Dominate South Asia

Munich, Krauss-Maffei-Wegmann AG.

This is a company that was born in 1800. It has a history of nearly two hundred years now. At the beginning of its birth, this company mainly produced trains. Now, it is the most important supplier of ground weapons in Germany, including tanks. , infantry fighting vehicles, self-propelled howitzers, wheeled armored vehicles, military trucks and various logistics support vehicles

In the 1930s, influenced by the expansion of Nazi Germany's armaments, Krauss-Maffei began to develop military half-track armored vehicles. Until now, the tracked tank produced by the company, the Leopard 2 main battle tank, has become the company's most powerful. It is also the most powerful tank force in Europe.

Munich is located on the banks of the Isar River at the northern foot of the Alps in southern Germany. It has fresh air and is full of spire buildings. It is a beautiful city.

Through the car window, looking at the surrounding buildings, Lilith couldn't help but said: "Dear, thank you for taking me to such a beautiful place."

Lilith grew up in the West. Such a building feels very friendly. Looking at Lilith's child-like expression, Hamad said: "Lilith, if you like here, then I I’ll buy you a house here.”

Lilith looked at Mhamad with her moving eyes and said, "My dear, being with you is the happiest thing. Even the caves in Afghanistan are the most beautiful place in my eyes."

Mhamad could only hold Lilith's hand tightly. This girl had unknowingly entered Mhamad's heart.

During this period, although Lilith was already with Mhamad, there were wars everywhere and Mhamad was running around. Lilith, on the other hand, has been staying at home in Islamabad and working as a housewife with peace of mind.

She knew that she should stand silently behind Mhamad and hold up half the sky for Mhamad. And when Hamad wanted to take her to Europe, she immediately took out the most beautiful dress from the wardrobe and appeared in front of all countries as a beautiful lady.

The car stopped and Krauss-Maffei had arrived. The first thing we came to was the company’s shooting range.

Accompanied by Prime Minister Kohl, Mhamad and his party visited the Leopard 2 tank.

In the temporary shed, Mhammad held a telescope and looked at the tank in the shooting range, which was constantly maneuvering.

German mechanical technology is very powerful. It uses a hydraulic torque converter and torsion bar suspension to allow the Leopard 2 to move forward quickly on undulating fields without the people inside. But I didn't feel too many bumps, and then, a tongue of fire suddenly spit out from the muzzle. Amidst the deafening sound, a cannonball flew towards the target 1,800 meters away and hit accurately!

Shooting while traveling is the most direct way to test the fire control system of a tank. At this time, the main tank equipped by Pakistan is the Type 59. It only has the ability to shoot stationary, buzzing forward for a while, then stopping, firing, and moving forward again.

The advancement of equipment will bring about qualitative changes. If such tanks are equipped with the Pakistani army, they can completely abuse those Indian tanks. Excellent mobility can avoid the opponent's aim, and shooting while one's own is moving will turn all Indian tanks into rubbish.

"After the MBT70 tank project we cooperated with the United States failed, the results of many projects have been applied to the current tanks." Krauss-Maffei manager Leut told Mhamad: "Even if we cooperate with the Soviet Union It can also win against human T72 tanks.”

Hamad nodded: "Yes. This is indeed an advanced tank!"

After visiting the field performance, Mhammad and his team entered the tank production line again and watched how the steel behemoth was manufactured. In the 1980s, the production line here had already been automated.

Seeing the huge engine being assembled and hoisted inside the tank, the chassis starting to move forward and connecting the turret, with countless workers working seriously, Mhamad was deeply attracted.

In his previous life, Mhammad was trained to drive tanks. Whether it was 59, 69, or even the newer Type 96 tank, all the operating levers were used, just like driving a tracked tractor. This operation was very laborious and , the noise inside the tank was too great, and the tank crew had to use a throat microphone. However, this Leopard 2 tank uses a steering wheel operation, which is very simple and has low internal noise.

The Pakistani personnel who were traveling with them were also attracted by these tanks. Many of them were military personnel, so they naturally knew what these tanks represented.

After a quick tour, the two parties finally sat down again in the company headquarters building.

