Chapter 1231: Active target

"Gentlemen, please look at this picture."
Tan Er, who took the position of the speaker with fluent English, used his pointer to knock on the huge wall chart hanging on the wall. Looking at the large number of glittering epaulettes below, he couldn't help but spring up in his heart as a teacher. Inexplicable pleasure.
"This is the cross-sectional view of the T72 tank. I just saw the real thing. I want to come. You won't have any questions about the authenticity of this picture, right?"
There is no doubt about it, no one can question the accuracy of this picture with the actual display in front.
"Through actual measurements and experiments, we have reached some interesting conclusions. Below, I will explain them one by one. Well, first of all, starting from the basic parameters, according to our measurements, without external armor, the T72 The actual combat weight of the tank is 41 tons, the engine power is 574 kilowatts, 780 horsepower, and the power-to-weight ratio is 14 kilowatts (19 horsepower)/ton. This data is much lower than our original prediction, so the maneuverability of this tank It is far from the data declared by Soviet Russia. According to our measurement, the maximum road speed barely reaches 60 km/h, and the cross-country speed is around 35 km/h, which is much lower than the level of the three-generation Western mainstream tanks. Well, if Everyone thinks this data is in doubt. After you drive the tank back, you can test it yourself."
There was a buzzing sound in the house, and some people were questioning, but more people still chose to believe it. After all, these data cannot be faked. Since Tan Zhenhua has promised to send them a T72, it is just a test. According to the known data, cheating is waiting for the result of face slap.
Tan Zhenhua coughed lightly and attracted everyone’s attention again before saying:
After talking about the power system, let’s talk about this gun. Well, our test results gave this gun a good evaluation. The 2A46 is a 125mm gun. The caliber smoothbore gun has the level of confrontation with the NATO standard 105mm rifled gun. After our actual measurement, the gun fired the standard 3БМ42 tungsten alloy tail stabilized armor-piercing projectile with an effective range of 2500 meters and a penetration depth of 420 mm at 2000 meters. , 1500 meters penetration depth 500 mm, gentlemen, I think you all should understand what this data means. According to our understanding, the M60 series tanks are installed with a 110 mm homogeneous steel plate inclination angle, and the first upward inclination angle is 25 degrees. , The first downward inclination angle is 35 degrees. In other words, at a distance of 2000 meters, the T72 can penetrate the front armor of the M60 basically without any difficulty, unless it is equipped with an excellent composite armor, but that means that the M60 The power-to-weight ratio, which was originally not good, will drop further under the data of 11 kW/ton. Well, roughly speaking, it is from the slowdown of tortoise speed to snail crawling. All of you are experts in land warfare. You should know that this will What is the result? In front of T72, M60 is basically equivalent to a slow moving target."
There was a commotion in the conference room, and a middle-aged officer in the uniform of a brigadier general stood up and asked: "Mr. Eric, I can admit the accuracy of your data and understand your motivation to belittle your competitors. However, according to The performance of the main gun of T72, even if it is the "Type 85" sent by your China for testing, it seems to be called the "Storm 2" prototype in your China, right? I'm afraid the same result is in front of this gun, right?"
Tan Zhenhua was waiting for an answer, but suddenly realized that the one who stood up was a bit familiar, and couldn't help asking: "Mr. Brigadier General, how do you call you?"
"My name is Pervez Musharraf. I am currently the Deputy Director of the Operational Bureau of the Pakistani Army Command. I am glad to meet you, Mr. Eric."
"I am also very happy to meet you, Deputy Director Mubarak." Tan Zhenhua yelled in his heart. I said, why are you so familiar? It turned out to be this one, Zia. After Huck, another strongman who came to power with a coup and ruled Pakistan for many years is no wonder he looked familiar, and he often appeared in the news for a certain period of time.
He took a deep look at Musharraf, but he didn’t express anything in particular. Instead, he explained:
Mr. Deputy Director’s question is very good, but I don’t fully agree with your point of view. Our China’s
Storm 2
"The prototype car, whose upper and lower armors are both 200 mm homogeneous steel plates, are installed at an inclined angle, which is basically the same as that of the T72. After actual measurement, it can protect at a distance of 2000 meters without the composite armor. The T72 uses a tungsten alloy tail to stabilize the attack of the shelling armor-piercing projectile, but when the distance is narrowed to 1500 meters, it will be penetrated with a high probability. In other words, in the penetration distance, compared with M60, our "Storm 2" "It is leading, but the advantage of this lead is not very obvious, but I have to add that a 500-meter greater breakdown distance in actual combat means an increase in survivability and an expansion of the combat distance. It is very effective. It’s of practical significance."
After listening to Tan Zhenhua’s explanation, Mubarak did not sit down directly. Instead, he asked after thinking about it: "But Eric, you just said that the M60 is a slow moving target in front of T72. I admit it. One point, the engine power of the M60 is insufficient and the tonnage is too large, but your "Storm 2" actually has the same problem. The engine power is 588 kilowatts and 800 horsepower, the combat weight is 39.5 tons, and the power-to-weight ratio is 14.9 kilowatts/ton. Compared with T72, it is only basically equivalent, and there is no special advantage, and if the composite armor on the front is added, this data will further drop, and it is likely to be lower than the level of T72."
"Mr. Deputy Director, I’m afraid I’m going to disappoint you. After our research, we decided to cancel the plan to install a 588 kilowatt 8V165 engine on the Storm 2 and replace it with a 537 kilowatt 730 horsepower 12150ZL engine. The power-to-weight ratio will drop to 13.6 kilowatts/ton, slightly lower than the T72 level."
"Ah! Still dropping! Why?"
It was not only Musharraf who issued the exclamation and questioning. In fact, all members of the Pakistani military delegation were disappointed.
"I am also very sorry about this." Tan Zhenhua replied: "We also hope that the 8V165 engine can take on the heavy lifting task, but unfortunately, after many rounds of technical discussions, we found that the 8V165 engine is reliable and practical. It’s quite a long way to go. You must have experienced this in the actual test run of your Pakistan Railway. The current failure rate of this engine is very high and it is very immature. To improve it, it requires many efforts, um, In fact, after our careful evaluation, we feel that there are several faults in this technical solution that are very troublesome in terms of our current capabilities. If we continue along this technical route, we may enter a dead end. It is too suitable for continued development, so we are ready to give up and develop another brand-new technical solution. The first goal is to achieve a stable power output of 735 kilowatts and 1000 horsepower."
"Then I can ask, when will this new technical solution be mature and practical?"
"If everything goes well, it will take about 4-5 years."
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