Chapter 626 Other Problems of New Tanks

"The front composite armor of the tank is composed of two layers of 60mm homogeneous armor and a layer of 40mm silicon-uranium armor... The front of the turret is composed of 280mm homogeneous armor and 50mm silicon-uranium armor. According to our accurate calculation, a TSY-0 tank is expected to use 1.1 tons. Silicon-uranium alloy..." Although He Ping didn't know why the boss reacted like this, he still answered the boss's question in detail.

1.1 tons of silicon uranium alloy is worth 1.1 million US dollars alone, which is still the cost price of its own industrial production.

It costs a thousand dollars to produce a kilogram of silicon uranium alloy, which is relatively expensive. Fortunately, the cost is mainly calculated on the consumption of substance Y. As for how to calculate its value of substance Y, the data given by the expert group is calculated based on the value of highly enriched uranium produced by the consumption unit Y substance.

A new tank improved from the T-72 tank has an armor cost of 1.2 million US dollars. If it is a complete tank, the industrial production cost will reach more than 3 million US dollars. This number is scary. You should know that the T-80 tank, which is far more advanced than the T-72, costs just over 2 million. Of course, the T-72 here is only a basic model, not some special improved tanks.

Based on the unit price of 3 million US dollars, a Somali Defense Force armored regiment equipped with 48 tanks requires nearly 150 million US dollars. This is still the internal procurement cost. If the sale price is more expensive and the formation of the Somali armored regiment is smaller, if it is like the full-armor division of the United States, there are 348 tanks alone, and the cost of purchasing tanks will exceed 1 billion US dollars.

Li Mo was stunned. These advanced heavy weapons are really piled up by money. It is said that the unit price of the American M1A1 main battle tank is 4.8 million US dollars, and more money is needed. Only a rich country like the United States can purchase thousands of main battle tanks and equip the army in one go.

"He Ping, isn't the tank divided into five parts? Tell me what's wrong with the other parts?" Li Mo temporarily pressed the jumping thoughts in his heart and asked He Ping.

"Okay boss, I won't talk about the armored part of the TSY-0 tank. Anyway, it has the world's advanced level. We also have an idea of the power system. He Pingping glanced at Colonel Hardy and said, "Iran is willing to provide us with a 900-horsepower low-speed diesel engine for reference research. If we can replace the combustion chamber and cylinder part of the diesel engine with silicon-uranium alloy and replace the relevant heavy-duty parts... Although this leads to the production of the engine It causes a sharp rise in the cost, but it can increase the heat released when the fuel is burned and reduce the consumption when it is converted into mechanical work.

The research and development of modern engines are very mature, but why do only a few countries master high-power qualified engines, while other countries have the corresponding production process in time, but still cannot be imitated?

First of all, there is the problem of materials. Many countries do not have high-power engines, but because the materials for making engines are not up to standard. Even if the output power is large, the service life is extremely low, even only a few dozens of hours.

Secondly, the processing accuracy of engine parts is not enough, and the processing accuracy of parts is not enough, which not only makes the engine life low and prone to failure, but also leads to high power consumption, which affects the surname energy.

Star Organization has silicon-uranium alloy, a high-energy material, and ultra-precision machine tools owned by a few countries in the world, but it lacks the production technology of high-power engines. In this regard, Iran is much stronger than the Star Organization, but because of the constraints of innate conditions, it has been unable to convert many technologies into practical objects.

In the discussion before the cooperation between the two sides, there was a very detailed understanding and understanding of the power system. At the beginning, He Ping took a good look at Iran's technical reserves in engine, coupled with some secrets of the Star Organization that were secretly unmanaged. With the combination of the two, an advanced high-power engine naturally appeared.

However, these are only paper arguments. The specific implementation needs to be done step by step, which is why He Ping asked experts to help him do research on the diesel engine of infantry fighting vehicles first.

Li Mo understood this and was relieved. He was still wondering at the power plant just now. Although the engine of the infantry fighting vehicle has 500 horsepower, it is obviously not enough to be used on tanks, a major steel monster of dozens of tons. Now with the manufacturing technology of 900 horsepower diesel engine provided by Iran, it is not difficult to develop a 1000 horsepower engine. Although it is not as good as the engine of the main battle tank of Western countries, Russia's T-90 is still Huaxia's Type 99 tank, and the engine is only 1,000 horsepower.

"The fire control system is relatively simple." The first sentence He Ping continued to say made Li Mo very stunned.

At the beginning, for the fire control system of the infantry fighting vehicle, Li Mo was a sea of knives and fire. He created Afghanistan and obtained the intelligence of the "Eastern Iraq Transport" terrorist organization for China. After more than two years in a blink of an eye, the fire control system is very simple?

