"Artillery is the god of war, and our domestically produced 152-mm cannon howitzer is the best of them." When I came to the Second Machine Factory, I naturally showed the guests a variety of cannons, and what Khataf valued the most was, of course, this large-caliber artillery.

The Type 66 152-mm cannon howitzer, developed in the sixties, is the backbone of the army. In the wars of the past few years, it was even more vigorous.

"Its power is quite rebellious." Xie Huimin introduced: "Its shells weigh 43 kilograms, and there are more than 20 kilograms of high explosives in them. With a radius of more than 50 meters, a single shot is the size of a football field, and it can also destroy reinforced concrete fortifications one meter thick. Even if it is a tank, if it is hit directly, it can be blown to pieces, and even if it is not directly hit, it can blow the turret away. ”

Now, the 152 mm caliber howitzer is almost the largest caliber artillery, and the power of this god of war is quite amazing.

In the wars of the past few years, the enemy was beaten and ran away, but now, those artillery positions are still in place and have not been moved, and the enemy just does not dare to come to the artillery fire to sneak attack, otherwise, a round of counterattacks will beat the enemy to pieces.

This is a weapon that has been tested in war.

Khataf was very satisfied: "We are interested in this weapon, but, after all, it is towed, and in modern warfare we want to be able to move quickly, and if it has a self-propelled chassis, then it will be even better." ”

Hearing what Hataf said, Xie Huimin patted his chest: "That's easy to say, self-propelled artillery, of course we also have it, please come with me." ”

Soon, on the test site of the No. 2 Machine Factory, a large tracked vehicle was started, and the barrel of the car, thick and long, was exactly the same as the Type 66 152 mm howitzer.

"See? We have already added a chassis to this artillery, and it is currently in the testing stage, as long as the tests are completed, it will be able to finalize and equip the troops, how about it, are you interested? ”

If it is a layman, it is easy to say that it is a tank, after all, it is too similar, there is also a turret, there is a cannon.

However, it is significantly different from tanks, self-propelled guns, the turret is at the rear, so naturally, it is necessary to significantly reduce the length of the barrel extension. The entire barrel of the gun, almost without much exposure of the body, will not be too entangled in the process.

At the same time, with such a layout, you can't put the engine behind, the engine of this self-propelled chassis is front-mounted, just on the driver's right side, the space is limited, and the power will not be very strong, as long as you can go.

The whole chassis still looks relatively good, and Khataf nodded again and again: "Good, good, good!" ”

He was very satisfied, originally thought that only the Soviet Union would have advanced weapons and equipment, until several trips to the East, and finally discovered the weapons system of the East, which was actually of good quality and cheap, and people also wanted what they wanted.

That's right, this is the strength of a country with a whole industrial system.

At the time of the founding of the country, the country was still an agricultural country, but after the first five-year plan, the country became an industrial country in the full sense of the word.

A country with a complete set of industrial systems, in the world, can also be counted with a palm, it means, as small as a screw, as large as an engine, a car, a ship, everything, can be found in the country, without the need to import any parts from abroad, to complete the equipment.

What's in it for you? Of course, there will be no restrictions on domestic production, and there will be nothing you want.

This is completely different from advocating what internationalization, internationalization, but the thinking of businessmen, for a businessman, where it is cheap, where to purchase, but also unashamedly say that science and technology have no borders, but if once targeted, people do not sell, all of a sudden they will be dumbfounded.

Only when everything can be matched by itself is called true autonomy.

After studying it with great interest, Hataf waved his hand and bought!

This self-propelled gun, buy 24 units, towed artillery, buy 24 units! Buy a small amount and try it out.

He came out this time to buy and buy, not worried about not having enough money, just worried that he couldn't buy things.

Of course, self-propelled guns, the price is still relatively expensive, so this has to be bought together.

Xie Huimin couldn't close his mouth, this mouthful of meat was finally eaten, and the infantry fighting vehicle project had to be quickly promoted!

"There is artillery, but there is still a lack of artillery tractors." Hataf looked at these cannons and sighed again, he thought of Mercedes-Benz and froze so many of their military vehicle projects, otherwise, there would be no need to worry about this problem at all.

"Don't worry about this, in our country, you can also find suitable products, our artillery tractors, there are still a lot."

Domestic traction artillery cars, there are really a lot, the liberation of CA30, has been old, it must not be recommended, and Dongfeng EQ240, in the last war shined, attracted everyone's praise, in addition to Dongfeng, there are actually a lot of domestic ones, for example, Shaanxi Automobile, ten years of grinding a sword, made out of Yan'an SX250.

This model is designed to tow the 152-mm howitzer in front of you.

At that time, the domestic heavy artillery was constantly produced and equipped, but there was no supporting tractor, and in the end, there was even a vacancy of more than 1,000 vehicles, so at that time, the country introduced a small number of French Bellier GBU15 heavy military off-road vehicles, and simultaneously introduced technology, and decided to imitate the same artillery tractor.

This is a difficult process, the domestic automobile industry is facing a variety of problems, after the product is made, there are constantly large and small problems, after several consultations, and even the joint diagnosis of the country's automotive experts, finally, a few years ago, all the problems were solved, and the performance was stabilized.

This kind of car has now become the royal tractor of the Type 66 plus howitzer.

Yan'an SC250 adopts a 6X6 drive form and is equipped with a 6130Q diesel engine. The total weight of the designed vehicle is 15 tons, the chassis weight is 9.4 tons, and the load capacity of 5 tons is carried in the off-road driving state, and the total amount of 6.5 tons allowed to be towed is just a perfect match with the 5.7 tons of Type 66 152mm cannon howitzer.

Of course, in the development process, there have been many improvements, for example, the French Bellier prototype has a two-and-a-half-row cab, which is tall and bulky. In the process of domestic research and development, the cab as a whole has been shortened, the middle connection part has been canceled, and the cab has been changed to a two-row cab.

The overall appearance is still quite good.