~.< Shuhai Pavilion >-~ Tanks are a symbol of strength. Although Saudi Arabia is rich, Saudi Arabia has never thought of introducing various modern industries. Now that it has seen the tank production line, it gives Prince Sultan the impression that it is very shocking.

"How is this tank perform?" Prince Sultan asked curiously.

"Our tank weighs 41 tons. Due to the use of a 1,000 horsepower 6TD diesel engine, the ton of power reaches 25 horsepower per ton, the maximum off-road speed is 45 kilometers per hour, the maximum road trip is 480 kilometers, and the 2a46 smoothbore gun is used. The thickness of armor-breaking at a distance of 1,000 meters is 475 mm. Due to the use of an automatic bomb filler, the members are reduced to three people." Speaking of this tank, Kartsev immediately started to talk.

Unfortunately, when the accompanying translator spoke these professional terms, some of them were not very accurate, but Prince Sultan still heard the word "automatic filler".

What does Saudi Arabia need the least? Money! What does Saudi Arabia need the most? Soldiers who are not afraid of death!

You should know that in the West, no tank uses an automatic ammunition filling machine, and it is all four-person. This tank that uses an automatic ammunition loader reduces the crew to three people, which means that during war, one person's casualties can be reduced.

It is not that Western tank soldiers are not afraid of death, but that the automatic loading technology of tanks is not very mature. After the first T-64 tank equipped with automatic loading machines was put into service, this automatic loading machine plagued the reliability problems of technicians for several years. The automatic loading machine of the t-72 tank, due to the lower index than the T-64, has taken many simplified measures and is more reliable.

Seeing that Prince Sultan was a little moved, Kusai knew that he needed to add more fire.

This is also strange. Prince Sultan immediately ordered to buy the expensive Phantom 4000, and it seems that Prince Sultan has not taken a lot of attention to this much cheaper T-72 tank.

"Actually, when I introduced this kind of tank production line, I was preparing to make some improvements," said Kusai.

Improvement? Speaking of this, Kartsev stared at Kusai, this tank. It can be said that it is his lifelong masterpiece. Improvement makes the combat effectiveness of this tank stronger, and it is also a very clear choice.

The key is to see how to change it.

If it is a major change, it is better to design a brand new tank.

"The most important thing that needs improvement in the t-72 is the fire control system." Kusai said: "Our fire control system, the night vision device used so far is still infrared headlights, which has long been behind. I suggest you visit our Southern Military Region's 69 tank. The infrared night vision device has been used. In the night battle, the enemy can discover the target first."

Kusai said it completely reasonable. As an infrared night vision device used in the first generation of tanks, infrared headlights will be eliminated sooner or later. Switching to infrared night vision devices is inevitable for development.

"Also, our tanks have not used laser rangefinders, and fire control data still need to be input manually. Now, it can still win against Iranian tanks. However, it is very dangerous to fight against the new generation of Western tanks." Kusai said.

Kartsev can't argue about this. In fact, the domestic T-72 has been replaced with a laser rangefinder, but the ones exported to Iraq are naturally a simplified version.

Kusai proposed to improve the fire control system incisively, which made the experienced Kartsev seem completely unquestionable. So the most important thing is how to change it.

The Soviet Union would not export the advanced fire control systems used by the Soviet Union itself.

Listening to Kusai’s narrative, Prince Sultan, as Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Defense, also listened very seriously.

Seeing Kartsev looking at him, Kusai felt relaxed and contented. He was also very good at talking about these things, and he knew what the future trend would be!

"We have had extensive collaboration with German Krupp Atlas Electronics. The last 69 improvement project was to introduce their Flp-10/emes 18 fire control system, so now we can still introduce the laser rangefinder and infrared imaging night vision device." Kusai expressed his idea. Those things that the Soviet Union refused to export could be purchased from the West: "And, we need to improve the t-72 fire control computer so that the data of the laser rangefinder can be directly input into the computer without manual settings. This can greatly speed up the system's response speed."

Infrared night vision devices, laser rangefinders, and cross-linked with fire control computers. This is the solution proposed by Kusai now, but this is not the most perfect one.

