Chapter 1659: Two options

"Yes, tanks and our infantry fighting vehicles, after all, are completely different in design concepts. If you want to change it, you must find a way." Qin Guan said.
These two are completely different. The infantry fighting vehicle needs a large internal space to carry a large number of soldiers. It needs an infantry squad, less to say, so that it has practical significance. After all, when fighting, the infantry squad is used as the basis. The basic unit is expanded.
However, tanks are different. Tanks are used to charge into battle. Tanks must have a turret and advanced tank guns to attack the enemy's position. The internal space is quite narrow, only accommodating three or four people. It’s very difficult for everyone to turn around inside.
How can I change it?
Of course Qin Guan had a way.
"The first thing is to remove the turret and empty all the places where the shells are loaded, so that the internal space is large enough."
Qin Guan began to introduce his specific ideas. In order to make it clearer, he simply picked up a model on the side table.
This model is a model of his own 79 tank, and now Qin Guan took it out, just for a display, so that everyone can see clearly.
To remove the turret, remove all those related to the tank gun!
The inside of the tank is full of gold. Every effort must be made to make use of any useful space. With a little space and design, one or two shells can be loaded. Even so, the inside of the tank , The number of shells loaded is still very small. During World War II, there were hundreds of rounds at every turn. Now, it can exceed forty rounds, which is already very good.
Of course, in a battle, there are very few cases where forty shells can be lighted.
If this is removed, the internal space becomes larger. However, even so, it can accommodate at most five or six people, and it is impossible to carry an infantry squad. Moreover, the internal space is so small that everyone has to squat there. Still lying there?
Suddenly, Commander Cheng thought of something and said: "If this is the case, then how should our soldiers get on and off?
The up and down of the tank is carried out from the top hatch. This method is nothing to the tank crew. After all, they will not get off until they exit the battlefield. What about the infantry fighting vehicle? Soldiers will get out of the car at any time to fight. If you get on and off from the top hatch, it is definitely a tragedy.
The wheeled infantry fighting vehicle developed by using the truck chassis, or the specially developed larger infantry fighting vehicle, has a reasonable design. This is the entry and exit from the back, so that the wide body blocks the front. Threats are the best for infantry, and they even use car doors as an extra shield.
If this problem is not resolved, even if this type of infantry fighting vehicle is refitted, it will definitely be tasteless.
Qin watched everyone's questions and knew that everyone was really thinking about it.
"Yes, this problem must be solved, otherwise, this kind of infantry fighting vehicle will be unqualified. As for the solution, there are two main ways."
Qin Guan doesn't need to use his brain, because later generations will have mature plans to provide Qin Guan.
Infantry fighting vehicles can do this because the engine is in the front, placed on the right side of the front of the armored vehicle, the driver is on the left, and the crew is behind.
However, the tank is different. The tank’s engine is at the back. Only the Merkava is a strange thing. It looks like the front. This is also because they don’t have that kind of high-horsepower engine, and they don’t take up too much space. Otherwise, Try the last 1500 horsepower engine? There is definitely not enough space.
All the back is occupied by the engine. How to solve this problem?
"One way is to change the engine." Qin Guan said: "Now, our northern heavy truck plant has developed a series of high-horsepower diesel engines. The maximum power can even reach 700 horsepower, and it is small in size and low in fuel consumption. It can be squeezed into the back of the 59 tank, so that there will be a channel for the soldiers to get out of the vehicle from behind to fight."
This kind of engine was prepared for that kind of huge missile launcher, but after it was developed, it was developed in accordance with civilian standards. It can also be equipped on one's own trucks, and of course it can also be used on tanks.
What is the difference between civilian and military use?
For military use, performance depends mainly on performance. The service life can be reduced. In fact, the service life of the engine is squeezed by mechanical supercharging in exchange for performance improvement.
With the same displacement, if you blow more air into it and spray more fuel, you can naturally explode more power, but this way will damage the life.
This is the same as those of later generations who brushed the horsepower of the car. In their eyes, they think that the car is just like any electronic product, which can be used to improve the power at any time.
In fact, this is of course impossible. An engine is divided into two versions, high and low power. It is definitely not just a computer setting. The piston and connecting rods and other mechanisms are different. You can brush the low power into high power. Yes, there is only one result, and that is the explosion.
When the tank really explodes, they want to find the manufacturer to make a claim again, and they will not say that they broke it.
In short, civilian and military are different, so why should military use squeeze power? It's because they want a more powerful engine.
However, technology is constantly improving. At first, it was necessary to squeeze the 59 tank engine to explode 500 horsepower. Now, through the high-pressure fuel pump, the fuel can be more fully burned through the more sophisticated fuel injection device, and through more special Pistons to absorb more energy and so on are all effective ways to increase power.
In this way, civilian power can also reach the same level, and the civilian power is more durable and more fuel-efficient. This should be a better choice.
Except for one point.
After all, it still has to be purchased. Those engines that have reached the end of their life can still be operated at low power, and they can still work hard. They are quite old and can still work.
Therefore, Qin Guan now said that he wanted to change the engine, and they all hesitated. The army didn't want to pay the money, so he must carry forward the spirit of hardship and simplicity.
"President Qin, what is the second way?" someone continued to ask.
The second way?
Qin Guan smiled and turned the tank model in his hand in a circle: "The second method is to turn the entire tank one hundred and eighty degrees, putting the front as the front and the front as the back."
In this way, the engine is directly in front, and you can do whatever you want later!