Although they didn't use their 321 general chassis, our Type 77 chassis is also quite good, and it is effortless to carry a 122 mm howitzer, and our chassis also has the advantages of our chassis, and it can also float. Zhao Dayong was coming out of the front, and then said to everyone.

In front of the big guy, there is such a big guy: on the basis of the Type 77 amphibious armored personnel carrier, a rear turret is added, and on it, a Type 83 122 mm howitzer is loaded, which becomes a dazzling weapon in front of you: a 122 mm self-propelled howitzer!

The 122 mm caliber can be said to be the role of the howitzer's panacea, compared to those small-caliber artillery, it is powerful enough to launch a covering strike on the enemy's position, and at the same time, compared to the 152 mm caliber howitzer, it is light, and it can be easier to maneuver and dodge.

Of course, with the change of the times, the towed artillery will always be eliminated, and the army will eventually move towards motorization and modernization, so it is inevitable to install the towed artillery on a tracked chassis and become a self-propelled artillery.

And in this regard, the earliest attempts were made on the chassis of the Type 63 armored car, which was also one of the few tracked chassis at that time, which was light and convenient, and it took little effort to hump a 122-mm howitzer, but, due to limited technology, the scheme adopted at that time was quite simple: directly in the rear of the ready-made 63 armored transport vehicle chassis, 1 open-turret structure 122-mm howitzer was installed.

In addition to the equipment that did this during World War II, in this era, it is difficult to see this kind of design at home or abroad.

It changed the crew compartment at the rear of the original 63 armored car hull into a fighting compartment for the installation of howitzers and storage of ammunition. In order to install the artillery, a large hole was torn in the top and it became a convertible, of course, the design of the time was also considered.

For example, in order to strengthen the protection of the crew of the open shooting, a 100 mm high semi-enclosed armor collar was added to the vertical armor plates on the sides and rear of the fighting compartment, so that the gunner had a place to hide from shrapnel.

At the same time, in order to shelter the crew from the wind, rain and dust when marching, there is also a foldable truss tarpaulin structure movable cloak on the top of the fighting compartment, and the truss is pulled forward when marching, and the anti-shield of the artillery is fastened, and the two sides are tied with cloth tapes on the fixed ring of the car body, so that a rainproof and dustproof awning roof can be formed, and there are observation windows on both sides of the tarpaulin.

When in position, the cloak can also be easily and quickly folded, allowing the crew to carry out gun firing operations and observation.

However, this is also too rudimentary after all, and it cannot become a real self-propelled howitzer at all, so the troops will definitely need new equipment.

It's not easy for the Iron Horse Factory, they are also using the existing equipment to improve, if they make the 321 universal chassis, then they will definitely take it unceremoniously and use it, but they don't, they only have the Type 77 amphibious armored vehicle.

This was improved on the chassis of their Type 63 amphibious tank, which turned out to be a full-fledged modification like the Soviets, but it did not enter the army's equipment sequence, except for a small amount of equipment from the Marine Corps.

The 63 amphibious tanks of the Iron Horse Plant were originally prepared for the Marine Corps, so their traditional customers are the Marine Corps, and it is nothing to get their orders, and if they can get orders from the Army, then they can be considered successful, after all, the Navy has more funds, and it has to give those ships a uniform balance, and when it comes to the Marine Corps, there is nothing left.

Since the 321 chassis can carry a 152-mm howitzer, it means that the 122-mm howitzer is a bit big, and its own Type 77 chassis is the most suitable!

In the face of his own self-propelled howitzer that has just been improved, Liu Tiande also has a sense of satisfaction.

"In particular, we are using an improved Type 83 howitzer, which is called a truly modern howitzer!"

In the past, the howitzer, in the lower part of the barrel, had a structure wrapped up and down, which looked quite outdated, but now, it is a barrel, which goes straight to the turret, and finally looks rustic. (What is the scientific name of this?) Semi-automatic breeches? East China Zhixiong doesn't understand much either. ）

The rear is a fully enclosed turret, so you don't have to worry about the gunner being exposed when firing.

"In particular, we also have a semi-automatic loader on it, which is a way to greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the troops." Zheng Heping came out of the turret and said with great interest.

Semi-automatic loader!

When he said this, the big guy didn't feel anything wrong in his heart, if he got into it, he could see that its semi-automatic loader was almost exactly the same as the semi-automatic loader of the 152-mm self-propelled howitzer that had just participated in the military parade.

In fact, the entire turret is like a miniature version of the turret of the self-propelled howitzer, they actually mapped the self-propelled howitzer, and then after it was reduced, it was mounted on their own Type 77 chassis to create it.

Do they have the shame of plagiarizing the fruits of someone else's labor? Of course not, we started by imitation, and any product in our factory is imitated by surveying and mapping.

Can copycat, this is our ability, no matter how hard you work, in short, we have mapped and copied it ourselves, it is our product, besides, it's not all for the parade!

"Now that it's been built, it's time to test." Liu Tiande said: "We must hurry up, it is said that the mobilization meeting is about to be held, and all factories are holding their energy, especially a machine factory, it is said that a large number of projects have been launched, we can't let them show their faces in a machine factory, we can't get anything." ”

"Don't worry, our self-propelled howitzer will definitely be recognized by the army, besides, the technology is ready-made, and there is nothing to worry about."

That's right, they were able to get this kind of self-propelled howitzer out in such a short time after hearing about the military parade, naturally there are prerequisites, everything is ready-made!

The chassis, from the Type 77, the artillery, from the Type 83 howitzer, the turret, from the products that have already been paraded, are all mature and reliable, in this case, what is there to worry about?

"Well, Zhao Dayong, you don't care about anything else, just focus on its test, and there can't be any problems, this is related to the face of our factory! Others, we have new tasks. ”

New mission? Zheng Heping's face suddenly became happy: "Director Liu, is it..."