In fact, just think about it for a little bit and you will know the biggest problem of a tank without a turret. The turret provides the ability to rotate left and right, allowing the tank gun to aim at any target. If there is no turret, it can only be driven by the body of the vehicle.
It has come to realize it. In the past, tanks did not have the ability to shoot while traveling, so it was acceptable to change the direction by moving the track.
But now, if the tank stops and fires, then wait to become the opponent's live target. If the tank wants to shoot while moving, the cannon leader will definitely be very depressed. Unless the target is right in front of him, he
The cannon cannot be fired at all.
Therefore, a turret is a must.
The turrets are made of large sizes and the armor must be thick enough, because there must be people inside the turrets, and the Western turrets are even taller. Because they need to accommodate three tall and large Westerners, the Soviets also want to save space.
I just found a 1.5-meter-5-meter-long tank to drive.
If there is no one inside the turret, the size of the turret can be greatly reduced.
Westerners will be very depressed again because they do not have an automatic loader, and at least they have to leave a loader inside. Soviet tanks have already achieved automatic loading, so it is not a problem for them, just change it.
You can turn the turret into an unmanned turret, so that the turret will lose weight and you can carry a 140mm cannon barrel.
Qin Zhenhua wanted to say it now? He was so sensible. Later, he actually told him himself? I am simply a genius? If you design a tank like this, there will be too many benefits!
He felt itchy in his heart when he said it.
"In other words, the chariot and gunners still need, where are they sitting?" Kartsev attached great importance to Qin Zhenhua's proposal. So, he finally gave up his suspicion and began to think seriously.
If there is no one in the turret, it doesn’t mean there is no need for the chariot commander and the turret commander? Where are these people sitting?
This is another new problem.
"Of course I'm sitting in front." Qin Zhenhua's thoughts were wide open and he immediately found the place.
There is no other position, the engine is behind, and the turret in the middle is gone, so don’t sit in front? Where to sit?
"I can't squeeze it down," said Kartsev. "There are at most two people sitting in front."
In the past, during World War II, tanks were five-a-side, two in front, three in the turret, two in front, one was the driver, the other was the radio and the machine gunner in front. This person is very important
.
However, with the development of technology, there is no need for special radios, and machine gunners are no longer so important. There is only one person left in front. So, even if it is changed now, at most one person is added in front, and two people are the most.
There are three people, and they will definitely be crowded. Do you need to lengthen the car body in front? What exactly is the purpose?
"There are only two people in total." Qin Zhenhua said.
Since the three of them couldn't let go, let's sit two of them. Qin Zhenhua said it was so righteous that Kartsev began to doubt whether he was old and could not keep up with the trend.
The earliest five people turned into four people and cut off the radio. Four people turned into three people and cut off the loading hand. How did three people turn into two people?
Two people? Two people, is it enough?
When driving a tank, one person must be needed, and what about the other person? The chariot and gunnery?
This cannot be done simultaneously, after all, the mission of the captain and the cannon leader is different.
The commander is responsible for observing the situation around him, determining the threat level, and indicating the target data to the gunner. The gunner needs to bind various shooting elements to complete the steps of precise aiming. Both of them are indispensable. After decades of
Development is considered the most suitable combination, but now, there is actually one person left?
When aiming and firing, don’t observe the surrounding situation? How dangerous is that, what if someone fires at them at this time?
At this time, Kartsev also had questions in his heart, but he didn't ask, and Qin Zhenhua had already begun to explain.
"With the continuous development of technology, we believe that the gunner's mission can be replaced by a computer." Qin Zhenhua said: "As long as the commander indicates the target, the on-board computer can complete all the steps of aiming and shooting, and control the tank to fire, so that
, the position of gunner can be removed and thus become a two-person driving system."
"No, this is impossible." Finally, Kartsev did not fully agree with Qin Zhenhua like before, and finally began to express his suspicion: "How can a computer replace human operation? Computers are always dead, no one is present
The computer is nothing.”
"Of course, it is definitely impossible now, but we are pre-researching technology, and what we pre-researched is not the technology that is now, but ten or twenty years later." Qin Zhenhua said: "Twenty years ago, our tanks were
, Can you fire while you are moving? Can you accurately aim and shoot at a distance of two thousand meters? Now we have done it, because technology is constantly improving. Now, we have done a lot of work with the fire control computer.
All the various shooting elements can be left to the computer to complete by themselves. So, in the future, computer technology will develop faster. Can't it be a substitute for the gunner?"
Kartsev continued to shake his head: "No, no, I think this is impossible."
Qin Zhenhua spread his hands and said, "If this is the case, then I have nothing to say. Let's continue to inspect your T-72 tank production line."
Since I can't continue to fool you, I won't talk about it. Anyway, discussing the future tanks is just a small episode. The Soviet electronic industry was not as fast as the West, and the electronic equipment on the tanks was not as many as the West.
Therefore, it is not easy to let them accept the idea that this electronic device can dominate everything. In this regard, Qin Zhenhua feels a little despised this great tank designer. Where did you have the courage to do so? You dare to take it.
The model I explained has changed the pole and has done all this kind of brain-losing thing. Now, I believe that the future world will be influenced by computers. Is it so difficult? You must not be a science fiction fan! In fact, if you don’t cut off the cannon leader, you will cut off the
It’s okay to lose the driver, but you can drive automatically in the future. Well, forget it, let’s not talk about this, the other party will not believe it.
"Your tank has always used cast turrets. When you arrive on the battlefield, if you want to continue to increase your protection, is it just a way to add reactive armor?" At this time, the turret has been installed and is still smooth
Qin Zhenhua couldn't help but raise new questions when casting the appearance of the turret.