Where there are people, there are martial arts and lakes. With various equipment, there will naturally be high and low rankings. This kind of ranking method can be Wen Dou or **.
In terms of literary fights, for example, the magazine Tank Armored Vehicles under the Bei** Industry Group once made the World Tank Ranking. This ranking list, even if it is a literary fight, stacks up various technical parameters, compares who is of high or low, and gives an expert score. Of course, the ranking list of the magazine of the Eastern Power is not the only one. Western professional magazines, such as the Jane Defense Weekly, have also started to make such rankings, and they are having a lot of fun.
However, for a weapon, the data on paper is unreliable after all. Only by actually comparing it can you know that if a senior military official from a country uses this ranking to buy arms, he will definitely be in a state of mind.
If you want to compare it in reality, there are two types. One is war. It is like a war in the oil area last time. It completely knocked the face of the T-72 tank. It used to be awesome, but in fact it was vulnerable.
However, there are few actual battles after all, so there are various competitions in the ranking of tanks.
Before the Soviet Union collapsed, the West was most enthusiastic about this. The most famous and NATO's first tank competition was the "Canadian Army Cup" tank shooting competition. It was first held in 1963. The reason why it was called the Canadian Cup was because the shooting competition was held by the Fourth Mechanized Brigade of Canada stationed on the West German front. The trophy of this competition was a silver "centurion" tank model, because the tanks of the Canadian Army were centurions at that time. At the same time, according to this trophy, the entire competition was also called the "Silver Cup".
However, the Canadian government is stingy enough. There is only one trophy in total. The winner has only the right to custody. When the next competition is in the next competition, it has to be sent back and sent to the winners of the next competition. Moreover, the initial project was very simple, which was to park in the gun position to shoot fixed targets and mobile targets. It has no technical content. The main test is the shooting training level of the crew, so fewer and fewer participating countries. By the tenth competition in 1977, the competition was finally improved, from a single, rigid tank shooting competition to a comprehensive tank capability competition. Finally, this competition became NATO's most important tank competition. However, this competition was only held within NATO, and the participating vehicles were all the most advanced active equipment and were often not ostentatious, so the outside world did not know it.
What's strange is that in 1989, the United States sent the latest M1 tank to participate in the "Silver Cup" for the first time and was terrified, which made the Americans feel ashamed. Before this, the former British "Challenger" tank was at the bottom, but it was relieved by the United States. It was estimated that the Americans were also very depressed at that time. Fortunately, not long after, the war in the oil region allowed the Americans' M1 tank to confirm their strength and prove that the competition was very problematic.
Then, the Soviet Union collapsed, the Cold War ended, and the Silver Cup was stopped. It can be said that there are almost very few, or even no, international tank competitions.
In this case, the big hair jumped out and wanted to hold a tank competition. Qin Zhenhua naturally knew their intentions. It was not to justify their T-72 tanks. Even if the T-72 was changed to the T-90, it would not deceive the customer. They had to let the customer know that the T-72 tank was quite outstanding, but unfortunately there was no battlefield to show it, so they had to use the training ground to prove it.
Speaking of which, Damao is also tragic enough. In the Soviet era, the T-80 was their high-end goods, and the T-72 was just a low-end goods used to match high and low, and used to build a sea of tanks, otherwise there would be insufficient quantity.
However, the T-80 was created in Kharkov. After all, its prototype T-64 is a masterpiece of the Morozov Design Bureau. Although the T-64 was replaced with a gas turbine in the Kirov factory and turned into a T-80, this tank was not recognized by the army. Otherwise, Kharkov would not have used a diesel engine T-80UD. Now that the Soviet Union has collapsed, the T-80 has become Ermao. Ermao has sold the T-80, but Damao can only guard the T-72. They can't wait to sell the T-72, show the strength of their tanks, and correct the T-72.
Therefore, they were going to conduct a tank competition and sent an invitation to the Eastern Power. As a bridgehead for the reform of the Eastern Power Team, Liu Dajun suddenly became passionate after receiving the invitation. Liu Dajun was eager to show the strength of his tanks, so he ran over to find Qin Zhenhua and the others.
After figuring out the causes and consequences, everyone present sighed. Liu Dajun, this is a brain problem. How could he send out the third generation of tanks at hand directly?
Qin Zhenhua was the first to pour cold water on Liu Dajun and told Liu Dajun that this was impossible, so you should not dream.
"That's right, this time the competition on Damao is obviously not a good intention. If we want to participate, it's okay. Send our Type 80 tank out and join in the fun. The key is to participate." Mr. Zhu also said on the side.
Now, the army is equipped with mature equipment, and the Type 80 main battle tank is still the type turret. This kind of tank is still cast in a cast turret, but it has been replaced with six pairs of heavy-bearing wheels, using a 730-horsepower diesel engine, which has improved performance compared to the previous tanks. However, after all, it is at most a second-generation tank.
So, after hearing Mr. Zhu say this, Liu Dajun turned a blind eye: "No, this is not possible. We either don't go. If we want to go, we have to get a ranking. If we drive over in the Type 80 tank and serve as a foil for others, I won't do such a thing."
Of course Liu Dajun quit. Going abroad is a glory, not a shame. He knew that the Type 80 tank was not good at all.
Although the T-72 tank also uses a 780-horsepower diesel engine, which is not much stronger than its own 730-horsepower diesel engine, and the weight of both sides is similar, Liu Dajun is still unhappy. After all, he knows how poor the performance of the Type 80 tank is.
"Our third-generation tank is definitely not allowed to go. If you think the Type 80 tank is not qualified, then just give it a tank." Qin Zhenhua said.
The one with more advanced performance than the Type 80 tank is the *** tank. This kind of tank has been equipped with troops in small batches. As a product improved on the Type 85 tank in foreign trade, it still has good performance.
"We want the most advanced 88C tank." Liu Dajun said.