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    Before 1944, this design seemed a bit too radical.  But Hanna considered that war between Sud and Germany was unlikely in the coming years.  Now is an era of rapid technological advancement and armored force tactics updates. This radical approach that is half a step ahead of the times is still acceptable.  When developing the Panzer IV tank, Germany initially adopted a conservative approach and temporarily used a five-man crew. However, after the Panzer IV B tank, they began to experiment with a four-man crew and conducted many drills. The results were very satisfactory.  .  The space that was originally crammed into a five-person crew has been transformed into a four-person crew, and the natural human-machine environment has been greatly improved.  In this era, since there was no Soviet-German war, the Soviet Union did not receive assistance from large-scale American-made radio stations.  Although domestic tanks are barely equipped with radio stations, they are all old-fashioned electronic tubes, and a professional communicator must be added.  Having one more crew member has a huge impact on tank designers.  After time travel, Lin Han and Hannah invested a large amount of capital in radio communication equipment at all costs, because they saw the many benefits that small transistors would bring to the design and use of weapons in this era.  However, the output of the D series is very small.  The main reason is that a more advanced replacement, the main battle tank, which Han calls "will not be obsolete in the next twenty years", has shown its promise at this time. This is the most important part of the e-tank plan.  Ring, the e50 tank had been developed in 1945.  Another factor is the successful development of the atomic bomb. The emergence of the atomic bomb made Germany "feel safe."  Hanna was unwilling to produce too many "outdated" tanks - although the Type IV D tank was still a very advanced tank in 1945, it was inferior to the 105mm/55x gun on the e50 tank, the king of the e series.  Seems very outdated.  Another reason is that Germany received information that the Soviet Union had developed the T44 using a 100mm tank gun.  This is also an important reason why Hannah sentenced the No. 4 Tank to death in advance.  In order to prevent the production of too many "outdated" tanks from affecting the development of new tanks, the Panzer IV D tank was stopped by the military after only the first batch of fifty units was produced.  Flowers bloom inside the wall and are fragrant outside the wall, just like the Stalker tank destroyer is very popular abroad.  The Type IV D that was shot dead by the Germans was upgraded to the E50 standard and renamed E36.  But it's very popular here in China.  China looked down upon the 42-ton e50, but had a soft spot for the e36. It bought all its production lines and production drawings, and even produced China's first-generation main battle tank, the Type 47.  Like the Panzer III tank, due to the long-term "peace" between the Soviet Union and Germany, the Panzer IV tank can only be kept in the tank depot in Germany, slowly rusting or becoming obsolete as time goes by. However, the outbreak of the Middle East war  .  As conflicts between Jews and Arabs intensified, this tank got an opportunity to show off its capabilities.  After the outbreak of the second Middle East war, the relationship between Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom deteriorated, and its arms procurement assistance turned to Germany.  Germany took the opportunity to sell large quantities of Panzer IV tanks to the Saudis, and then gave them to the Egyptians.  Later, this tank made its debut in the third Middle East battlefield.  "However, the Arabs' "talent" to destroy everything was undoubtedly exposed in the subsequent war.  In the third Middle East battlefield, the main force of the Israeli tank force was the early Centurion tank using a 21-pound gun (probably 83 mm) sold by the British.  But there are only more than a hundred tanks, and the rest of the tanks are still outdated No. 3 tanks.  Panzer IV, although the Israelis have upgraded and improved these tanks, they still cannot keep up with the times.  On the opposite side, the Arab Allied Forces have the KV series of main tanks sold by the Soviet Union, and even a large number of Stalin tanks and some T44s. In terms of performance, the Arab Allied Forces have the upper hand. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? All tanks are great.  After all, they have to rely on people to use them. They cannot be trained, have poor logistics capabilities, and have poor battlefield maintenance capabilities. The poor performance of the Arab armored forces in this war really disgraced the Soviet tanks.  And the Panzer IV made another appearance in the Middle East.  It was the 1966 war between Iraq and Iran.  At that time, both the Soviet Union and Germany believed that Iran and Iraq were "too rich" after selling oil for so many years, and they tried every means to encourage them to spend money.  