The T-62 tank was by no means a product of backwardness in this era. Because of the concerns of the Soviet military about the stability of the 115-mm gun, the T-62A, which was derived from the mature 100-mm rifled gun, was born, which is the NATO code name T-62M tank.

Unfortunately, the Soviet military soon found that the concerns about the 115-mm gun were superfluous, and the production of the T-62A tank, which was produced in small quantities, was discontinued. However, even the T-62 was not the ideal main battle tank in the minds of the Soviet military, and they were waiting for the entry into service of the T-64, a generation of famous vehicles, but the T-62 was regarded as transitional equipment, and the T-64 was delayed in service because of engine problems.

Although it was not taken seriously by the Soviet military, it still did not affect the position of the T-62 in the history of Soviet tank development and even in the history of world tank development. It is even possible to make such an assessment that the T-62 is the first generation of real main battle tanks, and the weight of the vehicle has already reached forty tons.

For the Chinese Army, the most regrettable thing is that the number of T-62s is extremely small, and only this tank regiment stationed in the dry port is equipped with more than 20 vehicles.

It must be admitted that even compared with the Asian Tiger tank under development, the T-62 tank is not at a disadvantage, and it is equipped with the most advanced fire control system and fire stabilizer in service with the Soviet army.

In this comparison, ordinary armor-piercing shells were used, and 500 mm of homogeneous steel plates were fired. The maximum theoretical penetration depth of these two guns is 500 mm of homogeneous steel plate, and the distance is 1,000 meters.

With Zhang Pingshan's order, both cars entered the shooting program, aimed and locked the target, and shot. There are no fancy tactical moves, just look at the armor-piercing performance of the guns carried by the two vehicles.

Li Lu looked at the tactical index book he asked for from Pei Lei and found that the 105mm gun used by the Asian Tiger tank was not the M68 copied by the United States, but the L7 produced by the British Royal Arsenal. Although it is the same artillery, there are some differences in the products produced by different manufacturers. It is generally believed that the quality of the American-made M68 will be better.

In fact, Li Lu is more concerned about the fact that the American-made M68A1 gun is the main gun used in the initial model of the Abrams main battle tank, and it is specially improved by the US Army for the Abrams main battle tank.

There is no doubt that the M68A1 performs better than the UK-origin L7.

Wade also mentioned earlier that the M68A1 gun was supplied for the Asian Tiger tank, but now it has become the L7 of British origin. This at least shows one problem, the competition at the national level is far from being as harmonious as imagined.

The cadres of the troops on the observation platform and the technicians of the Guangming Factory all looked at Zhang Pingshan, who was waiting for a signal of safety.

"Chief of Staff, it's okay." Radio reports.

Zhang Pingshan waved his hand and said with a smile, "Let's go, take a look!" ”

Everyone immediately stepped off the observation platform and jumped into several 212 jeeps, and the car soldiers of the unit stepped on the accelerator and sent the group of more than a dozen people to the target area for on-the-spot observation. The T-62 and the 59, which were carrying 105-mm guns, drove to the side, and the crew got out of the car, and the security personnel immediately surrounded the vehicle and did not let anyone approach.

In the target area, the target reporter has fenced off the two targets with red lines, and no one else is allowed to enter.

Li Lu and Pei Lei walked together, chatting in a low voice, "Pei Gong, how is the progress of the import and export qualification of precision machinery?" ”

Pei Lei subconsciously looked around and said in a low voice, "It's not easy to do." The main factory agreed in principle, but whether it is an independent qualification or placed under the main factory is still being discussed. ”

Li Lu reminded, "The arrival of Director Wang shows that there will be no more variables in the decision to transfer the Guangming Factory to the local government." Just imagine, he is the deputy director of the Machinery Industry Department, and he went to a military industrial enterprise to serve as a factory director, which is not a normal cadre exchange. ”

Sighing slightly, Pei Lei said, "Yes, I understand." But you don't have to worry too much, there is an old secretary here, and the qualification is not a big problem. ”

Li Lu frowned and said, "Speaking of the old secretary, I didn't expect the old secretary to be so powerful at a critical moment. ”

"Powerful?" Pei Lei didn't understand the meaning of this word, shook his head with a smile, and said, "You don't know something." The old secretary was a cadre of the army going south, and after he conquered Qiongdao, he stayed for a while, and worked the side of the dry port for decades. His veteran leaders were basically leading cadres at and above the corps level. ”

Li Lu took a slight breath, then remembered his grandfather, who had lost contact for nearly ten years, and sighed and said, "That era...... My grandfather is also a cadre who went south, but he has lost contact for a long time, and I don't know if his old man is still alive now. ”

Pei Lei patted Li Lu's shoulder comfortingly, but he didn't know how to comfort him.

