How to sell the tank, this is not something that Jiang Yan considers, anyway, this way is for them, Jiang Yan doesn't care about this matter, the only thing he thinks about now is how to produce and improve.

The Type 59 tank is a medium tank copied and equipped in large quantities with reference to the Maoxiong T-54A medium tank in our country.

This type of tank weighs 36 tons in battle, has a crew of 4 people, a maximum speed of 50 kilometers per hour, and a maximum range of 560 kilometers. The main armament is 1 100 mm rifled gun with a combat rate of fire 7 rounds / min, 1 12.7 mm anti-aircraft machine gun and 2 7.62 mm machine guns equipped with infrared night vision devices for night driving. The armor in the bow and sides of the hull was thick, the turret was streamlined, and it had good bullet resistance. The tank has some characteristics such as strong firepower, good armor protection and maneuverability, light weight, simple structure, reliable work, and convenient use and maintenance.

The Type 59 tank was a new type of tank that had just been successfully developed by the flower growers two years ago, and at that time, the performance of this tank could be said to be advanced at that time. It was the mainstream tank of the time.

In order to be able to sell this tank better, Jiang Yan still made a little improvement to the Type 59.

This batch of Type 59 has been transformed by Jiang Yan, and it has been much stronger than the prototype in terms of armor and power.

He optimized the engine above the original Type 59, so that the maximum power of the Type 59 was increased from the original 500 horsepower to 600 horsepower, and the torque was also greatly increased. As a result, the Type 59's maneuverability and acceleration capabilities were greatly enhanced.

The suspension system has also been redesigned, with a 20% increase in load carrying capacity compared to the prototype by adjusting the spring rate parameters, increasing the length of the movable arm of the shock absorbers, and increasing the size of the load wheels.

In terms of firepower, Jiang Yan basically did not change the original 100 mm tank gun, but only increased the stability of the artillery, but he replaced the original old armor-piercing projectile and used a new type of armor-piercing projectile, although the power of the foreign trade version of the armor-piercing projectile is only 60% of what we use, but even so, the depth penetration ability of this gun is nearly double that of the original 100 mm gun.

Overall, although there are many improvements to each car, the cost is not too high, anyway, this export is mainly for 59 modified tanks and self-propelled guns and other their funds, and the price can be increased a little when the time comes.

He also improved the automatic reloading mechanism of the turret and increased the number of prepared shells, which made it possible to achieve a practical rate of fire of up to 4 rounds per minute.

In addition, the more critical Jiang Yan also added a weakened version of our fire control system to this tank, which can be regarded as a power multiplier for this tank.

What's more, he also got a set of small mechanical computers with simple calculation functions, although the structure is single, but it can calculate the advance in real time according to the target motion parameters, which greatly improves the probability of the first shot.

It can be said that the 59 tanks exported this time have improved their armor protection a lot, but their firepower, mobility, and fire control have comprehensively surpassed the prototype.

At Jiang Yan's request, a tank was soon transferred to Jiang Yan for training, after Jiang Yan's improvement.

The tank was quickly pulled to the test ground for testing, and after testing, Jiang Yan improved the performance of the foreign trade version of the Type 59 tank almost on par with the original, and even some of the performance was slightly exceeded.

Especially after the leaders saw it, they were naturally quite satisfied, and they were more confident in the sales.

There is a saying that there is no comparison, there is no harm, and after the comparison, the 59 style quickly opened up the market.

However, none of this had anything to do with Jiang Yan, and his main purpose now was to start reorganizing all the departments in his research institute.

With the development of the past two years, almost all the assets of Jiang Yan's research institute have more than doubled, and in the entire Sijiu City, there are the most profitable enterprises, and Jiang Yan's research institute is definitely one of them.

The production workshop in the institute has expanded from the original ten workshops to fifteen workshops, and now all the employees in the entire research institute have exceeded 20,000 people, and it can be said that the entire research institute is now strong.

"Little Jiang, there won't be a problem with this division! In one fell swoop, almost half of the most profitable output value was cut. Wang Honghai took the optimization plan written by Jiang Yan and asked Jiang Yan.

"It's Chief Engineer Jiang, you see, this electric fan business, as well as this small household appliance accessories business, now these two businesses account for almost 40% of the output value of our research institute."

Jiang Yan now understands the psychology of Wang Honghai and Zhao Zhanqiang, and now most domestic manufacturers will develop in an all-round way once they become strong, and they want to intervene in everything, but Jiang Yan feels that this will consume most of the energy, and it is better to refine one.

"I think so, after all, the researchers in our institute are limited, and some things are not easy to invest too much energy, I feel that we are still mainly engaged in a few related industries, bigger and stronger."

"You see, now with our cooperation with the motorcycle factory, "Yanjing" automobile factory, agricultural tractor factory and agricultural tricycle factory, the rest not to mention the walk-behind tractor industry, now it has become an explosive growth, tractor factory production of walk-behind tractors is almost in short supply, of course, the requirements for the engine are gradually growing, I mean to draw out a few workshops, the production of different types of engines, to meet the needs of these factories, in addition to we can not rely on a few engines to eat a lifetime, Therefore, my opinion is that there should be a department dedicated to engine research and development in the research institute. ”

"In addition, the production of lathes can be said to be the main business of our institute, so this part should be appropriately strengthened. So divide out a few workshops inside. ”

"Alloy production, as well as precision machining, we also need to invest a lot of energy."

"So my opinion is that our research and production should be based on the research and production of machine tools, as well as engines, and pay attention to alloy research and development and precision machining, these four will be the key projects of our research institute in the future."

After hearing Jiang Yan's explanation, the two leaders also quite agreed with Jiang Yan's reform plan, and then convened a meeting of all the leaders of the institute to study, after Jiang Yan's explanation, the optimization plan was quickly adopted in the institute, and then formed a document to notify the relevant leaders of the first machine department, and after getting the approval of the superior leaders, the vigorous transformation of the institute began to be carried out in an orderly manner under the auspices of Jiang Yan.

After re-optimizing production, after a period of running-in, the entire research institute exudes amazing vitality, and the entire output value is much higher than before the transformation.

(End of chapter)