As a traverser, of course, Wendeji will not forget the tank, the weapon known as the "King of 6 Wars". And he has plenty of information about later generations, so he naturally points straight to the avenue, and will not take detours, engage in diamond-shaped tanks, multi-turret tanks, and so on.

Well, strictly speaking, Wen Deji is also a "multi-turret element", but he believes that "multi-turret" is only suitable for warships and aircraft, and that tanks playing with multiple turrets are evil. In addition, on the issue of the development of China's armored vehicles, the biggest impact of President Wen is that he did not let the "half-track cult" run rampant in China.

The half-track was a very well-intentioned thing, and it was designed to address the shortcomings of the early tracked and wheel drivetrains.

The off-road ability of the tracked vehicle is better, but the load weight is limited, and the life of the track, especially in the off-road environment, is shorter, and the production cost is also higher than that of the wheeled vehicle. The life of the wheels is also higher than that of the tracks, and the weight that the wheeled vehicles can carry is higher, but the terrain that the wheeled vehicles can pass through at high load weights is very limited, and the ability to walk in bad weather is far less than that of tracked vehicles.

According to the original intention of the design, this kind of Dongdong should have the advantages of both crawler and wheel transmission modes, which has good off-road performance, high life and low cost.

But the fact is the opposite of what is imagined, this strange thing does absorb the advantages of both, but it is shrinking, and it inherits the shortcomings of both without pulling it, and even promotes it. Its logistical maintenance is more difficult than that of both tracks and wheels, as it requires two systems to be prepared, and the tires in front of it are extremely worn.

Its so-called advantages are not as good as the pure-blooded tracked or wheeled ones, and in the face of those shortcomings, it looks very weak. So after the 6x6BxB and these new wheeled armored vehicles were shown, this kind of Dongdong was eliminated.

So on this plane, Chinese armored vehicles did not consider the "half-track" structure at the beginning, which is either wheeled or tracked.

It is also important to note that all of China's armored vehicles and even military vehicles use diesel engines directly, rather than gasoline engines, which are more likely to catch fire and are more dangerous. On the one hand, this is safer, and on the other hand, because in a maximum of 2 years, there will be a large amount of biodiesel on the market, which is cheaper than gasoline and is more suitable for large quantities.

Although Mr. Wen had the ability to build tanks for a long time, the time was not ripe before, so he never started it. It's not that I'm afraid of being learned by the powers, just as Wen Desi himself said proudly: "If you want to compare the technology tree in this world, who can compare with me?"

This "timing" mainly refers to two aspects: the first is that there are not enough personnel, it is much more difficult to open a tank than to shoot a gun, and it is much more difficult to train armored troops than to train infantry. If there are not enough qualified armored soldiers, who will make them for?

The second is that the road conditions do not allow it, although the traffic conditions in the liberated areas are completely good for running tanks, but outside the liberated areas it is a tragedy. I Daqing and those revolutionary parties did not build roads and bridges like Mr. Wen. Besides, whether it is the Qing Dynasty or Beiyang, as well as the army of the revolutionary party, they are all scumbags, at most it is enough to use armored vehicles, where do you need to use tanks.

Therefore, in the Revolutionary War and the War of Liberation, tanks have never had the opportunity to appear, and even armored vehicles have very few opportunities. Without him, the road conditions do not allow. Therefore, it was not until after the liberation of the whole of China, when more and more officers and soldiers could drive vehicles, and there were also a sufficient number of people who could drive armored vehicles, that Wen Desi began to order the relevant departments to develop tanks and other armored vehicles.

China, which is the standard, attaches great importance to transportation infrastructure construction, has a lot of funds, and because of the anti-natural organizational strength of the Science and Technology Socialist Party, the manpower is also very sufficient, coupled with a large number of construction machinery, as well as the use of various advanced tools and equipment. So even though it's only been the second anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the traffic situation across the country has already changed dramatically.

Last year, the total length of highways opened to traffic exceeded 80,000 kilometers, and this year there is no problem to exceed 20,000 kilometers. Moreover, these kilometers and bridges are all standard highways built according to the regular standards of later generations, and it is no problem to run seventy or eighty tons of cars on them, which is much better than the highway conditions at the time when the Red Dynasty was established in the original time and space.

Therefore, China's armed forces on this plane did not have almost perverted requirements for the lightweight of weapons like the Red Party in those years, and China's weapon selection criteria on this plane appeared to be more heavy, and more focused on productivity, performance and firepower, and the same is true for armored vehicles.

However, although the domestic traffic problem has been basically solved, the foreign environment also needs to be considered. After all, no country attaches as much importance to transportation as China, and no country has built roads and bridges as perverted as China. According to strategic expectations, the vast majority of future wars will be fought abroad, and it is easy to say that the north and northwest are good, but the tropical jungles and wetlands in the south are not easy to handle. Therefore, the issue of the weight of weapons should still be properly considered, and this weight cannot be too exaggerated, otherwise what if you go abroad to fight?

