This one? This one doesn't look like there's anything!

Looking at the past from here, you can see that this is an ordinary wheeled infantry fighting vehicle, if the only thing that feels strange is that above the middle of the hull, there is only that small turret bought, but a machine gun is added to the right side of the front, except for this gap, I don't see anything else?

On this car, there are mortars?

It always sounds strange.

With such a thought, the two approached, and then, they found something strange, how did the roof of this car look like this?

"Spread the roof out." Qin Zhenhua shouted.

So, the tester opened the roof of the car, and the armor cover on the top was folded to both sides, similar to the muck cars of later generations, and when the lid inside was opened, the back half became open-topped.

"This, this, this." Yu Shengli said three words in a row, but in the end he didn't say anything, just followed and got in, he had already guessed something.

Sure enough, in the rear of the hull of this car, in the space originally reserved for the infantry squad, a 120-mm mortar was installed!

There are not many models of domestic mortars, especially this 120 mm mortar, which was originally copied from the Soviet Union as a Type 55 120 mm mortar.

In the sixties, with the development of industrial science and technology, the Type 55 120 mm mortar was developed on the basis of the Type 64 120 mm mortar, and the main goal of this mortar design is to reduce weight! The weight was reduced by 101 kilograms, and the final total weight was only 174 kilograms.

This is only compared with the previous nearly 300 kilograms, even if it is lighter, it is still 174 kilograms, and this weight is also very heavy compared to other mortars.

At the same time, while reducing weight, the artillery structure was simplified, and the stability of fire was improved, which became the main equipment of this model.

Of course, the disadvantages of this gun are also obvious. It's still too heavy to use in a mountainous environment!

Therefore, in the process of designing the Type 64 gun, Zhu Lao, who was the deputy dean of the Artillery Engineering College at that time, instructed a researcher named Tang Zhi to start the research and development of a new type of light 120-mm mortar, but unfortunately this project was not developed.

The only thing that can be used now is this Type 64 mortar, and now, Qin Zhenhua has moved it to his own wheeled infantry fighting vehicle, and it was moved in the most brutal and rude way.

The 120-mm mortar is too heavy, and it is inconvenient for the infantry to use it directly, so simply use the chassis of a wheeled infantry fighting vehicle, as it is now!

At the beginning of the design, everyone thought about using the form of a turret, a closed turret, which means that the gunner can operate more safely, but at the same time, it also means that the difficulty of research and development is greatly increased, if so, they have to develop a large-caliber mortar! This kind of mortar must be a rear-loading shell, otherwise, on the battlefield, there must be a special loader, go out from the turret, climb to the barrel to load!

A machine factory makes vehicles, not artillery, so it simply engaged in such a convertible form, which almost has the feeling of World War II weapons.

If it was in the eyes of experts, it would have been reprimanded, if it was during World War II, an open-top gun carriage would have been acceptable, but now that it has entered the eighties, it is simply an irresponsible attitude to engage in this kind of thing, it is simply opportunistic!

However, now it can only be done like this, after all, no matter how backward it is, it is better than direct operation by infantry, right? Aren't the infantry naked in the battlefield environment outside? In this mode of operation, there is at least one protection, and the mobility is not bad.

In fact, in later generations, it naturally had advanced self-propelled mortars, the kind of 120 mm self-propelled mortar howitzers, which can fire both directly and flexibly, and closed the turret, using the same 6 * 6 chassis, that kind of weapon system, which can be regarded as real modernization.

You can't become a fat man by eating in one bite, and Qin Zhenhua didn't put forward too high requirements.

"Yes, yes, this car, we want it!" Yu Shengli said: "These two, we all want them, one is aimed directly, the other is curved shot, if the two are coordinated, it will be easier to remove the enemy's firepower point!" ”

"Old Yu, so anxious, don't wait for me to continue to introduce?" Qin Zhenhua said: "The biggest feature of our mortar vehicle is that it is equipped with an advanced fire control system, and it is also equipped with a computer specially used to calculate the trajectory, which is much easier than manual work." ”

Qin Zhenhua said this, and he was very proud in his heart.

Since it is a self-propelled artillery, it must have the characteristics of a self-propelled artillery, and if the gunner is required to manually aim and calculate the shooting elements, then what is it called a self-propelled artillery?

The two pillars in the bright sword can be measured with one finger, but it is only because the range is short, and after the distance is long, it is necessary to have a new and advanced fire control system.

They transplanted the fire control system on their tanks and re-entered the data for the trajectory of the mortars, so that it was easier to aim at the enemy's positions.

"Okay. Even the fire control system has been changed, but in this case, we are afraid that we will have to have special people trained to operate it. Yu Shengli said.

Without specialized training, it is impossible to make perfect use of this equipment.

"We have a machine factory, and we can send people." Qin Zhenhua thought for a while, and then said, "I'll go over in person!" Simply, pull over a series of equipment that we are currently developing, hand it over to you to use on the battlefield, pass the actual combat test, and then improve it, for us, this is more important. ”

As soon as these words came out, Yu Shengli and Lin Zhu were both stunned.

Qin Zhenhua, going to the battlefield?

That's not going to work!

Military personnel are valuable assets, the advanced weapons they have designed and developed are of great significance to the army, and now Qin Zhenhua is even more of a baby bump, Qin Zhenhua wants to send weapons to test and use, they can call the shots, but if Qin Zhenhua wants to go to the battlefield, it will definitely not be!

"We need to ask our superiors for instructions on this matter." Yu Shengli said: "There is still a period of time for the troops to be pulled, so let's select the best fighters first and receive some operational training." ”

"Yes, although we are a mechanized infantry brigade, but a large amount of equipment is not yet in place, and the top still uses us as pure infantry, we have obtained so many good things from a machine factory this time, and we can't ask for it in vain, and strive to get some subsidies from our superiors." Lin Zhu followed and said on the side, it was already possible to divert the topic of Qin Zhenhua.

"The best military workers have to grow up in the flames of war, and this is hindering my growth." Qin Zhenhua sighed and said.