"At present, the world's main battle tanks are basically composed of integrated fire control systems, including optical scopes, night vision and laser rangefinders, fire control computers and ballistic correction sensors. Among them, there are still some difficulties in our current technology, that is, the ballistic correction sensor; in the ballistic correction sensor, the laser range finder is our advantage. For other sensors such as target angular speed, temperature, wind, etc., I think it's better to wait for the tank to develop, and make a specific plan according to the combat target.

Sensors are automatic and manual. With the overall technical level of the current world, it does not mean that the more automatic sensors, the better, because many technologies are still immature. The more equipment, the higher the cost, and the greater the failure rate. Take the German Leopard 2 tank as an example, the first batch of Leopard 2 tanks are equipped with a large number of automatic sensors, but due to various problems, the second batch of Leopard 2 has been reduced a lot.

In order to improve the accuracy of ballistic calculation and the first hit rate, and reduce the cost and failure rate. At present, the mainstream of various countries is taking into account some of the most influential factors, adding automatic sensors, and some less important ones are changed to pre-war manual input.

"Electronic countermeasure system is the biggest problem we are facing at present. There are too many classifications of confrontation systems, and we don't have much research progress in many aspects, which require further research or access to technical resources internationally.

"The last ammunition system, we currently have hemispherical hollow loaded depleted uranium armor-piercing shells, which is a trump card for tanks. In addition, we have also divided a team to study some armor-piercing/piercing bullets. I believe that there will be a series of complete ammunition systems soon."

After listening to He Ping's narration, Li Mo has an intuitive understanding of the progress of the new tank. At present, the new tank has basically completed the design, although most of the designs are referenced. The main problem is the electronic countermeasure system, which has always been the weakness of the organization, and Iran does not seem to have a good way, which requires 'learning' technology from other countries in the world.

In addition, there is the power system. When a high-power engine is developed, the new tank can basically be produced.

Of course, the most important thing is the silicon uranium alloy. Both armor and power systems are applied to this kind of high-energy alloy. Both He Ping and Iran have great expectations for this alloy. But the two did not know that the industrial production of this alloy requires the consumption of Y substance, and there are only so many Y substances, which are also for the expert group to study. Moreover, the silicon-uranium alloys produced cannot all be used on tanks. Li Mo is also going to leave some as chips to exchange what he needs with others.

He Ping and Colonel Hardy both looked at Li Mo eagerly. Now the general framework argument for the tank is over, just wait for a few test vehicles to test the surname energy and problems of the new tank. Here in the R&D center, there are only some silicon-uranium alloys approved by Limot, which is not enough to produce a test vehicle. The two now hope that Li Mo can batch more silicon-uranium alloys.

"Well, I'll say hello to Team Leader Abick later. When the silicon uranium alloy is produced, I will send it to you." Although Li Mo is not satisfied with the need for so many silicone alloys in the new tanks, he also understands that with the Star Organization and Iran's technology, it is impossible to develop advanced main battle tanks without the existence of silicon uranium alloys.

Fortunately, the total amount of silicon-uranium alloy is also 10,000 tons, and this kind of tank uses two tons per tank, which is enough to produce 5,000 tanks. However, with the unit price of new tanks, it is obviously impossible for the two countries to purchase so many quantities. Especially in Iran, in the original agreement, Li Mo only provided silicon uranium alloys for 40 tanks, and the rest needed to be cashed out of by Iran.

Li Mo regretted this at the thought of this. At the beginning, he thought that silicon-uranium alloys could be produced like steel. As long as there were raw materials, they could be industrialized on a large scale. But now he knows that before finding a substitute for substance Y, he could only have 10,000 tons of alloy, and suddenly gave 40 tanks to Iran for nothing, which was equivalent to 80 tons of alloy, worth 80 million US dollars.

However, since we agreed at the beginning, it is not easy to go back on it now. Moreover, in the development of new tanks, Iran has contributed a lot, and we can't let our allies suffer too much.

Li Mo thought of it for self-entertainment.

After the two people were respectfully sent out of the door, the smile on Li Mo's face disappeared.

"Boss..." The expert thought that the boss was still dissatisfied with what had just happened and shouted in a low voice.

"It's okay. I'm thinking that since the use of silicon uranium alloy is so large and the quantity is scarce, what price should I sell it at that time? How much is suitable for sale?

Now Iran has the most thorough understanding of silicon-uranium alloys, and the value of this alloy is immeasurable. Syria and North Korea also learned about this alloy through Iran and other networks, and discussed cooperation with Li Mo in person.

I believe that with the birth of new tanks, silicon uranium alloys will bring a whirlwind to the world. How will the world react?

One thing Li Mo can be sure of is that there must be greedy tentacles reaching to Somalia.

(to be continued)