After the war, the tank was divided into generations, one generation, two generations, and now the most advanced three generations of tanks in the world, so what is the difference between these three generations of tanks?

In fact, this is only a general concept, and there are not too many hard and fast criteria for the simple division carried out by the NATO side.

After the end of World War II, there were no more light tanks, heavy tanks, changed to main battle tanks, those more famous tanks at that time, such as the Soviet T54/55 tank, the American M48 Patton tank, the British Centennial tank, etc., were divided into a generation of tanks, these tanks use homogeneous steel armor, in terms of mobility, protection and firepower, are more neutral focus, performance now seems to be very general, firepower, generally about 100 mm artillery.

Later, with the continuous progress of technology, countries have new developments, especially under the shadow of a nuclear war, tanks generally have stronger three-defense capabilities. With advanced night vision devices, tanks began to use two-way stabilizers, advanced fire control guaranteed firing on the move, and so on, and some even began to use composite armor. The American M60 tank, the German Leopard 1 main battle tank, the Soviet T62 main battle tank, etc., all belong to the second generation of tanks.

And what about the third-generation tank?

Now the third generation of tanks, is the leader of tank technology, their performance is more powerful, firepower, has gradually transitioned to 120 mm and 125 mm this level, the fire control system is the use of advanced digital ballistic computer, image stabilization optical system, etc., with a high first hit rate, wide hull, thick armor, all aspects of performance has been highly balanced, the German Leopard 2 and the United States M1 tank, are representatives of this aspect.

The third-generation tank, compared with the second-generation tank, has been greatly improved, and many countries are newly developed, but this does not mean that the existing tank cannot be improved.

In this regard, the British are the most adept.

The tanks of the British were almost all the way to the change.

The British originally were Chivoltan, this kind of tank continued to improve and became a challenger, and then, the challenger continued to improve, and it became the Challenger 2 tank, which is almost in the same vein, although in the later stage, the commonality rate of various parts and components is not high, but the design of the challenger tank has hardly changed.

Now, there is just a Challenger, and the Challenger 2 will not be available until the nineties, however, the Challenger 2, compared to the Challenger 1, has only improved the turret, improved various observation and sighting equipment, electronic systems, so to speak, from the second generation of tanks to the third generation of tanks, the most important thing is the improvement of the fire control system.

(I don't know if I want to be scolded as military blind, in short, East China Zhixiong's own understanding, of course, familiar with our military equipment, should also be able to guess, this is the dispute between 96 and 99.) Type 96 and Type 99 tanks are very similar in appearance, so many people will think that these two tanks are simply "twin brothers", similar to the chassis of six pairs of load-bearing wheels, similar tank turrets, the same main gun, etc., except for the position of the cockpit, the V-shaped wave shield, it is even difficult to distinguish people. In fact, the Type 96 tank and the Type 99 tank took two different paths, and there was no inheritance relationship between the two, and the commonality rate was also quite low in terms of parts. As for the result, it is also impressive, one has a low cost, a large amount of equipment, and the other has excellent performance, so it is used as the strongest fist. ）

Now, Zhu Lao has mentioned it, what is the difference between the second-generation tank and the third-generation tank? What are the essential differences?

The answer is that there is no difference!

There is actually no essential difference between the second-generation tank and the third-generation tank, or in other words, the third-generation tank is not easy to distinguish at once.

The 59 tank is the first generation of tanks, and the 69 and 79 tanks that have been improved from the 59 tank, some of them have been divided into the second generation of tanks!

The 80 tank is a second-generation tank, but the 80 tank uses six pairs of load-bearing wheels, and the condition of the hull itself is good.

The current tanks of the 122 series, in fact, are all much the same!

Zhu Lao here, expressed his own opinion, I am planning to improve our 122 series of tanks, and then make it have the characteristics of three generations of tanks!

The seat of the turret can be expanded, and after it is expanded, it can also increase the volume of the turret, and it can also withstand greater recoil, not only on the 105mm tank gun, but also on the 125mm tank gun, that is no problem.

Besides, what is the difference between the second-generation 122 tank, which was originally planned to be equipped with a 120-mm tank gun, and now it has become a 125-mm tank gun?

[51 www.51ds.biz] In terms of engines, it has now been increased to 800 horsepower, and if it is larger, it is estimated that it will not be able to fit in, but it does not hurt, it is a big deal to increase the length of the body, expand the length of the power compartment, and put a larger engine into it.

The most important thing is the fire control, the upgrade of the fire control system will not occupy too much space, as long as it is a welded turret, there will be more space to accommodate.

Therefore, Zhu Lao now expressed his opinion euphemistically, our second-generation tank, the foundation is not bad, as long as we wait for technological progress, we have the potential to improve to the third-generation tank in the future.

Start from scratch, build an advanced third-generation main battle tank on the basis of the T-72 tank, that is the matter of the tank design institute, I wish the old now, I only plan to continue to improve the second-generation tank, he is already very familiar with the second-generation tank, and he knows the 122 tank prototype well, and he can change it as much as he wants in the future.

When he understood Zhu Lao's thoughts, Fang Xian's heart sank.

What is this called?

In the beginning, the R&D institute and the manufacturing plant were merged, and the R&D institute designed and the manufacturing plant manufactured them one by one, but then there were many problems, and the two sides separated. Now, the call for a merger is starting to get higher and higher, and Fang Xian really has such an idea: simply, merge the tank design institute into a machine factory!

Fang Xian was about to break the jar.

The scientific research ability of a machine factory is getting stronger and stronger, and the backbone of the R&D room of a machine factory left, which was regarded as a blood draw for them, but a machine factory actually has such a strong hematopoietic ability, and during this time, it has begun to emerge again.

It's all Qin Zhenhua, that guy is simply an anomaly, a young man, but with an indescribable old spicy, with a machine factory, he walked out of a new road.

Take the long-distance test being carried out now, how many pairs of eyes are watching it in the capital, even Lao He has made a decision, as long as the long-distance test of the 80 tanks can be perfect, then the tank troops, tighten their belts, must also equip a batch first!