At that time, the Soviet Union had just been founded, and it had developed from a backward serfdom to a modern industrial country, and in addition to the rapid development of industry around Moscow, it was the Urals.

There are huge Ural Mountains here, and in the mountains, there are countless minerals, so, with the help of this condition, the Soviet Union established a steel industry and a machine industry here.

By the time of World War II, the most prosperous areas in the west of the Soviet Union were invaded by Germany, and a large number of industries moved eastward to the Urals, which was the most glorious period of the Urals.

After the end of the war, a large number of industries began to move back, but the industrial areas that had already been built could not be wasted and must continue to operate.

The Nizhny Tagil Design Bureau was born under these circumstances, the people of the famous Kotin Design Bureau and the Morozov Design Bureau all went back, and those who stayed behind were some people who had no background and no background.

It is precisely because of this that Kartsev had such an opportunity to climb to the position of designer within four years, after all, capable people, they would have gone back long ago, and who wanted to stay in the hinterland of the USSR? Was the big rear safe during the war years? In peacetime, this is simply a place of exile for prisoners? Although there are industrial cities? It's also quite desolate.

Someone has held out here, like Kartsev? He has also made a vigorous career here.

The power of the USSR was huge, and they didn't just have to equip themselves? And equip the other countries in the camp with weapons? In this regard, it is also necessary to take into account the safety of the military industry, so only low-grade weapons can be exported.

For example? In terms of fighters? The Su-27 is for its own use, and the MiG-29 is for export. In terms of tanks, the T-64 and T-80 are all for their own use, so that they can keep the secrets of the military industry? And the T-72 is a low-grade product, which can be sold to make money.

More than just selling to make money? They even exported the production line, except for the USSR itself? There are also several countries that can produce T-72 tanks.

Is it because of this? Only the great powers of the East can get T-72 tanks? And because of this? Only then was they able to open the production base of the T-72 tank to people from the great powers of the East.

Of course, this is also for a purpose, the air forces of the eastern powers are visiting their fighters, and there is a need for equipment, and the armies of the eastern powers are here to visit, in case they can sell tanks to them again.

With such thoughts, Kartsev greeted the delegation of the great powers of the East. As Nie Qianqian speculated, Kartsev is not the current chief designer of the Nizhny Tagil designer, at this time the chief designer of Nizhny Tagil is called Venedikotov, he is a good friend of Kartsev, and he was already a classmate and friend when he was in the Academy of Armored Forces.

In 1969, Kartsev was removed from the position of chief designer, and I don't know if it had something to do with the fact that he made a simplified version of the T-64A tank, but an innovative T-72. However, it is precisely because of this that Kartsev's identity is more in line with the requirements of the reception, and he will not reveal the secrets of the latest T-72.

Kartsev, who was in his sixties, a little thin and still full of spirit, stood there, smiled and shook hands with the crowd: "Welcome everyone, after decades, our hands are shaking together again." ”

I think that back then, it was with the help of Soviet experts that a machine factory was established, and at that time, there were many Soviet experts who assisted in the construction, and the technicians of the big eastern countries learned a lot from the Soviet experts.

Now, when I think of those years, I can't help but sigh.

Qin Lao, who was in charge of leading the team, replied with a smile: "Yes, our hands are held together again, I hope we can go on forever." ”

"Peace is the main theme of the world, and we believe that the friendship between the two countries will definitely continue." "Everyone, please visit our factory. ”

Generally speaking, the layout of the military industry in the USSR was a design bureau, corresponding to a design office, the design was in charge of design, the military factory was responsible for manufacturing, the design bureau of Nizhny Tagil was responsible for design, and the production was also located in Nizhny Tagil at the Ural Locomotive and Rolling Stock Plant.

The mill has a long history, dating back to 1817, when it was called the Melkov Gold Minry. As the name suggests, the plant was used to process the gold mines found in the vicinity at the time, but it took only 12 years for the gold mines to be cleaned.

After that, the factory lost its value and was closed and abandoned. At this time, a British engineer working in a Russian factory noticed the forgotten factory, took over and established itself as a private enterprise for the production of various machines. And it continued to grow, becoming one of the eight best enterprises in Russia at the end of the 19th century. It manufactures a wide range of products, including: steam engines and boilers, metalworking lathes, cranes, tractors, rolling mills, gold mining excavators and many more.

After the October Revolution, the factory was nationalized, and from that time on, the factory was involved in the manufacture of weapons, and when the Great Patriotic War began, it received other Soviet industrial enterprises evacuated from Moscow, Podolsk and Stalingrad, and 39 days after the installation of equipment, the Ural Vehicle Plant made and delivered the first T-60 light tank to the front.

From that time, the Ural Vehicle Plant began a glorious period of tank manufacturing, during the Great Patriotic War, a large number of T-34 tanks were produced here, and after the war, T-44, T-54 constantly appeared, especially T-54, T-55 series tanks, production continued until 1981.

It is precisely because of the production of tanks like T-34 and T-54 that they realize the importance of reliability for a tank, they do not overly pursue advancement, but put reliability in the first place, and also use a large number of ready-made technologies and existing equipment, which greatly reduces production costs and facilitates mass production.

The T-72 is a kind of masterpiece under this idea.

Walking into the factory, the first thing you can see is a sculpture of a T-34 tank, and on the base of the sculpture, countless tadpole words are written, which should commemorate the Great Patriotic War.

After bypassing the T-34 tank, you can hear the roar of the machines in the factory, and at the same time, you can see the structure of the entire factory clearly, which is exactly the same as the layout of the first machine factory.