France, Leclerc tank?

How is this possible? Do they have a prototype?

Qin Zhenhua was quite surprised, the most important main product of this international defense exhibition is naturally the king of land warfare, that is, the tank, but the main battle tank is also the trump card of various mainstream industrial powers, the killer feature, and they have no intention of bringing their trump card.

Neither the Leopard-2, nor the M1, nor the Challenger are intended to be shown here on their own, but what about the French? The French actually wanted to bring the Leclerc tank?

This also shocked Qin Zhenhua, and at the same time of shock, there was another question, their tank has not been developed at all, and the prototype has not been built yet, right? What do they show?

With such a question, Qin Zhenhua watched the French transport convoy come over.

As if to show off, the French didn't cover the tarpaulin at all, anyway, the distance from the port to here was only more than 200 kilometers, so they directly showed up on the trailer and dragged over, along the way, it is estimated that it also attracted the attention of many people.

This tank still looks full of modernity.

From the side, the overall shape is very compact, about a meter shorter than other tanks in the West, it looks more exquisite, below are six pairs of load-bearing wheels, under the cover of the side skirts, it looks even more distinctive: under the cover of the wide side skirts, only about a quarter of the lower part of the load-bearing wheels can be seen, this way of covering, no tank has done it yet.

However, Qin Zhenhua was quickly attracted by the turret above, just like in the design drawing, the turret looks quite alternative, low, flat, the armor in front is neither directly vertical like the Leopard-2, nor inclined like the Challenger and M1, but a sleek over, it looks a little similar to the cast turret in general, of course, the welds during the transition still show that this is a welded turret, and the most attractive, Or the obviously large sight lens next to the huge gun shield.

If his wife Xiaoyu was here, she would be envious of this fire control system.

The most powerful fire control system of this era!

At present, the most mature in China, or the light point injection type fire control system, widely used in 59, 69, 79 these tanks, the main operator is the gun commander, by manipulating the gun to drive the scope to aim and track the target and range, the computer solves the shooting elements, drives a cathode ray tube in the scope to produce a light point projection into the scope field of view, the gun commander aims at the target with the light point, you can shoot, although the ballistic computer is used, it is just a simple optical targeting system.

On our own 80, 85, and 88 tanks, our own technology has developed, and finally there is a downward trans stable image fire control system, which is independent and stable. The gun commander manipulates the scope and tracks the target, and the gun follows the aiming line. This method has the ability to shoot moving-to-move, but it is still backward.

The biggest feature of this system is that the commander has his own observation and sighting system, which can be independently observed and accurately indicated by the gun commander, and can even surpass the gun commander to shoot directly.

The Leclerc tank in front of you is this fire control system.

The one on the left is a cylindrical shape, revealing high, like an inverted urine bucket, and the one on the right is lower, and the lens shines purple, which looks like an indescribable beauty.

Because each has an independent sophisticated observation device, so when fighting, the gun commander can use the sight to engage a target with the main gun, the commander can give up the current target to strike, and use his independent sight to search for the next target, so that after the current target is finished, the next target has been determined, and the gun commander presses the button to automatically turn the turret to the new target and hit the next target.

This efficiency is obviously much higher, and in addition, there is an important benefit, that is, if the commander of the gun discovers another more valuable target while the gun commander is aiming, such as a tank aiming at them, he can even overtake the gun commander and directly operate the main gun to aim at a new target.

This is the most powerful fire control system, far more than your own, because you only have one sight, when the gun commander aims at the target, the commander has no chance to search for other situations nearby, at this time if someone sneaks attack, you can only be hard next to each other, and what about the Leclerc tank? If you spot someone sneaking up, you can turn the turret and fight back at any time.

Of course, this kind of hunting and destroying ability is a must for your own third-generation tanks, so there are many problems in the development of your third-generation tanks, not only advanced high-power engines, but also this fire control system, which is also a key point of research and development.

Qin Zhenhua was fascinated by this tank, and at this time, someone was already greeting him next to him: "Crane, crane!" ”

What the? Crane?

Qin Zhenhua was a little surprised, after the tank got on the trailer, wouldn't it be okay to drive it by himself? Why do you need a crane?

The arrangement of the exhibition will inevitably involve the shipment of some large items, and there are cranes on the site, but the largest crane of 50 tons is hoisting other equipment at this time.

"I'm sorry, we'll have to wait." Qin Zhenhua said to the person in charge from France: "The fifty-ton crane can't be taken care of for the time being. ”

The Leclerc tank is said to weigh more than 50 tons, but it is in a state of full fuel and ammunition, and now this kind of exhibition car should not have 50 tons.

A 50-ton crane can be used to lift 50 tons on a flat road, and the distance is not too far, so there is no problem, otherwise, it is estimated that you will have to use a 70-ton or even 100-ton crane.

"Fifty tons? It doesn't need to be that big, a 30-ton crane is enough. Pierre replied there.

Thirty tons? Qin Zhenhua frowned: "Sir, this is against the operating procedures, although we can lift equipment that exceeds the limit weight, but if there is an accident..."

"No, no, its dead weight is less than twenty tons, and a thirty-ton crane is perfectly fine." Pierre said.

What the? This thing is less than twenty tons? Isn't that a shell? Hearing this, Qin Zhenhua was quite surprised, and then looked at this tank again, the appearance of this tank is quite beautiful, it is said that it is a tall low-infrared/low-vision camouflage resin coating, but from here, it seems that it can be seen that in the tail engine compartment, it seems to be vacant.