Thankfully, there is no cost.

Otherwise, Wang Buan really won't do it!

I feel like I can't play at the level of Rock 150. Wasted.

The weight of the Type 59 tank is only 30 tons, does it need an engine with more than 3000 horsepower?

Absolutely bull-pulled carts!

Absolutely overkill!

Most of the power seems to be wasted.

No way.

It must be scaled back.

Reducing the power to 2000 horsepower is enough.

What the troops need most now is not only super-powerful engines, but also reliability and stability in a brutal environment. Even, the latter is more important.

In a word, you can't fail anytime, anywhere.

However, purely in terms of cost, there is no difference between 2000 horsepower and 3000 horsepower.

It's all the same principle, the same architecture.

It's just that the amount of hydrogen that is ejected is different.

"Hello, my name is Ding Mao. ”

"Hello, my name is Wang Bu'an. ”

Along with fourteen tanks, there were dozens of commanders and fighters of tank companies.

Ding Mao turned out to be the chief of staff of a tank regiment.

This time the tank company operated, and he was the supreme commander.

Peng Deming was temporarily inserted. It is not considered a formal establishment.

The fourteen tanks brought by Ding Mao are simply too old to be ancient. It is probably the earliest model that can be found.

I almost didn't pull a team of T-34s out of the polar bear museum.

Wang Buan turned his head to find Cai Yunheng.

"I have one condition. Wang Buan was blunt.

"What conditions? Cai Yunheng was obviously mentally prepared for a long time to be blackmailed by Wang Buan.

"I'll make you a universal tank chassis. The rest doesn't matter. ”

"Yes!"

Cai Yunheng agreed without thinking.

It's also a project he's been working on.

For army units, a universal chassis for armored vehicles is very necessary.

This can greatly reduce the logistical maintenance workload.

Tanks, armored vehicles, self-propelled guns, rocket artillery, etc., can use a unified chassis.

However, this unified chassis is not easy to design.

Tanks have the characteristics of tanks.

Armored vehicles have the characteristics of armored vehicles.

Self-propelled guns have the characteristics of self-propelled guns.

Rocket artillery has the characteristics of rocket artillery.

It must also take into account the supporting command vehicles, radar vehicles, ammunition vehicles, logistics vehicles, and the like.

Moreover, just for a tank, there is a distinction between light, medium, and heavy. There are also amphibious tanks, amphibious tanks, landing tanks, and so on. How easy is it to use the same chassis as much as possible? There is no perfect chassis in the world.

Light weight, fast and not suitable for heavy tanks. Also not suitable for heavy artillery.

And the heavy weight is not suitable for light tanks and amphibious tanks.

There is also the question of motivation.

Lack of motivation is definitely not good. But excess power is also not good, wasteful.

What to do?

I had to divide it into several chassis.

Heavy Chassis, Medium Chassis, Light Chassis...... Then the more and more points are divided, and eventually the versatility is lost.

Now, how easy is it for Wang Buan to synthesize it?

However, Wang Buan is also very cunning.

His design is also very simple.

He completed the entire design in five minutes.

Simple and crude.

Increase track width by more than 50%. Increase passability. to meet the needs of heavy tanks.

Increase the height of the load wheel by about 20%. Increase wading height.

The weight wheels are still kept five.

Wang Buyan likes five pairs of weight-bearing wheels. It's easy and hassle-free.

Each load wheel can be made very strong. Even if it is bombarded by depleted uranium shells, it can be unharmed.

Engines from the Rock 150 were uniformly used. The maximum power is more than 3000 horsepower.

Add air conditioning.

Add water molecule synthesizer. Connect to the automatic sprinkler system. It can extinguish the fire as soon as possible.

The original fuel tank was converted into an ammunition tank.

This will significantly increase the ammunition reserve. At the same time, the safety of ammunition is guaranteed.

Many models of tanks in China generally have a reserve of about 40 rounds, and rarely more than 50 rounds. The number of bullets is also not much.

For a tank, this reserve is basically enough. But not enough for self-propelled guns.

With the addition of ammunition compartments, the reserve of ammunition has reached at least 120 rounds.

That's almost three times as much.

If it's not a very fierce battle, it should be enough.

The thickness of the side armor, the rear armor, increased to 100 mm. All grade 3 cemented carbide is used.

Wang Bu'an named this chassis "Gesang Flower".

On the plateau of northern Tibet, the only dazzling plant is the Gesang flower.

"The cost of this chassis is very high!" Professor Cai Yunheng said slowly, "If there is a large amount of equipment, the troops can't afford it!"

"Give it away, give it away, give it all!" Wang Buan said, "It's always okay, right?"

"That's pretty much it. Cai Yunheng nodded with satisfaction.

Wang Buan looked at each other with disdain.

Sure enough, it's cheap.

However, Wang Buan himself is not at a loss. Hit the fame first, and then talk about the price slowly.

The raw materials are all free. There is no cost.

The hydraulic press is existing.

