Modern mechanical units are fast and flexible, but the cost is also very high.

This may also be the reason for the two successive disarmaments of the Republic.

It's not that the republic doesn't want all its troops to turn into such armed to the teeth, firstly, without technology, and secondly, without money. Perhaps, the lack of money is the most important factor. Otherwise, the state would not have engaged in any reform and opening up.

"There has been no technology in this area in China, and when I went to the southwest front some time ago, I saw that many tanks were tied with ropes to advance with soldiers...... If the tank is detached from the protection of the infantry, its survivability on the battlefield is not very strong, especially when attacking the enemy's position at close range, a bundle of technical grenades can break the tracks of the tank and lie down...... Earlier, I heard that the monkeys took advantage of this situation and caused a lot of casualties to our tank troops. The fighters were tied to the tank during the march and reacted very slowly to an attack...... If they weren't tied to the tank, the fighters on it would probably have been thrown off and suffered casualties. "Liu Yijiu is telling the truth.

However, he didn't see it at first, but he heard some soldiers in the army say that when he was there, the tanks were moving slowly.

Once the battle line is opened, the tanks are deployed somewhere, at the speed of a rapid march, and the fighters who are equipped with them to fight in concert must be higher, otherwise their tanks will be destroyed by the enemy's infantry. There was a time when the People's Liberation Army fought the Americans on the Korean battlefield. The republic did not have any tanks, and the tank support aircraft support promised by the Soviet Union was discounted.

In the end, they all used their flesh and blood to destroy the tanks of the US imperialists.

They do this all the time. Nature knows how effectively such a thing should be avoided from causing losses to tank troops.

Although the performance of the 59 tank has long been unable to keep up with the times, it takes a very high cost to build one!

Therefore, in order to prevent the tank from being destroyed by the enemy infantry, the commanders and fighters on the front line tried to tie the soldiers to the tank with ropes when marching, so as not to cause a tragedy when the soldiers fell, and at the same time to avoid the tank being destroyed by the enemy infantry.

This gave the monkey's team the opportunity to kill and injure the infantry who were fighting with the tanks on the march.

Of course. This approach was not original to the Republic* team, during World War II. This is how many tank units transport infantry in tandem......

Because of such a situation, armored personnel carriers came into being.

After explaining this, they learned that this infantry tank was even as important as a tank.

"It's no different from a tank! It seems that the turret is smaller? This thing ...... for drawings. The managers of the various sub-districts at the grassroots level still have to understand.

Qian Dayong saw this drawing, and there was no difference between it and a tank, but the turret was much smaller.

This is no different from the tank really.

"This is different from tanks, it is mainly used for infantry melee support, mainly fire support, in fact, it is to transport infantry to cooperate with tank combat, and its task is to quickly mobile infantry detachments to eliminate enemy light armored vehicles, infantry anti-tank fire points, living forces and low-flying targets,......" Liu explained.

Since the fifties, infantry combat vehicles from all over the world have been mainly used for the transportation of troops on the battlefield. There are many shooting holes left inside each vehicle, and the soldiers sit inside the car to shoot outwards to prevent the tank from being destroyed by enemy infantry......

"Let's put it this way. These infantry combat vehicles are even more powerful than tanks? Jiang Ming asked with a frown.

The drawings in my hand look much smaller than a tank.

And the note next to it states that the armor of this vehicle needs to provide protection for the fighters inside, and it must also have good offensive performance and protection capabilities, which is a very difficult problem to solve.

"That's true, these tanks should be said to provide light fire support for tanks, and are responsible for protecting tanks from charging on the battlefield. The firepower can not be strong. But the defense has to be good. Given the current state of the domestic economy, production costs must also be taken into account. At the same time, considering the domestic technical situation...... "Liu Yijiu is also very depressed.

The infantry combat vehicle is for the tank to fight together, the Republic of the Type 97 firepower is fierce, flexible movement, but it has a fatal flaw, that is, insufficient defense, which makes the survivability of this tank on the battlefield very poor.

This vehicle is based on the Type 97 tracked infantry fighting vehicle, and if the armor is not changed, it will still be like the Type 97, and it will be easily destroyed on the battlefield.

"If this is the case, it will be more difficult for us to get it, this kind of car must be flexible to move, it must reduce weight, and at the same time need an engine with a very good output, and a hundred mm low-pressure smoothbore gun, I don't think the power is very great, in the battlefield it is better to equip the infantry in the armored car with individual rocket launchers, or our Black Arrow anti-tank missiles. This model is much larger than the tank, and if we follow the current design plan, I think the final weight will exceed our imagination......" Jiang Ming's brows furrowed more and more.

