The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 134 Tank Performance (Subscribe for monthly tickets)

One kilometer long dirt road.

The dust was flying.

The tank was moving at top speed.

An abandoned car was directly crushed, unable to stop the tank at all.

"What is the maximum speed this tank can reach?" Mohammed couldn't help but ask.

"70 kilometers per hour!" Liu Tao gave an astonishing number.

70 km/h! ?
Mohammed and others were shocked. This number was very shocking.

Because this tank is a huge guy weighing 55 tons, this speed is very amazing.

You should know that Iraq is equipped with a large number of T62 tanks, which is just a light tank with a total weight of only 23 tons, not even half the weight of this tank.

Even so, the maximum road speed of the T62 tank is only 50 km/h.

Afterwards, the tank enters the S-curve, which is also an important manifestation of the tank's performance.

"Mr. Mohammed, this tank driver has only been using this tank for three or four days!" Liu Tao said with a smile, "The cockpit of this tank is very modern. Even ordinary people can easily get started and drive the tank."

"How is it possible? Only three or four days of contact?" Mohammed was shocked and full of disbelief.

The training of armored troops is much more difficult than that of infantry.

For an armored unit to truly demonstrate its combat effectiveness, it needs at least two years of running-in, because tank armored troops are a technical branch of the military and are not easy to train.

To be a tank driver, you need to drive a tank for at least two years to be able to drive it fluently.

If what Liu Tao said was true, perhaps it would only take a driver one or two months to be able to drive a tank fluently.

"You can go up and experience it yourself later!" Liu Tao said with a smile.

Wang Baoguo doesn't know English, and after the two sides shook hands, the initiative on their side gradually shifted to Liu Tao.

"Mohammed, I drove it for a while before, and I felt like I could drive a tank!" Al laughed, "It's much easier than driving a car, very simple."

Rashid also said: "I think it only takes ten days or half a month for any ordinary person to open one."

Liu Tao secretly praised Al and Rashid in his heart. They were honest people. The kickbacks they had received were not given in vain. They were indeed not the kind of people who would just take the money without doing any work.

We can indeed have long-term cooperation in the future.

Mohammed said: "We will try it ourselves later."

Holding a telescope and watching the tank quickly pass through the S-curve, Mohammed secretly marveled at the excellent performance of this tank.

The tank then entered a terrain that was relatively complex and had various trenches.

But even if the trench was three meters wide, the tanks could fly over it easily and quickly.

Mohammed's eyes lit up.

"Boom~~"

The tank stopped and fired.

The 120mm tank gun fired with such a mighty noise that even if you were hundreds of meters away, you could still feel your ears going deaf.

A bunker 1000 meters away was directly blown to pieces.

Then he aimed at the bunker 2000 meters away and fired another shot.

"Does this tank use infrared aiming?" Mohammed couldn't help but ask. The accuracy was too high.

"It is equipped with a laser rangefinder, a general-purpose telescope, a panoramic observation mirror, a turret observation mirror, a low-altitude monitor positive and thermal imager, and a gunner's thermal sensing sight," Liu Tao explained.

Mohammed was secretly shocked. Although he had never heard of some of the instruments, they sounded very advanced when he heard them.

"The tank's observation and aiming system is absolutely world-class." Liu Tao said: "The tank gun can easily and accurately hit the target at a distance of 2000 meters. The first-generation tanks and second-generation tanks are often destroyed by it with one shot without even noticing it!" The effective range of the first-generation tanks is 700 to 1000 meters, while the effective range of the second-generation tanks is often 1000 to 1300 meters.

As for the maximum range, although it will be farther, the accuracy is not guaranteed.

When Mohammed thought about this situation on the battlefield, where tanks met and a tank battle broke out, these tanks would be extremely powerful and destroy first-generation and second-generation tanks one by one from a distance.

This tank is fast and has strong maneuverability, and other tanks cannot catch up with it.

Mohammed couldn't help but think of West Germany's Leopard 2 tank.

Currently, the most advanced main battle tank in Europe and the United States is the Leopard 2 tank. The Leopard 2 tank has now begun mass production and will soon be equipped by the West German army.

Compared with the second-generation tanks, the performance of the third-generation tanks has been significantly improved.

Stronger armor capabilities, stronger mobility, stronger firepower, and huge improvements in fire control systems.

Mobility is a very important indicator of tank performance.

What was just demonstrated was the static shooting of the tank, and what will be demonstrated next is the dynamic shooting.

In the past, tanks would mostly stay in one place and fire, then drive away after firing one or two shots, then stop and aim and fire again before driving away, repeating the cycle.

But later, there were higher requirements for tank performance, and firing while moving became the focus of research.

Shooting while moving has also become one of the training subjects for tank and armored troops!

This combat method can greatly reduce the probability of being hit by enemy tank artillery and significantly improve the survival rate.

Shooting while moving may sound simple, but it is actually not that simple and it places very high demands on tanks.

It requires technologies such as aiming device stabilizers, automatic loaders, thermal imagers, various sensors, and motion data computers to make accurate shooting possible while the tank is moving.

"Boom~~" The tank kept firing as it moved.

Liu Tao's heart was bleeding, because what they were shooting at was not shells, but money!
If the order is not concluded, he will lose money.

This time, only two basic tank shells were delivered to the capital along with the tanks.

Liu Tao could only pray secretly, hoping that the enemy wouldn't get too excited and use up all the shells.

The firing in the workshop was very smooth, one shot after another.

At this point, the tank show is over.

The tank began to move back and soon stopped steadily not far from Liu Tao and his group.

Liu Tao and his team waited until the dust settled before walking towards the tank.

At this time, the driver, gunner and commander came out.

The three of them were very excited. It was obvious that they were excited to have a good experience today.

"Sir Mohammed, how about you try it yourself?" Liu Tao looked at Mohammed.

If you want someone to truly experience the performance of a tank, the best way is to let him drive the tank himself and experience it for himself.

Mohammed is not Al Rashid, but a real tank soldier and the commander of an armored division.

The layman watches the excitement, while the expert looks at the details.

Mohammed agreed without hesitation, climbed onto the tank and began to enter the cockpit.

As soon as he entered the cockpit, Mohammed immediately noticed the difference: the cockpit was larger and more comfortable.

More importantly, the cockpit is actually air-conditioned. This tank is actually equipped with a refrigeration system! ?

Mohammed was shocked.

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