What's more, under the current situation, once a new generation of tanks is available, the Republic will definitely have a large amount of equipment.

The 59 has been used for too many years, and the 79 tank was developed with the technology upgrade of the 59 and 69. This tank is considered the most advanced tank in the Republic. At the same time, it is the strongest modification in the world in the entire 1980s and the best modification in the world in the 1980s.

No matter how it is changed, this thing is just an ordinary medium tank.

Other people's third-generation tanks have begun to run around the battlefield.

To make 79 go out embarrassing?

Liu Yijiu absolutely can't afford to lose that person.

Therefore, it is necessary to create a magic 59 that can compete with the three generations of foreign tanks. At that time, it will be placed on those battlefields. Not to mention bullying the advanced tanks of the United States and the Soviet Union, it will at least be able to compete with their attacks.

This is Liu Yijiu's idea. Once it is made, the Republic will not suffer much in this regard. When the electronic system is upgraded in the future, various upgrades to the current 59 tank will save a lot of money.

That's all small money!

Liu Yijiu told everyone about several layers of armor on the 99-changed tank he knew. For him, these are techniques that have been practiced, and for others, this is a new theory.

"Horizontal steel armor can be used; composite armor is a must. As for the reaction armor made of modular inert explosives on the outside, it is not a problem to discuss it at the end..." Liu Yijiu's crazy thoughts made other old men become fanatical.

Especially Cao Feng, who was named by Liu Yijiu himself, is a future master. This young man in his early thirties will be the chief expert in the research on protective armor in the Republic in the future. Liu Yijiu naturally has to bring him into the base for such a person.

The more talented a person appears in the base of the Ninth Court, the easier his work will be.

"Director Liu, what do you mean is that we not only put composite armor on the new tank modification?" A hot light appeared in Cao Feng's eyes.

He had long heard of the reaction armor of foreign research, but he did not see the real thing. Liu Yijiu proposed to improve the 59 tanks in active service in China and upgraded them with the technology.

Cao Feng also discussed these issues with Liu Yijiu. He was even very curious about where Liu Yijiu's technical theoretical knowledge and wonderful ideas came from.

When the reaction armor explodes, it will use a reverse force to reduce the kinetic energy of the armor-piercing projectile. This will give the composite armor behind it a stronger defense.

"Yes, as long as we can strengthen the protection of our tanks without affecting combat capabilities and not increasing too much production costs, it is not a problem!" Liu Yijiu said with a smile.

When Jiang Ming heard his words, he was speechless.

Liu Yijiu was still talking about controlling the weight of the tank, increasing power and increasing flexibility!

This question was immediately raised.

"The changes in the battlefield situation require lightweight tanks, so we must consider adopting new technologies. First, to adopt new materials, a large number of lightweight and high-strength titanium alloys, aluminum alloys and other materials are used to strengthen the structure of the tank and reduce weight. Second, we must change our design ideas so that the weapons and equipment we designed have the ability to actively protect, rather than passively waiting for the enemy's shells to attack. Then use thick armor to counter, which requires us to have stronger and faster strike capabilities than the enemy! Third, we must use some reactive armor and composite armor in appropriate parts. This can achieve light weight and good performance..." Liu Yijiu proposed some performance requirements and design concepts for the future weapon support platform.

Only a combat platform with active and effective capabilities can survive on the battlefield for a longer time.

The Wujiu Tank is just a medium-sized tank, and its weight is only about 30 tons. However, in many places, some advanced materials can be used to replace these more than 30 tons. Just like titanium alloy, this can effectively reduce the weight of this tank and improve protection capabilities.

"Titanium alloy? Director Xiao Liu, the cost is very high. The production cost per ton of these we have studied here is hundreds of thousands of yuan..." After hearing this, Qian Dayong, who had never spoken, disagreed.

The cost must be controlled at a level that the Republic can bear.

Titanium alloy is indeed very strong, but even on airplanes in China are reluctant to use them.

This is much lower than the cost of titanium alloy produced by other units that are often several million per ton, but when you think of ordinary special steel, it only costs tens of thousands of yuan per ton.

In this way, the cost will go up quickly, and the base management committee will definitely not agree to the allocation of funds.

