As long as you get on the automatic loader, the loading hand will be removed, and this problem will naturally be solved.
"Yes, using an automatic loader can solve the problem." Qin Zhenhua said: "That's what the Soviets thought. When they were on the T-64 tank, they used the automatic loader. Our T-72
Tanks also have automatic loading machines, but automatic loading machines have brought other problems. I will give you a slide show from Western tanks."
Today, Qin Zhenhua came prepared, so he prepared all kinds of information. He took out a slide and put it on the slide projector. Then, he looked at the curtains and pulled the drawings of the tank on the curtain.
It becomes clearer on it.
"So far, no tank in the West has been in service uses automatic loading machines. It is just French tanks in the design and Japanese tanks. It is planned to use automatic loading machines. Now, I will first put French tanks in the first place.
Let's show you the design drawings."
"Their ammunition is designed to be placed at the tail of the turret, where there are two rows of shells up and down, with a total of 24 rounds. When it is necessary to shoot, the electric motor will turn the designated shell wheel to the central position of the projectile and then push it.
Into the loader, in order to facilitate loading, the artillery will be adjusted to a deflection angle of -1.8 degrees, so that the shells are stuffed into it and the loading is completed. According to their plan, the loading speed is very fast, and the continuous loading speed is 12.
The fire rate can be achieved continuously because it is automatic loading, and it will not lose power like manual loading.
"At the same time, the identification of different types of bullets is based on the identification system to read the ring code printed on the shell clip. At the same time, the bullet bay can automatically remember and select the stored types. It can be said that the overall design is quite good."
Qin Zhenhua introduced this design plan.
There is a bullet bay behind the turret, and the shells inside are placed horizontally. When needed, the automatic loading system is used to stuff this thing into the barrel in front, which perfectly solves the problem.
"Yes, we can design this way, too." Xie Huimin said.
As long as you adopt the same design as in the West, the problem can be solved!
"Yes, this is a solution to the problem, but there are a lot of uncertainty in this solution." Qin Zhenhua said.
Uncertainty? What does it mean?
Of course it's simple, because so far, the West has not yet developed it successfully! God knows whether this automatic loader is reliable or not?
It was the first time that the Soviets stuffed an automatic loader into a tank, and it was first used on the T-64. However, when it was initially used, the automatic loader frequently failed, and many tankers were disabled.
I didn't dare to use it later, so I changed it to manual reloading.
After more than ten years of development, it has been considered to be perfected. On the T-72, the requirements for firing rate are reduced and the reloading plan are simplified, which is considered to be more mature and reliable.
Now, the West has not successfully developed it! In other words, whether it will work or not, will it fail in the end? Only God knows!
Qin Zhenhua spoke very seriously.
If this automatic loader has tested its stability in actual combat in ten or twenty years, then it can be considered, but now, who can believe whether this thing can work?
"The second problem is that this way of turret silo still requires a large enough turret. That is to say, if we build it according to this plan, the ending will not change, and it will still be a big turret." Qin Zhenhua said.
Westerners don’t care. Anyway, they have enough power. Putting ammunition behind the turret has many benefits, such as balancing the weight of the turret, with a barrel in front of the turret and a shell in the back, which can be matched just in time.
Moreover, according to their design, this ammunition warehouse also has a special partition board. Once it is exploded, it can quickly relieve pressure from the outside world. In this way, it can avoid casualties of tank hands.
When the ammunition is hit and detonated, the explosion air wave will lift the emission plate and discharge it out of the vehicle to avoid entering the combat room and injuring the crew. Of course, this is only theoretical. Only God knows what the specific details are.
The automatic loader in the tailgate faced these problems. Qin Zhenhua pointed to the slideshow to everyone, and everyone nodded.
The technological development of domestic tanks emphasizes small steps and fast running. If you take too big steps, you will get rid of the eggs. In the past, the imitation of the 331 engine was too big. I thought it would quickly catch up with the world's advanced level, but in the end
It's still just a bubble.
Qin Zhenhua dared not touch this high-end turret tailstock automatically loaded.
"So, can we put the shells elsewhere?" Mr. Zhang asked. He was in charge of domestic military research and development and his thinking was quick. He kept up with Qin Zhenhua's ideas and asked him.
Cannonballs can only be installed in the tailgate, can't they be installed elsewhere?
"Of course, another solution is the Soviet T-72 tank." Qin Zhenhua said: "My slide is provided by the tank design, and it is the automatic installation of the Soviet T-72 tank they surveyed and mapped.
The plan of the ammunition machine is like a revolver, and the turntable is installed on the circle of the turret."
As he said that, the second automatic loader solution was put on the slide.
As the caliber increases, automatic loading becomes an inevitable result, and where the shell is placed and how it is loaded is crucial.
This rotary automatic loader is placed vertically, and is placed in the turret basket for a circle, forming a unique configuration, like a revolver.
"This method avoids the size increase caused by the tailpipe, which can be said to be a different approach. However, this loading method also has disadvantages, because the height of this longitudinal direction is limited, especially when moving from the longitudinal direction to the horizontal direction, it must
If it turns ninety degrees, if it is a full-loaded shell, it will face a big problem. Therefore, the Soviet tank guns used separate ammunition." Qin Zhenhua continued to introduce this plan.
This design has reached another important issue, the issue of disassembly and ammunition.
As the caliber of the gun increases, the weight of the shell will also increase. What should I do if I can’t move it? I have to install it separately, and the warhead and the launcher are separated.
The automatic loader actually doesn't care about the weight, but it still faces the problem of limited space and must be packaged to facilitate solving. Therefore, the Soviet 125mm tank gun used to load ammunition for these reasons.
limitations.
When loading ammunition, launching once, loading twice, it must be slower than the overall loading, it depends on how to choose.
The initial topic of the meeting was just to choose the caliber of the tank gun, but now, the choice of the caliber of the tank gun has changed from the choice of how to load it. Now, Qin Zhenhua has once again played the lead role.