In the technical field of tanks, the relationship between spear and shield has always existed. Tank guns should try to destroy the enemy's armor, and tank armor should try to protect the opponent's bombardment. This is a simple dialectical relationship. When it comes to your own tank, can your own tank gun penetrate your own tank armor?
When he was inspecting the UK, Qin Zhenhua made the boastful British speechless because the other party could not fulfill the lie and would not know who was better.
In short, over the decades of development, the armor-piercing capabilities of tank guns have been continuously developed, and at the same time, the armor protection of tanks has been continuously improved. In this way, the overall tank strength is rapidly developing.
When it developed into the third generation of tanks after the war, its performance was enough to dwarf the tanks of World War II. In that era, heavy tanks might be able to match firepower, but their maneuverability and protection were far inferior.
Even the rat tank at that time, the thickest gun shield was only 280 mm of protection, which was a big gap compared with the current protection of four or five hundred mm. At the same time, it was even more impossible to compare with the maneuverability. There was no diesel engine with a capacity of 1,000 horsepower in this era, so I was embarrassed to come out and walk around.
I originally thought that it would be perfect to develop into the third generation of tanks, and that all countries had reached a mutual balance relationship. Who would have thought that the Soviets broke this balance and began to build fourth generations of tanks. Not to mention anything else, just a 152mm tank gun was enough to compare tanks from other countries.
Qin Zhenhua looked at everyone and continued: "In fact, it was not just this tank. At the technical discussion meeting on future tanks, we could see that the attitude of the Soviets were supporting the cannon barrels. Therefore, if nothing unexpected happened, it was not just the Morozov Design Bureau, but other tank factories, such as the Kirov factory, etc., must have such plans. We can imagine that in the next five to ten years, the Soviet tanks will mature."
Many things, even Qin Zhenhua could not have thought of. Just saying that the collapse of the Soviet Union was impossible for everyone present to predict. However, for the Soviet Union, tank guns were not made by tank factories, but were made by related supporting factories. After they were made, it was impossible to only provide a tank factory. Take the current 2A46 tank guns of the Soviets for example, they were equipped on a large number of tanks, T-64, T-72, T-80, and third-generation tanks, which were all used in this kind of tank gun, so it is conceivable that the Soviets' 152mm tank gun would be used on many tanks.
There was almost no noise in the conference room, and everyone was frowning. What they thought in their hearts was probably one thing. Could it be that they were falling behind one step, falling behind one step, and always being suppressed by the Soviets?
"Tank guns are just a factor in the modern battlefield." At this moment, Liu Dajun, who attended the meeting, finally spoke: "It is now the era of high-tech modern warfare. Just a cannon barrel is not enough to change the strength comparison. Everyone should look at this issue from a dialectical point of view."
Originally, Liu Dajun was not qualified to attend such a meeting, but with Qin Zhenhua's invitation, and when he was in the Soviet Union, Qin Zhenhua let go, but he didn't say it at that time. Now, seeing Qin Zhenhua say this, everyone was shocked, so Liu Dajun finally stood up and spoke.
"Yes, a 152mm tank gun with a depth of 1,000 mm sounds quite scary, but our research in the base has shown that the biggest enemy of a tank is a tank. This argument is outdated. For tanks, the biggest enemy is not a tank, but an armed helicopter." Liu Dajun said: "Maybe our tanks can't do anything to the enemy, but we still have armed helicopters and anti-tank missiles. As long as we speed up the development of armed helicopters and cooperate with our anti-tank missiles, we still have a chance to kill their tanks."
Now, the Army Air Force has been formed and is equipped in Liu Dajun's base. During the confrontation, they found that the threat of armed helicopters is very great, and they are simply the natural enemy of tanks.
So, there are still ways.
"And even our current tanks are not without a chance." Liu Dajun said: "Our 100mm rifled gun, the cannon used to be used in the 59 tank, had a piercing depth of only more than 100 mm, but now it has exceeded 300 mm. Our 125mm tank gun has piercing depth of nearly 600 mm. Therefore, it is not impossible to dig deeper into the potential and reach a piercing depth of one thousand mm."
As mentioned earlier, armed helicopters may not cheer everyone up. After all, armed helicopters are nothing. For the army, they still like things on the ground, and speaking of the latter is enough to move everyone.
Back then, the 59 tank had a depth of only more than 100 mm, and it was powerless to face the Soviet tanks. But what about now? It has now tapped its potential to 300 mm!
Made of the latest tungsten alloy, it is almost a reduced version of the L7 tank gun shell, and the aspect ratio of the rod is added. This new armor-piercing shell makes the old 59 tank still have the power to fight on the battlefield.
In the past, who would have thought that the depth of the penetration would make such a rapid progress?
Now, the 125mm tank gun is exported with a depth of more than 500 mm, and the one used for self-use is more than 600 mm. So, if we continue to develop in the future, who says that we cannot reach the level of a depth of 100?
"In recent years, we have developed by introducing advanced Western technology, but the Soviets still adhere to the past model. Their 125mm tank guns have no performance as good as ours. Therefore, they have to use 152mm tank guns to scare people. All reactionaries are paper tigers, strategically despise the enemy and tactical attention to the enemy. This time we went to the Soviet Union, we gained a lot. We are sure that our technical strength is not inferior to that of the Soviets!"
Liu Dajun was confident. The Soviets used 152mm cannon barrels because their technical strength was insufficient and they could only take the path of bold cannon barrels!
"Also, after the gun barrel becomes thicker, many other problems cannot be solved. The weight of the vehicle body will increase rapidly, the demand for power will increase, and the arrangement of the automatic loader will be complicated. Therefore, rashly thickening the gun barrel is definitely not a good idea, but just a choice for the Soviets." Liu Dajun continued: "We have nothing to be afraid of!"
"Well said!" Mr. Zhu spoke up and expressed his affirmation.