Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 1792 1793 Let them come by themselves!

For the tank research and development technical engineers of the Anti-Tang Alliance, they can no longer focus all their attention on the opponent's tanks.

On the battlefield, the tanks they designed had to face increasing threats, not only enemy tanks, but also individual anti-tank weapons and an increasing number of air threats.

This is the biggest problem that gives them a headache: increasing the thickness of the armor can be done, increasing the power of the tank can be done, and installing larger artillery can be done...but is the price to do all this really worth it?

  They went to great lengths to create a behemoth that had enough firepower and defense to rival the Type 96 main battle tank, but could this behemoth only be able to defeat the Tang army's tanks?

Obviously the answer is no: the technical engineers of the coalition forces found that they were facing a wall, a system, and the opponent did not crush them in one link, but in all links.

They had no way to deal with the planes in the sky, and they had no way to deal with individual anti-tank missiles. The emergence of chemical shaped-charge ammunition made armor vulnerable. In that corresponding era, many tanks chose to run naked to reduce their costs. To put it bluntly, when armor-piercing shells first appeared in the region, the technicians in armor defense let themselves go and gave up directly.

It was not until later that more advanced armor theory and technology emerged, and ceramic armor, composite armor, explosive reactive armor, and depleted uranium armor were put into service one after another, that modern main battle tanks returned to the era of thick armor.

Obviously, the technology controlled by the coalition countries is unlikely to come up with so many advanced armor and shell technologies. For a while, they can only bite the bullet and use traditional methods to fight against the terrible weapons of the Tang army.

"Are you kidding me? The top armor has to be more than 40mm thick? How can this thing possibly run?" In the factory building at the rear, an elf engineer with pointy ears questioned the officer in front of him with wide eyes.

His tone was full of disbelief, because he really didn't know whether the other party made this request because they didn't understand what adding a few square meters of thick steel plate meant to a tank.

The officer also looked innocent, spreading his hands and explaining helplessly: "There is no way, sir. According to the statistics from the front line, the number of tanks destroyed by 30mm caliber machine guns is not much less than the number of tanks destroyed by tank guns. In other words, at least one-third of our tanks were destroyed by the enemy's air force."

For the officers and soldiers on the front line, being able to defeat the enemy's tanks was just one of many requirements. Too many of the tanks they had were destroyed by various aircraft of the Tang army.

Therefore, in terms of demand, they urgently hope to have a tank that can withstand the attacks of enemy aircraft: at least the armor on the top is thick enough to protect the tank from being penetrated by the Tang army's 30mm caliber machine gun.

There is no way. Thunder and lightning have now become the nightmare of the coalition armored forces: every time that kind of plane dives down, it will always destroy them with ease, causing heavy losses to the attacking coalition tank forces.

However, the liaison officers and technicians standing here discussing these technologies did not know that the Tang army had already begun to equip its front-line support aircraft with advanced air-to-ground missiles on a large scale.

The elf engineer continued to question angrily: "And then what? Then you want me to design a big turtle? Let the tank go to the battlefield with a turtle shell on top?"

The performance of this tank, which is still on the drawing board, is indeed much better than the various tanks currently in use on the front line. Moreover, this tank is jointly developed by several countries and then produced in a unified manner, which can further simplify the logistics support for the coalition forces. The new tank has many advantages, but it is not completely without flaws. It is very expensive and has low production efficiency. It is just that in terms of performance, it completely crushes the old models.

Moreover, in some invisible performance aspects, it is not as good as existing tanks: for example, in terms of mileage, it can easily cause anxiety for its commanders.

"We really have no other choice, sir. If the roof is still very thin, these expensive tanks will most likely be destroyed on the way to the battlefield." The officer continued to defend himself helplessly.

If new tanks start to be mass-produced, the overall number of tanks replenished to the front line will inevitably decline within a certain period of time. If the loss rate of tanks is still high at that time, the situation of the front-line troops will become more passive.

Therefore, before replacing the new tanks, the commanders on the front line hope to reduce the losses of the front-line armored forces as much as possible and make the replenishment speed of the new tanks able to adapt to the loss rate of the front-line tanks.

"And you want me to double the thickness of the tank's roof, so that the tank's speed is about the same as a turtle?" The elf engineer sneered and continued to ask questions. He always asked questions, as if he wanted to express his dissatisfaction in this way.

He had reason to be dissatisfied, because the new tank design had been revised several times. If he made further revisions, he would have to struggle for a while. He was really fed up with this.

When the officer said this, he felt that his request was a bit excessive, so his voice became lower and lower: "We hope that you can maintain the original speed of the tanks, but add such thick armor..."

The elf engineer spread his hands and suddenly raised his voice: "Are you kidding? What else can I do? The tank's range is already the lowest. This thing can only drive less than 200 kilometers on a tank of fuel! The tank's engine is already the most powerful engine we can find!"

Then he paused, and then asked again: "Okay! Even if you can find a better engine, what about the fuel consumption? Do you agree with the 170-kilometer range?"

"We hope to increase the range from 200 kilometers to 230 kilometers... the generals on the front line said..." The officer knew that he would probably be scolded, so he gritted his teeth and stated another new requirement of the front-line commanders.

Sure enough, the smart engineer exploded. He threw the pen in his hand on the table and shouted angrily: "You can let them design it themselves! I'm not doing this anymore! Whoever wants to do this kind of crap can do it! Let them do it themselves! Let them do it themselves!"

His voice echoed in the workshop, and several human engineers standing next to the drawings looked at the military representatives with dissatisfaction as they made various unrealistic demands.

The representative also knew that he was in the wrong, so he quickly smiled and said, "Sir! Sir, please don't be angry... I, I am just conveying the needs of the front line... We can still discuss this, this matter can still be discussed!"