Mhammad's last stop in China was Inner Mongolia.

A grass-green tank, ready to fire in the shooting range, with a high barrel, a low turret, and a chassis of seven pairs of load-bearing wheels, looks so powerful and powerful.

A one-armed old man, standing there, looked at the tank, his eyes were full of pride.

Beside him stood a large group of military personnel, several of whom were foreigners.

"After several years of testing, our tank has now been successfully finalized." The one-armed chief said to Mhammad on the side: "Our tank is officially named the Type 90 tank. ”

In later generations, the Type 90 tank in China was only an improvement of the Type 85 tank, although the performance was advanced, but it could not compete with other tanks in the 90s, and it was just a transitional model.

And now, this Type 90 tank is already the most advanced tank in the world!

All thanks to a 1500 hp engine from Pakistan! This set of engines derived from the Leopard 2 tank made the tank designers in China finally no longer limited by the engine when designing, and the weight of the tank was also enlarged to more than 50 tons.

Now, this tank uses a similar chassis to the Leopard 2, a 1500 horsepower engine, a hydraulic automatic transmission, torsion bar suspension, first-class maneuverability, and at the same time, coupled with the firepower that China has always attached great importance to, the 125 mm tank gun, the kinetic energy of the gun when it ejects the muzzle is the first in the world. The protective ability is already on top of the original armor, and a layer of reactive armor is added to the outside, which is even more outstanding.

"The performance of this tank is good." "When your army is officially equipped, we will also conduct research, and if it is appropriate, we will also produce a batch in Pakistan," Mhammad said. ”

Pakistan is now producing subsequent Leopard 2 tanks under contract. By the end of this year, the last batch of Leopard 2 tanks will be ready for delivery.

The advanced Leopard 2 tank is unquestionable, however, the Leopard 2 uses a 120 mm gun with four drivers. The Type 90 tank has a 125 mm gun with three drivers, and the Type 90 tank has a lower turret, which means a smaller impact area in tank battles. Westerners are big, while Asians are smaller, tanks designed for Europe. The size of the Oriental was not taken into account. Therefore, the tanks on the Chinese side should be more suitable for the battlefield in the East.

Historically, Pakistan imported tanks from China, an improved version of the Type 90, named MBT2000, but the diesel engine was replaced with a Ukrainian product.

Only, now the main tank of Pakistan. The artillery was all 120 mm, if replaced with a Type 90 tank. The artillery is 125 mm caliber, which will cause a logistical burden, but there is no way to do it, after all, this Type 90 tank is equipped with an automatic loader, and it is not interchangeable with a 120 mm gun.

"We were able to develop this tank. We would not have done without the help of our Pakistani friends. The one-armed chief engineer said: "When I was in charge and led the development of this tank, I thought it would take more than ten years to develop it, but now, it only took five years. You can equip the troops, President Muhamad, and on behalf of our entire development team, I would like to express my gratitude to the Pakistani side. ”

Now, the engines in the tank are all made in Pakistan, and without this 1500-horsepower engine, the finalization of this tank is far away.

"Technology is constantly advancing, and our tanks also need to be constantly improved in order to be able to adapt to future wars." "Especially with electronic technology, the future development direction of tanks will be informatization and networking," Mhammad said. At the same time, the performance of the tank itself, the engine, the armor, the artillery, need to be constantly improved. ”

As soon as Mhammad's words were finished, there was a roar of engines in the distance, a rumbling sound far beyond that of any kind of tank.

As far as Mhammad looked, he saw a tank with a turret with its main armor tilted, approaching, its tracks churning the grass and creaking.

M1 tank! This is the American M1 tank!

"How has the performance of this tank been studied?" Mhammad asked.

This tank is the tank of the Indians captured by the Pakistani army in the East Pakistan War, which is an American-made tank that uses gas turbines!

After the seizure, of course, Mhammad would not leave it as scrap metal, two of which were sent to Huaxia, and two were handed over to the Germans, who exchanged several industrial technologies with Pakistan as if they had been treasured.

And the one sent to Huaxia was studied by Huaxia military personnel.

"The performance of this tank is indeed unique." The one-armed chief said that when he was researching tanks, he took the American M1 tank as a target, and now, seeing this tank with his own eyes, he can also test the various properties of this tank, and he can also dismantle one of them, and the one-armed chief engineer is very grateful to the Pakistani side.

