Negotiations for Romania's accession to the naval treaty were completed quickly after Edelsson. The results were not much different. Romania received a capital ship quota of 145,000 tons, as well as corresponding quotas for other battleships and aircraft carriers.
This result also made Britain and France cheer for it, finally putting Romania's stubborn little tiger in a cage. And it was not bad for Romania, at least the strength and status of the Romanian Navy were also recognized.
So starting in 1935, Romania started building one more battleship and two aircraft carriers, and other battleships also started to be built one after another. The naval shipyard in Varna was extremely busy, and at the same time Constanta and Odessa were also separately built.
We received many orders for small warships.
The expansion of naval ships has made the Army jealous, but compared to this, the Army's new equipment is also being developed one after another. Among the three light, medium and heavy tanks proposed by Hoffman, the medium and light tanks have finally produced prototypes.
There is a strictly protected Armor Research Experimental Institute next to the Second Machinery Manufacturing Plant on the outskirts of Lviv. This is currently the main tank research and development center in Romania. The current director of the center is Herke. Yes, it is the first generation tank.
Herke studying the trio.
As for the other two, Bjarke is currently very interested in armored vehicles carrying soldiers, so he is leading the research on armored vehicles.
As for Wang, it’s a long story. After the First World War, Wang Chaoqiang desperately wanted to return to his country to fight for his dream of becoming a powerful country. No matter how much the other two persuaded him, they could only bless him. But Wang Chaoqiang returned to his motherland.
Being given a wake-up call by reality, the warlords in the motherland left Wang Chaoqiang with no place to put his superb design skills to use.
Although he used parts to assemble the first car in the motherland and won himself a reputation, the lack of fame made him difficult. The car factory he opened in partnership with others could not be sold at all. Instead, he designed tanks.
There is a way out for their abilities. Domestic warlords are very interested in new things like armored vehicles and tanks, which in turn opens up sales.
But this was not the result he wanted to see. In the end, he was disheartened and had no choice but to return to Romania. After his old friend Edel came to power, he regained hope and returned to his motherland again. But at this time, the Republic of China
The basic industry is even more unbearable. Years of melee have made the industrial base even less able to withstand automobile manufacturing.
For this reason, Wang Chaoqiang wrote to the government of the Republic of China, hoping that it could support him in developing the country's automobile industry. But this was of no use. The financial and weak foundation of the Republic of China made the letter fall into pieces. Instead, his many years of experience in Romania won the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Military.
Fang’s attention.
The former hoped that he could use his influence in Romania to get more aid from the Republic of China. The latter hoped that his ability in military industry would serve as a reference for him to choose weapons. As a result, Wang Chaoqiang returned to Romania again.
Fortunately, the other two knew about its capabilities, and the trio continued to research Romanian tanks and armored vehicles. Wang Chaoqiang is currently leading the team to design heavy tanks, but the design of heavy tanks is much higher than the other two, so
The car hasn't been designed yet.
Today is the day when the military inspects prototype vehicles, so the center is extremely nervous.
In the morning, several military vehicles drove into the R&D center. A group of officers with general stars got out of the vehicles, and the leader among them was a general wearing the rank of general.
That’s right, Chief of General Staff Fereit personally led the inspection of the prototype this time.
As the person in charge of the center, Herke immediately stepped forward to greet him.
"The Chief of General Staff is welcome to lead a team to inspect."
Looking at the smiling face of Herke, Freit, who had been here several times, said, "Herke, I hope the result this time will satisfy everyone."
"It will definitely satisfy you. This time, our design institute has been working tirelessly on this military project for two years. We are still very confident about the results of this test."
After listening to Herke's words, Freit pointed at Hoffmann beside him and said, "It's useless for you to say this to me. This is the one who is testing you this time. I believe you are more familiar with it than me."
Looking at Lieutenant General Hoffman who was smiling beside him, Herke's smile became even brighter.
"Of course, of course."
After a brief exchange of greetings, the group entered the research center under the leadership of Herke. As the person in charge, Herke, of course, was the protagonist this time, so he did not introduce too much along the way and took them directly to the location.
The testing ground behind the design institute. In the testing ground, there were already several R&D personnel conducting final inspections on an unseen tank.
"Everyone, please see, this is the new medium tank we have developed."
