"This power is now overwhelming." Looking at this scene, Qin Zhenhua said: "And, in the future, the protection of the tank will not increase to this level."
The three major elements of tanks are firepower, maneuverability and protection. Different countries have different design concepts and different focus.
As far as the world goes, the development of firepower has always been ahead of the protection.
After the beginning of the Cold War, the firepower of tank guns from various countries continued to increase, and they could penetrate one or two hundred millimeters of armor at any time, but the armor performance of the tanks did not improve much. The final result was that almost all tanks ran naked.
On the battlefield, once hit, it will be almost destroyed, and there is no possibility of surviving.
This situation changed slightly until the emergence of Chobam's armor. Chobam's armor launched a revolution in tank armor, greatly increasing the protection of the tank, and thus the possibility of blocking the enemy's armor-piercing bombs.
Starting from Chobam's armor, all kinds of armors were put into battle, which greatly improved the tank's protection.
Now, the tank armor of various countries is top secret, but to be honest, the US depleted uranium armor should have the strongest performance, so strong that even their own armor-piercing bombs cannot penetrate the front armor of their tanks.
However, it depends on whom to compare with.
The current 140mm tank gun can ensure that it can penetrate this armor, and even ensure that it can penetrate, shoot in from the front and shoot out from the back. Therefore, the performance of this gun is already excessive.
It's right.
Hearing Qin Zhenhua's words, Xie Huimin nodded: "Yes, all countries are very cautious about developing a new generation of tank guns, because the existing tank guns can continue to be used after being upgraded. The caliber will be increased rashly, which will bring more
Many problems, such as, may trigger a new round of competition, and will eventually threaten ourselves. However, we must make good technical reserves and must not use them just because it is too strong."
Back then, the British invented an advanced machine gun, which was very powerful, but after testing, they put this machine gun on the shelf. The reason was very simple. They were afraid that this weapon would be put into the battlefield and the enemy would imitate it.
They came out and threatened themselves, but in the end, they missed the best time. When they arrived on the battlefield, their opponents had the same type of weapons, and as a result, they became the targets of abuse.
The improvement of weapon performance will trigger a new round of arms race, but we must never give up research and development for this reason. This inverted weapon path will not stop. We can only be more rolling than others to gain an advantage.
Qin Zhenhua nodded: "Yes, the test still needs to continue. We will also provide a 99 tank body as a prototype car. First, install this kind of cannon on the 99 tank for testing. What are the problems in Europe?
, We must not fall behind. As for the problem of tank protection caused by this, we have to reconsider it. Perhaps, the structure of the tank really should change."
To increase firepower, we must also increase protection. In addition to being able to penetrate the enemy's tanks, we must also prevent our tanks from being penetrated by the enemy. This also puts higher requirements for tank designers.
Now, Qin Zhenhua has seen that the 140mm tank gun has begun to be developed, so he has to consider the issue of the next generation of tanks. How to design it to further enhance the protection and prevent it from being penetrated by the enemy's tank gun?
This is really a challenging thing.
"Director Qin, there is still an argument at present. You have to make preparations in advance." Xie Huimin continued: "Many people have begun to promote the useless theory of tanks again."
Tank uselessness is also a cliché argument. When the missile just came out, someone was deciding that missiles had become the most powerful weapon on the battlefield in the future, so other weapons had to stand aside, and with missiles
The universal theory has other weapons that are useless.
However, until now, missiles are not really omnipotent, and other weapons still have value in existence.
However, in recent years, some people have proposed the theory of tank uselessness.
On the battlefield, tanks have become living targets. No matter how strong the tank's protective power is, it will be destroyed by the enemy's anti-tank weapons, especially anti-tank missiles, which have a penetration depth of almost more than one meter.
Under this situation, the living space of tanks is becoming more and more dangerous. As for fighting in cities, this is even more true. The previous few local wars have shown this without exception. In street fighting, tanks are more likely to be attacked by the enemy.
Explode attacks from the back and side and then destroy.
Moreover, the armies of various countries are transforming. Look at the US military, they are abandoning tanks in large numbers. They even closed the production line of M1 tanks, and just rely on renovating old tanks to maintain their tank scale. European countries are also constantly
To reduce the size of its own tank troops, judging from these situations, tanks seem to be being abandoned by countries.
For those of you who have been working on tanks for life, it is very disappointing to see that tanks are becoming less and less popular. Although Xie Huimin is not specializing in tanks at this time, he also provides tank guns for tanks after all.
, So now, Xie Huimin is a little sad when he makes this argument.
Are tanks really outdated?
Hearing Xie Huimin's words, Qin Zhenhua's eyes shining: "The tank is outdated? This is really an interesting argument. Director Xie, do you remember? A few years ago, Americans have been advocating the theory of aircraft carrier uselessness, and successfully
They fooled the British, but what about them? The same is true in our country. There were so many people who believed in the theory of aircraft carrier uselessness. Now, aren’t we building aircraft carriers?”
What is more interesting than the theory of tank uselessness is the theory of aircraft carrier uselessness. The aircraft carrier is a living target. The iron coffin. When the aircraft carrier sails on the sea, it is easily destroyed by enemy missiles. Therefore, the aircraft carrier is no longer valuable in the future, and the aircraft carrier has no
Used.
A few years ago, this view was deeply rooted in people's hearts. As a result, Americans shouted that aircraft carriers were useless, while launching aircraft carriers one by one, and their displacement was larger than that of each. The domestic reaction was also realized.
Without aircraft carriers, there will be no air supremacy at sea. Without air supremacy, there will be no sea supremacy. Therefore, if you want to become a navy of a major power, you must have an aircraft carrier.
"But the Americans are eliminating tanks." Xie Huimin said.