Chapter 956 New Tank
In the last few days of 1962, good news came from the Grassland Tractor Factory. "Deputy Chief Commander Gao, you must come here this time. Our second-generation tank is about to be finalized!" Mr. Luo, the chief commander of the second-generation tank, excitedly asked Gao Zhendong on the phone.
In fact, the Grassland Tractor Factory and the Defense Working Committee have already made a finalization of this tank, but it is actually just to grab the title. In fact, it is just to give some new technologies above, not completely.
The only thing that was not resolved at that time was actually the new engine and transmission mechanism.
Although the use of this tank is not urgent, the long-term and undecided shape made the comrades of the Defense Working Committee feel very unhappy. We completed some new technologies two years ago. In order to wait for the engine and transmission, how long should they delay their nominal use time?
No, let’s decide one first!
So the Defense Work Committee and the Grassland Tractor Factory conducted a finalization as early as the beginning of 1962. The name of the finalization was called the Type 62 main battle tank.
But after the finalization, the tank was not put into production, but was placed there, continuing to wait for its complete body - a complete second-generation tank equipped with a horizontal top hedging two-stroke diesel engine and a supporting transmission system.
The name of this engine sounds a bit magical, but it doesn't matter. We call it whatever we want. This is our freedom.
In fact, Mr. Lu, who is engaged in horizontal rush engines, has been moving very quickly. It took only more than two years to get started with this engine. An engine from scratch was simply fast.
The reason why the Defense Work Committee and the Grassland Tractor Factory think that this thing is slow because other projects move too fast.
After all, a considerable number of the technologies in it were already being prepared before the second-generation tank was launched and was still under pre-research.
Now, as soon as this two-stroke engine meets the acceptance requirements, they immediately sent the meeting notice to Gao Zhendong.
Gao Zhendong actually felt a little embarrassed. He didn't seem to do anything except participating in the overall plan demonstration, put forward a number of overall suggestions, providing a number of technologies including firepower, fire control, sight-seeing, and protection, and proposed and determined the power route mainly for two-stroke engines.
At least he has basically never cared about this matter this year. It is the comrades from the Grassland Tractor Factory who are working hard, and they are ashamed.
Prairie Tractor Factory: Shut up!
But I am ashamed to throw this aside first. This finalization will be a must-have. Once this thing is released, combined with other equipment, it can completely solve the threat problem in the north.
The only problem is the quantity, but Gao Zhendong is not worried about this matter. If he is really a good product, it is not a problem for us to make a suitable quantity.
In the 20th century, we were poor for decades, but no matter how poor we were, the number of tanks and armored vehicles that were exploded was still terrifying.
The various high-tech weapons that Gao Zhendong saw in his previous life were actually not expensive to the point of exaggeration. As for the surprisingly expensive high-tech weapons that everyone saw in the Citimen... Haha, I actually have to ask Commissioner Smith for this matter.
And with the performance of the second-generation tank, it can be produced less than the original 5DL production, and it may not be necessary to usually have so much.
Besides, Gao Zhendong has a backup plan.
T-54/55 is not unavailable, right? Big hair and two hairs.
Saying goodbye to Lou Xiao'e, Gao Zhendong boarded the train leading to Jiuyuan. The distance to Jiuyuan is not particularly far, and the train is relatively safe. No matter how safe An-2 is, it is not as safe as the train.
With the speed of trains in this era, even if they are derailed, as long as they don’t fall under the cliff, the probability of survival is actually very high.
Amid the sound of "Besides...besides...", Gao Zhendong's train drove into the Jiuyuan Station platform. Through the window, Gao Zhendong saw Mr. He standing on the platform at a glance.
He was very conspicuous. There were almost no other people who were stationed except them, and they could see it at a glance.
The parking position of the train is not as accurate as that of the high-speed rail, or there is no such concept these days. They stopped just after the train passed, and Mr. He and his people ran over.
"Chief Commander Gao, you are here, just waiting for you, hahaha."
Gao Zhendong smiled and said, "I came here as soon as I received the notice. It has been three years since I started to build armor, right? It's a result."
"Don't, Mr. Gao, it was done with armor and cannons at the beginning." Lao He was very persistent. In fact, armor was a little earlier than cannons. Lao He came to find Gao Zhendong after being shaved by two new armors of Mr. Guan, who was wearing armor.
But Gao Zhendong didn't order his water, so Lao He was just fine. It was the end of 1959 anyway, so there was no difference. "How is the situation now?" Gao Zhendong asked.
I know there is definitely no problem, but I feel unconsciously worried.
