The German company has limited production, and the orders for the Leopard 2 tanks they produce can be arranged until five years later. In this case, they first exported the Leopard 2 tank production line to Pakistan. By transforming this tank overhaul factory, they have the ability to produce the Leopard 2 1,500 horsepower engine and gearbox, as well as assembling the entire vehicle.

Other accessories from Germany were transported to this tank overhaul plant. Under the efforts of Pakistani technicians and under the command of German technicians, the production line has begun to operate normally.

When Mhamad brought the Minister of Defense and others in, Basit, the director of the tank overhaul plant, came up excitedly.

"Mr. President and the Minister of Defense are welcome to visit us," said Bassett.

"Well, how are our tank production?" asked Mhamad.

"Our production lines have been completely renovated and are now in the low-speed production stage." Bassett said.

Ludwig, the chief engineer of Germany, also came over, and Mhamad shook hands cordially.

"Let's go and check out the engine production line first," said Mhamad.

What Mhamad values ​​most is the engine, which is Germany's advanced 1,500 horsepower engine! Even if it takes more than ten years or twenty years, this engine will not be out of date!

Almost all the equipment on the production line was shipped from Germany. Equipment assisted by Eastern countries could only be idle because of insufficient accuracy.

Mhamad was very happy to see Pakistani workers on the production line busy.

"Now, can we produce this engine completely on our own?" asked Mhamad.

Listening to Mhamad's question, Basset was a little embarrassed and said, "Mr. President, we can now produce the cylinder blocks and other components ourselves, but advanced fuel injectors, oil pumps and other components need to be imported from Germany."

Mhamad suddenly looked at Ludwig: "Mr. German Consultant. What's going on?"

"The parts produced by your country are not yet up to standard," Ludwig said.

In later generations, although advanced heavy truck engines could be produced in China, with over 500 horsepower, the most important systems of the engine, high-pressure oil pumps and fuel injectors, were monopolized by foreign companies. However, at that time, it was a requirement to meet the emission standards of National III or National IV. But now, tank engines do not care about emissions, but only performance.

Pakistan's basic industry can already produce some parts, but advanced fuel injection systems are not yet able to be mass-produced.

"According to our agreement, we could produce all engine parts at the beginning," said Mhamad.

"High-precision injector components also require advanced alloys. The alloys you produce are not qualified. If you want to produce, you also need to import new alloy production equipment and build a supporting alloy production plant." Ludwig said.

His meaning is very obvious, but if you want to have complete assets, Pakistan has to continue to invest in building other factories.

In Germany, the production of Leopard 2 was carried out by Klaus and Krupp. The negotiations were originally held by Klaus, and the representatives sent by the production are Krupp. In this way, Klaus pretended not to know and asked Krupp to make a request, so that he could make more money in Pakistan.

Mhamad smiled: "Okay, we will build that new alloy factory soon."

"Our Krupp Company has production equipment and can be transported here at any time," Ludwig said.

"No need," Mhamad said: "We have already agreed with the United States that a new alloy factory, which is about to be built, will definitely meet our tank manufacturing needs."

This trip to the United States was also for the sake of Pakistan's industrial industry, and introduced some advanced alloy production lines. The American technology is no worse than that of Germany. The alloys needed can be completely produced independently. Not only alloys required for precision parts, but also alloys with extremely high hardness such as tracks can be produced.

Ludwig was bored by himself and originally planned to make another profit by relying on these things, but it seemed that there was no hope.

"Let's go and check out our complete vehicle production line." Mhamad said.

The body of Leopard 2 is not complicated and is all welded. On the assembly line, pieces of armor are being welded and formed.

"How fast is our production line?" asked Mhamad.

"Now, in the trial production stage, we should be able to produce six vehicles a month. When the production line is running in and starts at full speed, we can produce more than twenty vehicles a month." Bassett said, with pride on his face.

You know, even the leopards that are licensed to be produced in Switzerland only have six vehicles a month.

Mhamad nodded: "Our armored soldiers need Leopard 2 tanks as sharp knives. The production of this kind of tank is related to the security of our national defense. At the same time, we cannot give up the transformation of our old tanks. How is the transformation of the 59 tank going?"

"We have completed the transformation," said Bassett. "Mr. President, please go to the shooting range and see how our 59 tanks have been transformed."

