Now, the weight of the tank has rapidly expanded to fifty tons, during World War II, this kind of tank was considered a super-heavy tank, and now, the main battle tank is heavier, the trend is becoming more and more obvious, correspondingly, if you don't bring a 1,500 horsepower diesel engine, you are embarrassed to go out and say hello.

For this kind of motivation, different countries have different tricks.

The Germans, by increasing the speed, turned out to be a lot of heat, just dissipating heat, they had to consume a part of the energy, the Americans, using gas turbines, the fuel consumption is amazing, the British? The British gave up and decided to make up the numbers with their 1,200 horsepower diesel.

Only they are French, and the technology in France is the most advanced, and the tank engines they use naturally have to be unique!

The engines of other countries are all 12-cylinder, from the 59 horsepower engine of the 520 tank to the 1,500 horsepower engine of the Leopard-2 tank, all of which are 12 cylinders, but what about France? France was able to achieve this perfectly with only an eight-cylinder engine.

The eight-cylinder engine is only seven or eight hundred horsepower, but the French can achieve 1,500 horsepower, and the key to this engine is its supercharger.

Use a gas turbine as a supercharger!

In a treasure of later generations, there are some things that fool people, such as an engine fuel economizer, installing such a small part can make the engine fuel-efficient, and the hard work of those automotive engineers is not as good as such a gadget, which presses the IQ of countless people on the ground and rubs it.

Some to save fuel, others to increase power.

There are many ways to increase power, there are brushes ECU, the hardware is the same, it is a different computer program, buy a cheap one, brush it, you can enjoy the thrill of power, but I don't know that people's piston connecting rods and the like are different, just brush, it is very cool, it didn't take long to burst the cylinder, and then find a way to push it to the 4S shop, not to find the media, unscrupulous profiteers and the like came out.

There are also people who want to change their self-priming engine to supercharged, what should I do? Shang Moubao, find an electric turbine.

After all, exhaust gas turbochargers are not easy to install, and electric turbines are not limited by the location of the exhaust pipes, so they can be installed wherever they want.

After installation, I was complacent and felt that I could also have the coolness of a sports car, in fact, in addition to being more fuel-intensive and easy to accumulate carbon, the other effects were psychological.

If you want to supercharge, blow more air into the engine, and the speed of the turbine is very related, the exhaust turbine, often is tens of thousands of revolutions, in this case can blow the air into the cylinder, and the electric turbine, at most 10,000 rpm, at low speed of the engine, can still work, however, the engine speed up, not only will not blow in more air, but will also block the air flow because of the existence of this electric turbine.

The higher the speed, the better the effect of supercharging, and the electric turbine is at most an exhaust gas turbine auxiliary, which is responsible for improving the intake efficiency when the speed is low.

And to say that the highest speed is, of course, the aircraft engine, the kind of turbine engine, which is often more than 100,000 rpm, and the air flow that can be pushed in it is also huge.

Therefore, using a gas turbine engine as a supercharger, the efficiency is just right, their unique diesel engine, a key point in the development of its special TM307B turbocharger, this is a small gas turbine, can be used as an independent power, for the tank to generate electricity, or in the cold season for the main engine to warm up, the supercharging efficiency is far higher than the ordinary engine, so this engine is also called ultra-high supercharged diesel engine.

Not only as a turbocharger, but also as an additional auxiliary power unit, and more importantly, to save volume!

This engine is less than half the volume of the diesel engine used in the Leopard-2 tank, and the interior of their Leclerc tank makes this tank about a meter shorter than the Leopard-2 tank!

The short length, that is, the weight, this tank diesel engine is small in size, strong in power, saving several tons of weight, full of advantages.

When it comes to innovation, we have to look at France!

Thinking of this, Pierre was full of confidence, and he looked at the assistant next to him: "How is it, Pogba, are you ready?" ”

"Yes, ready." Pogba nodded.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please see, this is our Leclerc tank, next to it, is our latest V8X1500 ultra-supercharged diesel engine! Today, here will be a live start-up demonstration for you! ”

Pierre spoke to the audience with a loudspeaker.

The natives at the scene only knew what AK rifles were staring at, but after all, they were still knowledgeable, especially those with cameras, who were obviously military reporters with professional knowledge reserves.

In the lens of the clattering camera, Pierre forcefully ripped off the red cloth covering the engine, and the beautiful diesel engine made its debut.

"Our engine, which is half the size of the diesel engine used in the Leopard-2 tank, but also has 1,500 horsepower, and now, here, we will start it and let everyone see how powerful it is!"

With that, Pierre gestured to Pogba, who was there and began to make preparations for the start.

All kinds of oil in the engine have been filled, however, the fuel has not been filled, after all, in the case of fuel, it is not convenient to transport.

Pogba was carrying a common 5-gallon oil drum in his hand.

"Hey, hey, this is a static display, and the engine is not allowed to be started on site!" At this moment, a nearby security guard who maintained order walked quickly, and while pushing through the crowd, he strode over, and at the same time snatched the oil drum with his big hand.

The red oil drum fell into the hands of the security guard at once, and he carried the oil drum and walked out without saying a word.

Pierre was dumbfounded.

The original plan was to start the engine, not to mention anything else, just the howling of the turbine was enough to attract everyone's attention, and at the same time, this was also to break the rumors for a while, who said that our Leclerc tank could not move? Our engines are here!

If it weren't for the matching ESM500 hydromechanical transmission, which was still being tested, we would have been able to assemble and get this tank up and running by now.

Lighting a fire, just listening to a sound, you don't agree with this?