"No problem, don't worry, in fact, what I want to test this time is Lao Lu. The others have been tried in multiple weapon testing sites, including Xuecheng, for a long time. However, Chief Engineer Luo is responsible for the overall acceptance work and cannot pick you up in person. I want me to convey it to you." Lao He was very confident.
Tanks must be tested more than weapons and protection, so they can go through multiple test sites to test as much environment as possible. In fact, for small countries, when buying weapons is not accurate or not, it is right to buy them with a vast territory, especially those that span heat, temperature and have a little cold climate. Their weapons have extremely high adaptability requirements and are unlikely to make mistakes.
The group of people took a car to the grassland tractor factory. It was almost dinner. A group of acquaintances surrounded him, including the boss and the teacher. There were many young people here who had studied with Gao Zhendong, especially those who went to learn the tank artillery stability system.
There are also some of them from the Defense Working Committee. Gao Zhendong saw the leaders and chief engineers of the Defense Working Committee at a distance. The two stood next to a new tank, touching the tank, not knowing what they were talking about, and looked very excited.
The next morning, the finalization meeting was held on time.
The first speaker was the leader of the Defense Work Committee. He did not think of the finale, but instead wanted to say what he thought was earlier.
"...In fact, everyone knows that this tank has been set for the second time. This secondary setting is not because it is not done well, but because it is too good! It is so good that we cannot tolerate any defects of it. It is better to wait for a long time than to appear in our troops in a perfect posture."
Applause from the audience rang out, and people were filled with tears.
"Actually, I said that I would wait for a long time, which is a bit too much. The advanced nature of this tank is unprecedentedly high! The speed of its development is unprecedentedly fast. And the inobjective statement of long-term waiting actually represents our long-term expectations for new domestic advanced weapons..."
The venue was silent, as if they were savoring their expectations for advanced equipment.
"...We should all remember that from the beginning of fighting the Japanese, even when facing their thin iron sheets, we have to pay much blood and sacrifice to stop them from acting violently... Fortunately, our waiting is not in vain. Now, it is here, it comes to us with a full range of advanced technology and leading performance..."
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The leaders of the Defense Work Committee are good at writing poems. If they have a high level, they are really high. Of course, they are really good at doing it, so it is very natural to express emotions when speaking.
"Now I announce that the final finalization meeting of the 1962 main battle tank will begin!"
"Wow wow wow wow..." There was a sound of applause below.
The palm wind stirred the venue, and the red flowers on a tank next to the venue were blown slightly.
This tank is very beautiful, painted with green paint, and looks a circle larger than the 5DL. The easiest way to describe it is to give a pair of extra load wheels.
The front of the tank's body is a thick composite armor block, without a heading machine gun.
But the difference between it and the 5DL can be seen at a glance. If it weren't for some details of the car body that seemed familiar, no one could have seen that the two were two generations of tanks, because the turrets of the two were completely different.
The 5DL is a round cast turret, while the second-generation tank is a welded turret with a certain inclination angle, with edges and angles.
However, the inclination angle of the main armor on the front of the tank is not visible at all, and it is occupied by two wedge-shaped composite armor blocks, covering the main armor behind tightly.
On the side of the turret, there is a fan-shaped smoke bomb launcher on both sides.
The tail of the turret looks bigger than the 5DL and is square.
In front of the turret, a long gun barrel looks longer and thicker than the 5DL one, and there is an obvious juxtaposition machine gun hole next to it.
There is a cross wind sensor, a thermal imager window, two personnel import and exit, and a 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun at the top of the turret. This machine gun is exactly the same as the 5DL, with no difference.
The only difference from Gao Zhendong's imagination is that there are some square armor blocks on the top of the turret covering the blank area as much as possible. Gao Zhendong laughed when he saw this. It seems that the armored soldiers also saw this battle against Dirty Three, and they reacted very quickly.
Armored Soldier: Why are you laughing at? Not all of them are good things you did.
The chief commander of the Type 62 main battle tank, Mr. Luo, walked to the report seat and reported in person.
Since most performance parameters and subsystems have been identified in the last finalization, the focus of this report is naturally not them. The situation of these subsystems can be a little bit simpler, and you can just make a summary at the end.
Among the comrades on the scene, the one who was most excited was not these second-generation tank designs, but the representatives of the army. Their faces were completely filled with the expression of "it was awesome for labor and capital".
There is a hint of relief in excitement and high spirits.
In fact, there is no need to be this. If comrades get the performance parameters of Hans Country Leopard-1, they may feel confused when they draw their swords and look at each other. The second-generation tanks after the S2 in Western countries have been defeated.
But our target is not these weak chickens.
(This chapter ends)