"Isn't your 617 also a medium tank? Director Liu, it's not that I look down on you, although you have far more scientific researchers than us, but you definitely can't compare with us......" Qian Dayong was very embarrassed.

If the Republic had been able to produce heavy tanks, it would not be what it is now.

The 59 tank has been desperately produced, and the 69 tank has not been able to compete with the Soviet T64 because the technical performance has not improved too much, and the number of production is not very large. At a time when all countries are working on third-generation tanks, the republic naturally has to have such a project. The third-generation tank in the true sense of the word, only when you get the Type 96 can it be regarded as a third-generation main station tank in the complete sense.

"Humph! Let's ride a donkey and read a record book! After Li Yuming finished speaking, he didn't pay attention to Qian Dayong and Jiang Ming. They and Liang Zi of the Ninth Courtyard base are considered to have come to an end.

Li Yulong, Long Yaohua and others all took these things into their eyes, and they didn't say anything to stop them or anything else.

In the scientific and technological development of the republic, a strong spirit of competition is lacking. Liu Yijiu has now put enough pressure on the tank research and production bases of the 617 and 541 republics, and there has been a bond between them, which is very pleasing to the bigwigs above.

Under the current circumstances, the funds of the Ninth Academy are raised by themselves, and there will not be much conflict of interests between the two sides until there is no military order. What's more, whoever wants to develop must make every effort to develop more advanced tanks, otherwise they will be reduced in research funding.

For people like Li Yuming, Liu Yijiu didn't bother to pay attention to him.

This kind of person is self-righteous. It's not too young now, or else. Liu Yijiu had to get him down, otherwise he would wait until he was promoted. In the future, other units should not think about mixing.

The tank test continued, and Li Yunlong and Long Yaohua did not say that they would continue to produce test vehicles, and they needed to go back to discuss with other military bigwigs. After all, it is related to the development of the entire military, and the country wants to disarm, and this is already a sign of this.

It's just that the current situation makes it impossible to raise this matter directly in China.

The Soviet Union was aggressive in its struggle for hegemony with the United States, and its ambitions for expansion were becoming more and more intense, Afghanistan had been occupied by them, and all kinds of rebellious guerrilla forces had been drawn up. A shipment of light weapons in transit from Pakistan has been shipped out.

In particular, their pressure on China on the northern border is not because China is currently taking the path of reform and opening up. On the contrary, because China has resumed diplomatic relations with the United States, the pressure on China has increased, and despite the opposition of the international community, Cambodia is still in Vietnam's hands.

The war situation in northern Myanmar is expanding, the tension between Iran and Iraq is escalating, and the sand between Argentina and Britain, the empire on which the sun never sets, is also expanding.

The whole world is not at peace.

Knowing that the chances of a third world war were very slim, China's wise leaders decided to shift their focus to economic development. The development of the military industry, it's not that they want to stop. The country's economic foundation is so poor that it is basically impossible to expand the infrastructure and maintain all the military projects.

"Are we going to continue to improve the prototype we're experimenting with, or are we going to go straight to the heavy tank?" After the bigwigs left. The tests continued, and the roar of two tank engines was heard day and night on the unfinished test site.

They need to find out as soon as possible if there is any mismatch between these assembly designs.

After improvements. It will be transported to the desert in the north in the hot summer for high-temperature environment testing, and then to the northeast for cold zone testing. As for whether it should be transported to the plateau for testing. This is not what they are thinking about right now.

Knowing that the Chinese side has no plans to customize the prototype car for the time being, Liu Yijiu and them because of financial problems. Instead of planning for altitude tests, the Pakistanis earmarked five million dollars for the production of two prototypes for altitude tests.

When the time comes, the test will be directly on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

If it is suitable, these two prototype cars will be directly transited from China to Pakistan!

After all, the biggest dispute between them and India's A-3 is in Kashmir. As long as there are suitable tanks over there, if the Ryonpo can maintain such performance in the rarefied plateau, they will definitely not be stingy to equip more.

"It's still the old rule, and while improving, we started to study the design of heavy tanks. First of all, we have to work on the chassis. It won't require too many people, and we won't be able to do it on our part. In addition, armored vehicles must also be put on the agenda...... "Liu Yijiu proposed that armored vehicles must be given priority.

This is not only Yang Wei's request for domestic support for a batch of armored combat vehicles, but also because of mechanized troops, tanks must need armored vehicles to coordinate operations.

