Chapter 341: Tagil's trip

Lower Tagir is located on the banks of the Tagir River on the eastern slope of Central Ural Mountain. Near and 106 kilometers north of Kachikanal Mountain are rich in iron, copper, gold, platinum group metal and other minerals and forest resources. It is one of the major heavy industrial centers in the Soviet Union.

The Tank Design Bureau here and its subordinate tank manufacturing plants have been providing the Red Empire with a continuous torrent of armor. What made the Soviet Union tremble the most in the Western world was the armored soldiers!

On the battlefield where Europe is flat, once a conflict occurs, the Soviet Union's rolling armored lions will cross the border at any time and step onto a large tract of land in Western Europe, and no force can stop them.

The Soviet Union was attacked by German tanks during World War II, and the advancement of this large armored corps has always been very appreciative of it.

Although it was less than November, the Kachikanal Mountain in the north was already covered with snow, with thousands of miles of ice and thousands of miles of snow.

The Ural Tank Manufacturing Factory in Lower Tagir welcomed a group of special guests on that day.

Kartsev was an explanation, Zhang Feng and his entourage visited the tank manufacturing plant.

It is very similar to the later automobile production lines. On the huge production lines, workers are working intensively.

What they visited was the assembly line.

In a long factory, a tank chassis that had already been seen in its prototype was transported to the production line. First, it was installed on a load-bearing wheel from the side. The workers easily installed it with the wheels hanging in the air.

Then, the tracks are on the upper tracks, and there are already unfolded tracks on the sides. As the tank chassis advances, the tracks are properly stuffed into it. The workers install the final track pins and can complete the work.

Although the degree of automation is not high and it is much behind the F-20 production line imported from the United States, it also makes people who watch it sigh.

Here, it reflects a crystallization of power and wisdom, and has an industrial beauty.

"His Excellency Kusai, this is our most advanced t-72 production line, and the engine is being hoisted here." Kartsev returned here. Although he was old, he was not slow at all and was like a middle-aged man.

In front of the vehicle body, the unique V-shaped structure represents the identity of this tank, which is t-72!

Now, what Zhang Feng saw was that the crane entered the engine from above and stuffed it into the engine bay at the rear. Then, several workers came up, tightened the screws at the connection parts, and connected various joints.

"In fact, our B-46 engine can completely drive the T-72 tank, and there is no need to use the 6TD engine." Kartsev said.

"Comrade Kartsev," said Zhang Feng: "As an old engineer who devoted your life to the tank industry, you must be very clear about what the mobility of a tank means in war, right?"

Soviet tanks have always emphasized firepower, followed by armor protection, and finally maneuverability. In fact, this is also the weak Soviet industrial finishing capability. The Soviet Union needed to lag behind Europe for a few years.

"The stronger the maneuverability of a tank, the easier it is to avoid being hit by the opponent in battle, and the chance of survival will be increased," Kartsev said.

"Yes, so we need stronger mobility. This shouldn't be a mistake, right?" Zhang Feng asked.

Isn't it a mistake? Kartsev looked at the young man in front of him because of his persistence. Now, in the upper class of the Soviet Union, whether this engine can be exported has been studied several times. Ligachev and others opposed it, and Gorbachev agreed and reported it to General Secretary Andropov.

Because the weapons exported by the Soviet Union have always been shrinking products. Even if it provides Iraq with relatively advanced MiG-25 fighter jets, it has reduced certain functions and sent many Soviet personnel to maintain them.

This kind of tank engine in the Soviet Union can be said to be an almost advanced model engine except for gas turbines. If it is provided to Iraq, it will be completely introduced to the production line to produce independently. This is the first time that the Soviet Union sold foreign arms.

You know, it is the most advanced t-64bm, and it is just now changing into a 6td engine.

"It's not just the engine, but in fact, the transmission device, I want to improve it. However, there is no such product in your country yet." Zhang Feng sighed.

When Kartsev heard this, he immediately said: "The transmission has a margin when designing it, and it can be matched with an engine within 700 to 1,000 horsepower. Even if it is really exported to your country's 6td engine, you don't need to improve the transmission."

It seems that this little guy from the Middle East is really good at it, Kartsev thought.

The engine and transmission must be matched. For example, if a high-power engine is used and the original transmission is still used, the transmission will not be able to withstand the violence of the engine and frequently fail.

However, he didn't expect that he had guessed wrong again. This guy actually talked about another design that he had never thought about.

