The next day, the sky was clear, and the group came to the open space outside the Mareshev factory, where the tanks were parked.
Yesterday we had already discussed the matter, and the price of scrap iron was removed for them. So today, Qin Zhenhua and others were already impatient to come to the venue where the tanks were stored.
I saw it from the train that day. The venue was full of tanks, which made people sigh. This is rich and powerful. So many tanks were actually put here and they were scrapped. Now, I came to see it myself.
Qin Zhenhua's tone was filled with joy.
It's been collected.
At this time, he was standing next to a tank. The tank had five pairs of heavy wheels and a semi-spherical turret like a shell. Just look at it and it was easy to attribute it to the T-55 series tanks.
Even Qin Zhenhua said the name of T-55 in person.
However, in fact, Qin Zhenhua could recognize it at first glance. This was not the T-55, but the Soviets' second-generation tank after the war, T-62!
Speaking of the birth of this tank, it is also a pity.
In 1958, the Soviet Union created the T-12 traction 100mm smoothbore anti-tank gun. The guns had good performance. After all, they had already begun to go too far towards smoothbore guns. The senior management was very satisfied, but the tank designers were not satisfied? After all?
The diameter is too small, 100mm? What can I do?
At that time, Kartsev made a decision and finally let the senior management take back the decision. He made a compromise: instead of developing tanks equipped with T-12 guns, he developed a new smooth bore suitable for tank equipment based on the T-12 guns.
gun.
Kartsev seized the opportunity? Modified the "165 Project" plan at his hand? He created the 166 Project. The core of it was to replace the 100mm rifled gun with a 115mm smoothbore gun, and still use the T-55
The tank's chassis is mainly used? Add the "140 Project" turret? In this way, a tank was rubbed out.
Speaking of Kartsev, most people would associate him with T-72, but instead conceal the light of T-62.
A year later, the prototype car of Project 166 has been built? After all, it is just a new bottle of old wine, which is very fast. Therefore, the "Project 166" was officially established as a T-62 main battle tank and started production.
However, there are many problems. This 166 project is actually a transitional product in the eyes of senior management. For them, what they are looking forward to is Kharkov's 432 project, and
It is the prototype of the T-64 tank.
In order to help the T-64 tank, relevant departments have been delaying the review and approval of the technical structural documents for mass production of T-62 tanks, so that the T-64 tank can be bought time.
However, at this moment, a big trouble arose. They obtained a M60A1 tank, which was equipped with a Western standard 105mm tank gun. The Soviets tested the tank gun and found that it was powerful!
At this time, I finally couldn't hold it anymore. The T-64 was still in a difficult labor, and the T-62 tank was already in the stage where it could be put into production at any time. The commander-in-chief of the army scolded the tank soldier and marshal for a bloody sprinkler. What tank should I use?
Come and deal with the M60?
So, the previous delay was quickly over, and Tagir began to use the speed of fire to build T-62 tanks. By 1961, the first batch of T-62 tanks had been set up to equip the troops.
However, the T-62 tank is just a temporary product composed of the T-55 chassis and 115mm tank gun. In the hearts of the Soviet tank soldiers, this is just a transitional model. What they are looking forward to is the real third-generation tank T-
64.
As a result, the T-64 tank repeatedly dropped tickets, the automatic loader was immature, and the engine was frequently malfunctioned. Therefore, the original plan was only a transitional model of T-62 tank, which had to be continuously produced.
Even if the T-64 tank endured humiliation and quickly set up the troops, due to its complex technology and low reliability, the T-62 tank had to continue to produce and finally became the main force of the Soviet front-line tank troops. For example, in 1973
In 2019, 75% of the Soviet Union's armored cluster in Germany were T-62s, and in more than ten years of production, the number of T-62 tanks was as high as 20,000, making it the second only.
The T-55 tank products are ranked second in the world in terms of production, among which more than 14,000 were used by the Soviets.
Fortunately, these tanks are constantly maturing. So far, the T-62 tanks have helped the Soviet tank troops through the most difficult period and have now retreated.
It's right.
The first batch of early days has begun to retire. Now, the ones standing in this tank cemetery are the T-62 tanks. Facing them, Qin Zhenhua's mood is even more exciting. He is naturally familiar with this tank because he is
I have seen it more than once, and his father has an indissoluble bond with this tank.
For a country, the fewer the models of the military equipment, the better, so as to facilitate logistical supply. The 115mm cannon equipped by the Soviets with the T-62 was originally just an intermediate transition, but accidentally transitioned to become the main force.
In the country of the Eastern power, there has been no such path. The 100mm tank gun is gradually eliminated. The 105mm gun is improved to the 59 series tanks, and the 125mm gun is equipped with advanced tanks. It has become a mainstream trend. This 115mm caliber is in the Eastern
Great powers will not appear, but back then, the first 100mm smoothbore gun of the Eastern power was actually a replica of the tank gun technology of this T-62 tank, and even the shells were imitated.
Just as he was thinking about it, Du Laba said with some embarrassment: "This, Director Qin misread it. Although it looks very similar to the T-55 tank, it is not the T-55, it is the T-62 tank."
Ladies may not be able to tell the difference, after all, the chassis is different, but the gap in the barrel can always be seen, and the distance is close enough.
"It's the T-55." Qin Zhenhua said: "The quality of this batch of T-55 tanks is pretty good. I think the price can be raised, 20,000 yuan per vehicle, how about it?"
Qin Zhenhua actually took the initiative to increase the price! If the price of scrap iron was only 10,000 yuan per car, now he has given 20,000 yuan! There are at least fifty cars here. If these scrap irons are sold, they can be sold for 100 yuan.
Thousands!
Qin Zhenhua is now referring to the horse. If you want to buy the T-62, it will definitely not work. After all, the performance of this tank has not been completely out of date, and they cannot report it when they report the accounts with the top. Now, if you use this batch of T-
62. If it is sold as T-55, then there will be no problem.
Duraba just frowned and nodded: "That's right, it's T-55."