Hulk, who led the team, took the lead in introducing the results of this inspection.
"The vehicle body has a total length of 6.05 meters, a width of 2.9 meters, and a height of 2.86 meters. The vehicle body is made of welding. It is divided into three parts. The driver and electromechanical personnel are located at the front of the vehicle body, and the combat compartment is in the middle of the vehicle body.
The rear of the car body houses the engine and transmission."
After talking about the overall structural distribution, Herke continued to talk about other things. "The thickness of the front armor of the car body is 65 mm, but it adopts a 45-degree slope design, and its protective performance is equivalent to 130 mm. The side armor of the car body is 60 mm, and the same
It adopts a 65-degree bevel design. It has an armor protection equivalent to 86 mm. The rear armor of the car body is 30 mm. The main consideration is that the rear part will not easily attack the enemy and is generally not used."
"In addition, the turret also adopts a small bevel design with a small top and a large bottom. The front shield is made of curved casting with a thickness of 100 mm. The turret can be rotated by electric or manual devices. The time required to rotate the turret electrically for one revolution is from 15 seconds to 25 seconds.
It does not vary. This is determined by the number of revolutions of the engine. There are two manual rotating handles, one at the gunner's position and the other at the loader's position. The turret rotates 0.866 degrees when a single handle rotates. If the turret rotates once, it needs to rotate 415 times. 2 handles
The same rotation takes 250 cycles.”
"In addition, on the tracks, we use 460 mm wide tracks based on the terrain. Although this reduces the tank's speed on high-quality roads, it makes it more adaptable to complex terrain."
After that, he pointed to the skirt attached to the tank and said. "Based on the experience of the last battle, we designed this skirt. This can ensure that the track avoids inhaling a large amount of dust when driving at high speed, causing the tank to malfunction and causing unnecessary
Loss."
"On the suspension system, we use a parallel double torsion bar suspension system. Each rocker arm is connected to two torsion bars, one of which is directly connected to the rocker arm, and the other returns from the opposite side to distribute the load of the previous torsion bar.
force. This design can ensure the balance of the tank, which is enough to ensure the shooting accuracy of the tank."
Having said so much, Herke finally talked about the firepower of the prototype. "The barrel we designed for the new tank is a 75mm 42x tank gun. The gun was originally a 75mm anti-aircraft gun designed by RK Company, but because it does not meet the requirements of our country
It is used as an anti-aircraft weapon, so we use it as a tank gun after reducing the multiple. Its current gun muzzle velocity: 762 meters/second, firing speed: 15 rounds/minute. Armor penetration: 109 mm at right angles at 1000 meters, 92 mm at right angles at 1500 meters
.”
Everyone present knows about the 75mm anti-aircraft gun of RK Company. It was originally used as a medium-sized anti-aircraft weapon. However, because Romania is accustomed to using 88mm anti-aircraft gun, it is not recognized by Romania. However, I heard that Germany is still more concerned about this.
Recognize.
After talking about the tank's artillery, Herke talked about the power. "Currently, the tank uses a 540-horsepower 12-cylinder V-12 diesel engine designed by the National Power Research Institute, which can drive a medium-sized tank with a total weight of 35 tons.
45 kilometers per hour.”
This diesel engine of the National Power Research Institute is its latest achievement, benefiting from the good foundation laid by Diesel and sufficient financial support. Romania’s research on diesel engines has always been at the forefront of the world. Whether it is military or civilian, Romanian diesel engines
All have great names.
As for this 540-horsepower 12-cylinder V-12 diesel engine, its maximum power speed is 1,900 rpm, and its maximum power torque is 2,752.5 N·m. Moreover, its safety and reliability are enough to ensure the use of the tank in complex terrain. Again
With the tank's large fuel tank of up to 480 liters, its maximum range can reach 480 kilometers.
But when Herc talked about the weight of the tank, Lieutenant General Huffman frowned secretly. Because the weight was 3 tons higher than his target of no more than 32 tons, and the height of the tank was also too high.
It is quite a bit higher by 16 centimeters. However, considering that he has not seen any field driving experiments of a prototype vehicle yet, he wants to take another look.
As the leader, Admiral Feilit said after Herc's introduction. "After hearing what you said, let's take a look at its performance first."
