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Tank, is a symbol of strength, although Saudi Arabia is rich, but Saudi Arabia has never thought of introducing a variety of modern industries, now see the tank production line, the impression of Prince Sultan, is very shocking. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ≦≧

"What can the xing of this tank do?" Prince Sultan asked curiously.

"Our tank, with a total weight of 41 tons, has a ton power of 25 horsepower per ton due to the use of a 1000-horsepower 6TD diesel engine, a maximum off-road speed of 45 kilometers per hour, a maximum road travel of 40 kilometers, a 246 smoothbore gun, and an armor-piercing thickness of 475 mm at a distance of 1,000 meters. Speaking of this tank, Kartsev suddenly gushed endlessly.

Unfortunately, some of the translators who accompanied him did not translate these terms very accurately, but Prince Sultan still heard the word autoloader.

What is the last thing that Saudi Arabia lacks? Money! What is Saudi Arabia lacking the most? A soldier who is not afraid of death!

You must know that in the current West, no tank uses an automatic loader, all of them are four-person systems, and this kind of tank that uses an automatic loader has a crew reduced to three, which means that when fighting a war, it can reduce the casualties of one person. ≦≧

It's not that Western tank crews are not afraid of death, but the automatic loading technology of the current tank is not very mature, and after the first T64 tank equipped with an automatic loader was put into service, this automatic loader has plagued the reliability of technicians for several years. The automatic loader of the T72 tank, due to the lower indicators than the T64, took a number of simplifying measures, and the reliability Xing was a little higher.

Seeing that Prince Sultan was a little moved, Qusay knew. I need to add more fire.

This is also strange, for the expensive Mirage 4000, Prince Sultan decided to buy it at once, and this kind of much cheaper T72 tank, it seems that Prince Sultan has not looked too much at it.

"Actually, when I first introduced this tank production line, I was preparing to make some improvements." Qusay said.

Improvement? Speaking of which, Kartsev stared at Kusay, the tank. It can be said that it is the masterpiece of his life, and the improvement, which makes the combat effectiveness of this tank even stronger, is also a very clear choice. ≦≧

The key is to see how to change it.

If it's a major overhaul, then it's better to design a completely new tank. &&

"The most important thing to improve in the T72 is the fire control system." "Our fire control system, the night vision device used until now, or the infrared headlights, has long been behind, and I suggest that you go and visit the 69 modified tanks of our Southern Military District," said Kusay. Infrared night vision devices have been used, and in night battles, it is possible to find targets before the enemy. ”

Qusai is completely reasonable, as an infrared night vision device for the first generation of tanks. Infrared headlights will be eliminated sooner or later, and the use of infrared night vision devices is inevitable for development.

"Moreover, our tanks have not yet used laser rangefinders, and fire control data also needs to be entered manually, now against the tanks of the Iranians. You can also win. However, it is very dangerous to want to fight the new generation of tanks of the West. Qusay said.

Kartsev can't argue with this, in fact, the domestic T72 has been replaced with a laser rangefinder, however, the export to Iraq is naturally a simplified version. ≦≧

Kusai hit the nail on the head with a proposal to improve the fire control system, which made the old and spicy Kartsev look. There is no doubt at all, then the most critical thing is down. It's a question of how to change it.

The USSR would not export the advanced fire control systems used by the USSR itself.

Listen to Qusay's narration, as Saudi defense minister. Prince Sultan also listened very carefully.

Seeing Kartsev looking at himself, Kusai had a sense of leisurely contentment, to say this, he is also very good at it, and he knows what the future trend is!

"We have had extensive cooperation with Krupp Atlas Electronics in Germany, and the 69 improvement project is the full introduction of their FL10EE1 fire control system, so now we can still introduce laser rangefinders and infrared imaging night vision devices." Qusay said what he thought, and he could buy everything that the Soviet Union refused to export from the West: "Moreover, we want to improve the fire control computer of the T72, so that the data of the laser rangefinder can be directly entered into the computer without manual settings." ≦≧ this way, the response speed of the system can be greatly accelerated. ”

Infrared night vision, laser rangefinder, cross-linking with a fire control computer, this is the solution that Qusay is now proposing, however, this is not the most perfect either.

