"This tank has also added two pulleys, I don't know how the effect is." After looking at the engine behind, I looked at the side and on the body of the car, the two pulleys are quite conspicuous, on the side.
Before the skirt is installed, you can see it clearly.
The 59 tank was copied from the T-54 tank, and the T-54 and T-44 were originally derived from the T-34. This tank uses a large diameter load-bearing wheel scheme and does not have a belt
wheel.
The walking mechanism of the tank does not look complicated. The large wheels below are called load-bearing wheels, which are used to bear weight, and are connected to the vehicle body through torsion rods, etc. to buffer.
Then, walk to both sides, and above each side, there is a toothed wheel, called the driving wheel and the induction wheel, respectively. Among them, the engine is the driving wheel, and the other one is the induction wheel. Of course, some tanks are
There is no induction wheel, some of the induction wheels are broken, so you can use it after removing a few sections of the tracks when you connect them.
Finally, it was up there.
The top of the track is the length of the entire car body. How should this part of the track be handled?
There will be two ways.
If the load bearing wheel is relatively small, there must be special pulleys on it. These pulleys support the tracks to prevent them from falling off. Such tracks appear tight.
If the load-bearing wheel is larger, you can see that the tracks are drooping and directly drooping to the load-bearing wheel.
The 59 tank was originally the latter, while most of the other tanks were the former.
Both have their own benefits.
For the latter, the biggest advantage is of course to save trouble and convenience. It saves the pulley link and reduces parts. During the war, it is also prepared for mass production.
However, this is also disadvantageous.
If you sit inside the 59 tank, when you start, you will hear the sound of slapping outside. This is because the tracks are constantly slapping the load-bearing wheel during the high-speed operation.
If a pulley is added, there will be no such sound, and the noise will be much smaller. Therefore, when studying the second-generation tank chassis, pulleys are used.
This can prevent friction between the track and the load wheel or the load wheel due to bumps, and the track can also be tightened to prevent the track from falling off. It is also convenient for manual repair after the track is broken. However, this is all in the later stage, in the current 59
This is the first time that such devices have been installed on the tank.
"The effect will not be known until the test drive is later," Thomas said. "However, after adding the pulley, the transmission efficiency should be increased a little."
Tank tracks without pulleys are destined to be very loose because the tracks must be drooped to the load-bearing wheel. However, with pulleys, the tracks can be adjusted tightly, which will naturally improve the transmission efficiency.
Thomas can still confirm this.
Qin Zhenhua nodded: "Yes, the engine's power has been increased, and the power cannot be wasted because the tracks are too loose. How about the test run in our country during the test run?"
The tank's body is provided by the first machine factory, and then it travels across the ocean to modify it. After it is modified, it can be transported back to China for testing.
Although we are accompanied by technical personnel here, there are only a few people. If we go back, everyone can read whatever they want.
Anyway, it is also a project jointly developed by both of us.
"Of course there is no problem," Thomas said: "After the modification is completed, we can transport it over or modify several more vehicles. We will test it at the same time to speed up the progress."
Foreign trade is foreign trade, which is for making money. As long as you can make money, you are willing to do anything. Both parties jointly develop it, and of course, both parties can also test it together.
"It's so good, but our progress is still a bit slow. I guess it can't catch up with the upcoming international defense exhibition in the capital."
Qin Zhenhua said this with a look of regret. When he heard this, Thomas immediately opened his eyes wide and looked very curious: "What, are you going to hold an international defense exhibition in your country?"
"Yes, it is planned to be in November this year. I guess our Jaguar tanks can't catch up with this defense exhibition."
"Yes, our jaguars can't catch up, but since we have heard of it, we must support it. We will bring our stingling tanks over to participate in this international defense exhibition!"
Cadillac Gage is a company that mainly deals in arms. The company mainly produces ground combat vehicles, from wheels to crawlers, and now, the company's main fist product is the "String" light tank.
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This light tank has a large market in the eyes of company analysts. It has the firepower of the main battle tank, and it also has high strategic and tactical maneuverability. For example, it can be easily stuffed into C.
-130's belly is airlifted.
In the plan, this tank will be widely praised and welcome a large number of customers. Although it is developed for foreign trade, there are also ideas to replace the M551 Sheridan tank currently in service in the United States.
However, after several years of the project, it has been achieved without any order. For Cadillac Gage, if it cannot be sold, it means that huge R&D investment has been wasted.
Why are they so interested in cooperation with the Eastern powers? In fact, it is just stop loss. Most of the improvement of the technology of the 59 tank now comes from this light tank, engine, artillery, fire control, etc., which are all transplanted.
After all, there are a large number of T-54 series tanks in the world. If you target these tanks for modification, you may still make a big profit?
With this idea, they enthusiastically devoted themselves to this project. Now, I heard that the Eastern Powers are also going to hold an international defense exhibition, so I am naturally very happy.
We want to participate!
In fact, Qin Zhenhua said that just now, naturally he didn't say it casually. He had this purpose. After all, if you want to hold an international defense exhibition, you have to have many advanced international tanks to participate. The United States
It is probably impossible to invite the human M1 tank, and it is also very good to allow the Cadillac company in front of you to participate.
I originally thought it would be a waste of my mouth, but I didn't expect that I agreed directly, so it was naturally much more convenient now.
"On behalf of the great power of the East, I welcome your participation." Qin Zhenhua said: "What product do you plan to send? Is this light tank the only one?"
"No, of course not, our other vehicles, such as 4*4 armored reconnaissance vehicles, will attend the exhibition. We need a large exhibition stand!" Thomas said.