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Laser weapons, even in later generations, are often something that only appears in science fiction movies, in which the characters hold laser guns, and when a red light passes, the opponent is burned through a hole, and the laser cannon in the spaceship can even destroy the opponent's large space battleship with one shot. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info≦≧

But now, there is still a long way to go for lasers to develop into a weapon, especially for high-power lasers, there are still technical problems to be solved. Only the United States and the USSR invested a lot in this. They want to use laser weapons to take out the other party's satellites in space.

Lasers, laser-guided bombs, and laser rangefinders are also being used, but these lasers are weak and can be used to provide irradiation, but it is difficult to kill the opponent with a laser, even if it is only to damage the opponent's aiming system.

However, this proposal was undoubtedly creative, and even Kartsev was attracted to this voice, and by the words translated, he also realized that the idea was creative.

And the later Kusay, but keenly aware that the other party may be one of the designers of the 99 tank of the Eastern Powers in the future, because this unique laser active suppression system has only existed on the 99 tanks of the Eastern Powers. ≦≧

When the 99 tank of the Eastern powers appeared before the eyes of the world, many people were surprised by two "mysterious" devices on the turret: a sand box device behind the gun commander's hatch and a dome-shaped device behind the commander's hatch.

This mysterious device was speculated about for a long time, until later a tank chief was interviewed. It is confirmed that it is a "laser suppression observation and sighting system", which is an innovative move designed by China's tank designers.

The dome-shaped device behind the commander's hatch is a set of laser early warning receivers, a circular device that can receive all laser sources within the range of 360 degrees, and the sand box-shaped device behind the commander's hatch is a set of active laser self-defense devices, which are composed of a microcomputer controller, a tracking turntable and a follow-up system, a laser suppressor, a thermal imager, a jammer and other instruments. ≦≧

This device is very domineering, and it has two working states: passive and active. When the system is in passive mode. It mainly relies on warning equipment to sense the enemy's position, and the jammer shoots a weak laser beam to calibrate the target position; After being confirmed by the computer, the power of the laser beam suddenly increases, resulting in a "hard kill" to the target. Not only can it damage the other party's sighting equipment. It can even blind the eyes of the shooter who is aiming. If active mode is activated, the system first scans the suspicious area with the help of low-energy pulses, and once it detects the faint light reflected back from the lens of the opponent's sighting instrument, it automatically fires to destroy it.

These. Kusai knew, but others didn't, so the designer's words shocked many people.

As a famous tank designer of the Soviet Union, Kartsev knew the inside story, and in the Soviet Union, in terms of tank protection, although there was already composite armor. However, they are still taking the "side door". One of them, is explosive-reactive armor, and in 1983, the most famous armored design unit of the Soviet Union. The "Contact" 1 explosive reactive armor of the Soviet Iron and Steel Research Institute appeared on the T-80B main battle tank, and during the period when he left the Soviet Union, it is said that all Soviet tanks in East Germany, including the T755am, were equipped with the "Contact" 1 explosive reactive armor. ≦≧

The outermost layer of this explosive reactive armor is a thin metal shell, and the inside is a working component composed of throwing plates (thrown outward), back plates (thrown inwards), **, and fixed objects. The metal jet breaks through the casing and throws the plate, producing a thermal effect sufficient to detonate**. Fueled by a blast wave. The throwing plate flies outwards while the backplate moves in the opposite direction and forms elastic waves, causing huge fluctuations in the jet or even interrupting the jet. In this way, it is possible to reduce the power of armor-piercing shells by 50%, provide the equivalent of 400 mm of protection, and more advanced explosive reactive armor is also being developed.

And the other, more sword-oriented, active defense system! In the early 80s, the USSR developed the world's first active defense system: the "Thrush", which uses the principle of hard killing, using rockets with fragmentation warheads to intercept incoming anti-tank missiles and rockets, which can provide protection against an arc area of 60 degrees in the front of the tank turret, and the success rate against RPG anti-tank rockets can reach 80%. ≦≧

These two systems are both in the way of hard killing, one is to wait until the opponent hits themselves before exploding, and the other is to take the initiative when the opponent is about to hit themselves, (it's like a tank's own small TMD, of course, but the use is similar, and the performance is far behind.) ）

Now, this man's idea is even more unique, to develop a completely new thing on the tank's weapon to destroy the opponent's sighting equipment!

