Super military empire

Modern mechanical units have fast moving speed and flexible layout, but the cost is very high.

This may also be the reason for the two successive major disarmaments of the Republic.

It is not that the Republic does not want all of its troops to become such armed forces. First, there is no technology, and second, there is no money.Perhaps the lack of money is the most important factor.Otherwise, the country will not engage in reform and opening up.

"There has been no such technology in China. When I went to the southwest front line some time ago, I saw that many tanks were used to tie the soldiers forward... If the tanks were not protected by the infantry, their survivability on the battlefield would not be very good. Strong, especially when attacking the enemy’s position at close range, a bundle of technical grenades can break the track of the tank and lie down... I heard earlier that monkeys took advantage of this situation and caused a lot of casualties to our tank troops. The soldiers were strapped to the tank during the march, and the reaction speed was very slow when encountering an attack...If they were not strapped to the tank, the soldiers on it would most likely be thrown off and casualties." Liu Yijiu said this is true. .

But he didn't see it at first, only heard some soldiers in the army say that when he was there, the moving speed of the tanks was relatively slow.

Once the battle line is opened and the tanks are deployed to a certain place, they are all at the speed of rapid marching. Soldiers equipped with them for coordinated operations must be higher, otherwise their tanks will be destroyed by the enemy's infantry.When the People's Liberation Army was fighting with the Americans on the Korean battlefield, the Republic did not have any tanks, and the Soviet Union's promised tank support aircraft supported everything at a discount.

In the end, they all used flesh and blood to destroy the U.S. Emperor's tank.

They often do this, and naturally know how to effectively avoid such things from causing losses to the tank troops.

Although the performance of the 59th tank has not kept up with the times for a long time, it also has to be very expensive to build one!

Therefore, in order to prevent the tank from being destroyed by the enemy infantry, the commanders at the front tried to find a way to tie the soldiers to the tank with a rope when marching, so as to avoid the tragedy of the soldiers falling, and to prevent the tank from being destroyed by the enemy infantry.

This gave the monkey's special team the opportunity to kill and wound the infantry who was fighting with the tanks on the march.

Of course, this method is not original by the Republican Army. During World War II, many tank units used this way to transport infantry in concert...

Because of this situation, armored personnel carriers came into being.

After introducing these situations, they learned that this kind of infantry fighting vehicle is even as important as the tank.

"It's no different from a tank! It seems that the turret is smaller? This thing..." Regarding the drawings, the managers of the grassroots divisions still understand.

Qian Dayong saw this drawing, the following was no different from the tank, but the turret was much smaller.

This is no different from Tank Real Heart.

"This is different from tanks. It is mainly used for close combat support of infantry. It is mainly used for fire support. In fact, it is to transport infantry to cooperate with tank operations. Its task is to quickly maneuver infantry units to eliminate enemy light armored vehicles, infantry anti-tank firepower points, active forces and Low-altitude flying targets, etc..." Liu Yijiu explained.

Beginning in the 1950s, infantry fighting vehicles from countries around the world were mainly used for the transportation of troops on the battlefield. There were many shooting holes in each vehicle. Soldiers sat in the vehicle and shot outside to prevent the tank from being destroyed by enemy infantry...

"In this way, the functions of these infantry fighting vehicles are even higher than that of tanks?" Jiang Ming frowned and asked.

The drawing in hand looks much smaller than the tank.

And the note next to it shows that the armor of this vehicle needs to provide protection for the soldiers inside, and it must also have good offensive performance and protection capabilities. This is a very difficult problem to solve.

"It is true. These tanks should be said to provide light fire support for the tanks and protect the tanks from charging on the battlefield. The firepower may not be strong, but the defense must be good. Given the current domestic economic situation, production must be considered. Cost, and considering the domestic technology situation..." Liu Yijiu was also very depressed.

The infantry fighting vehicle is for tanks to fight together. The Republic’s Type 97 has fierce firepower and mobility, but it has a fatal injury, that is, lack of defense. This makes the survivability of this tank on the battlefield very poor.

This car is based on the 97-type crawler infantry fighting vehicle as a prototype design. If the armor is not changed, it will still be like the 97-type, and it will be easily destroyed on the battlefield.