"Is the production cost of hundreds of thousands per ton high? Compared with the improvement of the performance of a tank, there is nothing unacceptable to adding a little cost. When we design weapons, we should consider the performance, not the cost. When we reach the highest performance we can achieve, we should consider how to control the production cost, which can reduce those performances that can reduce more production costs. In the 1960s, the cost per unit of the Soviet T64 tank was more than three million US dollars; the new generation of main battle tanks in the United States, m1, has been introduced to you. Each unit costs more than six million US dollars..." Liu Yijiu felt that they had to change their ideas.

The weapons and equipment with average performance and low cost were put into operation by Factory 617. The 541 tank base will basically not have a long way to go in this regard. This unit will be established as a joint-stock enterprise in the next ten years. It is still a heavy industry, but it will basically no longer have anything to do with military products.

He could not let this huge tank unit disappear into the torrent of history.

Moreover, the new tanks they developed must be produced by a huge factory like the 541.

As for getting 617 into your hands, Liu Yijiu never thought that there was basically no possibility of that factory. 541 was going to be restructured!

Then you can buy it at the price of cabbage, so that those future worms will not allow them to embezzle national interests. Even if they are in their hands, they will still be national assets.

"Behind this tank, since black-arrow anti-tank missiles and Houyi air defense missiles are needed, I think the air defense machine gun is not very useful. A coaxial machine gun is enough, and jet fighter and air defense machine guns are not enough. For low-altitude armed helicopters, the range of the machine cannons and rocket launchers on them will be farther than that of the air defense machine gun..." If you want to install the launch frame of anti-tanks and air defense missiles, there is no need to install the air defense machine gun again.

This can also leave a lot of costs, and at the same time, it can make great structural adjustments to the inner cabin of the tank.

"No, keep the air-resistant machine gun, but don't need the coaxial machine gun. The main purpose of the coaxial machine gun at the beginning was to correct the ballistics of tank shells. Now with an advanced artillery aiming system, this thing is useless. And infantry can no longer appear on the battlefield in intensively. On the battlefield in the southwest, our soldiers have fully proved that the air-resistant machine guns on tanks are more effective than the parallel machine guns..." Liu Yijiu said evilly.

The caliber of the parallel machine gun is too small.

The 12.7mm anti-aircraft anti-aircraft machine gun is used to attack infantry and has better results.

If the tank is used for urban combat, the coaxial machine guns on it have too few calibers and the effect is not very good...

"This is not a waste..."

"With the closer distance, the effect of air defense machine guns on helicopters should be very good." Liu Yijiu mainly thought that without air defense machine guns, the tanks would not be so good at military parades...

In fact, this thing doesn't even need a machine gun.

This was originally a heavy firepower platform for attacking difficulties, and the supporting armored vehicles they were preparing to develop, in order to reduce the load on the vehicle chassis and engine, they even reduced the caliber of the gun used for support to 30 mm!

Armored vehicles with stronger assault capabilities are the greatest support for infantry melee combat.

"Also, we have armored vehicles that match tanks, so there is no need to add too many unnecessary functions to the tank..." Liu Yijiu said to everyone.

Time passed slowly under the discussion of everyone.

A tank with only 5 pairs of load-bearing wheels has begun to change its shape, and the sketch of the tank, which is not much different from the 59, appeared on the drawings.

At present, only an assembly design, with a large inclination front and rear, especially the deep V-shaped baffle in front, appeared on this brand new monster. After the final discussion, in order to save trouble, the 59 tank after the magic modification still uses a 105-caliber smoothbore gun. Of course, it is still necessary to design a foundation that can be equipped with a 125 tank gun turret.

These guys don't think there is any problem with carriages carrying cannons.

If it really doesn't work, just install a super heart of 1,500 horsepower on this small tank. At that time, it may make the monster rush on the battlefield at a speed of more than 100 kilometers!

Two 22 missile launchers were painted behind the butt, one was an anti-tank missile and the other was an anti-aircraft missile...

Seeing the hideous monster on the drawing, Liu Yijiu smiled.

The final cost of this thing will not exceed US$1.2 million per vehicle! Because there are not many advanced electronic systems in it, and at the same time, they designed various weapon systems themselves! (To be continued)

ps: Why are there fewer and fewer monthly tickets? There are fewer and fewer recommended tickets, so I won’t talk about subscriptions…
Chapter completed!