Among the domestic tank caps, the representative one is the domestic TMT-2 tank cap that is installed with the Type 59 medium tank.

In order to adapt to different tankers, this TMT-2 tank work cap has three numbers: large, medium and small, in order to adapt to different climates, it is divided into four styles: North Winter (outer skin and inner hair), North Summer (cloth surface), South Winter (single skin) and South Summer (nylon mesh), specifically to each 59 tank is equipped with 5 winters and 5 summers and ten tank hats as standard.

A machine factory has a special branch, which produces tank caps, tank seats, etc., and the number of female workers in it is also the largest.

This tank cap has been produced in China for many years, however, there are also shortcomings, the surface is cloth fabric, long-term storage or sun and rain is very easy to fade, at the same time, the matching headset microphone circuit is not qualified, easy to oxidize the phenomenon of ineffective calls.

Therefore, at the same time as the mass production of equipment for this tank cap, the domestic design and manufacture of TMT-73 tank caps, although called self-research, in fact, there is no difference from the soft tank caps of the Soviet Union, except that the fabric has been replaced, and at the same time, the forehead guard and top protection with rubber sponge have been added above the cap cover, focusing on improving the domestic SH-091B crew headset and a pair of SD-460B laryngeal microphones.

This set of equipment has greatly increased the reliability, and until now, the tanks and self-propelled guns equipped for the parade are equipped with this tank cap.

The soft tank cap can prevent the tanker from being injured in an internal collision, but there is a big drawback, that is, the tankman is not only inside the tank, but also comes out.

The commander has to poke his head out to command, and the driver has to poke his head out to observe the road, which is very common before entering the war zone, and it is easy to become the target of the enemy's sniper who is ambushed outside, and at the same time, even if he enters the war zone, many times the loader has to come out and operate the machine gun outside.

The tank cap can only prevent bumps, there is no defense, not to mention a special sniper, even those stray bullets, or fragments, or even the explosion of the reactive armor outside the tank after being detonated, are not able to protect.

In order to cope with this situation, some tank crews will have an infantry steel helmet in the tank and wear this helmet when they poke their heads out, but this is an emergency after all.

But it is inconvenient to prepare a helmet in the car, the helmet used by the infantry is still very heavy, and the most important thing is that this thing is not breathable, it is too hot to wear in summer, so it is necessary to guard the ventilation to make a hole in the helmet, poke your head out, and if you get a bullet in this place, it will directly hit the inside of the skull.

During World War II, the Americans developed the M1938 tank helmet from the football helmet, which had an open hole and did not have too high defense.

After the end of World War II, with the progress of technology, the Americans came up with a way to make the tank cap into two parts, the inside is soft, and the outside is a hard shell, which is a model of using modular ideas as a modular component.

In fact, if you want to say that the most handsome tanker, it is still German, when Lao Maozi during World War II wears a tank hat every day, the German tanker, that is directly wearing a military cap, and then adding headphones and microphones, that is called a handsome.

The Germans are not afraid of kowtowing, because the inside of people's tanks is soft-packed, and the inside is lined with leather and sponge, and the Germans eventually lost the war.

In short, in this era, the West has begun to adopt hard helmets. Domestic is still dominated by tank caps, so Qin Zhenhua deliberately purchased a batch, and then brought it over, first equipped with 80 tank troops, which can be regarded as a new tank with a new helmet.

The curious Liu Dajun put it on, and sure enough, it felt good, not heavy, very comfortable, and breathable. However, after wearing it, he still took it off.

"Brother Zhenhua, it's not appropriate to wear this thing during this military parade." Liu Dajun said.

In fact, the superiors have already determined the main parade equipment, although the tank cap is not detailed, but, do you still need to talk about it? It must be independently developed and produced by us.

Wearing this thing to participate in the military parade, what does that make the West think?

Qin Zhenhua smiled: "Of course it's not suitable, I just let everyone try to wear it, and then, the relevant branch of our first machine factory will strive to absorb the technology of this tank cap and develop our new tank cap." ”

At the parade, of course, if we have our own equipment, it is as big as a tank and as small as a tank cap!

In the long run, the hard tank cap will inevitably become a mainstream in the future, in addition to being strong, it can also be compatible with new headphones and microphones, with the continuous development of tank technology, the noise inside the tank will gradually decrease, and the tanker will eventually change from the throat microphone to the microphone of the mouth, the microphone, it is not easy to fix with the tank cap, and the helmet is easy to fix.

Therefore, it is inevitable to develop a new type of tank cap, try it now, see the advantages and disadvantages, and consider how to imitate and improve it.

Although it is small, it is also related to the combat effectiveness of tank crews.

"Okay." Hearing Qin Zhenhua's introduction, Liu Dajun immediately lost his psychological baggage, and greeted his subordinates: "Big guys, come here, one by one!" This is the first tank cap used by the Americans, the first in the world! Only our Company of Heroes is eligible to equip. Hey, why did you kid get two? Have you grown two heads? ”

On the training ground of the military parade, the tank design institute dozens of kilometers away, under the leadership of Zhu Lao, the design of the relevant three generations of tanks has also been in full swing.

This time I went to the United States and saw the other party's M1 tank, which was also very inspired, and some of the design concepts in it should also be referred to by my own side.

Combine East and West to create an advanced and modern main battle tank that truly suits you!

The major countries in the world have entered the sequence of three generations of tanks, and the country has delayed a lot of time, and now, it is to catch up!

The Tank Design Institute, with a sacred mission, has devoted itself to research and development.

Time passed day by day, the hot summer left, the cool autumn arrived, and finally, that sacred and solemn moment came.

The military parade that makes people passionate, makes people's blood boil, and makes people proud of the powerful motherland has finally kicked off on this National Day!