Look, tanks! Many laymen shout this when they see a tracked military vehicle passing, and even, even if it is a wheeled chassis, they will shout the word tank.

Actually, this is certainly not true.

Even if it's all tracked chassis, even if it carries a cannon barrel on it, in addition to tanks, there are also self-propelled guns.

The tank is an offensive force, its power is strong, its armor is thick, its artillery mainly focuses on armor-piercing performance, this main battle weapon, from the Second World War period, when the Germans first concentrated the tank and created a proud blitzkrieg.

Although the mobility and impact of tank clusters have been verified in World War II, tanks also have their own disadvantages after all, they can only attack, not defend, so tank troops must be equipped with infantry.

In the beginning, the infantry sat directly on the tanks and got out of the vehicle to fight, and there were many such cases in China, even in the border war last year.

However, this method is not good, the tank is equipped with infantry, and the infantry will not be particularly stable on it, and it will be miserable if it falls, so safety cannot be guaranteed.

For safety, some fighters will even tie themselves to the tank with ropes, but once they encounter an enemy attack, a shuttle of bullets hits, and the fighters tied outside are all killed.

Therefore, this method is not a long-term solution, and it is necessary to have the infantry's own mobile forces, which must be able to advance with the troops.

In World War II, there were half-track armored transport vehicles, which were used for this purpose, which were semi-closed at that time, and after the war, they began to be fully enclosed.

However, this armored transport vehicle, which is mainly responsible for the task of transporting fire lines, must have a certain set of off-road mobility, which can ensure the mechanized advance of the half-pushed tank unit and effectively reduce the casualties of the infantry.

However, this armored transport vehicle itself is very weak, only has a self-defense ability, it is only used as a means of transport, the infantry with the accompanying tank behind, and when the time comes, the infantry still has to jump out of the car to fight, so it can only be called an armored transport vehicle.

Infantry fighting vehicle, is an upgrade, this infantry fighting vehicle, strengthened firepower, this firepower, not only for self-defense, but also for attacking the enemy, only this infantry fighting vehicle, can really work with the tank.

For example, when the tank unit is attacking, the unit of the infantry fighting vehicle protects the flank of the tank, and the infantry inside the infantry fighting vehicle can fight through the shooting hole, and can also take on the task of attacking the fortification through the artillery equipped on it, or even anti-tank missiles.

Infantry fighting vehicles are almost always used to fight on vehicles, and only when they are cleaning the battlefield or performing defensive and alert tasks, they get out of the vehicle to fight.

The domestically produced 63 armored vehicle is an armored transport vehicle, which is equipped with only an anti-aircraft machine gun to transport infantry, while the BMP infantry fighting vehicle has become an infantry fighting vehicle in the true sense of the word, and the infantry can fight internally.

Therefore, now Qin Zhenhua introduced this project to Xie Huimin, and they have a different focus from the Type 63 armored vehicle.

Listening to Qin Zhenhua's introduction, Xie Huimin's eyes lit up, and he nodded again and again: "That's right, our Second Machine Factory wants to go to this project, and we have to smash the pot and sell iron!" ”

They are infantry fighting vehicles, the capital brother factory, armored vehicles, these are two different vehicles, so, they are not in competition, there is no meat to eat from brother units.

"If this infantry fighting vehicle is successfully developed, not only can it be exported, I think that our troops still have a great demand, Uncle Luo, what do you say?"

When Luo Ronggen was just now, he had always been in the audience, and now, Qin Zhenhua asked Luo Ronggen, and Luo Ronggen nodded: "That's right, I think it's very possible." ”

"The military expenditure of the army is not much, but the meaning of the above seems to be to disarm, by reducing the scale to reduce military spending, but at the same time of disarmament, it will definitely focus on improving the quality, this kind of infantry fighting vehicle, if you can get it down, may also become a sweet spot for the army."

This is not the first time that exports have been turned into domestic sales, and now many of the technologies of a machine factory are first tested on exported tanks.

There is no such type of product in China, once it is developed and the performance is good, then the army will still have demand, for the second machine factory, even if it is not profitable in foreign trade, it can also obtain sufficient profits through domestic sales.

It's a blank market.

"Well, with Lao Luo's words, I am more relieved." Xie Huimin said: "So, there is one last thing left, where do we go to get a BMP infantry fighting vehicle first?" ”

They are going to map and imitate, since it is a survey and mapping imitation, then there must be a prototype, they must first have a sample.

"It seems that this task can only be handed over to Zhenhua." Luo Ronggen said to Qin Zhenhua again.

They want to survey and map, and they also want to find prototypes, all of which fell on Qin Zhenhua's head, Qin Zhenhua touched his nose: "That, are you doing it, or are we doing it, simply, we want this project from a machine factory." ”

"No, no, Zhenhua, you can't do that. We are the closest brother factory, the first machine factory and the second machine factory, from the beginning of the construction of the factory, we can go hand in hand. Xie Huimin was obviously in a hurry.

"My brother still settles accounts." Qin Zhenhua said: "In short, I don't do things without profits, is this matter so easy?" ”

"You kid!" Xie Huimin pointed to his head and said, "Say, what other benefits do you want?" ”

"If you want to develop this infantry fighting vehicle, the engine on it will be provided by one of our machine factories." Qin Zhenhua said.

A machine factory, the main production of 12150L engine, this engine is V-shaped 12 cylinders, now can achieve a power level of about 600 horsepower, and this engine, split in half, into a V-shaped 6-cylinder engine, can output 300 horsepower.

Therefore, just to give them a match, in the past, the engines used in the self-propelled guns of the second engine factory were all from the coal provincial diesel engine factory, and now, the first machine factory is also to continue to open up the market, and its own branch factory is to produce engines, but also to sell more engines.

"Do you want a match? By the way, don't you still have a civilian heavy truck project waiting for you? When the time comes, will your production capacity keep up? Xie Huimin asked.

"It's our business, we can't keep up, it's a big deal to get on a new production line and expand the scale." Qin Zhenhua said: "Do you agree or not to this condition?" ”