NOVEL NEXT Chapter 55
Beiping.
Li Guoqiang is entertaining the military delegation of the Russian Bear, discussing how to develop its own tank for the rabbit.
According to the 159 project cooperation signed by the two sides, one of the topics is that the Russian Bear will set up an expert group to assist the rabbit in developing its own tanks and aircraft.
As planned: The first group of Russian Bear tank experts arrived today.
Diplomat Li Guoqiang received the military expert Totovic with the highest standard treatment:”Thank you for your hard work along the way. I heard that you brought a tank this time.”
Totovic:”I know it’s not easy to grow flowers, so in order to let you have a more intuitive understanding of tanks, we brought one of our latest developed T-44A medium tanks.”
T-The Type 44 medium tank was put into production in small batches at the end of 1944. By the time Hansmao surrendered, a total of 200 tanks were produced, and they did not participate in actual combat.
The tank was produced until 1947, with a total output of 1,823 tanks.
It can be said that it is the latest tank currently in service in the Russian army.
The latest?
Hearing these two words, Li Guoqiang’s eyes were shining:”I thank you on behalf of the 400 million compatriots in the flower-growing country……”
“Sino-Soviet friendship lasts forever……”Totovic shouted.
After staying in Beijing for a few days, Totovic went to the Shenyang Arsenal.
Li Guoqiang also reported the situation to General Manager Zhou, who also showed a gratified expression when he heard it.
“It has to be Big Brother! They are really nice to rabbits.……”
He brought his latest tanks here… I am very grateful for your honesty.
“Order the staff of the arsenal to put down their work and devote themselves to learning. Such opportunities are rare.”
“Yes, Boss”
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Shenyang Arsenal.
Marx, the consultant to the Shenyang Arsenal, learned that Totovic had arrived and personally greeted him.
“Hey, buddy, we meet again.” Max:”I heard that you brought the latest tank developed by our country, is this true?”
Totovic:”Yes, the T-44 medium tank, the most advanced medium tank currently in service in our country.”
At the end of World War II, the Russian tank arsenal consisted mainly of T-34 medium tanks.
In addition, there were a small number of IS-2 and IS-3 heavy tanks.
Although the T-34 series tanks performed well in the war against the Nazi Hans Cat, the Russians considered its leaf spring suspension and 85mm gun to be outdated. The later IS series tanks proved themselves to be stronger than the best tanks of the Hans Cat.
But unfortunately, the tank soldiers had to load the huge 122mm shells and propellants into the gun separately, resulting in a low rate of fire and ammunition supply for this type of tank.
So, in 1944, the Russians designed a new T-44 medium tank, which was produced in small batches between 1945 and 1949.
However, the tank proved to have poor reliability during use.
Faced with such an excellent tank, Marx was a little worried:”Major General Totovic, do we really want to hand over such excellent tank technology to the flower growers?”
Totovic shook his head:”No, no, our ultimate goal is to sell the tank!”
Use inventory.
Sell?
Marx was a little confused.
How can you sell it if you have already provided technical assistance?”
“All right, let’s go, let the rabbit see our most advanced tanks!”
Then, Totovic and others drove the tanks towards the Shenyang Arsenal.
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101 Arsenal.
Jiang Chen is developing the Type 59 tank, and he has sent the drawings of each component to each production workshop.
The engine is handed over to the Shenyang Automobile Factory.
The barrel and rifling are handed over to the shell production workshop.
The 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun and 7.62mm machine gun are handed over to the firearms survival workshop.
The other tracks, fire control system, power system, infrared night vision system that can drive at night, and various small parts are assembled and debugged by the tank production workshop. The
Type 59 medium tank consists of two parts: the body and the turret.
The body is welded from rolled steel plates. The driver’s cabin is on the left side of the front of the body. The middle section of the body is the fighting compartment with a turret on it. The rear of the body is the power-transmission compartment, and the engine is arranged horizontally.
The turret is a casting. There are 4 crew members in the car. The driver is located in the front left of the car, which is convenient for forward observation; the commander is located on the left rear side of the gun, and the gunner’s position is in front of the commander’s position; the loader’s position is on the right side of the gun.
Jiang Chen modified the entire layout, so that the operability will be better and the response will be faster.
In addition, Jiang Chen also has some personalized designs on the Type 59 medium tank.
For example, the vertical wave-breaking plate is installed to prevent water waves from splashing onto the driver’s periscope when the tank is wading.
The turret is a cast structure with a semi-eggshell shape. The front armor is about 220 mm thick, which gives it good bulletproof ability.
In addition, the top armor is made of two D-shaped steel plates welded together and then welded to the top of the turret. The turret is located in the middle of the vehicle body.
The commander is on the left side of the turret, the gunner is in front of the commander, and the loader is on the right side of the turret. The commander has a command tower that can rotate 360 degrees, with a single-leaf hatch that opens forward. The TPK-1 sight is installed at the front of the top of the commander’s command tower, and there are 4 periscopes on the command tower.
It is convenient for the operator to watch.
Jiang Chen also opened a single hatch and a MK-4 periscope at the loader’s position in case of emergency.
Of course, what Jiang Chen was most satisfied with about the entire tank was the infrared night vision device and night driving system.
As the name implies, the tank can be driven at night and has a radar thermal scanning function.
It can detect the enemy in time and strike first.
In short, as Rabbit’s first tank, Jiang Chen spent a lot of thought on it.
That day, Yang Siruo walked in quickly and said,”Director, I’m afraid the tank proofing will have to be suspended.”
“What’s wrong?”
“The above instructions: All technical personnel of the 101 Arsenal need to go to the Shenyang Arsenal. I heard that the Russians sent tank experts to assist us with tank technology.……”
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