And in some areas, tanks are not suitable, and armored vehicles are more important than tanks.

This is the future trend. Not all battlefields have large-scale anti-armor capabilities, and if they can withstand the blow of individual bazookas, armored vehicles can go sideways.

In northern Myanmar, the need for armored vehicles is indeed very urgent.

Tanks over there will not be able to perform at their maximum due to the terrain and the lack of mobility in the jungle.

"Armored vehicles really should be on this side. The war on the southwestern frontier reflected the inadequacy of our troops in this regard, and if we had a sufficient number of armored vehicles, we would not have used harnesses to tie the infantry fighting with the tanks to transfer them, and many soldiers died in vain because they were attacked during the march and could not quickly break off the harness that tied them. Wang Shunyi is very much in favor of this matter.

"So, before we can develop a new heavy tank, we have to prioritize what we urgently need." Qian Dayong also agrees with this point of view.

"Since everyone has reached an agreement in this regard, let's first discuss the technical indicators of our armored vehicles, and then the project will be established in accordance with this. However, the pre-research work of heavy tanks can be carried out, and Mr. Jiang is still responsible for this aspect. Liu Yijiu glanced around, whether it was the people of the base management committee or the personnel in charge of management and technology in the fifth district, they did not have any opinions.

For armored vehicles, Liu Yijiu still wants to go to the world's best armored combat vehicles like German boxers from the very beginning, this thing takes a long time, and the development can ensure that it will not be outdated for decades, and the upgrade potential is huge. What's more important is the modular design.

This is what China's military industry needs most.

The only bad thing is that this car is too heavy.

China's vast territory requires good strategic mobility. Moreover, the water network in the southern region is dense, and it is too heavy and some are not suitable.

"At the beginning, we discussed that with 120 or 125 caliber guns for tanks, there is no need to make the guns of armored vehicles too big, 30 to 40 caliber machine guns or howitzers are enough, mainly for the suppression of infantry and some fortifications. There is no need to argue in this regard...... "Wang Shunyi first proposed to make the caliber of the gun of the armored vehicle smaller.

When it was proposed to build armored vehicles before, everyone discussed it for a long time, after all, armored vehicles need to be fought independently, and the generals of the republic and most of the scientific researchers advocate large-caliber guns, and if they have the ability, they don't even mind installing heavy guns of more than 200 mm on tanks.

A lot of people want armored vehicles to be armed with guns over 70 mm.

"I'm here to make some requests. For armored vehicles, I hope to be able to carry out modular production, which can effectively improve our production efficiency and reduce costs. In addition, this modular armor is resistant to attack on the top and mine damage on the chassis. There must be more than eight members......" Liu Yijiu saw that everyone had nothing to say, and took the lead in making a request.

"Is our armored car tracked or wheeled?" Originally, there were no people in the base who were professional in armored vehicle research, but after getting the Jialing Machinery Factory and letting them start pre-research, the results were not ideal. Liu Yijiu directly mobilized several people with some relevant experience to the base. The whole team has just arrived at the base for a few days, and the person in charge, Meng Fan, is very uncomfortable with this.

If you're not sure whether you're crawling or wheeled, you won't be able to do a lot of work.

The chassis determines the various structures of the whole car.

"It's better to be able to have both options at the same time, and that doesn't affect anything. The only difference is the chassis. Although Jiang Ming said that he would continue to be responsible for the improvement of the Longwei tank, and at the same time be responsible for the pre-research work of the new generation of heavy tanks, in terms of armored vehicles, he would definitely not be able to get rid of them all.

There is a shortage of people in the whole base.

"Yes. The wheeled type and the crawler type are designed separately. In the absence of a weapon system, I would like to be able to control the weight to less than ten tons, and in terms of armor, we have the experience of Ryono. Leave this matter to Cao Feng to be responsible. ”

Cao Feng didn't expect that he would be able to get such a task, and he stared at Liu Yijiu and everyone in surprise.

"Shall we use 6×6 or 8×8? To transport more than eight soldiers, at least the entire length of the vehicle must not be low, otherwise the space inside will become cramped, plus the space required for maneuvering, the turret and the position of the machine gunner. Meng Fan's questions were one after another.

At first, they considered developing a medium armored vehicle directly from the chassis of the 59 tank, but the results were really unsatisfactory. (To be continued......)