CNC machine tools are existing.

The only thing you need to pay is the labor cost.

Due to the high degree of automation, the labor cost should not be very high.

1 million yuan per set is about the same.

How powerful is the performance of the Gesang flower chassis?

It is capable of carrying a weight of 100 tons.

It is capable of withstanding the recoil of a smoothbore gun of caliber 155 mm and 75 times the diameter.

It has a top speed of more than 100 km/h.

Its range is almost unlimited.

In other words, you can install as much protective armor as you like on top of it. As long as the weight does not exceed 100 tons.

You can also equip oversized and oversized guns.

What is 140mm?

With a caliber of 155 mm and a diameter of 75 times, the Abrams can be pierced with a single shot from the front. It can also be a string of two.

There is no need to worry about speed.

There is no need to worry about battery life.

Is there anything more powerful than this Gesang flower chassis?

Tanks, armored vehicles, self-propelled guns, rocket artillery...... You can use them all, as long as you have different weapons and equipment on top of it.

There are three key research directions for tanks:

Artillery.

Armor.

Impetus.

Wang Bu'an has solved two: armor. Impetus.

The rest of the artillery, apparently, is in the responsibility of a special research institute. This is secret territory. It's the military field. If you can, try not to participate.

The more Wang Buan thought about it, the more excited he became.

He immediately ordered the production of a series of Gesang flower universal tank chassis.

What is the main thing in the tank chassis?

In fact, to put it bluntly, there is no technical content. It's the body and suspension.

The suspension system is composed of torsion bars, torsion bar springs, load wheels, carrier pulleys, induction wheels, driving wheels and tracks, which are the most important components of the chassis.

Among these parts, the most critical is the torsion bar spring.

When a tank is driving, whether it will be bumpy makes you unable to distinguish between southeast and northwest, and the torsion bar spring plays a decisive role.

When the tank is driving on a rough road, the torsion bar will move up and down, and drive the torsion bar spring to rotate together, but because the other end of the torsion bar spring is fixed and cannot be rotated, the torsion bar spring will be twisted, so as to absorb energy and achieve the effect of shock absorption.

At present, the torsion bar suspension system is almost the standard configuration of the main station tank in the world, except for some differences in details, the overall structural principle is basically the same.

Wang Bu'an extravagantly uses three-grade copper alloy, which maintains relative elasticity while ensuring compressive strength.

After a few trials, I felt good about myself.

At least 10 times more comfortable than the original Type 59 tank.

All armor was forged directly using a hydraulic press of 100 million tons.

Everything was ready, and the turret and 100-mm rifled gun of the Type 59 tank were directly transplanted to the chassis of the Gesang flower.

Ignition.

Test.

Sure enough, it felt much better.

The cockpit was spacious.

There is air conditioning.

There is an automatic fire extinguishing system.

Can be manipulated by three people. It can also be manipulated by four people.

If it's a group of three, the car is also a gunner. In the case of a group of four, the commander is relatively independent.

Judging from the current development trend, the three-person group is gradually occupying the mainstream.

After all, being able to save one person saves one person.

A tank platoon of twelve people, a group of three has four tanks. The group of four had only three tanks.

The weight of the entire chassis, in total, is about 12 tons.

This already includes a full 300 mm of frontal alloy armor. 200 mm of protective armor on the sides and back.

The thickness of the armor was able to effectively protect against the fire of 120-mm tank guns.

Even if the other side is using depleted uranium shells.

"Alright. Wang Bu'an said to Ding Mao and the others, "You can conduct a collective experiment." ”

"This is ......" Ding Mao and the others all looked at each other.

This is still a Type 59 tank?

It feels like it's completely changed!

However, if you look at it from the outside, it doesn't seem to have changed.

After all, it's still the classic design of five pairs of weight-bearing wheels.

The side armor also looked very weak.

Feel that Wang Buan's design is very hasty?

The production process of the chassis feels very hasty! Will there be a problem?

If it's cutting corners......

“RPG！”

Wang Buan waved his hand.

Wu Maoguan immediately came over with a small team.

They were going to personally test the defensive performance of the Gesang flower chassis.

The first to go on the field was 40-mm rocket artillery. That is, the RPG-7, which is known as one of the world's three major killing weapons.

For tank armored vehicles, RPGs are simply a nightmare.

Although a frontal attack is ineffective. Rockets could not break 300 mm of armor. However, if you attack from the side or from behind, it is still very dangerous.

Even the most advanced American imperialist Abrams is fatal if it is attacked from behind.

If it is launched from a high altitude, it is even more fatal.

（…… Well, it's a TV movie)

"Boom!"

The rocket accurately hit the side tracks.

A strong fire erupted from the track position, completely enveloping the entire tank chassis.

If it was an ordinary Type 59 tank, the tracks should have been broken.

Load-bearing wheels, induction wheels, etc., may also break.

However, when the smoke cleared, it was found that there was no serious problem. Tracks and side skirt armor, all unscathed.