Romanian Eagle

Negotiations for Romania's accession to the naval treaty were soon completed after Eder's resignation. The results were not too different, with Romania receiving a capital ship quota of 145,000 tons, as well as a corresponding quota for other warships and aircraft carriers.

And this result also made Britain and France cheer for it, and finally put the stubborn little tiger in Romania in a cage. And it is not bad for Romania, at least the strength and status of the Romanian navy have also been recognized.

So starting in 1935, Romania started to build a battleship and 2 aircraft carriers, and other battleships were also built one after another. The naval shipyard in Varna was extremely busy, and orders for small warships were also assigned to Constanta and Odessa.

The expansion of naval ships has made the army jealous, but compared with it, 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 finally showed a prototype.

Next to the Second Machine Building Plant on the outskirts of Lviv is a heavily guarded armored research laboratory. Here is the main tank research and development center in Romania. The current director of the center is Helk. That's right, it's Hulk from the first-generation tank research trio.

As for the other two, Biak 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 end of World War I, Wang Chao forced himself to return to China to fight for his dream of becoming a powerful country. No matter how the other two persuaded them, they could only bless them in the end. However, Wang Chaoqiang, who returned to the motherland, was beaten by reality, and the motherland where the warlords were fighting, made Wang Chaoqiang's superb design ability useless.

Although he used parts to assemble the first car in the motherland, he won a reputation for himself, but the result of the unfavorable name made it difficult for him. The car factory opened in partnership with others simply can't sell, but its ability to design tanks has a way out. Domestic warlords are very interested in new things such as armored vehicles and tanks, which has opened up sales.

But this was not the result he wanted to see, and in the end he was disheartened and had to go back to Romania. But when Eder's old friend came to power, he rekindled hope and returned to his motherland again. However, the basic industry of the Republic of China was even more unbearable at this time. Years of scuffle made the industrial base even more unbearable for automobile manufacturing.

To this end, Wang Chaoqiang wrote to the government of the Republic of China, hoping that it could support his own development of the country's auto industry. But this is of no use. The financial and weak foundation of the Republic of China made the letter sink into the sea. Instead, it was his years of experience in Romania, which was valued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the military.

The former hopes that he can use his influence in Romania to let the Republic of China get more aid. The latter hopes that his ability in the military industry can be a reference for his choice of weapons. And this result led Wang Chaoqiang to return to Romania again.

Fortunately, the other two knew its capabilities, and the trio continued to study Romanian tanks and armored vehicles. Wang Chaoqiang is currently leading the design of heavy tanks, but the design of heavy tanks is much higher than the other two, and the prototype has not yet been designed.

Today is the day when the military inspects the prototype vehicles, so the inside of the center is extremely nervous.

In the morning, several military vehicles drove into the R\u0026D center. A group of officers with generals got off the vehicle, the leader of which was a general with the rank of general.

That's right, the acceptance of the prototype car this time was led by Chief of General Staff Fleet personally.

As the person in charge of the center, Hulk immediately greeted him.

"Welcome to the Chief of General Staff to lead the team to inspect."

Looking at Helk with a smiling face, Feleit, who had been there several times, spoke up. "Helke, I hope everyone is satisfied with the results this time."

"Definitely, your Excellency will be satisfied. This time, our design institute has been working hard for two years for the military project. We are still very confident in this test of results."

Listening to Hulk's words, Freyte pointed to Hoffman and said. "It's useless for you to tell me this. It's this one who will test you this time. I believe you are more familiar than me."

Looking at Lieutenant General Hoffman with a smile on his side, Hulk's smile became even brighter.

"Of course, of course."

After a brief chat, the group entered the research center under the leadership of Hulk. As the person in charge, Hulk, of course, who is the protagonist this time, so he did not introduce too much along the way, and took them directly to the testing ground behind the design institute. There are already several R\u0026D personnel in the proving ground, who are conducting the final inspection on a tank that has not been seen before.

"Look, everyone, this is the new medium tank we developed."

Hulk, who led the team, was the first to introduce the results of this test.

"The body of the car is 6.05 meters long, 2.9 meters wide, and 2.86 meters high. The body is welded. It is divided into 3 parts. The driver and the electromechanical operator are located in the front of the body, and the middle of the body in the fighting compartment. The rear of the hull houses the engine and transmission."

After talking about the distribution of the whole body structure, Hulk went on to talk about other things. "The thickness of the frontal armor of the body is 65 mm, but with a 45-degree bevel design, its protection performance is equivalent to 130 mm. The side body armor is 60 mm, which is also designed with a 65-degree bevel. It is equivalent to 86 mm of armor protection. The body and tail armor is 30 mm, mainly considering that the tail will not easily fight the enemy, so it is generally not used."

"In addition, the turret is also designed with a small top and a large bottom, and its front shield is in the form of arc casting, with a thickness of 100 mm. The turret can be rotated by electric or manual devices. The time required to rotate the turret a week varies from seconds. It is determined by the number of revolutions of the engine. There are 2 manual rotary handles, respectively at the gunner position and the loader position. A single handle rotates a circle and the turret rotates 0.866 degrees. If the turret rotates once, it needs to rotate 415 times, and the two handles need to rotate 250 degrees. week."

"In addition, on the track, we use a 460mm wide track according to the terrain. Although this reduces the speed of the tank on high-quality roads, it makes it more suitable for complex terrain."

After speaking, 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 lot of dust during high-speed driving, which will cause the tank to fail and cause unnecessary losses."

"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 is returned from the opposite side to disperse the previous torsion bar. The force. This design can ensure the balance of the tank, enough to ensure the accuracy of the tank's shooting."

Having said so much, Hulk finally talked about the firepower of the prototype. "The gun barrel we designed for the new tank is a double tank gun. The gun was originally a 75mm anti-aircraft gun designed by RK Company, but because it does not meet the use of our anti-aircraft weapons, we reduced the multiple as a tank gun. At present, the muzzle velocity of the gun is : 762 m/s, firing speed: 15 rounds/min. Armor penetration: 109 mm at right angle at 1000 m, 92 mm at right angle at 1500 m.”

For the 75mm anti-aircraft gun of the RK company, everyone present knows it. This was originally used as a medium-sized anti-aircraft weapon, but because Romania is used to using 88mm anti-aircraft guns, it is not recognized by Romania. However, I heard that the German side is more recognized for this.

After talking about the tank's guns, Hulk talked about power. "At present, the tank uses a diesel engine designed by the National Power Research Institute, which can drive a medium-sized tank with a total weight of 35 tons to run at a speed of 45 kilometers per hour."

The diesel engine of the National Power Research Institute is its latest achievement, thanks to the good foundation laid by Diesel and sufficient funding support. Romania's research on diesel engines has always been at the forefront of the world. Whether for military or civilian use, Romanian diesel engines are well-known.

As far as this diesel engine is concerned, its maximum power speed is 1900 rpm and the maximum power torque is 2752.5 Nm. And its safety and reliability are enough to ensure the use of the tank in complex terrain. Coupled with the tank's 480-liter large fuel tank, its maximum range can be 480 kilometers.

But when Hulk talked about the weight of the tank, Lieutenant General Huffman frowned secretly. Because the weight is 3 tons higher than the target of 32 tons, and the height of the tank is also a lot higher by 16 cm. However, considering that he has not seen the field experiment of the prototype car, he wants to take a look.

As the leader, Admiral Felicity said after Hulk introduced it. "I heard you say so much, let's take a look at its performance first."