Chapter 357 Steel Weaps

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Temro, the chief designer of the foxhound, smiled and patiently explained in his half-baked Chinese mixed with English: "The foxhound of our light armor research institute is actually an experimental special equipment, an armor model specially prepared for reconnaissance and special warfare. There is nothing special about the technical content. This thing is just more distinctive. All-aluminum alloy body, all-steel bracket, hanging armor, and the front can only defend against heavy machine gun bullets and fragments. Even with additional gap armor, this thing still can't withstand the 37mm anti-aircraft gun, and its suspension design. It seems to be a Type 97 tank or a German Type 2 tank, which can be said to have no reference for me.

Temro paused slightly and continued: "The more distinctive thing is the aluminum alloy body armor, but I don't even have enough aluminum alloy to make the aircraft, and I'm reluctant to imitate it at all. If I use steel armor, this thing is almost made of the Taiwan Army's Type 89, equipped with a star diesel engine. It's just a test product. Its test life is less than 200 hours, and the heat dissipation of the new diesel engine is not good. If it is not used in cold weather, we are worried that it may catch fire due to high temperature. Our design institute will not use this kind of test name extremely unstable thing in the future, and it will be restored to a V-shaped diesel engine. On the way, I also feel that there is no need for Hu Xincheng to completely destroy the engine. Let me study it. It's better to go the wrong way and produce this kind of engine in large quantities.

Zhang Xuewu slowly closed the minutes of the meeting, took a sip of tea, put down the teacup and said, "In a word, your operation was very successful. The cooperation of the participating troops was quite tacitly. The commander-in-chief was ready to send a telegram to praise, and those officers and soldiers who have made outstanding contributions to logistics and technology in this operation, let each The army statistics are reported. You can study how to reward. Hu Xincheng's operation commando team should be the first achievement in this operation. Of course, the staff of your special operations group is also very meritorious. Although the foxhound reconnaissance vehicle of the research and development institute of the light armor technology department is not suitable for large-scale equipment, it should continue to be improved. I think the equipment is appropriate. The reconnaissance team of the mechanized force is still very suitable.

After Zhang Xuewu left the special operations cluster headquarters, he did not return directly, but went directly to the armor design institute located in the core protection area of Baotou.

It turned out that the battle report of the Chaoyang Campaign was sent to the design institute at the first time. Almost all the questions pointed to the fully enclosed heavy machine gun tower of the iron-rid medium-sized main battle tank. The strong firepower and excellent protection made the test company appreciate it. It is said that the 12.7mm heavy machine gun with good protection in actual combat. The tower can shoot at 360 degrees without a dead angle. In the battle for the breakthrough in the east of Chaoyang City, a Japanese light Type 95 tank was directly exploded with a 12.7mm machine gun armor-piercing bomb incendiary bomb. The fully enclosed heavy machine gun tower is an extremely advantageous weapon for the enemy infantry defending.

But the test troops also gave feedback on a lot of serious problems. After Zhang Xuewu arrived at the design institute, dozens of main designers of iron cavalry tanks were concentrated in the conference room. The iron cavalry medium-sized main battle tank is the main combat strength of the armored forces in the tenth theater, which is a big deal for Zhang Xuewu. Anything about the iron-riding medium-sized main battle tank is not a trivial matter.

The specific design drawings of the iron tank are provided by Zhang Xuewu, so even the chief designers such as Adelan and Feng Wenjun dare not be too presumptuous in front of Zhang Xuewu. In many cases, Adelan, Temro and Feng Wenjun are more willing to listen to Zhang Xuewu's opinions on the design of armored tanks, because in their In his eyes, Zhang Xuewu is an expert who can lead the world's armored tank design trend, and the actual combat performance of the iron-riding medium-sized main battle tank is excellent. For a tank directly mass-produced from the test vehicle, the iron-riding medium-sized main battle tank itself is a miracle.

Zhang Xuewu looked at the feedback from the test force. It seemed that many of them were concentrated on the fully enclosed heavy machine gun turret. According to the front-line actual combat feedback, soldiers could not wear complete cold-proof suits to effectively make this machine gun in winter. The main gun was more serious when it was used, and the machine gun shooter with too tight the gun body was also Worried about being scalded and injured, the iron tank itself is equipped with a relatively small turret, so the size of the machine gun tower is also strictly controlled.

Zhang Xuewu looked at Edland and said, "Do you have any improvement measures in your design institute? As a post-war test result, the jackal light tank and several self-propelled guns equipped with the chassis of the jackal light tank need to be improved. Now let's listen to your improvement plan for the fully enclosed machine gun tower!"

