth: "This car is designed and manufactured by Heiyun Automobile, and the chief designer is Bao Zixuan, chairman of Heiyun Group. Thyssen is responsible for the armor. part, Motorola is in charge of the communications part.

Although Dr. Muller has taken a back seat, he is still concerned about the development of world industry. I heard that it was developed by Heiyun Group, and Bao Zixuan was the chief designer. I didn't say much, I can only feel that the future industrial leaders may not belong to Germany.

It's okay for Dr. Mueller to not speak, after all, everyone is still waiting for him to give an answer. There are engineers on site. If the problem is not understood, you will not be able to sleep well at night.

But I don't dare to say more, the most important thing is that Dr. Mueller's personality is very strange. As long as it has something to do with experience, after all, not everyone can survive a war.

Mia von Rehart knew that she could only ask questions, and she was the only one who dared to ask questions at the moment. So he tried to say: "Dr. Muller, is there anything special about the design of this car! I hope you can explain it, I'm not afraid of your jokes, even now I haven't figured out what's going on."

Hearing this, Muller said with a smile: "It seems that you still don't understand the mystery; the shape of this car is definitely the most practical design, and it can be said that all the issues that can be considered have been considered."

"Although the angle of each **** is different, the armor equivalent is different. But you found that no, in the most vulnerable areas, the armor equivalent value can reach the maximum. In the places that are not attacked, the armor equivalent value is very small. That's where the designer's genius comes in, if you just go for the maximum armor equivalence. Then the design becomes very weird and not even suitable for combat use at all."

"The shape will not be as beautiful and smooth as it is now. It is all the issues that have been taken into account to design such a classic car. It is not a battle-hardened soldier, and you can't see the mystery at all."

"It's just that one thing is very puzzling, how did the Black Cloud Group achieve such a huge amount of calculation."

"Since I retired, I've been wanting to design a similar armored vehicle. It's just too computationally intensive and I haven't been able to do it. Now that I see this military vehicle, the previous research doesn't make any sense at all."

After hearing Dr. Mueller finish, everyone understood why the old man was so emotional. Mia von Rehart was even more shocked, UU reading www.uukanshu. Com's appearance is so comprehensive, it seems that Bao Zixuan's strength is stronger than imagined.

Dr. Mueller's direction is right, it was not developed just because the calculation value was not enough. The Black Cloud Group does not have these problems. After all, the application of large-scale industrial computers makes all this simple.

The Germans are still relatively traditional, and many aspects have not been applied to large-scale industrial computers, and industrial software is still in its infancy.

Mia von Rehart seemed to understand something at this time, and that was the computer operator who had worked with them before. Black Cloud Designer will input each design element, step and link into the computer. Then the computer will give improvement plans and suggestions. Now it seems that many are not designed by engineers, but calculated by computers.

The future industrial design will definitely be inseparable from the computer. Black Cloud came to the front again, and if Thyssen wanted to surpass, he still had to work a little more on the computer.

After that, Dr. Mueller entered the self-world again, and continued to test the George Patton military vehicle like an obsession.

Everyone is not surprised, as long as he is happy, he is better than anything else. And Mia von Rehart has also completed the test task, and can submit to Bao Zixuan with a satisfactory result.