At present, the new tanks have begun to use the command ceremony fire control system, the basic feature of this fire control system is that the sight and the gun are installed separately, and the gun and the scope are duli stable. The gun commander drives the sight with a hand control device so that the line of sight is always aimed at the target. The artillery is not driven by the gun, but follows the line of sight by means of an autosynchronous machine and a gun servo system. The shè strike advance angle calculated by the fire control computer is not transmitted to the sight drive, but only to the artillery and turret servo. This allows the gun to be moved to the advance position, while the sight remains tracked to the target.

That is, it can be simply summarized as the fact that where the gun commander aimed, the gun pointed itself, and the advance amount had been set.

And this fire control system is the standard configuration of Iraq's future tanks.

When the production line of the T72 tank was introduced, and a talent like Kartsev was recruited, Qusay already had the idea of squeezing out the potential of this old tank designer, and in the process of leading the production and improvement of the T72 tank, he trained Iraq's own design team, and then designed a new tank that fully suited the climate of the Middle East!

It seems that the introduction of Rheinmetall's 120mm tank gun and the idea of getting the Chobham armor has to start as soon as possible, because the core component of the tank, now he only has a 1000 hp 6TD engine, which is a good guy. ≦≧

And in the matter of armor, there is a backup scheme, and that is depleted uranium armor.

Hearing that Kusay's statement was completely reasonable, Kartsev nodded: "Theoretically, this improvement should be reasonable and can increase the combat effectiveness of the T72." ”

"In the process of improving the 69 tank, we still have a batch of spare parts left, which can be taken here for experiments first." Qusay said.

"There's still something that needs to be improved." Prince Sultan said.

Hearing Prince Sultan's words, Kartsev asked: "Your Royal Highness, what else needs to be improved?" ”

At this time, the two sides said while walking that they had come to the final assembly workshop.

Looking at the almost finished car bodies in the workshop, Prince Sultan said: "Soviet-made tanks, there is no high-power air conditioning, our climate in the Middle East is very hot, stay in this steel in summer, only a small fan to cool down, tank soldiers will suffer very much." ”

Kartsev was stunned, the tank crews are there to fight, what do you pay attention to so much? I don't even want to sweat, and I still talk about bloodshed?

Looking at his oil-stained overalls and Prince Sultan's spotless Arab robes, Kartsev felt a gap between them.

In fact, this is also the difference between the East and the West in the tank design concept, the Western tank, emphasizing the people-oriented, attention to ergonomics, only to provide the best environment for the tankers, they can be full of Jing into the battle, and the East, is mainly emphasized that one is not afraid of hardship, the other is not afraid of death, to adapt to the tank, this point of view, the belly fat armor Ali is the most experienced, if he is here, will definitely regard Prince Sultan as a relative.

Who knows, Qusay also said: "Yes, it would be best if you could install air conditioning, and if you could have a small Xiaoice box in which you can drink cold drinks in the summer, it would be even better." ”

"Yes!" Prince Sultan said: "If there are air conditioners and refrigerators, we in Saudi Arabia will have hundreds of such tanks!" ”

Kartsev looked at the two people in front of him, I really don't know how they could have such thoughts, are their soldiers here to enjoy?

Cusai just casually said that air conditioning is a must, and as for the refrigerator, it's still free!

However, Prince Sultan is absolutely serious, Saudi conscription is very difficult, almost all young people of school age are unwilling to join the army, so that many of the Saudi army are mercenaries of other nationalities, if in the recruitment advertisement, a mighty tank, a brave Saudi youth, enjoying the cool air conditioning, drinking cold drinks, and then bombarding the enemy accurately with tank guns, that kind of power and enjoyment, will definitely attract the enthusiasm of many Saudi young people to be soldiers!

"Your Excellency Qusay, do you really want to add air conditioners and refrigerators?" Kartsev asked.

"We can improve a prototype." "Let's test the effect of the retrofit," says Cusai. ”

The installation of air conditioners and refrigerators is not a big improvement, and at most it will reduce the storage of one or two shells, since the Saudi Army likes to be so neat, then specialize in studying this kind of combat vehicle and provide it to the Saudis.

"Well, we're looking forward to it." Prince Sultan said.

In this way, an improved version of the T72 tank, which is the envy of all tankers, a tank specially intended for Saudi Arabia, was born in the discussion of several people.

Prince Sultan walked the inside of a tank chassis and sat in the captain's chair, which was also a bit hard, not as comfortable as the Mirage 4000's flight seat, which of course could not be compared, and it seemed that the chair should also be replaced. To be continued.