Chapter 317: 317 armored vehicle
Chapter 317 317 Armored Vehicle
It is almost a matter of course to add steel plates to cars, because the form of war has changed, and the frontline troops urgently need a powerful weapon that can accompany them in their charge and protect themselves.
As the war accelerated, cavalry began to return to the ranks of the troops on a large scale, because they were the easiest to obtain and could move at high speed in a short period of time.
It's just that modern cavalry is more similar to dragoons. They use rifles to dismount and fight. They only use traditional cavalry tactics when they need to maneuver at high speed or attack the enemy's broken troops.
But this kind of cavalry has no technical improvement after all. People simply urgently need a fast unit, so they can only find this kind of ancient unit to make up the numbers.
However, Tang Mo has the ability to transform a car into an armored vehicle—he has all the technologies needed for an armored vehicle.
He can mass-produce cars, and they are the best-performing cars. He didn't have to worry about the lack of power in the Model T because he already had a better-performing engine.
Even, like Britain during the First World War, he could directly use Rolls-Royce cars as armored vehicles, which was luxurious...and luxurious...
So a good car is the basis for converting it into an armored vehicle. There is no doubt that Tang Mo has this basis.
At the same time, Tang Mo has weapons suitable for armored vehicles! He has a Maxim heavy machine gun. This weapon is still being imitated by other forces and does not have a large amount of equipment.
Hence, only Tang Mo, or in other words only Datang Group, has developed actual combat armored vehicles as a matter of course, and only Tang Mo can equip such expensive weapons.
The cost of this weapon does not lie in its cost, because the theoretical cost of a car, a pile of steel plates, and a machine gun is not too exaggerated.
It is just a combination, an immature semi-finished product, an emergency product that temporarily solves the problem.
The cost of armored vehicles is reflected in the currently immature logistics surrounding them.
First of all, this thing is not a tank, so its off-road capabilities are actually extremely limited, so most of the time, it can only rely on roads for maneuvering.
This limitation directly affects the popularity and use of this weapon, because these days there are not many areas with good roads or even railway support.
The temporary construction of railways and roads in order to use such weapons is itself an expensive infrastructure construction. Although these constructions also have other benefits, it is obviously not cheap to build large-scale infrastructure simply to use armored vehicles.
Secondly, armored vehicles pose new challenges to the army’s logistical support, especially fuel support. This thing is a gas tiger. At least for today's logistics system, it is a giant beast that devours logistics resources.
At present, the army's logistical supplies still rely on horse-drawn carriages most of the time. It is naturally very difficult to support the armored forces with such a backward system.
The production capacity of petroleum peripheral products, including gasoline and diesel, is also insufficient, the scale of refineries has not yet been expanded, and gasoline itself is also an important material that is relatively scarce in quantity.
On weekdays, this kind of material also supports the huge consumption of civilian vehicles. Only oil-producing forces or countries and regions like Tang Mo that have planned ahead of time have the capital to use gasoline-burning armored vehicles.
At the same time, training a large number of drivers for the troops, increasing maintenance workers who can repair armored vehicles in the field, and ensuring the supply of ammunition for armored vehicles... this is a large additional expense. Finally, the technology of this weapon is not that mature. Its wheels are a very obvious weakness. It is too easy to be paralyzed on the battlefield. Compared with a tank, a shallow trench is enough to become an insurmountable obstacle for it. obstacle.
The four-wheel or wheel system has natural flaws when facing ravines and mud. Such flaws can only be made up for by crawlers.
But if the tracks are used now, the engine, which is already carrying extra weight, will appear to be underpowered.
Increasing the power of the engine will also increase fuel consumption, and the increased fuel consumption will further worsen the logistics situation that is already on the verge of collapse.
This itself is a stupid behavior of adding too much water and adding too much water. The end result is nothing more than that Tang Mo relied on his own technology to build a practical light tank in advance, but he was unable to use it due to logistical supply problems.
Another equally important point is that there is currently no vehicle-mounted radio, and Tang Mo has no plans to develop it. Therefore, there are also problems with the liaison command of armored vehicles, which also restricts the use of this weapon.
So, Tang Mo is not stupid. He is just following the laws of history and in this era of oil shortage, he first comes up with a conceptual weapon to meet customer needs.
Even more, he created this thing simply to satisfy His Majesty Emperor Lynes I’s expectations for his victory parade.
Speaking of King Lynes I’s victory parade, we have to start with his “contributions”. His Majesty King Wright VII took less than two years to advance his territory to almost the border with the Nanla Empire.
From the perspective of land area, although Lanes is still slightly inferior, it can be clearly seen that the two sides are already a physical entity.
What the Lions Empire needs to do is to digest and absorb its own occupied areas and stabilize its rule over the new occupied areas. This process often takes several years, or even decades.
After taking control of so many areas, Wright VII was determined to proclaim himself emperor. He prepared for a long time in Lanes. To be precise, he built an avenue there and then built an observation platform next to the avenue.
As for other places in Lanes, they have been handed over to Datang Group for construction, so the future capital of Lanes is now more like a huge construction site.
However, this does not affect the scale of this victory parade at all. According to the pre-agreed plan, Datang Group will send an armored battalion to participate in the parade.
This battalion will be equipped with 10 latest armored vehicles equipped with the latest engines of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. They will drive past the management platform and show off their grace to all guests attending the ceremony.
Subsequently passing in front of the new emperor will be 100 cars carrying soldiers. The cars and drivers will be provided by the Datang Group. The soldiers sitting in the cars are the First Infantry Regiment of Beiling.
Then passing by the viewing platform were 100 trucks towing various artillery pieces. These trucks will show people what the mechanized troops of the future will look like.
Of course, for an arms dealer, this kind of thing is simply a big advertisement for himself, so Tang Mo will definitely not refuse such an opportunity.
(End of this chapter)