After the translation, Edland stood in front of Zhang Xuewu and bowed and saluted: "Dear General Zhang, we currently have two improvement plans to be selected. The first is to increase the size of the iron heavy machine gun turret, but in this way, it is necessary to involve changing the structure of the main turret and the position of the machine gun tower on the right side of the tank turret. From the installation type to the built-in type, the heavy machine gun tower with a larger seat can be placed. In order not to weaken the defense, a special-shaped tortoise shell additional armor can be attached to the excessive connection between the built-in machine gun tower and the turret. Originally, the experimental version of the iron horse had such a similar additional armor piece. Just change the structure. To solve it, as for the balance problem is not big, it is not a problem for the tank to be a few hundred kilograms, but even so, the machine gun tower will still destroy the overall defense surname of the turret.

Zhang Xuewu frowned. Obviously, this built-in design could not satisfy him, because the turret should be a place with frontal armor and strong on the tank. If the price is to destroy the overall defense surname of the turret, Zhang Xuewu would rather dismantle it directly without adding any fully enclosed machine gun towers, because My chariot force competition is not the mission of the armored forces in the tenth war zone at all. The future enemies of the armored forces in the tenth war zone are the Soviets and Germans, so it is not worth the gains to change the design of the tank in order to fight with the Japanese army, so Zhang Xuewu nodded to Edran and signaled him to continue.

Adeland took a deep breath and continued: "The second solution is to replace the 12.7mm heavy machine gun with a 7.62mm caliber machine gun. This replacement can not change the turret structure, and can also appropriately improve the comfort surname and defense, but now the test company and the tank troops participating in the battle It is very important to replace 12.7 with a 7.62mm machine gun. The shooter who has used a 12.7mm heavy machine gun completely refuses to use a small-power 7.62mm machine gun, and the tank experts of the design institute have a lot of opinions on increasing the machine gun tower, saying that this improvement has weakened the bulletproof shape of the turret. Tests show that, such as A shell hit the junction of the machine gun tower and the turret. Even if the inner hatch is completely closed, its huge blasting and stamping can completely kill the members of the vehicle team.

Adelland looked over the information and continued: "Another point is that the members of the wagonists generally question the height of the car body. The test company and the veterans who participated in the battlefield information collection agree that the tank body is too short and needs to be raised by 15 centimeters, so that it can be more smooth. To complete the combat task, the current situation is that soldiers who are more than 170 centimeters tall cannot effectively participate in the battle in the iron horse. The opinion of the design institute is that the current height is the most perfect height in the design scheme. Raizing the car will seriously affect the size of the contour of the car body and increase the probability of detection. Some extreme designers even think that the machine gun tower is a clumsy design.

Zhang Xuewu nodded. The iron riding medium-sized main battle tank is a sharp blade in the attack of the tenth war zone and a strong shield in defense. The investigation report directly investigated several surviving members of the vehicle group and the survivors of the test company. Several experts of the research institute entered the iron riding to conduct a high-intensity simulation competition. After that, the research institute Finally, it was decided to adjust the design, and the car body was raised by 12 centimeters. In order not to change the bulletproof angle, the height of the tank is to dig down the space.

Therefore, the angle size of the front integrated tilt armor remains unchanged. A 45-degree inclination armor plate is welded under the front of the front of the body, and the height of the body is increased by 10 centimeters from the bottom of the most difficult to be hit. After the suspension adjustment, it is installed down to reduce by eight centimeters, in order to strengthen the defense under the head of the body. Yuli, an apron-style additional detachable armored skirt is added in front of the car body. After testing, it is very effective for high-explosive armor-piercing bullets, and it also has a better weakening effect on ordinary armor-piercing bullets. The final assembly workshop also thickened the chassis armor in the final assembly to prevent the damage of the army's aggravated anti-tank mines to the vehicle. Injuries.

After reading all the information, Zhang Xuewu proposed that a layer of soft steel plate with a thickness of two mm should be added to the important parts of the car body. The inner wall of the armor in the front of the car body and the inner wall in front of the turret should be added. A layer of metal braided anti-collapse mezzanine with a thickness of three mm. The structure of the tail of the tank turret was changed. The original design prototype turret of T54 has been modified to lengthen the rear of the turret, which can perfectly solve the problem that the rear seat distance of the 105mm new tank main gun is too long. The problem of insufficient overhead angle will also be effectively solved, and the overlooking angle will be increased by three degrees. In order to enhance the rear protection of the turret, behind the turret The part is welded with an armored hanging orchid, which can be filled with debris or additional armor pieces.

So much so that Zhang Xuewu doesn't have much opinion on power, but the design institute suggested that two cylinders should be removed from the B2-v12 diesel engine, and the V10 structure engine was added with the mechanical supercharger technology provided by Germany to obtain the effect of 180 horsepower higher than the original V12 engine, and The volume of the diesel engine has been greatly reduced, replacing the vertical arrangement of the traditional iron horse with a horizontal arrangement.

(to be continued)