The people of the NORINCO Group vigorously publicized this type of tank, which had not yet been named, to the new president, and naturally had great selfish intentions. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The manufacture of the Info99 tank can be said to have made NORINCO and other companies in the industrial chain quite fat, although the price of the Type 99 is relatively cheap, but it is shocking that more than 30,000 units were produced in one go. The size of the Tang army itself is relatively large, and in the previous wave of army expansion, each division has a huge armored force. However, many experts in the military field have also criticized that Datang has its own arbitrariness in the research and development and investment of military equipment, and it is difficult to talk about being scientific.

It is necessary for Datang to maintain a huge army, after all, its land area is tens of millions of square kilometers, and there are many overseas territories, which need to be guarded. Considering the huge size of Datang, the army of less than 2 million is already considered a small number. But if you also consider the strength of Datang's enemies, this number is obviously a bit large. Of course, the biggest problem is not the large establishment, but the Datang Ministry of Defense tries to elite each unit, except for some troops with special combat missions, such as mountain operations, special operations, amphibious operations, etc., most of the standardized army infantry divisions are equipped with 324 main battle tanks, while Datang has dozens of nearly 100 divisions and various independent formations, so that the amount of equipment required is an astronomical amount.

On the other hand, the United States during the Cold War produced more than 10,000 tanks per type, and a considerable part of them were directly exported abroad. This is related to the defense situation of the United States itself, the United States does not have a long land border like the Soviet Union and there is a huge threat, and the United States is confident that it can build a large number of tanks in a short period of time due to its strong industrial manufacturing capabilities, so it does not need too much equipment in service.

In the foreseeable future, it is impossible for Datang to build a small and elite army, and it must be a large and comprehensive, large and strong army. Fortunately, Datang's development of weapons and equipment is planned, and the military industry department will only come up with one type of weapon to equip the troops in a period of time, which will not cause an uneven level of technology and cause huge difficulties in logistics maintenance.

In Hu Fakui's view, the tank produced by NORINCO is more attractive than any original tank in terms of appearance. The chassis of this tank is more similar to that of the Type 88 main battle tank of the other PLA, using an updated torsion bar transmission. As for the turret, it is a relatively low, angular welded turret. The use of welded turrets, while increasing in manufacturing costs, provides a more defensive design. The welded turret also provides more interior space and much more comfort. Military fans who have traveled through the crowd can see at a glance that this is clearly the turret of another Jaguar tank that has rubbed shoulders with the Chinese Army, but it is different from the Jaguar's Type 59 chassis with five pairs of load-bearing wheels, this tank uses 6 pairs of load-bearing wheels.

Hu Fakui had not been in the army for a long time and no longer understood many things, so he asked: "You are still using 105mm tank guns, can't you upgrade to a larger caliber?" Can the power be enough? ”

The engineer said: "Although it is the same 105 mm tank gun, it has made great progress in performance compared to its predecessor. And we have more than 30,000 Type 99 tanks, supporting the production of a large number of 105 caliber tank guns, new tanks can still use these ammunition, which is a boon for our logistics, and will also reduce our procurement costs of ammunition. Our team is still working on the updated tank gun, and it will be possible to plan to add a 125 mm smoothbore gun to an improved version of the tank. ”

That's what the president said, but the people of NORINCO know that with their amazing production speed, basically by the time the 12 mm caliber tank gun is officially researched and landed, it is estimated that tens of thousands of new tanks have been built and can almost be discontinued. At that time, the necessity of replacing it with a new tank gun was greatly reduced, and it could be directly used to equip the next generation of tanks.

The biggest problem is that the new M1 tank created by the European Union is actually equivalent to the level of the other Sheldon tank, whether it is the power of its 76 mm gun or its armor ability, it cannot be in front of the Tang Army. Even a Type 99 tank can easily teach the M1 tank to remake a tank.

Hu Fakui smiled when he heard what he wanted to hear, and promised: "Maintaining Datang's all-round military leading position is inseparable from your unremitting efforts, and I salute you for the National Revolution, the whole army and the people." The new tanks will be fully equipped in our army, and the purchase volume will not be less than 20,000 units, and I would like to thank you in advance. ”

Everyone applauded, and in terms of interpersonal relationships, Hu Fakui was more experienced than Bai Nan. Bai Nam always avoided some interpersonal contact, but Hu Fakui was able to communicate better with people and find things that made them willing to put in a lot of effort and sweat.

The purchase volume of 20,000 vehicles is actually a relatively conservative number, and the whole army of Datang will be more than this number after equipping it. However, both the military and the government need to consider that the Type 99 tank has a long lifespan and still has a huge advantage over European tanks, and directly replacing these tanks will not only waste a lot of money, but also will not actually play a big role. Because what the new tank can do, the original Type 99 tank can do too.

The Type 99 tank can carry out a mid-term life extension in a few years, and Datang's military-industrial complex has already envisaged the direction of her modification, and most of the work has been completed. The modified Type 99 tank will use the second-generation light spot injection fire control system, the gun commander uses white light observation - laser ranging - scope, fire control computer and various sensors, the artillery two-way stabilization system, equipped with the gun commander with low-light night vision sights, which makes the original Type 99 tank have stronger night combat capabilities.

The modification also includes the installation of explosive reactive armor, as well as the installation of fence shielding at the rear of the turret, and the installation of rubber skirts on both sides of the hull, which greatly improves the ability of anti-armor-piercing and armor-piercing shells. Hit by 105-mm armor-piercing shells at a distance of 2000 meters, the main armor did not collapse or penetrate. Equipped with a high-efficiency automatic fire extinguishing system, it has the ability to suppress explosions for 2 times and extinguish fire for 4 times. After the fire is extinguished, the ventilation device is automatically activated for smoke exhaust ventilation. There is a collective three-defense system, which can perform combat missions in nuclear, biological and chemical conditions.

Even if Datang does not plan a nuclear attack or anything for the time being, Datang will inevitably need to prepare for the use of nuclear weapons, and its own military will enter the danger zone and have basic protection capabilities. (To be continued.) )