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"The 59 tank is not very good, especially the chassis restricts the improvement and development of the entire tank. Therefore, the tank is not very good, but the site of this tank is indeed very good. It is converted into a light special vehicle or even a bridge vehicle. There is no problem, and the development prospects are very broad. With such a foundation, there is no need for us to waste energy developing new tracked chassis..." Jiang Ming told Long Yaohua.

The transformation of the 59 tank site will not stop at all.

The Ninth Institute has a series of plans, many of which are ideas proposed by the Five Districts themselves.

"Why not consider using the 59 tank chassis to transform light infantry armored vehicles?" Long Yaohua has a passion for infantry fighting vehicles and paratrooper fighting vehicles.

After all, this is lacking in China.

There are light amphibious tanks in the country, but it is obviously not able to keep up with the development of modern technology, whether it is the level of informationization or the level of technology, there is a lot of difference.

The Type 63 amphibious tank, which was transformed according to Soviet technology and design, is obviously out of date, and the current transformation design has not made breakthrough progress.More importantly, although this amphibious tank has the ability to float on water, it weighs 38 tons. The tank is not an armored vehicle.

With the current transportation capabilities of the PLA Air Force, these tanks even need a Y-6 aircraft for transportation and then airdrop, but it is very reluctant.

Therefore, so far, paratrooper training has not parachuted with heavy equipment.

As the chief of staff of the People's Liberation Army, how can Long Yaohua not worry about these problems?

"Using the type 59 tank track to carry out the transformation design does not meet our requirements. If we follow this, the entire weight will exceed 15 tons. Our transport helicopter can barely be lifted, but the transport helicopter cannot carry it anymore. Besides, there is no way for Zhi-91." Jiang Ming explained to Long Yaohua.

This kind of thing, his explanation is more appropriate than Liu Yijiu.

I am also very familiar with Long Yaohua. After all, in the Ninth Academy, what the military cares most about is their fighters, tanks, and armed helicopters, which have relatively low levels of domestic technology. They have always been shortcomings in the development of the domestic military industry. Several types of heavy equipment.

"How long does it take to redesign the chassis, see the prototype, and equip the troops? According to the transportation capacity of Twenty, how many such armored vehicles can be put into battlefield support at a time?"

"In the air?"

"Yeah!" Long Yaohua nodded.

Paratrooper equipment must be considered for airdrops. If airdrops are not possible, the role of paratroopers will not be as prominent.

"If it is less than ten tons, even with the operators and soldiers inside the tank, the transport capacity designed to transport 20 can be airdropped four at a time, or three at a time, carrying more personnel and equipment. At the time, these paratroopers were only used for fire support and protection capabilities, and it was impossible to carry too much heavy equipment. If they were only airdropped tanks, only 4 vehicles would be deployed, and a transformation project must be carried out... "Jiang Ming made a calculation. The Twenty is a wide-body aircraft with a huge carrying capacity, but the length and width of the space behind the cargo hold are limited, and he can only think of a way up the height.

They actually considered this issue before designing.

"According to the current situation of your wheeled infantry fighting vehicles, what is the performance after switching to the crawler type?" Long Yaohua asked with some worry.

"The current wheeled infantry fighting vehicle uses a 380-horsepower turbocharged engine that can reach a maximum speed of 120 kilometers per hour, and the cross-country speed can exceed 30 kilometers. When fighting, it can carry 6-7 fighters, with two in front. The operator, a pilot, an intelligence support and weapon control, mainly contact the surrounding friendly forces, and operate weapons and equipment to provide fire support to those in need, carrying short-range anti-tank missiles, anti-aircraft missiles, and smoke bomb launches. The most important combat equipment is a 37mm high-level dual-purpose fast cannon, which can be fired manually or automatically. However, when used as an antiaircraft gun, the range is too close and the shooting height is not very high. High, after all, the barrel is relatively short..." Jiang Ming introduced their new wheeled infantry fighting vehicle.

Hearing that anti-tank missiles and anti-aircraft missiles were carried on it, Long Yaohua couldn't help but stunned.

The design of the Ninth Academy seems to be equipped with all kinds of missiles!

Isn't this design a bit redundant?

If you have any questions, you will naturally ask.

For paratroopers who are airborne, it is better to carry these missiles than to carry more shells and ammunition!

