In later generations, tank guns have not changed for decades. Various ammunitions have been continuously developed in the West and 125 mm in the East, but the caliber of tank guns has not changed.
Why?
The reasons are diverse, and the most critical thing is that the end of the Cold War. Large-scale ground wars are almost impossible to break out between powerful countries. Therefore, countries are no longer concerned about the research and development of tanks and main combat equipment. Look at how all countries are
The equipment was reduced, and Germany built the Leopard-2. As a result, in its own army, there were only more than 200 Leopard-2 tanks, and among them were under overhaul. There were many equipment waiting for parts and parts, and there were not even one hundred intact tanks.
They have no demand anymore.
If the Cold War continued, the development of weapons and equipment would definitely not be so slow.
Now, in the late 1980s, the 120mm and 125mm guns from various countries have been equipped for several years, especially the Soviet Union. The 125mm gun has been equipped for twenty years. Wouldn't we pre-research the next generation of tank guns?
This is of course certain.
In fact, not only the Soviet Union, Britain and France are studying the next generation of tank guns. The British 120mm tank guns have been equipped on the Chiefs tanks as early as the time has been used, and it has been around for a long time.
Therefore, the next generation of tank guns is actually a topic.
What's the diameter?
Speaking of tank guns, of course, we first talk about caliber. The larger the caliber, the greater the power. After the end of World War II, most tank guns were still caliber of about 80 mm. At the beginning of the Cold War, it was over 100 mm.
?Until now? 120 mm and 125 mm have gradually become common. At the same time, the next generation of tank guns have also begun to be pre-researched.
There are different opinions: 130mm, 135mm, and there are 140mm. Qin Zhenhua is here? Of course, he is the biggest one.
Although our tank guns have only exceeded 125mm? But we have already started pre-researching the 140mm caliber tank gun.
Our current 125mm tank gun topic has been revealed? What kind of tank gun has a chamber pressure? How big is the medicine chamber, why is the penetration power of the shells from outside so strong? I won't talk about it, a destined transition model.
, What's there to talk about? Let's talk about future tanks.
If the Soviet Union had not disintegrated, the development of tanks in later generations would not have been so slow. Before the new millennium, there would definitely be tank gun equipment troops with larger caliber? So now, speaking of these things, it is not a matter of being a silence? What kind of towers in the air,
That is a down-to-earth need.
"We have already had a premonition that with the continuous increase in the protection capacity of Western tanks, a 125mm caliber tank can only be a transition. Although we can penetrate five hundred millimeters, the British Chobam armor has the protection power.
The stronger one is enviable." Qin Zhenhua said: "In order to increase the power, we can only increase the caliber. We believe that the 140mm mouth caliber is more suitable as the next generation tank gun caliber standard. What do you think?"
After hearing Qin Zhenhua talk about this, Kartsev also became interested: "140mm caliber? If it was such a large gun barrel, it would be a very heavy burden for the tank."
In later generations, tank guns did not further increase their caliber. On the one hand, there was no urgent need, and on the other hand, it was also because of real technical difficulties.
Tank guns require high-speed armor-piercing shells. If the shells want to be high in speed, the barrels must be long enough. Therefore, it is very common to have more than 40 diameters. The German 120mm gun is 44 times the caliber, and the East
The 125mm gun of a great power is 48 times the caliber. It can be said that the barrel is getting longer and longer. If it comes to a 140mm tank gun, if it is 50 times the caliber, how long will it be?
A gun barrel of more than seven meters long! Such a long gun barrel is a big burden. It is definitely not light in weight. It will be more difficult to rotate the tank turret, and the counterweight of the turret will be difficult, so, the whole
Thinking about it, it would be difficult to achieve.
Is the other party talking casually or is it really doing it? Just look at what the other party says next.
Hearing Kaltsev's words, Qin Zhenhua nodded in agreement: "Yes, you are right. Such a large gun barrel will cause a headache for our tank designers, so we also made a decision.
A generation of tanks will become turretless tanks.”
"What?" Kartsev was even more surprised when he heard Qin Zhenhua's words.
No turret tank!
Since the emergence of the tank, it has been turrets. After years of development, it has developed from single-person turrets, double-person turrets, and three-person turrets. Later, with the automatic loader, it has been transformed back into the mechanism of double-person turrets.
Come on, now, Qin Zhenhua actually said there would be no turret?
"Yes, you haven't thought about it, right? That turret is just the nightmare of our tank designers, so let's just not have turrets." Qin Zhenhua said: "Without turrets, tanks can be reduced by at least ten tons or even ten tons.
The weight of five tons, these weights can be added to armor protection to improve the performance of the tank. At the same time, the area of the tank's bombing will be greatly reduced, which will increase the survival probability of the tank, and there are too many benefits."
The 140mm tank gun brought new challenges to the tank design, so let's just have a new design.
Tanks without turrets have appeared. This is the Swedish strv103 tank. This tank has no turrets and installs the barrel directly on the body of the vehicle. It is quite small. When you need to turn the barrel, turn the car directly.
Go aiming.
However, no one knows how the performance of this tank is. After all, Sweden has never exported this tank. Moreover, after they used it, the next generation of tanks have been replaced with turrets.
"Without the turret, how can the tank gun be rotated? Where are the tank drivers? The Swedes have tried it, and this design is unscientific." Kartsev asked.
After hearing the other party's words, Qin Zhenhua originally wanted to make a few more nonsense, but he felt that if he didn't propose some new plans, he would probably see that he was nonsense, which would be bad.
"Oh, it seems that there is something wrong with my expression just now." Qin Zhenhua said: "It's not that there is no turret, it's an unmanned turret. As long as there is no human being in the turret, the volume can be greatly reduced. The weight will be saved, and I want to be able to carry it.
If you have a 140mm cannon barrel, it must be an unmanned turret."
The difference in word makes the meaning completely different. There are still turrets, but because there is no need for people, the turret is greatly reduced and the weight is saved, making up for the large hole of the increase in the weight of the 140mm cannon.