The 37mm anti-tank gun was also brilliant in the early days of World War II. It was the main anti-tank gun of Germany. Of course, it was also a rapidly lagging behind and facing elimination of anti-tank guns.

Now, installing a 37mm anti-tank gun on the tank, specifically used to counterattack the opponent's tank, is already quite powerful!

Anti-infantry needs a large caliber howitzer, and the ballistic curve of the howitzer and the ballistic straightness of the anti-tank gun seem to be unable to be combined at this stage!

"It seems that my thoughts are a bit ahead of the curve." Cialick said: "I also have an idea. How about the 75mm gun with a long gun barrel that needs to be in place in one step? The length of the barrel is enlarged to about 40 times the caliber. When using armor-piercing bombs, try to reach a depth of about 100mm."

The 75mm cannon with a long gun barrel is directly installed, and the depth of the gun is strived to reach 100mm!

Everyone present was shocked by Cialick's statement!

In this era, it would be good if the tanks could have armor that was more than ten millimeters thick! The thickest front armor was only fifty or sixty millimeters, but now, the request made by Cialick directly exceeded 100 millimeters! Is this too cruel?

"Cirick, will the firepower of this kind of artillery be too great?" said Goodrian.

"Godrian, we have talked about the three elements of tank firepower, protection, and mobility. So, what do you think should be the most important?" Cialick asked.

What is the most important? Goodrian thought for a brief moment and said, "It should be firepower."

"Yes, it is firepower! When there is insufficient protection, you must satisfy the firepower! When there is insufficient mobility, you must also satisfy the firepower first!!!" Cialick said: "I don't want our soldiers to call loudly on the battlefield in the future, and they can't be beaten or beaten!"

Firepower is the first element! Germany actually took the wrong path in this regard. The Tiger Style and Tiger King in the World War II era focused on protection. After World War II, it was discovered that the heavy tank was wrong, but it ended up going to the extreme. The Leopard 1 tank had outstanding firepower, excellent mobility, but extremely weak protection!

Let’s look at China. The development and maneuverability of the new tank is not outstanding because it does not have advanced engines. As for protection, this is confidential. The firepower has chosen a 125mm caliber tank gun without hesitation, and the medicine room has been increased to strive for firepower first!

If the firepower is not enough, everything will be useless. Even if you can rush forward and get caught by the opponent's artillery fire, what's the use? Is it based on impact?

Breaking through the enemy's armor, especially the opponent's armor from the front, is the top priority of our tanks!

"Now, the armor protection of tanks and countries around the world is very weak, but we can imagine that after more than ten years of development, the performance of tanks will improve significantly. We must aim for future threats. Therefore, it is necessary to install large-caliber, long-barrel tank guns onto our tanks." Cialek said.

"Not just the 75mm gun, we also have the ability to replace the 88mm or 100mm tank gun in the later stage." Cialick said: "As we progress, the enemy's armor strength will definitely improve as well."

In later generations, the tank gun modified from Germany's 88mm anti-aircraft gun was well-known and was talked about by all military fans with the Tiger Style and the Tiger King. However, in fact, in World War II, the one that destroyed the most enemy tanks was not the 88mm gun, but the 75mm anti-tank gun!

The PAK40 anti-tank gun, in addition to being the German tank No. 4, the hunter, the No. 3 assault gun, and the No. 4 tank destroyer, and also, it is an anti-tank gun equipped with a large number of infantry, with significant results.

Of course, Cialis doesn't look down on the original 37mm gun or 50mm gun, and at least it has to be a 75mm tank gun!

At the same time, this is also a very suitable caliber.

Now, the 88mm anti-aircraft gun has not yet appeared! According to the Treaty of Versailles, the Krupp Company cannot study cannons now. The 88mm anti-aircraft gun in history was only developed in the 1930s.

Although the caliber becomes more powerful after the caliber is larger, on the other hand, it is the reduction of the number of shells carried. At the same time, relying on manpower to carry shells is definitely a laborious task. The larger the caliber, the more laborious it is to carry.

Therefore, Cialique finalized the caliber of the tank gun to 75 mm, and he could work hard on shells in the future!

"If we really set the tank gun to 75mm caliber, our vehicle body will also have to be amplified simultaneously and the weight will increase. If we want to have good maneuverability, we need a better engine, which is also beyond our ability." said an engineer from Henschel.

If tanks can only keep up with the speed of infantry like in the first battle, tanks will have no use. Now, tanks should be used as the main weapon for assault, and off-road speeds must not be low!

Unfortunately, Germany is extremely backward in all aspects due to the restrictions of the Treaty of Versailles. It is not suitable to find all the engines at hand!

"Our Maybach company has no engine or transmission system that can adapt to tanks of more than 30 tons. Everything needs to be developed from scratch." Another technician spoke.

Under the leadership of Krupp, many companies have sent their own engineers, and the participation of Maybach is the inevitable prerequisite for the current project to proceed smoothly.

Because, they need the Maybach engine.

In later generations, Maybach's brand went bankrupt, and now Maybach is the most famous automaker in Europe. Its sedans are expensive and can only own the richest man.

At the same time, Maybach is also an important company in manufacturing engines. The famous Zeppelin uses Maybach engines. In later history, almost all German tanks were Maybach engines!

The HL62 used in tank No. 2, the HL108HL120 used in tank No. 3, the HL210HL230 used in tank No. 2, the HL230 used in tank No. 2, and the Maybach are all!

After the decline of airships, Maybach's main energy was to develop large luxury cars. Now, the engine used in their luxury cars is only 150 horsepower!

To drive a 30-ton tank, it requires at least more than 500 horsepower! This is simply an insurmountable gap!
Chapter completed!