C82 Combat Power Is King
C82 Combat Power Is King
Elder Zhu looked at Qin Guan with anticipation. Obviously, Major Yang had talked to Elder Zhu before. Elder Zhu thought highly of Qin Guan's ideas.
Besides, the negotiation of introducing the Leopard-2 tank had reached a deadlock. Hans Country hoped that Han Country would bring in thousands of tanks to talk about the export of the technology. For Han Country, they would only be able to import ten at most. They lacked foreign currencies!
Since Qin Guan could get the Sheridan through special abilities, could he get one for everyone to study?
Elder Zhu had this idea, but now, because of Qin Guan's previous experience, his thoughts had become smoother.
The most important thing was the development of the industrial system and industrial technology. Qin Guan could only rely on himself to exchange for equipment in the weapon system. Perhaps, when his system was upgraded to an extremely powerful level, he could exchange for the equipment of an entire division in an instant. But now, raising their industrial level and allowing them to produce large amounts of equipment was the most important thing.
Thinking of this, Qin Guan had already thought of something.
"For a tank, the most important thing is its firepower." Qin Guan said, "Whether our next tank is going to use 120 mm caliber or 125 mm caliber, we can't do without the manufacturing technology of the cannon barrel. The electricity slag heavy steel and self-tightening technology are the most important."
As long as they talked about tank gun, they could not do without this technology.
The Electricity slag remelting steel was a way to use the electric resistance produced by the electric current through the molten slag as a heat source to smelt.
In other words, it was a re-smelting of steel. Its purpose was to increase the purity of the metal and improve the ingot crystal. The purity of the steel that was remelted by the electric slag was high, contained low sulfur, and there were few non-metallic objects. Therefore, the surface of the iron ingot was smooth, clean, and dense. Moreover, its metal structure and chemical composition were uniform.
This technology had existed since the fifties, and it also existed in Bear Country. However, they did not have advanced electricity slag heavy steel.
The quality of the slag steel ingots depended on the reasonable melting process of the slag and the equipment conditions to ensure the slag process. This kind of steel was a necessary choice to make the tank gun. Looking at the future generations, it was clear that almost all the cannon barrels were this kind of technology.
The self-tightening technology was to use a hydraulic press or other machinery to distort the cannon barrels. The inside of the barrel was molded layer by layer because of the huge twisting force, giving it a huge pressure. This stress was originally enough to cause the cannon to break apart, but the cannon's steel was quite flexible, so it maintained the cannon from breaking apart.
This stress pulled the cannon toward the inside, but it was pulled by the cannon's own tensile performance. Hence, the cannon's internal tensile strength could reach up to a hundred trillion Hpah. When the cannon fired, apart from the gas pushing the ammunition forward, it also had a large force to open the cannon barrel. This force was the opposite of the preventive force within the cannon barrel, which greatly increased the cannon's ability to withstand the pressure.
Both methods allowed the tank gun tube to withstand the high bore pressure, and the result was that the cannonball would have a greater kinetic energy when it flew out.
When Qin Guan proposed these two techniques, as expected, Elder Zhu frowned.
Qin Guan did not mention the Leopard-2 tank directly, but directly mentioned the cannon. After all, for a tank, without a suitable cannon, everything would be in vain. Without these two technologies, there was no hope of production.
Qin Guan's words pointed out the main point. If the armor of the tank was not thick enough and the engine was not strong enough, the Tank Soldier could still tolerate it, but if the tank gun was not strong enough, if it could not penetrate the armor of the enemy tank, how could the Tank Soldier fight?
"Yes, these two techniques are the most important. However, I'm afraid we can't reach this level in our country right now." Even though Elder Zhu had always advocated self-research and had always thought that foreign help was unreliable, however, Elder Zhu knew that it was not possible to rely on domestic research and development.
"But if we were to bring in foreign tank gun, we don't have that many foreign reserves. Furthermore, we don't know where to bring them in." Elder Zhu said.
It was not easy to bring in these technologies!
"You can bring in the tank gun from the Cattle Country." Qin Guan said, "The 105mm Rifle Gun developed in Cattle Country has already been used by the entire Western Group as standard equipment."
The 105mm Rifle Gun was the standard cannon used by the Western Group in the entire era. It was powerful enough to deal with the threat of the Bear Country. It was a very mature cannon.
"We will negotiate with Cattle Country and bring in these Rifle Gun. At the same time, we will bring in all kinds of processing equipment to produce these Rifle Gun, including the Electricity slag remelting steel related equipment used by the cannon, and the precision deep hole drill. As long as these equipment is in our hands, we will be able to produce the high-speed revolving equipment used to produce armor-piercing bullets. We will study our own new generation of tank gun, and we will have the technology reserves."
What Qin Guan was talking about now was the project in the history of his previous life. The introduction of the 105mm tank gun was not an isolated project. It was a very complicated system. With this system as a basis, the 86 Types 100 mm Slide Counter tank gun, 89 Types 120 mm Slide Counter tank gun, and 125 mm tank gun were all developed on this basis. The same was true for the tungsten alloy and the armor-piercing shells of the uranium alloy.
What they wanted was a larger caliber tank gun and a pre-developed version of it for the next generation of tanks. And now, they were looking for the west and Cattle Country to bring in the main forces of active equipment. It was no longer a 105mm cannon with advanced technology. This was much easier.
When Qin Guan said this, everyone present nodded their heads. "That's right. This is a good idea, but this method requires us to pay a large amount of foreign reserves. Our country doesn't have money!"
Elder Zhu felt a little helpless. Bringing in dozens of cannons didn't require much foreign exchange. However, the people of Cattle Country might not agree to let them bring in the entire system. It might cost a lot of money, and the country might not be able to afford it. The final project still failed.
"We can carry out the technology exchange." Qin Guan said, "For example, we can exchange technology with the blueprint of the 1500 power engine. That would be much easier. "
The tank gun technology in Cattle Country was not bad, and it could greatly improve them. But Cattle Country has their weakness. Their future generations' Challenger Tank had exposed this weakness. The Chobham Armour allowed its self-weight to exceed 60 tons, but it only had a diesel engine with 1200 power. Comparatively, Hans Country now had a power of 1500!