New tanks are too expensive. No country will eliminate old tanks when introducing new tanks. They will continue to upgrade old tanks and use them all the time.

Now, Pakistan has the Leopard 2 tank, but the 59 tank cannot be given up, and it is necessary to continue upgrading.

When I arrived at the shooting range outside, a modified 59 tank was parked there.

The barrel has changed shape, the smoking device is in the middle, and the barrel is thicker and longer.

The first step in the transformation of the 59 tank is to replace the 100mm rifled gun with a 120mm caliber gun!

This kind of artillery was introduced from Eastern countries, and its transformation and installation were also completed with the help of technical personnel from Eastern countries. Since the structure of the 59 tank is very familiar, it is simply familiar to modify it.

Eastern countries developed two types of tank guns, 120mm and 125mm caliber, and after comparison, they chose 125mm caliber artillery. Therefore, this 120mm tank gun was temporarily idle, and later it was changed to a weapon of self-propelled anti-tank gun.

For Pakistan, the Eastern countries were very generous and exported the entire set of the manufacturing of this artillery and ammunition production line.

Pakistan is then produced by electroslag resolving steel technology from Austria, and adopts self-tightening technology and internal chrome plating. The life of this gun is greatly improved.

At the same time, in addition to improving the artillery, the sighting system has also been greatly improved, using a simplified version of the lp-10/emes 18 fire control system the same as Leopard 2, the ler-hg hybrid ballistic computer, which has a thermal imaging system that is used for low visibility or nighttime conditions. These systems give the 59 tank the ability to shoot while moving and powerful combat capabilities at night.

Now, the one that appeared in front of Mhamad was such a tank. The barrel was replaced and the sighting equipment on the turret was transformed. The infrared headlights were finally gone and looked even simpler.

"You should introduce our l44 tank guns at the same time," Ludwig said: "If this tank is equipped with our guns, its performance will be even more advanced."

The fire control system made the Germans a fortune, but Rheinmetallurgical Company did not get a share of the pie. It originally planned that the Pakistani used the Leopard 2 guns to transform them, but they planned to ask for a high price, but unexpectedly, Pakistan actually installed the gun barrels they produced.

Pakistan is an agricultural country. Although it has only begun industrial transformation now, it can be completed overnight! Moreover, industry requires years of accumulation! Tank guns are the crown of industry. You must know that even the Americans, with such a developed industry, did not independently develop new tank guns, and directly imported the l44 tank guns from Rheinmetall Company in Germany.

The Germans absolutely do not look down on this kind of artillery, they are absolutely proud.

Perhaps technically, this type of tank gun is worse than that of Rheinmetallurgical, but by increasing the length of the tube, the final performance is comparable to that of the German gun.

This 120mm tank gun is 50 times the caliber, while the German tank gun is 44 times the caliber. The longer the body tube, the longer the gunpowder will take effect, and the greater the kinetic energy will be when it goes out.

In later generations, in order to increase the firepower of its Leopard 2, Germany turned 44 times the caliber to 55 times the caliber, and as a result, its power increased greatly.

"Is that true?" said Mhamad. "Let's test fire a few shells."

"Yes," said Bassett.

The cooperation between fire control and German fire control system was completed by both sides, but the power of tank guns was not tested at that time, so the Germans despised this kind of artillery with the same caliber.

Now, it's time for the Germans to see.

At a distance of 1500 meters, a 150 mm thick homogeneous steel plate was placed at an inclination of 68 degrees. At such an angle, it is equivalent to a penetration distance of 400 mm.

Several tankers drilled in, skillfully stuffed the shells into the barrel and aimed.

"Boom!" A ball of flame emerged from the muzzle, and a tungsten alloy armor-piercing bomb flew out.

In the telescope, you can see the place where the armor is placed, and fragments fly across.

Ludwig was shocked. He ran over quickly and saw that the steel plate had been completely penetrated!

What does this mean? If your own Leopard 2 tank is not equipped with a bra, it can be easily penetrated by this tank gun produced by Pakistan!

"Put the target to a distance of 2,000 meters!" Ludwig said.

What is this distance of 1500 meters? Although the armor of Leopard 2 cannot compare, the tank gun of Leopard 2 can also penetrate at a distance of 2000 meters!
Chapter completed!