Chapter seven hundred and sixty third new investigation
"The research and development of any main battle tank cannot be achieved overnight. It takes a long time and technology to settle down." Everyone was also talking on the plane heading to the United States.
This is a huge military expedition regiment, which is inspected in all aspects, including personnel from the navy, army, air and air force. Therefore, it is a special charter plane, and everyone can speak freely on it.
Qin Zhenhua sat with Mr. He. When he got on the plane, Mr. He called him over, so he could only sit next to Mr. He. The other side was Mr. Zhu, three people.
Let's discuss these together.
This time I was going to go for an inspection, and the focus of the army's inspection was naturally the M1 tank. When it comes to this main battle tank, Qin Zhenhua also sighed.
When it comes to tank technology, the Soviets actually walked the fastest. The Soviet armor torrent has always been a nightmare for Europe. When they cannot compete in quantity, they can only take the road of quality. Although I
There are few, but I can kill you ten of them one.
If you fight for consumption, European countries cannot afford it, and the United States cannot afford it.
They all want to have inter-era tanks, including the United States.
Since the 1960s, the United States has begun to develop a main battle tank that adopts new technologies, hoping to break away from the basic design of the previous Patton series tanks and achieve a leap.
However, American technology cannot be achieved overnight. The T-95 launched early (I don’t know if this model is correct. In fact, the T starts with the Soviet tank, maybe it is a design model) The technology is not mature, the problem is that it is a problem with the problem of T.
Column Sheng soon died halfway, so they had to continue to use the M-48 tank technology to develop an improved Patton, the M-60 tank.
However, the Americans will certainly not give up. After the MBT plan with the Germans failed, the US Army launched a new generation of XM1 main battle tank research and development case. The wealthy United States is taking the road of bidding, and Chrysler's military department and General Motors conduct it.
After the development, after evaluation and testing, Chrysler's design won and eventually evolved into an M1 tank.
During the test, the US Army also tested the German Leopard-2 tank, but just thinking about it will be clear that the Americans will definitely not need a German-made tank, just to go through one process.
The mass-produced model of M1 tank officially entered service in the Army in 1981. By this year, the orders had reached more than 7,000. Obviously, the US Army was very satisfied and planned to use this tank as the main tank of the Army.
But it is sad that although Chrysler won the bid, it sold its military product department to General Motors in 1982, so the manufacturer of M1 became a general land system, and the XM1 project also removed X and changed it
Become an M1 tank.
This is somewhat similar to the F-15 and F-16. Although it was developed by McDonald and General Dynamics, it was later sold to other companies.
Now, when it comes to the M1 tank, it is still very impressive.
"The biggest feature of this tank is its weight. Like the Leopard 2 tank, it adopts a structure of seven pairs of weight-bearing wheels, and its own weight is said to be about 55 tons." Qin Zhenhua said: "It is said that it uses Chobam
The armor is quite strong.”
The M1 tank using depleted uranium armor has not yet appeared. With its good relationship with the UK, the first one used by the M1 tank is Chopper Armor. This armor has a very good performance in the legend, but at the same time, another one
The characteristic is that it is heavy, and this kind of armor is quite large!
"If you want to talk about armor technology, the British are still very powerful." Mr. Zhu sighed.
The country is also developing ceramic armor, but it cannot be achieved overnight. I don’t know how much hard work it takes or how many failures it has been to achieve results. This takes time and luck.
Now, in accordance with the suggestions put forward by Qin Zhenhua, the composite armor of fiberglass was first developed. In short, the performance is improved more than ordinary steel armor. Moreover, after using the welded body, the composite armor layer,
In fact, it can be replaced at any time and has stronger adaptability.
"It is said that the German Leopard-2 tank has poor protection, so I am also discussing with the UK to buy Chobam armor from the British, but I guess the British will not give them the same performance to them.
.” Qin Zhenhua said.
The maneuverability and firepower of Leopard-2 are quite powerful, but in terms of protection, I don’t know. After all, this kind of data is strictly confidential in all countries.
"Who is the designer of the M1 tank?" Mr. He asked there.
"This sentence makes us stumped." Zhu Lao said: "The West and the East have different ideas and cultures. For them, I really can't tell who is the chief designer."
Take the Soviet Union for example. When lifting the MiG machine, it is Migoyan. When lifting the tank, it is Molozov. Any scientific research institute is almost named after the top leader in research and development. It depends on personal charm, so
When it comes to a certain product, who developed it? You can immediately mention a certain name.
But the West is different. Tomcat fighter jets are powerful enough, right? Who developed them? Who is the chief designer? Few people know about it.
Because the West pays more attention to group experience and team collaboration, and rarely promotes personal abilities.
It's strange that although they often like to create personal heroic images in movies, they pay more attention to teamwork in research and development.
Hearing Mr. Zhu's words, Qin Zhenhua smiled: "Yes, this is hard to say, but I know that I read a foreign document some time ago. The chief engineer of the M1 tank project is called Dr. Wright. He is a very
The legendary man, he participated in all the research and development processes of the Abrams tank. Therefore, there is information to make him the father of the M1 tank."
Although it advocates collective cooperation, there will be reports at some point. For example, when talking about American mushroom bullets, you will naturally think of Oppenheimer. Now, when talking about this M1 tank, it is really
I have to mention Dr. Wright. Not to mention anything else, the M1 tank uses a gas turbine, which was finally adopted by this old guy with great efforts to insist on it.
So, on the plane, Qin Zhenhua told everyone about Dr. Wright. This person's experience is also very special. He was born in a humble background. In 1922, he was born in a poor village called Newton in the southern United States, in Ozek.
The town grew up.
If it were later generations, it would be difficult for civilians of this class to make a difference, because they received technical education since childhood and could not grow up happily, but that era was a war era!