Zhu Lao is the first admirable old man Qin Zhenhua saw after becoming a worker in a glorious machine factory.

In his early years, because of an accident, he lost one arm and walked unsteadily, but he did not choose to retire because of this, and he has always been in his post, conscientious, and constantly silently contributing his own strength to the progress of tank technology of the motherland.

And the last time he went abroad, maybe because of physical reasons, he didn't go out, but this time, the bidding for the project was followed throughout the whole process, although he didn't say much, that determined figure, every time Qin Zhenhua saw it, he felt full of strength.

"This operation is very well done." Zhu Lao said to Qin Zhenhua: "The introduction of this tank gun has finally been negotiated, it is of great significance to us, and in the future, it will be easy to transform our tank." ”

The L7 tank gun, with advanced performance and good adaptability, uses this barrel to modify the huge amount of 59 tanks on its own, which is also a certainty, and everyone is waiting for it.

In particular, it is also about to start a task to make use of the technology that we have now mastered and improve the way to make it more powerful by improving the ammunition after it is introduced.

Everyone is looking forward to it.

"Well, the tank that the British have refitted, I hope it can be towed back to our first machine factory, and we will study specific improvement plans to prepare for our future production and improvement." Qin Zhenhua said.

The tank after the test gun, if the agreement is not negotiated, the British will definitely remove the barrel and take it away, if the negotiation is completed, the sample gun will definitely be given to their side, and now, the agreement has been reached, and the ownership of the sample gun is, of course, a machine factory.

Hearing Qin Zhenhua's words, Zhu Lao smiled and said, "You guys, you want all kinds of good things." If we have a chance to get T-72 tanks, will you also go to one of your factories? ”

Zhu Lao's words seem to be just a joke, but Qin Zhenhua understood the meaning from this sentence, our relevant departments are currently working hard to obtain Soviet T-72 tanks!

According to the standard tank generation, the T-54 series tanks are considered to be the first generation, which is also the main tank equipped by their own side, and the T-62 obtained from the war on a northern island belongs to the second generation of tanks.

Tank technology has developed quite rapidly, but in the second generation of tanks, their own side has quickly fallen behind, up to now, the country has not made a second generation of tanks, and the world, has been rapidly moving towards the third generation of tanks.

The Soviets quickly developed and equipped the T-64 tank, and the Soviets were always the fastest at upgrading their ground weapons, because what they did best was bulldozing the enemy with a torrent of armor.

It was the first to adopt a 125 mm caliber tank gun, equipped with an automatic loader, with advanced composite armor and a high-power engine, and quickly became the elite of the Soviet army's equipment and was reequipped with front-line troops.

In the later stage, it was replaced with a gas turbine, and the model was also transformed into a T-80.

It's just that this tank is too expensive, and the Soviet Army, which advocates numerical superiority, can't achieve a comprehensive refitting anyway, they must have a cheap tank to meet the needs of a large number of equipment, at this time, Kartsev from Nizhny Tagil, received an order to develop a simplified version of the T-64, but after research, it was found that the T-64 has a large number of bad immature designs, so with the help of the name of the 172 project, a new tank was created, Later, although the tank crews found that Kartsev's sheep's head was sold for dog meat, it was not bad to use, especially mature and reliable, which fully met their combat concept, so a generation of famous cars T-72 was born.

As a low-grade tank, the loading speed of its automatic loader is far inferior to that of the T-64, the sighting system is not as good as the T-64, and the composite armor is stuffed with quartz sand in the middle, but it is mature and reliable, which is its advantage, and it is not only equipped with the Soviet army, but also began to be exported as a low-end product in large quantities.

So, if the state really wants it, there is a chance to get this tank from a third party.

Since Zhu Lao said so, perhaps, the country has already made a move, right? Qin Zhenhua secretly thought in his heart, but later, what lingered in front of his eyes was not the high barrel of the T-72 tank and the iconic V-shaped appearance of the hull head armor, but the more generous Leopard-2 tank.

If you had to choose between the two, you would definitely appreciate the Leopard-2 tank more.

Larger hulls, stronger armor, and more powerful engines are inevitable for the development of tanks.

Thinking of this, Qin Zhenhua shook his head: "Zhu Lao, since the last time I went to Europe, I have found that what I will never forget the most is the Leopard-2 tank, but unfortunately, our country is still too poor." ”

The army also intended to purchase the Leopard-2, but the unit price was too high, and the other party refused to sell one or two to its own side, so that it could be disassembled and studied.

"You kid, your eyes are really high." Zhu Lao patted him on the shoulder and said: "Now, our relevant departments have begun to disagree, how to take the road of tanks in the future, continue to follow the route of the Soviet system, or turn to the route of the West, everyone has their own reasons." It seems that you are the one who wants to go the Western course. ”

"What about you?" Qin Zhenhua asked Zhu Lao, at this time, the two had already walked to the door of the restaurant, inside, many people had already begun to sit down, and Ma Panshan was also there, beckoning to Qin Zhenhua.

"I think we should keep our feet on the ground and follow our own path. Neither the Soviet nor the Western ones correspond to our own national conditions. Zhu Lao smiled: "Perhaps, we should combine the East and the West?" ”

East meets West? This sentence was like ringing a bell, and the aftermath was long, echoing in Qin Zhenhua's mind.

Soviet tanks have the characteristics of their tanks, such as low shape, small bomb area, cheap cost, and a large number of equipment, but the technical standards are not high, and they rely on quantity to overcome quality. Western tanks, on the contrary, are tall and have a large bomb area, but, because of their large size, they have a wide interior space, good ergonomics, are convenient for long-term battles, and are also convenient for improving protection by increasing mass, there is enough space to increase power, and so on. They are following the path where quality is king.

So, can you combine the advantages of the two and create a tank with your own characteristics?

"Let's go, don't be in a daze, go in for dinner, in a few days, and when the formal meeting is held, it will be discussed." Zhu Lao said.