"The gearbox of the t-72 is a mechanical gearbox. Although it has 7 forward gears, no matter how skilled the operator is, it still has to waste more than ten seconds of time if it is an automatic gearbox. If it is an automatic gearbox, it is best. Also, this kind of gearbox only has one reverse gear, which is definitely not enough when fighting. If there are as many reverse gears as forward gears, and the reverse speed is as fast as forward speed, that would be even better." Zhang Feng said it more professionally, and Ajielina, who is responsible for the translation, translated very hard.

Automatic gearbox? It's as fast as forward gear? If Kartsev hadn't seen that he was a very military-capable Iraqi man, he would have wanted to curse. What's the use of those flashy things? Are tank hands so lazy? Can shifting gears make him exhausted? What should I do if I need to reverse gear so fast? To facilitate escape from the battlefield?

Looking at the other party's expression, Zhang Feng knew that these ideas would not be accepted by Soviet tank designers at this time. It seems that if he really wanted, he had to start from the West. Is this combination of Soviet engines and Western gearboxes possible?

"Comrade Kusai, our tank soldiers do not need such a gearbox. Our tanks are for combat, not for enjoyment." Kartsev said.

You know that you don’t pay attention to ergonomic engineering and let the soldiers fight while enjoying it. That’s the perfect way. In the Middle East, adding a high-power air conditioner to the tank is a good way. However, Zhang Feng swallowed this sentence in his stomach. If he said it, this old-fashioned Soviet man might be able to really slap his beard and stare.

"That's right, the t-72 tank can stand out as the most important thing on the land in the Middle East," said Zhang Feng.

Now this Soviet man cannot be offended. Although he has retired, he still has a great influence on this place, so Zhang Feng naturally flattered a few words.

Sure enough, Kartsev's mood immediately improved. The t-72 was the last project in his tank design career and the most proud project. Although he did not completely defeat the Molozov Design Bureau, it also brought earth-shaking changes to the Tagil Design Bureau.

"The training of your country's armored soldiers is also the best," said Kartsev.

Training? Zhang Feng thought to himself, if he hadn't brought Ali from his father, how could this tank, which was regarded as a treasure by his father, go to the battlefield?

Walking forward, the chassis will start to install the turret. The tank is composed of these two parts. The huge crane accurately buckles all installed turrets weighing more than ten tons on the chassis below. Unless it is a major repair, these two things will never be separated.

The turret of the t-72 is cast and has a relatively smooth appearance. Although it has achieved good bulletproof effect, the cast turret is relatively narrow and the personnel are very frustrated to stay inside. Compared with the welded turrets in the West, each has its own advantages and disadvantages. Zhang Feng was already imagining what the situation would be if he replaced with a welded turret on this tank chassis.

After visiting the production line, they came to the Xia Tagil Design Bureau.

At this time, the chief designer of the Navy Tagil Design Bureau was Kartsev's old partner for decades, a classmate and friend of the Armored Soldier Academy, Venetikotov.

In the conference room of the design bureau, Zhang Feng was once again welcomed by the staff in the design bureau.

"This is a little gift for you. Thank you for developing a tank that beats Khomeini's ass." Zhang Feng said, waved to the secretary behind him.

The secretary was holding a small box in his hand. When he opened it this time, it turned out to be a piece of Swiss famous watch!

Kartsev and Venetiritivov looked at each other in front of each other. This was the first time this happened.

If they didn't reach out, the designers below would not dare to take action.

"Comrade Kusai, this is better off." Kartsev said: "We are disciplined, and we cannot accept such things."

Zhang Feng smiled and said, "I just said it wrong. These are not for you, but for your family. When you designed the T-72 tank for the great Soviet in the design bureau, you didn't care about your family. This spirit makes people sigh, and your family also supports your work so much, which makes me even more moved. This is a little care given to you for your family. It should not be considered a violation of discipline, right?"

After Zhang Feng said this, the other party felt relieved. The discipline said that they would not let them take things by themselves. However, this was the other party's wish for his family and had nothing to do with his bribery. Besides, it was just a watch.

Kartsev took the lead and each person picked up a watch. When Kartsev saw that the other party was very generous in his move. This watch was worth at least a few hundred dollars.

"After the production line is installed, I want to hire a designer from your design bureau to be responsible for maintaining the operation of the entire production line." Zhang Feng continued.

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