Nowadays, new tanks have begun to use the command ritual fire control system. The basic feature of this fire control system is that the scope is installed separately from the cannon. The cannon and the scope are both stable. The gunman uses a manual control device to drive the scope so that the line of sight is always aimed at the target. The cannon is not driven by the gun, but is followed by the line of sight through the self-synchronous machine and the cannon servo system. The shooting advance angle calculated by the fire control computer is not transmitted to the scope transmission device, but is only transmitted to the cannon and turret servo system. In this way, the cannon can be adjusted to the advance position, while the scope still keeps tracking the target.

That is, it can be simply summarized as: wherever the gunman aims, the cannon will point to the fastest text update of Shumilou. < Shuhai Pavilion >-No ads// Wherever it goes, and it has been set up to measure in advance.

This kind of fire control system is the standard configuration for Iraq's future tanks.

When he introduced the production line of the T-72 tank and dug up talents like Kartsev, Kusai already had the idea of ​​draining the potential of this old tank designer. While he was leading the production and improvement of the T-72 tank, he cultivated his own design team in Iraq, and then designed a new tank that was completely in line with the Middle East climate!

It seems that the introduction of Rheinmetall 120mm tank gun and the idea of ​​getting the Chobam armor must start as soon as possible, because the core components of the tank now only have a 1,000 horsepower 6TD engine, which is a good guy.

There is another alternative to armor, that is, depleted uranium armor.

Hearing Kusai’s statement was completely reasonable, Kartsev nodded and said, “Theoretically, this improvement should be reasonable and can improve the combat effectiveness of t-72.”

"Last time we improved the 69 tank, we still had a batch of spare parts left, so we can take it here for experiments first," said Kusai.

"There is another area that needs improvement," said Prince Sultan.

Hearing Prince Sultan's words, Kartsev asked, "Your Highness, what else does it need to be improved?"

At this time, both sides walked and said that they had arrived at the final assembly workshop.

Looking at the nearly finished car bodies in the workshop, Prince Sultan said: "Soviet tanks do not have high-power air conditioners. The climate in our Middle East is very hot. If you stay in this steel in summer, you will have only a small fan to cool down. The tank soldiers will suffer."

Kartsev was shocked. The tank soldiers were for war. What did they pay attention to doing so much? They didn’t even want to sweat and even talked about blood.

Looking at the oily work clothes on his body, and then looking at Prince Sultan's spotless Arab robe, Kartsev felt that there was a gap between the two sides.

In fact, this is also the difference between the East and the West in tank design concepts. Western tanks emphasize people-oriented and attach importance to ergonomics. Only by providing the best environment for tankers can they devote themselves to fighting with full energy. However, the East mainly emphasizes that one is not afraid of hardship and death, and requires people to adapt to tanks. In this view, the big belly of the armor Ali is the most experienced. If he were here, he would definitely regard Prince Sultan as a relative.

Unexpectedly, Kusai also said: "Yes, it would be better if you can install an air conditioner. If you can have a small refrigerator and drink cold drinks in it in summer, that would be better."

"Yes!" Prince Sultan said: "If there are air conditioners and refrigerators, we Saudi Arabia also need hundreds of such tanks!"

Kartsev looked at the two people in front of him, really wondering why they had such an idea. Did their soldiers come to enjoy it?

Kusai just casually said that air conditioning is a must, and as for refrigerators, it’s better to be exempted!

However, Prince Sultan is absolutely serious. Saudi recruitment is very difficult. Almost all young people of appropriate age are unwilling to join the army. Many of the Saudi army are mercenaries of other nationalities. If in the recruitment advertisement, a brave Saudi young man enjoys the cool air conditioner, drinks cold drinks, and accurately bombards the enemy with tank guns, that kind of power and enjoyment will definitely attract the enthusiasm of many Saudi young people to join the army!

"His Excellency Kusai, do you really need to add air conditioners and refrigerators?" Kartsev asked.

"We can improve a sample car," Kusai said: "Check the effect after the installation."

Installing air conditioners and refrigerators is not a big improvement, and at most one or two shells is reduced. Since the Saudi Army likes to do this, we will study this kind of tank and provide it to Saudi Arabia.

"Okay, we're looking forward to it." Prince Sultan said.

In this way, an improved version of the T-72 tank that all tank soldiers envied, a tank specially used by Saudi Arabia was born through the discussion of several people's "units of each".

Prince Sultan walked into the inside of a tank chassis and sat on the chair of the car captain. The chair was a bit hard, not as comfortable as the flying seat of Phantom 4000 (of course this is incomparable). It seems that the chair should also be replaced. ~.< Shuhai Pavilion >-~

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