Calamat was speechless.

I heard that the MTU396 diesel engine was to be matched, Calamat was quite dissatisfied, he was originally skeptical about the Khalid tank project, and after knowing the power system, he was even more annoyed, that kind of diesel engine, the volume is too large, there is no problem with the use of railway locomotives, ships, submarines, etc., but it is suitable to be used in tanks?

Therefore, when he came to the tank factory today, he wanted to question the other party on this issue, but he didn't expect that the answer given by the other party made him not answer.

Why is there a large number of people in the military who support the Khalid tank project? It's because they don't have a lot of money!

Look at the Indians on the other side, they have introduced T-72, developed Arjun tanks, and a large number of British Chieftain tanks, where is their confidence? Plenty of money.

Lao Ba doesn't have such a rich pocket, and he has to buckle and rope for everything.

They have good relations with the West, so supposedly, wouldn't it be better to directly purchase a Leopard-2 tank, or an M1 tank? The problem is that the price of that tank is too high for them to afford. Even if they have US military aid, they have to spend the money on the knife edge, and give priority to using this batch of military aid funds to solve the problems of the navy and air force, and the army has to be patient.

They purchased the 85 tank because the 85 tank was cheap, the performance could meet their needs, and they were able to produce it on their own production line, so although it was not the most advanced, it was the most suitable for them.

On the basis of the 85 tank, they tried to reach the level of three generations of tanks with limited improvements, they were very demanding, but the funds invested were limited, and looking at the whole world, who else could meet their needs, except for the great powers of the East?

No one can? If you change to any country, you won't take this kind of work at all, if you want to take over? Will the price also be high? The unit price is controlled at about one million? Not to mention the production of advanced third-generation tanks? Give them an upgrade of the backward 59 tanks, and they will be able to spend all this money.

The look in front of Kalamat's eyes was a little dim, and later? But he said, "But? I'm still convinced that that kind of engine is not suitable for tanks, even if you are thinking about cost? What kind of engine to use? The military will not be satisfied either. ”

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Lao Ba's army requirements are still very harsh? After all, this is not the era of military aid in the past? Are they spending money on equipment? Is money to be used where it is needed? Therefore, not only the price must be cheap, but also the quality must be good, that kind of engine, the army should not accept.

Qin Zhenhua heard this? Also frowned? Think about selling all kinds of weapons? Lao Ba's repeated comparison? After repeated research and pondering for a long time, I finally made up my mind to purchase? In terms of the equipment of the third-generation tank, which is important to their army, can such a large engine compartment meet the requirements of Lao Ba?

It's hard to say.

Because of this episode, after the investigation, Qin Zhenhua became sullen.

There is no way to do it, after all, the level of domestic tank diesel engines is like that, it can't be achieved overnight, and the development of one step at a time can be done, but Lao Ba can't wait.

After inspecting the production line, and studying how to improve it in the future and how to produce Khalid tanks, the group finally embarked on the road back, and on the day they left, Lao Ba announced the news to the world.

"We will produce a main battle tank called Khalid in our own Taxila heavy manufacturing plant, this tank, which is jointly developed with the eastern powers, we believe that it will become the main battle weapon of our future army, it will have a combat weight of nearly 50 tons, a 1,200 horsepower diesel engine and a 125 mm caliber gun, and the performance of the entire tank will far exceed the T-72 series tanks. We are confident that this tank will be among the top three in the world tank rankings. ”

The 85 tank of the eastern powers is the third, and the performance of this tank is definitely stronger than the 85 tank, so it is appropriate to enter the top three.

When they say this, the contempt is made clear.

They have always been hostile to India on the other side, and the most proud of the Indians is the T-72 tank, which they have introduced a production line and produced it in-house in their country, and as for the Arjun tank, they are also boasting about it.

Lao Ba has been patient and aggrieved for a long time, and now, finally, everything is on the right track, of course, you can announce it to the world, especially to the other side, we have the world's top three tanks, your tanks, no!

After this news came out, it immediately caused a sensation in the military industry.

In recent years, the 85 tanks of the eastern powers are very famous, especially the shooting performance a few months ago, the penetration depth of 500 millimeters, which is a real hit, I don't know how many people have been deterred, this kind of firepower is simply against the sky.

Now, the big countries in the East not only want to develop tanks independently, but have even begun to provide technical support to help other countries develop tanks, which is rare in the military industry.

Therefore, when Qin Zhenhua got off the plane, he suddenly found that he was surrounded by a group of reporters, who should have gotten the news from Lao Ba, and knew that this group of people had taken this flight back to China, so they came to block him.

Facing the enthusiastic reporters, Qin Zhenhua knew that he had to announce it generously.

"After years of development, our No. 1 Machine Factory has become a world-renowned first-class manufacturer of ground weapons for the army." Qin Zhenhua looked at those enthusiastic reporters and said to them: "We are currently preparing to develop a main battle tank codenamed Type 90, which is specially developed for a foreign user. ”

This sentence has been said very clearly, the Type 90 main battle tank we developed is the old Bad Khalid main battle tank.

"You plan to use a 1,200-horsepower diesel engine on this tank? We're curious, where do you have such technology? As far as we know, your most powerful engine is only 1,000 horsepower. A reporter asked.

This is obviously trying to dig the inside story.

"We ourselves have the relevant technology." Qin Zhenhua said: "Since we can already produce a 1,000-horsepower diesel engine, why can't we produce a 1,200-horsepower diesel engine ourselves? ”

"How is that possible, there are not many countries in the world that can develop such an engine, no more than five!" Someone shouted below.

"How many diesel engines in the world can develop a thousand-horsepower?" Qin Zhenhua asked rhetorically, "Are there ten?" ”

I don't talk anymore.