Under the secret provocation of the two countries, the two countries soon had a war due to sectarian conflicts and territorial disputes. Although the main tanks of the two countries at that time were already the German E50 and the Soviet T44/48.  However, the two families still had a large number of old tanks imported from the Soviet Union and Germany more than ten years ago. These veterans were once again dragged out of the warehouse and sent to the battlefield.  Whether it was the Persians or the Arabs, the quality of their armored troops was half a pound to half a pound, and the war quickly became a low-level, bad war, whether it was the Panzer IV or Panzer III, or the T34 and T34 exported by the Soviet Union.  The kv series did not have any amazing performance in the hands of both sides in this war.  e-chariot plan e-chariot plan,?Hanna formulated a tank development plan in 1939 in order to combat the flood of Soviet armor from the east and simplify domestic tank production and maintenance.  Since the early German tank design was still in the exploratory stage, and due to war factors, this plan could not be implemented for a long time. It was not until the end of the war that the German tank design department spent several years exploring and developing it, and finally officially started to implement this plan in 1946.  plan.  According to Hanna¡¯s vision, taking into account the industrial situation in the German-controlled areas of Western Europe and the ¡°friendly allies¡±, the military decided that Germany¡¯s future armored forces will prepare three types of chassis.  The first is the main battle tank chassis, which is the chassis of the e50 tank later equipped with a 105mm tank gun. In addition to being used for main battle tanks, this chassis will also be used as a carrier for heavy artillery.  The second type is an infantry tank chassis, which is similar to the Weasel infantry tank, the first-generation infantry tank developed by Germany in later generations, with a planned weight of about 25 tons.  This chassis will also be used as a universal chassis, as a carrier for carrying anti-aircraft guns and light artillery.  The third type of chassis is a chassis similar to the m113 tracked armored vehicle. It weighs between ten and 13 tons and is a light chassis.  The main task is to meet the transportation task of carrying infantry to the front line. It can also be used as a carrier of various light artillery equipment and a fire support vehicle.  (Note: More than 75,000 of the historically famous m113 armored personnel carriers were produced).  This chassis will not only be used by Germany itself, but its production license will also be handed over to allied countries for production.  It is an extremely important universal chassis.  Compared with the first two, this type of chassis has low production process requirements, will not occupy the production lines of tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, and is very suitable for large-scale mass production.  According to Hanna's idea, Germany even developed a tank destroyer with a swinging turret based on this chassis.  Due to the improvement of the international strategic environment surrounding Germany.  Although the prototype of the e50 was developed in 1944, it was delayed until 1946. After all mechanical structural problems were solved and a more advanced diesel engine was replaced, large-scale production began, and it was truly equipped in large quantities.  The time for the German Army is already after 1947.  This type of tank has a 105mm main gun since its debut. According to Hanna's vision, this tank must be able to suppress the famous T54/55 in Soviet history at least on the battlefield, which is the T44/48 and its future upgraded version in this time and space.  t55.  When this tank was first developed, it used a 105mm rifled gun.  Later, with the maturity of artillery barrel self-tightening technology and electroslag remelting technology.  In addition, the tail-stabilized discarding sabot sub-caliber armor-piercing projectile was successfully developed, and a 105mm smoothbore gun version was later developed.  Although the requirement is to be able to fight for twenty years, in fact, even in the 21st century, in third world countries or Middle Eastern countries, you can still see this old horse galloping.  The situation is similar to another tank of its generation, the Soviet T44/48/55 series.  The follow-up model of the e50 is the e75, which uses a 120mm tank gun, and its contemporary opponents are the Soviet T62 and T64.  But as technology advances.  The gap between Soviet and German tanks is no longer large. Germany only has certain advantages in electronic equipment.  But in actual tank battles.  The outcome still depends on the personal qualities of the tank soldiers on both sides.  The e25 refers to the famous Weasel infantry fighting vehicle.  According to Guderian¡¯s vision, if the German armored forces blindly defended against the Soviet Red Army¡¯s terrifying tank sea, they would only be overwhelmed by the enemy.  The only chance is to conduct an armored counter-assault, breaking into the opponent's rear and destroying its supply lines.  According to this kind of combat thinking.  The defense of infantry fighting vehicles carrying infantry is very prominent.  