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Chapter 527 Chapter 526, How to transform the tank?

Driving a tank is different from driving a car, but it is similar to driving a tractor. Of course, this is limited to Soviet tanks. When recruiting tank soldiers, they directly ask if they can drive a tractor. If they can, they can directly drive a tank.

One thing that must be said is that the Russians' tank development concept is more suitable for the situation of war than the development concept of the little mustache leader! The quality of German tanks is not to be mentioned, the thickness of the armor is not to be mentioned, and the mechanical maintenance alone is much more complicated than that of Soviet tanks! The mechanical structure of German tanks is very sophisticated, but the more sophisticated the things are, the more expensive they are, and they are more likely to be damaged and difficult to repair.

So in the late stage of World War II, when German tanks were damaged, the soldiers on the front line had to wait for the arsenal to build them and for new tank drivers to be trained, which was very time-consuming.

Soviet tanks are much simpler, with a rough appearance, durable structure, low cost, and easy production. Well... the disadvantage is that tanks and tank soldiers are used like toilet paper! Of course, the advantage is what I just mentioned, driving a tank is as convenient as driving a tractor. Just find a tractor driver from the farm and tell him to drive a tank to fight. It is easy to recruit soldiers, and there is no need to train them much.

The only tanks that can be mentioned during World War II are the Soviet and German ones. As for the tanks of other countries, they are just so-so, such as the Japanese and the Americans. There is nothing much to say. After all, the main force against the German tanks was the Soviet ones, and the Americans just watched the fun and watched the movie about fighting against Germany...

There are some information about the Japanese tanks in Li Yuexuan's data, but not much, just some models and performance introductions, no more specific information! Therefore, Li Yunlong took the trouble to capture some tanks from the battlefield for research!
For an arsenal, especially one whose main task is research and development, it makes a difference whether it has tanks or not! With tanks as reference and experiment, we can study some weapons in a targeted way. For example, the broken Type 89 old tank was taken to the shooting range these days and used as a target by heavy machine guns, light machine guns, sniper rifles and other firearms.

The main purpose of using firearms to shoot these tanks is to test the armor-piercing ability of the hardened steel core armor-piercing bullets. By the way, it can also accumulate some data for the front-line soldiers to tell them what guns, what bullets, at what angles, and at what distances, can penetrate the tank armor. By the way, it is also about the position of the tank driver and from what angles the bullet can kill him...

What to do with armor that even bullets can't penetrate? This is when the rocket launcher comes in for a thorough test! The rocket launcher's charge shield structure and its ability to penetrate armor with a metal jet can be tested at different distances and angles on the shooting range to get the latest data.

In fact, the armor-piercing ability of the rockets designed by Li Yuexuan is enough to completely destroy the armor of all tanks in World War II. After all, although this thing is an old model of rocket launchers developed after the war, it is also something that only appeared after the war, and the armor-piercing thickness and armor material it faces are different.

Boom boom... With the help of the auxiliary panel, even though Li Yuexuan had never driven a Japanese tank, he still mastered the tank posture technique at the fastest speed. After driving the 89th Division tank and the Xiaodou tank respectively, Li Yuexuan couldn't help but sigh that being small also has its advantages. The Xiaodou tank is not something that tall people and fat people can drive, it's too narrow!

After fully experiencing the postures of the two tanks, Li Yuexuan also had a clear idea of ​​what was going on. Then, the report was given to Minister Zhang.

"Don't worry, I've already contacted the headquarters, and the head of the headquarters said that you can just dismantle and study them, and don't worry about anything else. The deputy commander said that our Eighth Route Army is still very weak, and the fighting situation is still mainly guerrilla warfare, and the fighting areas are mostly mountainous areas, which are not suitable for equipping a large number of tanks! Moreover, these tanks are not worth establishing a special tank unit." "However, if our arsenal masters the corresponding technology by dismantling these tanks, then when our troops need tanks, the arsenal will have enough technical data support!"

"Is that so?" Li Yuexuan looked at Minister Zhang and said, "In fact, I think that instead of dismantling the Japanese tanks for research, it is better to get some ready-made technology from Russia! Russia is an industrial power after all. Although it is currently at war, it still has a strong foundation! For example, we can get some of their obsolete tank models, or even unwanted production lines, through channels!"

"First, we take the things they don't want and can't use, and research and produce them. Then, using these technologies as a basis, we can imitate and research our own tanks. I think this is the normal and fastest way of development! As for these Japanese tanks, we just need to dismantle them and understand the technology. Of course, if necessary, we can also do some modification work." Li Yuexuan said.

"Modify? How do you want to modify it? Tell me about it." Minister Zhang became interested.

"Remember our homemade tanks? My plan is to go in that direction and modify some attack tanks specifically for attacking bunkers and blasting artillery towers. For example, this small bean bag tank, with its onboard machine gun, can only bully troops without anti-tank weapons, and its combat effectiveness is just like that."

"But if we modify it, it can become a good tool for attacking bunkers! First, replace the front armor and side armor with our bulletproof shield steel to increase the bulletproof ability. Secondly, remove the light machine gun and replace it with a shotgun on the vehicle to deal with the Japanese scattered soldiers who dare to approach; finally, our 82 mortar can fire directly, right? Installed on the tank, it can fire directly or indirectly!"

"We can even add a launcher for long-barrel grenades and carry three long-barrel grenades. When the time comes, we can get close enough to launch the long-barrel grenades and fire at the turret!"

"You said, with such an armored vehicle accompanying the attacking troops to attack the artillery tower, wouldn't it be easier and less likely to cause casualties? As for the three old Type 89 tanks, my idea is to combine them with 120mm heavy mortars and transform them into self-propelled mortar launchers. Although this tank runs very slowly, it is very powerful and can tow an ammunition truck, which is great!"

"The second is the enemy's captured trucks. If necessary, we can modify them by adding bulletproof shields to the front of the truck, adding some protective measures to the truck bed, and placing mortars on the truck."

"In short, there are many directions for modification, it all depends on what the team needs! After all, our arsenal serves the front-line combat troops!" Li Yuexuan finished speaking, looked to the northwest, and then said: "In fact, if we can have our own tractor production capacity, we can modify a large number of such combat vehicles!"

(End of this chapter)