In fact, many enterprises and factories in the world are actually quasi-military enterprises, usually produce some civilian equipment, once there is a war, they can start to manufacture weapons by slightly improving the assembly line, and these companies in the design of the production line, they will add these factors to it early, today we will talk about Japan's Mitsubishi.
Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi this enterprise can be traced back to 1870, Mitsubishi has not recognized itself as a company, but a "chamber of commerce", Mitsubishi was first a shipyard located in Nagasaki, because there are too many shipbuilding companies involved, so the Japanese simply set up a chamber of commerce called "Mitsubishi Kinyaohui", the members of the Chamber of Commerce help each other, so this enterprise has been developing rapidly, the current Mitsubishi Kinyao association member companies as many as 28.
In 1894, when the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War broke out, Mitsubishi donated all its ships to the Japanese army in the form of "patriotism" to transport soldiers and equipment, and also called on enterprises and people to donate money to the government. Then, in 1937, on the eve of the outbreak of World War II, Japan knew that it was about to enter the war, and immediately issued a military order to Mitsubishi: to produce a multi-role fighter, to be able to fight in the air, to bomb and so on, a series of indicators, and then Mitsubishi also completed this mission successfully designed and manufactured: Zero fighter! The aircraft also swept through U.S. air power in the early days of World War II.
Zero fighter
Type 97 tank
With the success of the Zero fighter, Mitsubishi has successively received a series of orders for Japanese light bombers, heavy bombers, carrier-based aircraft, etc., and has also manufactured a large number of land armored vehicles for Japan, of which the more famous ones are: Type 97, Type 3 and other tanks about 4600, artillery those are even more numerous!
Musashi
Not only were weapons in the air and on land almost monopolized by Mitsubishi, but even the Navy's famous "Yamato-class" Musashi was produced by the Mitsubishi Shipyard of that year. Not only that! They also built five aircraft carriers, including Amagi, Hayabusa, Big Eagle, Cloud Eagle, and Oki Eagle.
The Amagi at the beginning of its construction
Mitsubishi can be so crazy and accept such a huge defense order, all thanks to their huge "supply chain"! From steel to welding, they can find suitable units in member companies to complete, almost forming an industrial "closed loop" within Mitsubishi.
But after the defeat of such enterprises in World War II, in the early days of the Us occupation of Japan, the Yankees "slashed" down! In 1954, the Yankees knew that such a company would only bring them endless troubles, so in the form of "shareholding", They divided Mitsubishi into three independent companies, each of which sent Americans to settle in as a manager, so as to achieve the purpose of supervision. But in return, some of the weapons damaged by the United States in World War II were handed over to Mitsubishi for maintenance, and with the outbreak of the Korean War, Mitsubishi continued to open the production line of armaments, only this time, almost all of them produced American equipment, and with the blessing of American technology, the design scheme and maintenance technology of new equipment also nourished Mitsubishi step by step.
With the end of the war, the Americans also withdrew from Japan step by step, and the managers within Mitsubishi slowly regained real power, and the owners of the three divided "Mitsubishi" also set up an informal "club" called the "Mitsubishi Friday Club" to test the reaction of the Americans, but the Americans were also very ambiguous, turning a blind eye; then in 1964, Mitsubishi officially announced a merger again! After Mitsubishi made a fortune from the war, more and more enterprises surrendered, from 28 at the beginning of its establishment to nearly 500 at present!
Atago
Mitsubishi ballpoint pen
So far, Mitsubishi can not only produce: "Atago" class Aegis ships, space engines, "Patriot" missiles, submarines, and even the F35 has a lot of Mitsubishi shadow on it. Mitsubishi is produced from top weapons to ballpoint pens.
Mitsubishi in the impression of the Chinese people, is often a tepid car company, but in fact, Mitsubishi has a very important position in Japan, because they are relying on war to make a fortune, so the bones have always been engraved with "aggression", almost all of their assembly lines and production as long as a slight improvement, can instantly become the backbone of arms production. In addition, Mitsubishi gave a lot of support to the Invading Japanese Army in the war of aggression against China, and many Chinese companies also refused to cooperate with them, because any cooperation that made them unable to make money could become a bullet. Therefore, there are very few Mitsubishi products seen in China. Mitsubishi has a hard time selling cars to China, but due to some quality problems and the attitude of "killing and not admitting mistakes", the public's interest in Mitsubishi car companies is also very low.