The development of Chinese tanks began at the end of 191o, and was carried out according to the characteristics of the largest imaginary enemies at that time, Japan, Russia, and Britain. Because Japan is the largest imaginary enemy, and the liberation of Taiwan is the most important part of it, the first tank was positioned as a water 6 amphibious tank.

However, because the half-plane tank is from the Ming Dynasty of China, the term "tank" cannot be used. Therefore, the name of the "tank" in this plane still returns to its original meaning "armored fighting vehicle", referred to as "combat vehicle".

This first tank, oh, was the Type 1 1911 model. This combat vehicle is based on the T4oa light tank of the former Soviet Union, and of course a series of optimized designs have been carried out on this basis. For example, the original gasoline engine was replaced with a diesel engine, the configuration was re-optimized, the riveting was changed to welding, the single-person turret was replaced with an electric two-person turret, and better armor was used......

These measures make the weight of the "otter" a little heavier than the original T4o, but the performance of defense and degree has increased compared to the original.

The design of the hull of the "Otter" amphibious combat vehicle is novel, similar to the shape of the ship, the front part is wide and low, the front part of the hull is streamlined, and there are wave plates, and the turret is mounted slightly behind the hull. At the rear of the vehicle is a four-bladed propeller that is driven by it when driving on water, and is steered by two rudders. There is also a floating fuel tank on the body to increase the buoyancy of the vehicle. The suspension device adopts an independent torsion bar type, and there are 4 load wheels and 1 carrier pulleys on each side. And it uses wide rubber tracks, which allows it to pass along the muddy, water-netted rice fields.

The crew of this type of vehicle consists of three people (one in the cab and two in the turret), weighs 6 tons, is 46 meters long, 26 meters wide and 22 meters high. Motor power 1oo kW. When the maximum highway degree is 6 km, when the water float is B km, the maximum distance is 48o km. Armor thickness B - 6 mm. The armament was a 2-mm anti-aircraft machine gun with a turret that could be rotated 3o degrees and had 156 ammunition in reserve. In addition, there was a B-mm heading machine gun in front of the hull with 26 ammunition.

At present, the "Otter" has been officially installed, and the main equipment objects are the main forces in the south and the 6th Naval Force.

According to the current perspective, the "Otter" is undoubtedly a very successful combat vehicle, but Wen Desi still feels that because it takes into account the requirements of the floating, the armor and firepower are relatively weak, and it is certainly suitable for use in the south, but in the north, there may be defects such as insufficient survivability and insufficient firepower.

Therefore, he asked the relevant departments to design another combat vehicle suitable for use in the northern region, which is the Type 2 192 "Wolverine" tank. This vehicle is based on the T8 light tank of the former Soviet Union (note that this is the T8 light tank that debuted in 1943, not the T8 main battle tank that entered service in 1976).

T8 Light TankThe Soviet Union was the most advanced light tank during World War II, but because the armored vehicles provided for in the Lend-Lease Act were far more suitable for reconnaissance and liaison tasks than light tanks. As a result, all light tank production was cancelled in January 1943o, and in total only 2o T8s were produced. After that, during the war, the Soviet army did not show light tanks again. It can also be said that this is the ultimate light tank of World War II. However, in this day and age, it is definitely not light.

The crew of the Wolverine tank consisted of three people (one in the cab and two in the turret), weighed 11 tons, was 4 meters long, 2 meters wide and 21 meters high. Motor power 14o kW. When the maximum highway degree is 6 km, the maximum distance is 55o km. The thickness of the armor is 1o-6o mm, of which the front armor plate of the hull is 4o mm thick, and the turret armor plate is 2~6 mm thick. It adopts an electric two-person turret, and the turret can be rotated 3o degrees. The secondary armament was two B-mm machine guns, one coaxial machine gun mounted next to the main gun of the turret, and one course machine gun mounted in front of the hull with 26 ammunition.

Because it is still a real equipment, the main weapon of the "Wolverine" has not yet been finalized, and the relevant departments have launched a total of 2 mm, 3 mm, and 45 mm main guns to try out in the troops.

"It's not enough to have a tank......"

At this time, Wen Desi was inspecting the Wuhan Special Vehicle Design Institute, and he said to the dean Dongfang Gao: "What about self-propelled artillery?"

Dongfang Gao hurriedly said: "We are using the chassis of the Otter and Wolverine as a basis to drive various self-propelled guns, and the design can be completed before the end of the year."

Wen Desi knocked on the table and said: "Be quick, you have three kinds of wolverines in front, it is a complete waste of time, in fact, one kind of 45 mm is enough, you don't want to be like the Germans, one tank to get me more than a dozen kinds of artillery." Well, that 2-mm model can be retained, improve the turret, increase the pitch angle, as a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun...... Time is tight, and we're going to do it with Japan next year, so you have to hurry. ”

"Please rest assured, Mr. Wen, we will definitely complete the task," Dongfang Gao hurriedly said.

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