I can upgrade the shelter-Chapter 758 - 656: Titan for the Europeans

As the support agreement has been approved and they’ve obtained what they wanted, or are in the process of obtaining it, Flame Country has finally opened its arsenal to European countries, providing comprehensive support.

A variety of domestically-produced export-type heavy weapons and explosives of various yields were transported to Europe by Land Ships, and then quickly processed by the logistics supply departments of various European countries, distributing them to the frontline units.

Although these are all pre-disaster equipment, for European countries, when electromagnetic rifles and the like aren’t enough to go around for everyone, these things are still excellent, at least they can kill alien creatures with them.

And inside the industrial base of the European aid fleet located in Europe, they have also finally started producing Exoskeletons, Power Armor, and most importantly, the export version of the Titan.

There’s not much to say about Exoskeletons and Power Armor; lower the output, replace the Nuclear Batteries with rechargeable ones to reduce operational duration, switch the built-in operating system to a special version that’s not as user-friendly, and they’re basically ready for delivery to European armies.

As for relevant design drawings and such, they have also been handed to the currently operating military production factories of various European countries, so they can produce these themselves.

Of course, all the design drawings have been modified—not exactly cutting corners, but at least they’re a version or two behind those models used by Flame Country.

After all, Flame Country is only providing support, not teaching them how to produce their ace products step by step.

As for the powerful military equipment known as Titans, Flame Country did not provide design drawings or anything like that to European countries; they’re only produced in small quantities by the European aid fleet and then given to the armies of European countries along with other equipment.

This is mainly because Titans require Nuclear Batteries, and Flame Country is clearly not going to share the technology for Nuclear Batteries with Europeans.

The original batteries on these Titans are enough for long-term use, so this time Flame Country directly sealed the battery compartments when these Titans were shipped from the factory. If they ran out of power or got damaged, they would need to be returned for major repairs rather than letting Europeans replace the batteries themselves.

Of course, Europeans have opinions on this, but recalling how they used to weld aircraft engines shut when selling planes to Flame Country, Flame Country was just paying a classic tribute this time.

In spite of these discordant parts, Europeans are still quite pleased with finally receiving such strong support.

Especially with the Titans, watching the four-legged spider-type Titan easily traverse various obstacles in the test field, with all sorts of powerful weapons efficiently destroying pre-set targets in the field, made the military representatives from various European countries who came to watch the tests feel very satisfied.

However, for Chen Xin and some other technical personnel from Flame Country standing by the side, they weren’t particularly excited about the Titans before them but were more concerned about the differences between these and the two Titan models being used domestically.

"The spider-type chassis has good mobility; make sure to collect more data — this can provide data support for the development of Titans intended for mountain combat later on." Chen Xin instructed one of the staff next to him, also curiously asking, "What’s the combat effectiveness ratio between the spider-type and the universal and officer types?"

"The production cost is higher than the universal type, but its combat effectiveness is only equivalent to the officer type." A staff member glanced at the report in their hand, responding to Chen Xin, "It’s mainly due to the problem with the weaponry. Although the spider-type uses the same weapon arm design as the officer type, it lacks hot-swap functionality and can only use fixed weapons, which affects its combat capabilities.

Moreover, it uses NATO-standard ammunition and weapons, creating some disparities between the weapons we’re currently using, which also results in differences in combat effectiveness. However, overall, it’s adequate for fighting alien creatures."

Due to the version intended for Europeans, Chen Xin and the research team didn’t install too much advanced technology on this spider-type Titan.

The bipedal walking mode that has undergone combat testing on the two Titans domestically wasn’t applied to the spider-type Titan; instead, it uses a quadrupedal walking mode, and the weapons are just a non-detachable rotary machine gun and a similarly non-detachable 75mm recoilless smoothbore gun.

Of course, considering practical needs, Chen Xin still installed a rocket launcher on the shoulder of the spider-type, slightly enhancing this Titan’s combat abilities.

Compared to bipedal walking modes, quadrupedal modes undoubtedly consume more resources, but relatively, it’s more stable and better at handling complicated terrain, so there’s no significant advantage or disadvantage.

Chen Xin chose this chassis for the Titans intended for Europeans mainly to adapt to the mountainous terrain in Europe, though accordingly, the additional two legs raise production costs.

And the control program is also relatively more complex, since managing higher coordination with more legs is necessary.

Regarding the weapons, they’re actually adequate, though not as advanced as the officer type using hot-swap features, nor as flexible as the universal type carrying handheld weapons that can be switched anytime. In environments not requiring adaptability to complex and changing conditions, fixed weapons aren’t necessarily unfavorable.

Besides, previous tank-type vehicle weapons were all fixed, and nobody said that while operating a tank you could swap the main cannon for a heavy machine gun.

Therefore, these Europeans are quite satisfied with the spider-type Titans before them, only that these things are too expensive, consuming too much resources, so they’ve only placed a small batch order for now, unlike the bulk orders for electromagnetic rifles and Exoskeletons.

These issues aren’t Chen Xin’s concern; they’re for the diplomatic staff to fret over.

After chatting with the staff for a while, he looked over at a few Titan drivers standing by. They’re from his Titan squad, and one among them is currently conducting the tests on the spider-type Titan, since suitable drivers couldn’t be found on the European side.

"How do you feel about this Titan?" Chen Xin wanted to hear opinions from professional drivers, since they’re the ones who actually use them, and their opinions are more valuable. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

"A fairly practical Titan, the stability and terrain passage capability with four legs are good, and if I were to drive it, I’d be willing to do so." Several drivers exchanged glances, and one of them finally spoke up: "However, the weapon systems need a good upgrade. Without dense formations to counteract the vesicle body’s attacks, even Titans can get easily damaged."