Looking at the turret from a distance is frightening to death, and up close at five pairs of load-bearing wheels, this is a vivid statement about the T-54 series of tanks, especially the domestically produced 59 tank.

This was already felt far from the point when the 59D tank added an explosive reactive armor module to the outside of the turret, but this was only a simple modification, and later on, the modification of this tank was more and more perverted, with a polyhedral welded turret and even a version of the 125 mm tank gun.

So, as far as this turret is concerned, is it brand new?

Some of them are covered after a new design, and some of them are directly welded with steel plates on the outside of the spherical turret, forming a terrifying appearance. In fact, there is no essential difference in protection capabilities, and there is no change in the internal space, but this modification method is very popular with users and has become a trend of modification.

If you want to say where this trend first started, in fact, it was this Jaguar tank project, which in the eighties had already figured out a low-cost solution to the cast turret of the East: to weld a beautiful shape directly on the outside!

This welding is a matter of skill, to create a perfectly correct slope, to create a beautiful shape, and on the Jaguar tank, this was tried for the first time.

"In that case, it's also a solution to the problem." Hearing the other party's way of stealing tricks, Qin Zhenhua also expressed his affirmation here, if he wants to let the horses run, he doesn't want the horses to eat grass, of course this is impossible, the main reason why the 59 tank can be sold is that the price is cheap, in terms of cheap price, he wants to conduct some research, since there is a method, then he has to give it a try.

The preliminary cooperation intention is reached, the next detailed details of cooperation, there is still a lot of work to do, since it involves cooperation with foreign countries, it must be handed over to the relevant import and export companies to operate, and then, a machine factory will also send a special team to come here to do research together.

There will be a lot of follow-up things, it will not be done overnight, and you also need to apply to your superiors, if it goes well, by the end of this year, you should be able to finalize this matter.

In this cooperation, a machine factory can also learn a lot of things, Westerners are design concepts, Westerners think ways, Westerners solve problems, etc., are all will let their own gains, even if the cooperation falls halfway, at least also learn experience.

If a project wants to be successful, it needs to go through many twists and turns, not to mention that the MBT70 tank jointly developed by Germany and the United States will eventually go their separate ways.

Failure is not terrible, what you learn halfway is the most important thing, and in the future, you can also use it to improve your own plan for new tanks.

With such thoughts, Qin Zhenhua and the other party continued to communicate.

And that night, after returning to the hotel, everyone also communicated about this matter.

"For our country, in fact, there is also a great demand for light tanks." He Lao said: "In the mountainous area, the mobility of light tanks is still quite high, and as for the issue of protection, this is also a matter of trade-offs. ”

In the last battle in the border area, a lot of Type 62 light tanks were also dispatched in the country, and in the battle, this light tank had high mobility and did not have to worry about lack of power when running back and forth in the mountains, which can be said to be quite efficient.

However, due to insufficient armor protection, the probability of the Type 62 tank being destroyed is also quite large.

The three elements of the tank, mobility, firepower, and protection, can now be taken into account in the main battle tank, but in the light tank, this must not be fully taken into account, and it can only be abandoned to increase mobility by abandoning protection, and relying on mobility to increase survivability on the battlefield.

"Also, on the plateau, we also need light tanks with great power." He Lao continued.

In fact, there are not many weapons and equipment that can operate at high altitudes, fighter planes have not gone up to the plateau, and only the Black Hawks purchased from the United States can fly up helicopters.

Why?

With the increase of altitude, the air will become thinner and thinner, to a few thousand meters, the air is less than half of the normal ground, the oxygen in the air is less and less, people breathe poorly, the engine of the vehicle is also unstable, the power is seriously reduced, and it is simply unable to support the use of the entire vehicle.

This is especially true for tanks.

In the case of insufficient power, if you want to go to the plateau, you can only achieve it by reducing your own weight.

These are all in demand at home.

However, in the current situation, the country does not have this ability for the time being, and the main forces are concentrated, and the development of a main battle tank is the top priority, as for what light tanks to do, that is what needs to be done after solving the main battle tank.

"yes." Qin Zhenhua said: "I saw their light tanks today, and the idea is also very good, which can be transported by plane, which is easy to deploy, of course, this is to meet the needs of the Americans for global deployment, we are homeland defense, mainly through rail transportation to mobilize troops." However, there are still a lot of merits in their design scheme, and after joint research and development with them, we can actually make our own scheme, for example, our 730-horsepower diesel engine can also be stuffed into the butt of the 59 tank. ”

If the power compartment is insufficient, then it will be expanded, the top can be raised, and the back can be lengthened, so that the 730 horsepower diesel engine can be stuffed in, and if the 59 tank is replaced with this engine, the power performance will be greatly improved, and at the same time, it will have the ability to install more additional armor protection.

Again talked about the improvement of the 59 tank, after all, the improvement of the 59 tank is the most important for the country, as for what light tank, in this era of Cold War confrontation, the main battle tank is always the most important, and the light tank, it will not be really needed until later.

Now, after hearing Qin Zhenhua's introduction, He Lao nodded: "That's right, this plan of yours has the value of realization." ”

The 730 horsepower diesel engine is based on the 520 horsepower diesel engine, and the squeezing potential of turbine and other equipment is increased, and the cost increase is not high, anyway, the tank engine has to be replaced in hundreds of hours, so it can also be considered when it is directly raised to the power standard of 730 horsepower when it is replaced next time.