Contrary to the British who forced Turing to death and destroyed the Great Wall, the Germans were constantly arming themselves.
The restrictions of the Treaty of Versailles are already showing signs of collapse. Everyone knows that the German Wehrmacht has been secretly growing, but no one knows how strong the German Wehrmacht is now, except the Germans themselves.
In terms of economy, Germany relied on the economic genius Schacht and Reinhardt's early warning to avoid the financial crisis that swept Europe.
In terms of production, German President Gustav, on the advice of Reinhardt, made an exception and promoted the 27-year-old Speer.
Speer, an architect, was appointed deputy minister of the Ministry of Munitions the next day after submitting an application for membership of the Socialist Workers Party.
Subsequently, this young man with no relevant work experience quickly showed his amazing talent. Under Speer's dual-shift system reform, the production efficiency of the newly developed MG32 machine gun by the Wehrmacht increased by 80%.
Since the MG32 is a general-purpose light machine gun that circumvents the restrictions of the Treaty of Versailles that did not allow Germany to produce heavy machine guns, it is a weapon that can be blatantly mass-produced. Therefore, Speer's work was relatively smooth.
Although it is designed as an air-cooled light machine gun, this does not mean that the combat effectiveness of the MG32 is inferior to that of traditional heavy machine guns.
Under Reinhard's advice and guidance, German firearms expert Stange developed the MG32 light machine gun two years earlier than in history.
Compared with the historical MG34, the MG32 is also a "light machine gun that can be used as a heavy machine gun."
The MG32 is designed to be fed by a belt or can be equipped with a 75mm drum magazine. The belt can be used to feed ammunition on either side, and it can also be used with two guns.
This general-purpose machine gun can be used as a light machine gun if it is equipped with a bipod and equipped with a 75-round magazine, and can be used in squad battles. If it is used on a heavy machine gun tripod and equipped with a 300-round magazine, it can be used as a heavy machine gun and becomes a
The support weapon of the battalion and company. If mounted on an armored vehicle, it can also be used as a vehicle-mounted machine gun.
However, the careful Speer soon discovered the major shortcomings of MG32. The complex structure of MG32 directly led to the complexity of the manufacturing process - consuming more man-hours and materials.
Although Speer solved the problem of working hours through the shift system, according to the existing process of machining MG32, a solid piece of metal needs to be processed using lathes, milling machines, etc., and unnecessary parts are cut away. The metal utilization rate is only 2%.
Around fifteen.
For Germany, which lacks metal resources, this is a defect that must be overcome.
After receiving Speer's report, Reinhardt quickly sent Speer an expert in metal stamping technology, Dr. Grunov.
Based on Dr. Grunov's proposal, Germany has improved a new version of the MG33 machine gun produced using a metal stamping process. Compared with the MG32, the new version of the MG33 saves more materials and man-hours.
From the appearance, the MG33 does not conform to Germany's usual strict and precise weapons production route. Instead, it is more like a crude weapon, a patchwork of several iron sheets and an iron pipe.
However, because the MG33 uses very little material and can be manufactured through a simple assembly line, the cost is only 70% of the MG32, and the man-hours and materials required are only 50% of the MG32. The German Ministry of Commerce finally chose this model.
Cheaper and practical "ugly".
Compared with the research and development of weapons for infantry, the path of tanks for armored forces is much more difficult. Although Reinhardt had come up with the drawings of later Panzer 3 tanks and T34 tanks as early as 5 years ago, due to insufficient technical reserves, etc.
Yes, the production of these two tanks has been delayed again and again.
It was not until 1931 that the Mercedes-Benz Company, a subsidiary of the Rhine Group, began to produce the Panzer III tank on a large scale. And production was discontinued after only 150 vehicles were produced.
As the T3 tank production line began to be established, the production of the No. 3 tank, which was originally used to confuse the Soviet Union, was completely halted.
The 150 Panzer 3 tanks that had been produced were secretly sent to the Soviet Union's Taco Hill School for armored training.
In the future, these tanks will also be exported to Romania by Reinhardt in exchange for oil resources.
The already established Panzer 3 tank production line was directly changed by Reinhardt to produce a new type of support artillery based on the Panzer 3 tank chassis with an open roof, which became the famous Panzer 3 assault gun in later generations.
Reinhardt, who was uncreative, continued to use the historical name of the No. 3 assault gun. Regarding this, the German designers were too lazy to argue with the head of state who liked to name weapons based on his feelings.
Although the No. 3 assault gun uses a fixed turret instead of the tank's rotating turret, it does not look as domineering as a tank. It is less maneuverable and has poorer protection than a tank.
However, Guderian, who had been secretly promoted to director of armored forces, agreed after communicating with Reinhardt that this was a practical tank weapon suitable for attacking enemy infantry, heavy weapons and strongholds, and could increase the counterattack of the infantry division.
Tank capabilities.
In addition, the structure of the No. 3 assault gun is not as complex as that of a tank, and it is simple and cheap to manufacture. This tank, which supports infantry, is still being mass-produced.
The ugly MG33 light machine gun, the low and ugly No. 3 assault gun. It seems that Reinhardt is taking the German Army's weapon research and development, step by step, from the beautiful and sophisticated road to the ugly and rough road of no return.
But in fact, using the same amount of funds and resources, the production volume of the German Ministry of Commerce has now been increased by 35%. This is crucial for Germany's upcoming major military expansion.
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Although Germany imported and processed a large amount of steel from the Soviet Union at low prices, and even bought a lot of iron ore in Sweden. But now, Germany's demand for steel is still astronomical.
Although the Army is economizing on the use of steel resources to produce new weapons, its huge consumption base is actually put aside.
And the German Navy, after going through Operation Rainbow in which it saved face but lost its reputation, went crazy to build new warships to make up for the huge warship gap.
On the surface, it seems that Reinhard's secret agreement with Britain stipulates that the total tonnage of the German navy cannot exceed 25% of the total tonnage of the British navy. This seems to limit the development of the German navy.
But in fact, the total tonnage of the German Navy after Operation Rainbow was less than 10% of the British Royal Navy.
If the German Navy wants to reach 25% of the size of the British Royal Navy, it will have to launch new warships at full capacity.
And Reinhardt, who had always been regarded as having made his fortune in the navy, was indeed not prepared to treat the military branch he first came into contact with after time travel poorly.
In recent years, the Army has secretly produced steel for armored forces, which is only a fraction of the steel used to build new warships.