If it can really be developed, then it will be simpler and more practical than explosive armor and active defense systems!

"However, in this case, it will increase the equipment contained in the turret, our turret has a fire control system, an automatic loader, and a commander and a gun commander, the space is already very narrow, and now if we add these equipment, it will make the turret more crowded, if that is the case, we may not be able to exceed one meter five in height when choosing armored troops." ≦≧," said an Iraqi engineer.

The round cast turret is originally very small, and if these things are installed again, God knows what will become of the tank, (of course, the system of the 99 tank in later generations did not take up much space, but now, they have not carried out pre-research on this subsystem, and I don't know how large the volume will be.) ）

"We can change the structure of the turret, and now, the turrets in the West have begun to adopt a welded structure, abandoning the casting process and using a welded turret instead, so that we can add the same composite armor as the main armor of the hull on the front of our welded turret, increase the protection capacity, and welded turrets can increase space and improve the internal environmental conditions, and moreover, the top becomes flat, and it can also free up a lot of space for the system I said." The engineer continued.

Although he appreciated his proposal just now, but now that he said that he wanted to use a welded turret, Kartsev shook his head and said: "The cast turret can have an excellent bulletproof shape, which can simplify the production process and facilitate mass production. ”

Before he knew it, the argument between casting and welding turrets began, and Kusai, who was sitting in the back, listened attentively.

The cast turret is cast in a single time with a mold. The welded turret was welded from several pieces of high-quality steel armor plates. Outwardly, the cast turret has a hemispherical shape, while the welded turret has a flat appearance.

The two methods have their own advantages and disadvantages, the integrity of the cast turret is good, there will be no welds, and excellent bulletproof shape can be formed, but the armor material structure is single, the armor strength is difficult to improve, and the manufacturing process is demanding. Composite armor is even more unusable. The welded turret, although it is inferior in bulletproof appearance, can use composite armor, because the armor elements of composite armor are all flat type. The front of the turret can be welded with composite armor, other parts can be welded with high-strength steel armor plates, etc., and even the turret armor can be replaced or strengthened in time with the development of armor technology. A square welded turret, on the other hand, will certainly have more internal space than a hemispherical turret on the same base.

Moreover, because the welded turret can be replaced, if the cast turret is hit, then the entire turret is scrapped, and the welded turret only needs to replace the armor at the point of hit.

In later generations, it was all the trend of welding turrets.

It's just that Kartsev was a staunch supporter of cast turrets, especially since in the times of nuclear war, spherical cast turrets, which are not easily overturned by shock waves, rejected this proposal.

As a designer, it takes a lot of courage to dare to put forward your own point of view, and even conflict with the chief designer, especially if the designer is from a large country in the East, has a strong sense of organizational discipline, and the order of the superior is absolute authority, and it is quite commendable to deny the meaning of the above.

Kusai began to appreciate this person more, and he wondered in his own mind whether this person was one of the designers of the 99 tank that he knew. The advanced tanks of the eastern powers will also start to be established in the next two years, right?

Next, what this person said made Kusai even more impressive.

"Chief Designer Card, what Iraq needs, not only the production process is simple, can be mass-produced tanks, if this is really the case, we can upgrade on the basis of the existing T72 tank, Iraq now needs a more powerful new tank, it is not only the existing second-generation tanks that have been equipped by various countries, but also the new, including the third-generation main battle tank under development, our main battle tank, in the next twenty years, will not be outdated design, When faced with the American M1 and German Leopard 2 tanks, as well as their modifications, our main battle tanks, need to have the upper hand. ”

"Well said!" Although Qusay didn't want to bother them, he was just a layman in the face of these tank experts, but the yellow-skinned and black-eyed Oriental man spoke it so well that he couldn't help but say it out loud.