"This turret looks very good, some of the style of the M1 tank turret." In the No. 1 machine factory, Lao Ba's delegation came to the No. 1 machine factory, and the 85 tank, which had been painted with a brand new earthy yellow paint, stood proudly in the cold of early spring.

Generally speaking, domestic tanks are sprayed grass green, and now the painting of this tank is very friendly to users in desert areas, so, needless to say, it is a tank that focuses on foreign trade.

"Yes, our Type 85 tank uses the latest developed turret, which not only takes care of the smooth bulletproof shape, but also takes care of the use of composite armor, and even adds a tail compartment behind the turret, which condenses the efforts of our designers."

The turret of the 80 tank does not have a tail compartment, so when it comes to the hillside, the turret is difficult to rotate, because it is not matched, and now, this newly developed 85 tank has increased the turret tail compartment, although it is not particularly large, but it has been able to carry out a certain degree of trimming, and it is naturally more convenient to use.

Because there are more tail warehouses, even the number of shells has increased, and there are several shells that can be stuffed there, and if there is a large turret like the West, it can be stuffed with more than 20 shells, which is the main storage location for shells.

Berg nodded, agreeing with this design, and then, looking at the engine in the tail: "What is the system of things used in this tank?" ”

"And the 80 tanks of the parade, it's the same." Qin Zhenhua introduced: "The 800-horsepower diesel engine, semi-automatic transmission, if necessary, can be operated by the steering wheel, and the entire power system has been tested for a long time to ensure high enough reliability." ”

"Is the chassis of this tank developed from the chassis of the T-72 tank?" Parker asked.

Hearing this, Qin Zhenhua shook his head helplessly: "Ladies and gentlemen, it's not the first time that everyone has come to our first machine factory, and this question raised makes us very helpless." ”

In the eyes of many people, the big countries in the East will only survey, map and imitate, and will not innovate themselves.

What to say that the engine is copied from Germany, the main gun is copied from the USSR, and the chassis is copied from the T-72, as if the great powers of the East will not do anything but imitate it.

"Let me tell you." Qin Zhenhua continued: "We have been developing the 122 series of tanks since the sixties, and over the years, we have worked tirelessly to develop six different models of tanks from 1221 to 1226. Evolved, it's all our own technology. ”

Since it is to be compared with the T-72 tank, Qin Zhenhua has to say carefully: "From the chassis point of view, the T-72 of the Soviets uses a 780-horsepower supercharged engine, a double-sided gearbox, an 800-horsepower turbocharged engine and a semi-automatic hydraulic transmission that we use, and the power system is completely different. ”

"Yes, there is a big difference with the T-72." Parker said: "We still admire your R&D capabilities, so are you interested in working with us to develop a third-generation tank that is specially adapted to our country?" ”

Joint R&D with you? Or a third-generation tank?

When he heard this, Qin Zhenhua only felt that his heart was pounding.

Lao Ba has the idea of self-research, everyone knows it, but this time it was proposed, it means that Lao Ba has made up his mind?

Joint research and development, but Lao Ba's own technical ability is quite limited, so this so-called joint research and development model, will become Lao Ba money, a machine factory out of technology, if this is the case, then the foreign trade tank does not need to raise its own funds, Lao Ba has already invested.

Of course we're a hundred satisfied. Besides, our 85 tank is here, on the basis of this tank, improve and improve, and that's it.

Qin Zhenhua was indescribably excited at this time, but he still made a calm and breezy look: "Okay, no problem, what standards do you have?" ”

"In terms of performance data, it is necessary to suppress all the T-72 tanks." Berg said.

"If this is the case, our current 85 tanks, will be able to do it." Qin Zhenhua said confidently.

Pull out the T-72 tank and compare it with the 85 tank, we are definitely not inferior.

In this way, you can directly sell 85 tanks.

"No, no, this tank, we are still not satisfied, especially with its tank gun." Berg said: "How far has your 125mm tank gun progressed? ”

"At present, our existing 105 mm tank gun, armor-piercing ability is definitely not inferior to the Soviet export version of the T-72 tank, this, we have tested a few years ago, even our 69 tank smoothbore gun, firing special armor-piercing shells, is better than the T-72 armor-piercing projectiles." Qin Zhenhua said: "However, you want the idea of a thicker barrel, we understand, the 85 tank in front of us, when designed, has reserved space for the installation of 125 mm guns, our brother units, have also made a sample gun, has begun to prepare for testing, so, if you need, it is estimated that by the end of the year, there will be a mature 125 mm tank gun, installed on our tank." ”

To test the gun, you have to shoot tens of thousands of rounds at every turn, and it is completely burned with money, but if you don't test it, you can't grasp the real performance of the gun, so time is also needed.

"Although we have not started testing yet, we can be sure that our own 125 mm tank gun is definitely better than the 125 mm tank gun equipped with the T-72 tank gun of the Soviets."

Qin Zhenhua still has this confidence, after all, the pharmacy is bigger than theirs, and the craftsmanship is more advanced than theirs, and what the real limit is is determined by testing the gun.

"So, what about the automatic loader?" Parker continued.

125 mm tank gun, automatic loader, these questions have already outlined an outline of the tank that Lao Ba wants to jointly develop, in short, what does the T-72 have, this jointly developed tank, there must be something!