"If this is the case, it will be more difficult for us. For this kind of car to move flexibly, it must reduce its weight. At the same time, it needs an engine with very good output. And the 100 mm low-pressure smoothbore gun is not very powerful. In the battlefield, it’s better to equip the infantry in the armored vehicle with individual rocket launchers, or our Black Arrow anti-tank missile. This model is much larger than the tank. If we follow the current design plan, I think the final weight will exceed ours. Imagine..." Jiang Ming frowned and tightened.

Even the weak armor of the Fifty and Nine Tanks has insufficient survivability on the battlefield.

If the armor is too thin, not to mention anti-tank, it is likely to be penetrated by some small armor-piercing projectiles.Such protection is not as good as unprotected infantry fighting with tanks on the battlefield.

"I think that since it is to provide protection for tanks and close-range fire support, we don’t need to install another cannon on it. It’s better to get a machine gun. It’s better to be a dual-purpose cannon. You can save the weight of the turret and use these weights on the armor that provides protection. At the same time, because the turret is reduced, the storage space for shells can be reduced, more ammunition or more soldiers..." Qian Dayong said with a frown .

As soon as he finished saying this, Jiang Ming's eyes lit up.

Liu Yijiu sighed.

He hopes to be able to replace some of the tanks with such armored vehicles, but in this era, there are not enough strong materials for protective armor, and guns occupy a very important position in army equipment.

The American m2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle is considered relatively good in this era, but the firepower of this thing is not very strong.

The weaponry is a 25mm chain-type machine gun of m242'Big Viper', a 7.62mm'm240c' parallel machine gun, and a bgm-71'Tao' anti-tank missile launcher.There are 3 crew members and 7 crew members.When fighting independently, heavy firepower is obviously not enough.

Moreover, the production cost of this car is not cheap.

"Xiao Liu, we want to be in place in one step. Basically, there is little possibility. At present, we can only experiment in this way. If the performance is possible, after we have an order from the military, we will further study... "Wang Shunyi naturally knew Liu Yijiu's thoughts.

In this case, it is simply impossible for them to develop more projects with this little capital.

They chose and chose again, discussed and discussed. Before the supporting factories had no blood transfusion function, their funds would save a little and only support one and a half years.

"Yes, Xiao Liu, Zhi-7's research team will come to our side after the Spring Festival. Various research will need a lot of funds then..." Zheng Hao is not happy these days.It was hard to get some money, but the leaders who were as savvy as that were cheated. Once the base projects are launched, they will be even more short of money.

Experiments are very expensive. For various raw materials, other units just need indicators, and they don’t need indicators, but they need money.

"Well, Mr. Jiang, let's cancel this turret and get a machine gun, 25-caliber or 30-caliber..." After thinking about it for a long time, Liu Yijiu sighed again. ."It's just that the nine districts must develop small-caliber armor-piercing projectiles and incendiary grenades..."

In order to let the small artillery exert its great power, one can only work hard on the ammunition.

Seeing Liu Yijiu no longer insisted, Jiang Ming also let out a sigh of relief.

"Several leaders, I think that if we want to change the 59 tank, the engine must be increased. At present, the maximum marching speed of our tank is only 50 kilometers per hour. This is definitely not enough. The engine must be changed. And this new type Infantry fighting vehicles also need new engines..." The power system is the most critical.

"Then let a district redesign this, if they can't, let's ask the 616 factory for help..." Zheng Hao's mouth twitched, it's all money!

Without millions, it is estimated that it will be impossible to make it out.

Liu Yijiu also has a headache. It seems that if he wants to do this, everything has to be started from the beginning. If he does not interfere, waiting for the relevant units to do it, it will eventually make him very headache.He has no skills!

But in terms of motivation, he must intervene.

The biggest weakness of the Republic is here.

Materials and powertrains, not just tank engines, car engines, even aircraft engines are speechless.And the upcoming helicopter research will also need a new model of engine!

The 616 factory has a foundation in this respect, but if it wants to reach the level they want, it is estimated that it will not be able to be produced in three or two years. Even if it is produced, it may not be able to meet their requirements.

Only do it yourself!

Fortunately, they have a complete technical backup and equipment backup here, as long as you invest some money, you can start.

"We will discuss with each other these two days, formulate a performance index, and wait until the beginning of the year to fight it..." Zheng Hao was about to cry.

Can he say not to engage in engines?

Obviously it can't.

Without an engine, these projects won't work. Even a missile has to be equipped with an engine...