At the same time, these days, they already know about the performance of this tank.

As he was talking, the speeding M1 tank had already arrived in front of him, and in the crunching sound of brakes, it stopped, and several young technicians, frightened from inside, came out with a lot of equipment.

"Teacher Zhu, we have re-measured the acceleration performance of this tank from 0 to 32 kilometers per hour, it only takes 5 seconds, and the maximum cross-country speed exceeds 72 kilometers per hour, which is better than our tank and better than our previous Type 69 tank." Said the technician.

M1 uses a gas turbine, this gas turbine has a large torque, fast start, in later generations, even if it is changed to M1A2, the total combat weight is 65 tons, and the acceleration performance is only 7 seconds, and now, this basic M1 tank, the total weight is only 54 tons, and the maneuverability is even better.

"The gas turbine gives the tank great maneuverability." The one-armed chief engineer said: "It's a pity that we can't produce this kind of engine ourselves. ”

China's aviation power is very lacking, and gas turbines are built on the basis of strong aviation power.

"Do you see the downsides of this power?" Mhammad asked.

"There are few parts, high efficiency, and low weight, and if you talk about shortcomings, it should be fuel." The one-armed chief teacher said.

"Yes, it's fuel!" "This type of engine is not suitable for tanks, and the fuel burden will be quite heavy," Mhammad said. ”

In later generations, the T-80 of the Soviets was changed back to a diesel engine, and the Americans planned to improve the gas turbine, but in the end it became a diesel engine, and the gas turbine was the equipment cycle on the main battle tank, which was considered to be over.

Even the US imperialists, who have deep pockets and perfect logistics, cannot hold it, let alone other countries, whether it is China or Pakistan, cannot equip this kind of power.

Of course, research must be carried out, and in any case, this is also the advanced technology of US imperialism.

"What inspires us the most is armor." "We disassembled another tank and carefully studied the main armor of the M1 tank," said the one-armed commander-in-chief. The one-armed chief engineer said: "We found that the armor of the M1 in the United States uses epoxy resin as a restraint body, restraining a hexagonal ceramic block with a diameter of 10 centimeters, when the armor-piercing projectile and the armor-piercing jet hit the ceramic, the fragmented ceramic block and powder, squeezed inward by the restraint ring, flew out in the opposite direction of the armor-piercing projectile or jet, hitting the core or jet to improve the protection capability." In this way, it is much better than the armor of the T-72 tank that we came into contact with, and our own armor, if arranged in this way, can further improve the ballistic resistance. ”

The M1 tank equipped by India is not the most advanced tank with depleted uranium armor, but only ordinary armor, however, even if this is ordinary armor, it is definitely not ordinary, because this is the technology of the British Chobham armor! Historically, the British sold their Chobham armor technology in its entirety to the United States, and the Germans bought only a downgraded version of the technology.

This kind of armor is a kind of restraint armor technology, the ballistic performance is more prominent, sometimes, it is not a change in materials, but a change in structure, which can be improved by a grade.

"We intend to carry out low-speed production of Type 90 tanks, and later models will be equipped with this updated armor, and if the Pakistani side needs it, we can fully export these armor technologies to your country."

Help is mutual, Pakistan has helped China a lot, China has been a state of etiquette since ancient times, the grace of a drop of water should be reciprocated, although armor technology is the top secret technology of a country's defense industry, Huaxia can still be exported to Pakistan without reservation, this is brotherhood!

"Great." "Our own tanks will be more advanced!" We, Pakistan, will definitely produce such advanced tanks! ”

"At the same time, we are also developing new armor-piercing projectile technology, using higher strength tungsten alloy and improving the composition of the propellant, so that this armor-piercing projectile has a stronger armor-piercing ability." The one-armed chief engineer continued: "In particular, we disassembled the ammunition of the United States and got a lot of enlightenment, especially the composition of the propellant, which we analyzed and found a way to improve our own propellant. ”

For the performance of tank guns, not only the barrel, the performance of the shell is also equally important, the American tank, the barrel is directly licensed by Rheinmetall, the same as the Leopard 2 tank gun, however, the performance of the American armor-piercing projectile is higher than that of the German, mainly because of the shell, especially the later use of depleted uranium armor-piercing shells, which are indestructible. (To be continued......)