"It is our honor as a Krauss-Maffei company that you can choose our Leopard 2 tanks." Leut said: "In order to help our friends and defeat the Soviets, we are willing to provide you with the best price. One million and two million marks for one car, provided to you.”

For the sake of the RD33 engine, Krauss-Maffei decided to give the Pakistani army the same price as the German army. This is already quite cheap. In addition to earning some wages for workers and equipment wear and tear, There is almost no profit.

"Yes, this is also the support of our government." Cole said: "However, you must pay in cash, either US dollars or marks."

Cole has been reminding Hamad that this empty-handed approach will not work in Germany. American military aid is an American matter, and Germany needs normal transactions.

"Really?" Muhammad said, "As far as I know, the internal price of the equipment in your army is no more than one million marks."

At this time, the internal cost of this tank is still confidential. Muhammad's words are completely bluffing. How could the Germans not make money?

After hearing this, sure enough, Lauter's face turned red. He asked for an extra 200,000 marks. Otherwise, if other Western European orderers knew about it, they would definitely protest to their company.

"Okay, then one million marks." Cole said, "The remaining 200,000 marks will be regarded as our support for your country."

Cole said this completely out of friendship. Who would have thought that Muhammad was obviously not satisfied.

"This price includes the number of spare parts and ammunition, right? A tank needs at least five bases of ammunition to be enough for us to equip." Muhammad said.

Cole was speechless, and Lauter on the side was speechless. If this is the case, it is even cheaper than the equipment of the German Army!

No, absolutely not!

"One million marks, that's just the price of the tank." Lauit said, "You need to pay for the ammunition separately, and the same goes for spare parts."

If it weren't for cooperating with the Prime Minister to get the RD33 engine, the company would have planned to ask for two million marks. The person in front of him was simply too shameless, Lauit couldn't help but think.

"It's too expensive, beyond our budget." Muhammad said, "In this case, we can only think of other ways."

After saying that, Muhammad leaned on his head with his hand and fell into deep thought.

The atmosphere on the scene suddenly became cold. No one knew what this general who had established a glorious military exploit on the battlefield was thinking. Only Lilith on the side knew that Muhammad had already had an idea, which must be to whet the other party's appetite.

"How about this, we only import 200." Muhammad said, "We can produce the remaining 300 in Pakistan, so that the cost will be reduced. One million marks, only bought a tank back, and the ammunition has to be purchased separately. In this way, I'm afraid I can't report to the president when I go back."

You produce it yourself? Do you really have an idea? Hearing what Muhammad said, Lauit immediately shook his head: "Impossible, absolutely impossible."

Tanks are not other than guns, armor, engines, transmissions, these are all developed by the Germans with a lot of effort, and exported to Pakistan like this? How is that possible?

It is still produced in Pakistan? With the industrial situation in Pakistan, there is only one 59 tank overhaul plant, which is simply unable to undertake the task of producing advanced Leopard 2 tanks. This is simply a joke!

"In this case, we can only be very regretful." Muhammad said: "Originally, I was planning to add a bra to the front turret after Pakistan introduced this tank."

Bra? This is a formal place! Lilith couldn't help but worry. What is Muhammad talking about? Don't make a fool of yourself here!

The people on the Pakistani side were also confused, but after the translator passed the words, several senior engineers from the Kraus-Maffei company opposite were immediately excited.

Mhammad's vivid metaphor made them suddenly enlightened!

In fact, Leopard 2 is not omnipotent. At this time, the armor of Leopard 2 tank still has defects. The turret of Leopard 2 is square and looks very majestic, but the front bulletproof ability is not strong. It can be easily destroyed with its own 120mm smoothbore gun.

Now, the Leopard 2 tank is more than 50 tons, and the weight increase is limited. How to significantly increase the thickness of the front armor of the Leopard 2 turret without increasing too much weight has become a difficult problem before them.

Muhammad solved the problem very simply by adding a bra!

This is not an ordinary bra. Two pieces of composite armor form a triangle, and the tip of the triangle faces forward, so that two bras are formed. Because it is tilted, when the shell passes through, the thickness of the penetration is far greater than the thickness of the composite armor.

In the continuous improvement of the Leopard 2 tank, when it was improved to Leopard 2A4, this bra was used to increase the protection ability. And the domestically produced 99 modified also added a bra. (To be continued ~^~)