Even the weak armor of the 59 tank is insufficient to survive on the battlefield.

If the armor is too thin, not to mention the anti-tank, it is likely to be penetrated by some small armor-piercing shells. This kind of protection is not as good as the unprotected infantry fighting with tanks on the battlefield.

"I don't think it's necessary to add a cannon to it since it's to provide protection and close fire support for the tank, and it's better to get a machine gun, preferably high and flat, so that we can save the weight of the turret and use it on the armor that provides protection. At the same time, because of the reduction of this turret, you can reduce the storage space of shells, carry more ammunition or carry more soldiers......" Qian Dayong said with a frown.

As soon as he finished saying this, Jiang Ming's eyes lit up.

Liu Yijiu sighed.

He hoped to be able to replace some tanks with such armored vehicles, but in this era, there were no strong enough materials for protective armor, and guns occupied a very important position in army equipment.

The American M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle was relatively good in this era, but the firepower of this thing was not very strong.

The armament is an M242 'Viper' 25 mm chain cannon, a 7.62 mm 'M240C' parallel machine gun, and a BGM-71 'Tao' anti-tank missile launcher. The crew is 3 people, and the crew is 7 people. When fighting independently, heavy firepower is obviously not enough.

Moreover, the production cost of this car is not cheap.

"Xiao Liu, if we want to do it in one step, there is basically no great possibility. At present, we can only experiment in this way, if the performance is okay, after there is an order from the military, we will further study it......" Wang Shunyi naturally knew Liu Yijiu's thoughts.

In this case, it is simply impossible for them to develop more projects with the little money they have in hand.

They still chose and chosen, discussed and discussed, before those supporting factories did not have the function of blood transfusion, their funds, saving a little, could only support a year and a half.

"Yes, Xiao Liu, the research team of Z-7 will also come to us after the Spring Festival. At that time, all kinds of research will need a lot of funds...... "Zheng Hao has not been happy at all these days. I finally got some money, but I was cheated by those leaders who were as shrewd as that, and once these projects in the base were launched, they would be even more short of money.

Doing experiments, this is very expensive, all kinds of raw materials or something, other units just need indicators, and they can do without indicators, but they have to ask for money.

"Okay, Mr. Jiang, let's cancel this turret and get a machine gun, a twenty-five or thirty caliber ......" After thinking about it for a long time, Liu Yijiu sighed again and said. It's just that the Ninth District must develop small-caliber armor-piercing shells and incendiary grenades......"

In order to make the small cannon exert great power, you can only work on the ammunition.

Seeing that Liu Yijiu no longer insisted, Jiang Ming also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Several leaders, I think we want to change the 59 tank, the engine must be increased power, the current maximum marching speed of our tank is only 50 kilometers per hour, this is definitely not enough. In terms of the engine, it has to be changed. And this new infantry fighting vehicle also needs a new engine ...... "power system" is the most critical.

"Then let District 1 remodel this, if they can't do it, let's find Factory 616 to help......" The corners of Zheng Hao's mouth twitched, this is all money!

Without millions, it is estimated that it will not be possible to make it at all.

Liu Yijiu also has a headache, it seems that if he wants to get this, everything has to start all over again, if he doesn't interfere and waits for the relevant units to get it, it will eventually give him a headache. He's stunning!

But in terms of motivation, he had to intervene.

The greatest weakness of the republic is here.

Materials and powertrains, not only tank engines, car engines, but even aircraft engines are speechless. And the upcoming helicopter research will also require a new type of engine!

Factory 616 has a foundation in this regard, but if it wants to achieve the level they want, it is estimated that it will not be able to get it out in three or two years, and even if it does, it may not be able to meet their requirements.

Only do it yourself!

Luckily, they have a complete technical backup and equipment backup on their side, and with some investment, they can start getting started.

"In the past two days, we will discuss with each other, formulate a performance index, and fight it back after the beginning of the year......" Zheng Hao was about to cry.

Can he say that he doesn't engage in engines?

Apparently not.

Without an engine, none of their projects will work, and even a missile must be equipped with an engine...... (To be continued)

ps: Brothers, the gourd is a sick code word, and the efficiency is very low. There should be more tonight, and I'll go to the hospital to hang up the water now. Strive to be able to update another chapter before nine o'clock in the evening......

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