Chapter 113 Armored Delivery Vehicle (Plus 6, Please Collect)

SdKfz is the abbreviation of Sonderkraftfahrzeug in German, which means special motor vehicle. In World War II, the Sdkfz251 armored transport vehicle was developed with the chassis of the Borgward 3tHLKL6 half-tracked transporter, and this transporter chassis is also a It is developed on the chassis of the D7 type half-track conveyor that weighs only 1t.

This half-tracked armored transport vehicle has a combat weight of 8.5 tons. The car is equipped with 2 occupants, namely the driver and the captain, and can also accommodate 10 passengers. Exactly the standard of an infantry squad.

This is also full of era characteristics, with wheels in the front, tracks in the back, wheels in the front to help steer when driving on the road, and tracks in the back to increase off-road capability.

The engine of the car is the same as that of the Sdkfz250 armored delivery vehicle. It uses a Maybach HL42TUKRM engine with a power of 100 horsepower and a maximum speed of 55 kilometers per hour. It is placed in the front of the car body to open the tailgate behind the car body. However, in order to give the driver a wide field of vision, the inclination of the top of the engine room is deliberately increased. The transmission has 8 forward gears and 2 reverse gears.

There are 6 road wheels on each side of the car body, the driving wheel is in the front, the inducer wheel is in the rear, and the road wheels are staggered. The crawler is a metal crawler with rubber pad, the ground length of the crawler is 1.8m, and the width of the crawler is 280mm.

Historically, this kind of vehicle was only successfully developed in 39 years, but now, the progress has been advanced.

Speaking of the reason, it is also unbelievable.

Even without Cyric, the German Army attaches great importance to the development of tanks. Cyric was able to take a group of people to Libya because of the intention of the German military to release water.

It's just that under the circumstances at the time, I didn't know what Cyric could tinker with. Therefore, the German military did not stop its own research, invested funds, and tinkered with projects such as the No. 1 tank.

However, compared with the Panther tank that Cyric fiddled with, it fell behind in an instant!

As a result, the German Army knew that their development had fallen behind! When it comes to tanks, the German army does not have to worry about falling behind in the last decade!

Therefore, the military simply shifted its direction. In addition to tanks, there are other equipment!

And this Sdkfz250 armored transport vehicle is a project that the military has invested in and developed in recent years! Since you can't do anything on tanks, you have to make some achievements on armored vehicles, right?

Cyric has been very busy all the time, and it was only recently that he saw that in the materials reported by the equipment department, all the research and development work has been completed, and the report that is ready to be put into use is posted, ready to produce 1,000 vehicles in advance and deliver them to the German Army. Used, Cyric at that time, although not very satisfied with this model, later approved it.

Where are you not satisfied? And of course the staggered road wheels! This thing, after equipping troops, is a nightmare, and it is quite difficult to maintain!

Fortunately, this is a light vehicle, with a self-weight of less than ten tons, which is much lighter than a tank. Since the Army has everything done, let them toss it out on their own!

Then, on the basis of this armored transport vehicle, with a little improvement, it can become the Sdkfz251 armored transport vehicle specially equipped for armored grenadiers!

Even, it can be said that if Cyric signs an order now, let Bussin-NAG, Wieselshet, Womag, Wegman, Lizschere, Duterscher factory be any one of these factories. If it is produced, it will be delivered to the First Armored Division next month!

In addition to the staggered road wheels, the way the top is open also makes Cyric quite dissatisfied, but now, Cyric knows that what he needs most is to produce it first!

It has been nearly ten years since the first group of people went to the desert! How many decades can life be? Definitely can't make them wait any longer!

Now, the Sdkfz251 armored transport vehicle will be produced first, and then the new infantry fighting vehicle will be gradually developed. Cyric has already thought about these.

After all, half-tracks can only be used in emergency situations and cannot be fully adapted to the environment. Moreover, this is called an armored transport vehicle. It can be said that it is mainly used for transportation, not a real infantry fighting vehicle!

Two types of infantry fighting vehicles will be developed in the future, a wheeled infantry fighting vehicle built on Ford's wheeled chassis, and a newly developed advanced tracked fighting vehicle similar to the later Soviet BMP infantry fighting vehicle!

Well, these work should start!

"As for the armored vehicles, I will make arrangements immediately," Cyric said. "Next month, a batch will be shipped. Within three months, all armored vehicles will be fully equipped."

"Great!" Sherner couldn't help shouting.

In fact, regarding the armored vehicles, they have been responding to their superiors all the time, but every time the reply is that the tanks are all given to you, why are you in a hurry?

During this period of time, the newly formed SS 1st Panzer Division has actually been in a rather embarrassing position.

The Wehrmacht looked extremely dissatisfied with them. Originally, the Wehrmacht was the only military unit in Germany, but now they are expanding from 100,000 to 150,000 people, which requires a large increase in military spending.

At the same time, they are also eyeing the latest Panther tank! They wanted to give priority to equipping such a powerful tank to their troops, but as a result, it was all given to the 1st Panzer Division of the SS!

The Panther 1, which cost 100,000 marks, was reduced to the Panther 2, which was close to 80,000 marks. All of them were given to the SS! Everyone is jealous. At this time, do you still want armored vehicles? no way!

In history, the SS was owned by Himmler. Of course Himmler would call the shots and give priority to all kinds of equipment, but now, it has nothing to do with Himmler, it has become Cyric's! And Cyric is still in America!

Therefore, after making countless reports, the armored vehicle is still unreported, and it is just equipped with civilian transport trucks!

Now, Cyric is back, and someone is supporting them all at once!

Within three months, the armored vehicles will be fully equipped! Those Wehrmacht guys must be jealous! Well, let them be jealous! You are the first division!

"Well, let's talk about armored vehicles first." Cyric said: "What do you think of the light weapons you are using now?"

In the past few years, Cyric has been running around, thinking about various major issues, but now, when he came to the front-line troops, Cyric suddenly discovered that there was still a big problem that had not been solved.

Up to now, the main force of the front line is still using Mauser rifles!