"Is the target wrong?" Zhang Pingshan, who was one step ahead, turned his head and glared at the target reporter in disbelief.

The target reporter was extremely frightened of this one-armed chief of staff, bowed his head and said, "Chief of staff, make no mistake, we have never moved. ”

Pei Lei sped up a few steps and walked over, and when he looked up, the result was obvious - the T-62's 115 gun failed to penetrate the 500-millimeter homogeneous steel plate, while the 59-mm gun 105-mm shot penetrated the same steel plate.

The T-62's 115mm smoothbore gun is the first main battle tank to use smoothbore guns in the history of world tank development, creating a precedent for the use of smoothbore guns in main battle tanks. In the case of firing shell-out armor-piercing shells, smoothbore guns have advantages that rifled guns do not have.

The situation in front of him surprised Li Lu, the 115mm smoothbore gun was actually inferior to the 105 rifled gun.

"It's really a little strange, there's no reason why the 62 gun of the T-115 can't penetrate five hundred millimeters of homogeneous steel plates." Pei Lei's attention was focused on the T-62, rather than comparing the two.

Li Lu frowned and said, "It may have something to do with the shell." 500 mm homogeneous steel plate is nothing, and the original 59 mm gun with 100 tan can penetrate it. ”

Pei Lei made an observation and said to Zhang Pingshan, "Chief of Staff Zhang, I suggest you check these 115-mm shells. ”

Zhang Pingshan understood, and immediately said angrily, "Hem--!" Lao Maozi played a trick on us. ”

Apparently, there were problems with the 115-mm shells supplied by the USSR in those years.

Li Lu asked, "Company commander, is the T-62 not using its own imitation of the shells now?" ”

Shaking his head, Zhang Pingshan said, "The imitation shells have not yet been finalized, and now they are all using the batch of ammunition that they bought back then. ”

Pei Lei has already begun to carefully inspect the penetration of the 105 gun, and several technicians from the Guangming Factory have gathered around and are familiar with the work. It can be seen from Pei Lei's expression that he is quite satisfied with the depth penetration ability of the 105 gun.

The British L7 Type 105 gun does not seem to be much worse than the American-made M68.

Zhang Pingshan's face is very ugly, the T-62 is the most advanced tank in service in the Wehrmacht, its main gun armor-piercing ability is the strongest, the Soviets are full of confidence that it can penetrate the front armor of the M60 or Centurion tanks.

Now it can't even compare to the 100-millimeter cannon of the 59 Tan, and his face can be seen better.

Li Lu walked up to him and said with relief, "Company commander, the 115mm gun will not be our main artillery caliber, the same as the T-62, it is just a transitional model, and in a few years, the situation will change a lot." Moreover, this situation is due to the use of inferior shells, and after the domestic cannon is ejected, there will be no such problem. ”

Zhang Pingshan said to Li Lu with a cold face, "Don't worry, the tank regiment has received a combat order and is about to go to the southwest front to participate in the round battle." ”

Li Lu's eyes suddenly widened as big as a bull's eye.

Zhang Pingshan said in a low voice, "The above intends to test the combat performance of the T-62, you say, in this situation, how can the tank regiment go to the front." ”

Between the lightning and flint, Li Lu's brows jumped sharply, and he said, "Company commander, if you have time, transfer a few 59 tanks with 105 mm guns from the Guangming Factory, and you can replace them anyway." The problem of shells was solved, and the real combat capabilities of the T-62 could be brought into play. ”

Zhang Pingshan frowned, glanced at Pei Lei over there, and then looked at Li Lu, "Can Guangming Factory agree?" ”

Li Lu smiled, "You help them test the tactical performance of the prototype, they can't ask for it." This matter only needs to be discussed with the Asian Tiger Tank project team, and they came forward to apply, and I don't think it's a big problem. And it's just a modified 105 mm main gun, and the others are no different from the 59 tan, and our officers and soldiers are easy to get started. ”

Pointing to Li Lu, Zhang Pingshan said, "Xiao Li, I won't accompany you." ”

After leaving the words, Zhang Pingshan hurriedly got on the 212 jeep and went to the side of the regiment headquarters building. It seems that he is in a hurry.