The early model of the Weasel infantry fighting vehicle weighed 25 tons, and later improvements increased to 28 tons. It is one of the heaviest infantry fighting vehicles in the world.  ??The full name of the e15 plan is "Universal Multifunctional Light Tracked Armored Transport Vehicle", with a standard weight between 10 tons and 13 tons.  The former is an amphibious type using aluminum alloy armor.  The latter gives up amphibious capabilities in exchange for slightly higher armor protection.  In addition to developing this series of chassis for transporting infantry, another idea is to make full use of Europe's manufacturing and production capabilities to develop a chassis that can be produced by ordinary automobile factories and tractor factories so that it can compete with the Soviet Union's tank fleet when competing for quantity.  Shopping.  According to Hannah and Lin Han¡¯s idea, to deal with the Soviet tank sea, without exploding nuclear bombs wildly, another effective method is to manufacture a large number of cheap and cheap mobile anti-tank guns.  The chassis of the e15 light armored personnel carrier is an extremely cheap anti-tank vehicle.  "A tank destroyer composed of a cheap ten-ton light chassis and an 88~105 mm anti-tank gun (perhaps it is more suitable to call it a self-propelled anti-tank gun)", in terms of price, manufacturing hours, and cost-effectiveness.  It is still very suitable for dealing with the Soviet tank sea.  After the e15 chassis was successfully developed, it became the crawler chassis with the largest production volume.All EU countries have production or equipment. Even China has introduced a complete set of production technology for this chassis, while Italy and Yugoslavia have also introduced its production lines. Even the United Kingdom has begun to produce similar products.  Its output is so high that the total output in the world is as high as 40,000, which can only be matched by the Soviet BMP infantry fighting vehicle.  In terms of combat performance, the armor of the e15 is extremely thin. For other ten-ton vehicles, the side armor can only withstand rifle bullets and light grenade fragments. When charging on the front line of the battlefield, the result is no different when charging naked.  However, the biggest advantage of this type of armored vehicle is its extremely cheap and excellent universal chassis, which allows for more than thirty types of transformed vehicles.  Its most famous transforming vehicle is the "Hunter" tank destroyer produced in Germany and equipped with a swinging turret. It uses a swinging turret and is equipped with a 105mm anti-tank gun.  Based on its chassis, North France has developed the amx10 and amx15 series that use a swing turret, a 90mm anti-tank gun and a 105mm anti-tank gun.  However, the biggest disadvantage of the swing turret is its extremely poor sealing. In the tropical jungles of Southeast Asia, a hunter destroyer that cannot be protected from rain is simply a nightmare for tank soldiers. Therefore, this series is not popular in rainy tropical and equatorial regions.  In addition, this chassis has also been equipped with anti-aircraft artillery, rocket launchers, light howitzers, large-caliber heavy mortars, recoilless rifles, and has even been converted into light tanks, reconnaissance tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, etc.  .  In particular, the Hunter tank destroyer is cheap to build and has extremely strong firepower, making it extremely suitable for use by "cannon fodder" troops. However, due to its eccentric approach, the practice of letting tank troops go into battle "naked" is too extreme. This idea is used by many  It is not popular in the country, so exports are not as successful as the Stalker series.  Only the French, who also like to be unique, produce similar products in large quantities.  Germany, which first developed this series, only produced a small amount of more than a hundred vehicles for training armored troops, stopped production, and then stored them as technical reserves.  In addition to the three tank chassis series of e15, e25, and e15, Germany also developed multiple series such as e5, e10, and e36 throughout the 1940s.  The e5 is the famous Stalker tank destroyer. This series was developed to make full use of a bunch of ready-made 75/42 tank guns and the outdated Panzer II tank chassis.  At the same time, it served as a "backup" to prepare for the sudden outbreak of the Soviet-German war.  The e10 is an upgraded version of the e5 stalker after its great success in the international market. It has improved some of the flaws of the former and upgraded the main gun to 75 mm/55 times.  Theoretically speaking, when the e10 is in a defensive state, it can completely confront the T34-85 or the Soviet KV85 tank head-on, but it is still no match for the Stalin series.  The e36 is a modified product of the No. 4 tank, which was modified according to the e50 standard by replacing the artillery according to the Chinese opinions.  Although it was not accepted by Germany, it was well received in China and a complete production line was introduced.  (To be continued.)?¡­
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