"Chief, this is not the case. As a paratrooper, the main role is to carry out aerial deployment in the enemy's rear or some strategically important places. Before the ground troops arrive, these troops are surrounded by all the enemies. In such a combat environment, the long-range fire support they need may not be able to provide them. Although we have various types of missiles, no one can guarantee that the area around them can be properly deployed. In the combat environment, our design is more to give them more powerful combat capabilities. Anti-tank missiles are mainly used to defend the enemy’s armored forces, while air defense is used to defend enemy helicopters..."

Liu Yijiu's thinking does not have much time constraints.

If possible, paratroopers can even be equipped with tanks!

However, there is no super heavy transport aircraft like An-225 in China.

Even if there is, the Air Force can't afford to use it. It would cost too much to fly that thing once.

"This is why all the equipment of your Ninth Academy considers air defense and anti-armor missiles in this way?"

"No, when we design weapons, we don’t think it’s okay as long as they are the same as the current ones. Rather, we have to consider the various situations encountered by combat troops when using these equipment. What we need to do is to strengthen their offensive and defensive capabilities. !" Jiang Ming said a little serious.

The biggest difference between the Ninth Academy and other units is that from the beginning, they considered the environment in which weapons and equipment were used.

Not all equipment is equipped with these modules.

"Now you can see the benefits of the modular design of weapons and equipment. When designing, you only need to reserve a place to directly install the weapon system. It saves a lot of trouble and is conducive to logistical support. Unified standards, everything It has become easier." Long Yaohua nodded approving the design of the Ninth Academy.

Modularization of weapons has been ongoing since the development of the Ninth Academy.

Now they are designing all kinds of weapons faster and faster, missile launching modules, after designing them, whether it is a gunship, a tank, or even an infantry fighting vehicle, directly install these modules to have the missile launch function.

At present, this design is very successful.

"At present, our missile research department is developing a single-soldier surface-to-surface missile for short-range support operations. Once successful, the caliber of the gun carried by the light infantry vehicle is too small and the problem of insufficient fire strength can be effectively solved. Solved. And unlike heavy artillery, this kind of missile will make precision strikes easier to achieve..."

"Is the cost of such a missile too high? For ground support, if the distance is not too far, artillery artillery and rockets can solve the problem!" Long Yaohua felt that these designs were a bit wasteful.

Under normal circumstances, the cost of surface-to-surface missiles is too high if the range is only a few kilometers or closer.

In such a range, the artillery can shoot accurately.

"No, rockets and mortars generally have a range of less than one kilometer. After our careful research, in addition to the effective fire support of various artillery, the current domestic The missiles of China, and even the world’s missiles, have not developed individual missiles specifically designed to eliminate ground targets. Although the cost is higher, it is easier to carry and more powerful." Liu Yijiu knows this aspect best. Up.

The development of this kind of missile actually has a lot to do with his new generation of automatic firepower platform after the Destroyer.

Anti-aircraft missiles and anti-armor missiles all have a guidance system completely different from that of ground-to-ground.At close range, it is also necessary to calculate ballistic missiles, and the technology development cost is quite high.

The fully automatic firepower platform cannot perform saturated bombardment on a certain area like a tank.

The effect of this kind of missile with a somewhat tasteless range is highlighted.

At present, various basic technologies have not been studied, and now it is said that the automatic firepower platform is somewhat inappropriate.

However, other weapons must be at the forefront. As long as the intelligent control technology is mature and various weapons and equipment modules are added, the design will be successful.

Just like the current UAV unit, when there is no satellite system support, it begins to study UAV operations. Once the satellite communication system is built, it can operate quickly only after the network is replaced.

Just like playing an online game, at the beginning, it was a stand-alone version of a human-machine battle. After the network is connected, the map becomes larger, and the basic operations of the combat mode will not change.

"It's up to you. The role of paratroopers, from the beginning of construction, is to quickly deploy troops, capture strategic points or quickly provide battlefield support. Stronger firepower can also improve their combat effectiveness." Long Yaohua has obviously accepted Liu. This kind of thinking of nineteen.

He did not explicitly say that they were asked to design paratrooper tanks. After all, the military's projects were not easily available to various units.

The Ninth Institute has project autonomy. As long as they start to develop, the current situation is that after success, the military that has no choice can purchase from them.