As long as you get on the automatic loader, the loader will be removed, and this problem will be solved.

"Yes, with an automatic loader, you can solve the problem." Qin Zhenhua said: "That's what the Soviets thought, when they were on the T-64 tank, they used an automatic loader. Our T-72 tank also has an automatic loader, but the automatic loader has brought other problems, so I will first show you a slide from the Western tanks. ”

Today, Qin Zhenhua came prepared, so he prepared all kinds of materials, he took out a slide and put it on the slide projector, and then watched the curtains be drawn, and the drawings of the tank became clear on the curtain.

"So far, there is no tank in service in the West that uses an automatic loader, but the French tank in the design, as well as the Japanese tank, plan to use an automatic loader, now, I will first show you the design of the French tank."

"Their ammunition is designed to be placed at the rear of the turret, where there are two rows of 24 shells up and down, and when it is necessary to shoot, the motor will be driven to turn the designated shell wheel to the central discharge position, and then push it into the loader, in order to facilitate reloading, At this time, the gun will be adjusted to a depression angle of -1.8 degrees, so that the shell is stuffed and the reload is completed, according to their plan, this reloading speed is very fast, the continuous reload rate is 12 rounds per minute, and because it is an automatic reload, it will not lose strength like manual reloading, and this rate of fire can be continuously achieved. ”

"At the same time, the identification of different types of ammunition relies on the identification system to read the ring code printed on the shell magazine, and at the same time, the bomb bay can automatically remember and select the stored ammunition types, so it can be said that the overall design is still relatively good." Qin Zhenhua introduced this design scheme.

There is a bomb bay at the back of the turret, and the shells inside are placed horizontally, and when needed, this thing is stuffed into the front gun chamber by means of an automatic reloading system, which perfectly solves the problem.

"yes, we can design it that way." Xie Huimin said.

As long as the design is the same as in the West, the problem can be solved!

"Yes, this is a solution to the problem, but there is a lot of uncertainty about this solution." Qin Zhenhua said.

Uncertain? What do you mean?

Of course, it's easy, because until now, the West has not succeeded in developing it! God knows if this automatic loader is reliable or not?

The Soviets stuffed the automatic loader into the tank for the first time, and first used it on the T-64, but when it was used in the early days, this automatic loader broke down frequently, and many tankers were disabled because of it, and they didn't even dare to use it in the later stage, so they changed to manual loading.

After more than ten years of development, it can be regarded as perfected, and on the T-72, the requirements for the rate of fire have been reduced, and the reloading scheme has been simplified, which can be regarded as more mature and reliable.

Now, the West has not succeeded in developing it! In other words, whether it will work or not, and whether it will fail in the end, only God knows!

Qin Zhenhua said very seriously.

If in another ten or twenty years, this kind of automatic loader tests its stability in real combat, then it can still be considered, but now, who dares to believe that this thing will not work or not?

"The second problem is that this way of turret tail silo still requires a large enough turret, that is, if we build it according to this plan, the outcome will not change, it will still be a large turret." Qin Zhenhua said.

Westerners don't care, anyway, they have enough power, and there are many benefits to loading ammunition behind the turret, for example, balancing the weight of the turret, the turret has a barrel in front and a shell in the back, which can be leveled.

Moreover, according to their design, this ammunition bin also has a special compartment board, which can quickly relieve pressure to the outside world once it is burst, so as to avoid casualties among tankmen.

When the ammunition is hit and detonated, the blast will open the discharge plate and exit the vehicle, so as not to enter the fighting room and injure the occupants. Of course, this is only theoretical, and only God knows how.

The automatic loader in the tail warehouse is facing these problems, Qin Zhenhua introduced it, and pointed to the slide to show the big guy, and everyone nodded one after another.

The technological development of domestic tanks pays attention to small steps and fast running, and if the steps are too big, they will pull the egg. In the past, the imitation of the 331 engine was too big, and I thought that it would quickly catch up with the world's advanced level, but in the end, it was just a bubble.

This kind of automatic loading of the tall turret tail compartment, Qin Zhenhua would not dare to touch it.

"So, can we put the shells somewhere else?" Zhang Lao asked, he presided over the domestic military research and development, and his thinking was also very fast, so he kept up with Qin Zhenhua's train of thought and asked him.

Cannonballs can only be loaded in the tail compartment, can't they be loaded somewhere else?

"Of course you can, another option is the Soviet T-72 tank." Qin Zhenhua said: "This slide of mine is provided by the tank design, which is the scheme of the automatic loader of the Soviet T-72 tank that they surveyed and mapped, just like a revolver, in the way of a turntable, mounted on a ring of the turret. ”

Saying that, the second scheme of the automatic loader was on the slide.

With the increase in caliber, automatic reloading becomes an inevitability, and where to place the shells and how to reload them is crucial.

In this turntable automatic loader, the shells are placed vertically, just in the turret basket, and placed in a circle, forming a unique configuration, like a revolver.

"In this way, it avoids the problems such as the increase in volume brought by the tail warehouse, which can be said to be a new way, however, this way of loading also has disadvantages, because the longitudinal height is limited, especially when turning ninety degrees from the longitudinal to the horizontal, if it is a complete artillery shell, it will face a big problem, so the Soviets' tank guns use separate ammunition." Qin Zhenhua continued to introduce this plan.

This brings us to another important issue, the issue of sub-loading and reloading ammunition.

As the caliber of the gun increases, the weight of the shell will also increase, so what if you can't move it? It has to be packed separately, and the warhead and propellant are separated.

The automatic loader, in fact, does not care about the weight, but it still faces the problem of limited space, and it must be divided into parts to solve the problem, so the Soviets' 125 mm tank guns use separate ammunition because of the limitations of these reasons.

Divide the ammunition, fire once, and reload twice, and the speed must be slower than the overall loading, depending on how to choose.

The original topic of the meeting was just the choice of the caliber of the tank gun, but now, it has changed from the choice of the caliber of the tank gun to the choice of how to load, and now, Qin Zhenhua once again sang the leading role.