Chapter 183： Kartsev

Nizhny Tagil Design Bureau is located in the Central Uras Verdlovsk region. There are rich iron, copper, gold, platinum group metals and other minerals and forest resources nearby and the Katchkanal Mountains 106 kilometers to the north. , There is a natural gas pipeline in the northern part of Tyumen state. Various convenient conditions made it an important industrial center of the Soviet Union.

The northern part of Tyumen is connected by natural gas pipelines. Russia's main iron and steel industry center, railway vehicle manufacturing, metal processing and coking industries are developed.

The emergence of the Nizhny Tagil Design Bureau has to start from World War II. At that time, the German blitzkrieg caused heavy damage to the Eastern European part of the Soviet Union. When the German army was approaching Leningrad, Alexander? a? The kb-520 tank design bureau led by Morozov and all employees of the Kharkiv Steam Locomotive Factory were successfully evacuated to the Nizhny Tagil Ural Locomotive and Rolling Stock Factory, establishing a large-scale tank production and development for the Nizhny Tagil area. center. After the liberation of Kharkiv in 1943, many experts returned to their original homes. In 1951, Morozov led a large number of engineers from the original kb-520 design bureau back to Kharkov to form a new kb-60m design bureau. In this way, the technical cadres of the Lal Locomotive and Rolling Stock Manufacturing Design Bureau were quickly lost. In order to prevent the collapse of the tank factory in this new industrial base that emerged during the war, the Soviet Council of Ministers decided to send new graduates from the Engineering Department of the Soviet Armored Tank and Mechanized Forces Military Academy to the Design Bureau of the Ural Locomotive and Rolling Stock Factory work, including Leonid Nikolaevich Kartsev. After Morozov left, he succeeded Morozov as chief designer of the Design Bureau of the Ural Locomotive and Rolling Stock Plant.

Since then, the emerging Nizhny Tagil Design Bureau has begun its own glory.

The Soviet Union's epoch-making tank T-64, because of the reliability of various technologies, made the General Administration of Armored Forces in a turmoil. Therefore, the General Administration of Armored Forces issued an important task to Kartsev: "Develop a reliable T-64 simplified version. tank".

However, after careful analysis of the T-64, Kartsev resolutely decided to throw the T-64 away. Starting anew, in the name of 172M, the T-72 came out, and everyone was happy. And it has created the glory of the Nizhny Tagil Design Bureau for decades.

Actual combat is the best stage for testing equipment, and now, T-72 tanks have landed in Hokkaido and participated in a series of wars just after the war. The Nizhny Tagil Design Bureau is here!

Study the performance of this tank in actual combat, improve it, and serve the Soviets better!

"Our T-72 tanks have a lot of firepower, and the tanks of the islanders can't stand our bombardment at all. Moreover, the automatic loader is also very reliable." Greeting this group of technicians, the head of the 67th regiment Tikhonov, full of praise.

Thinking of the war that broke out just after landing, the T-72 tank and the island's best 74-type tank. After a lively battle, the advantage of our own tanks was quite obvious, which made Tikhonov quite satisfied.

The consistent principle of the Soviet Union is to outperform the opponent in firepower. During World War II, when other countries' tanks were still equipped with artillery with a caliber of about 70 mm, the medium-sized T-34 was equipped with an 85 mm caliber tank gun. The German King Tiger is only 88mm.

Now. The advantage of the 125mm gun of the Soviet tank is quite obvious.

Listening to Tikhonov's words, the tank experts kept nodding, and one of the middle-aged men with a thin face said, "Then our tanks. What are the shortcomings?"

shortcoming? Hearing the other party's question, Tikhonov saw the violent explosion again, the turret that was thrown away, and his unlucky subordinates.

"Our tanks, the armor performance is not thick enough, and they are easily penetrated by the tanks of the islanders at close range. Moreover, our tanks are prone to explosions. We have a few tanks, and that's how they were lost." Tihonno husband said.

"The armor can only guarantee the performance at a certain distance, and it cannot guarantee that it will not be penetrated at close range." Hearing his words, a technician immediately said.

"Armor is related to the lives of our soldiers!" Hearing this sentence, the middle-aged man was immediately unhappy. The technicians under his command were actually correct, whether it could be penetrated, and the distance It has a lot to do with it, but in the eyes of our own technicians, these are just cold data, and in the hands of the armored soldiers, the fresh life will disappear at any time.

It's about the life of a soldier! These words echoed in his ears, and Tikhonov immediately felt like he wanted to cry. Yes, those young men who died in battle were all very good young people!

"Comrade KartsevWelcome to Hokkaido." At this moment, a voice sounded behind him.

Kartsev looked around and saw that he was a young officer. He was so young that he already had the rank of colonel. There was only one person in the entire Soviet Union.

"Commander Andrei, I'm very sorry, we are in a hurry, maybe the news has not been sent from the General Bureau of the Armored Forces." Kartsev said.

The two hands were clasped together, and Andre looked at the person in front of him with respect in his eyes.

Kartsev is respectable. The Nizhny Tagil Design Bureau has no background, but he has designed excellent tanks and successfully equipped a large number of them. Now the situation is unstable and there will be war at any time, but Kartsev is not afraid of danger. Take the initiative to come here for a field trip. Moreover, Andre also heard the words just now, this is a responsible tank designer!

This is Kartsev's character. Back then, during the Fourth Middle East War, Kartsev went to Egypt to investigate the use of tanks there, but it was not a first-class Soviet-made tank at that time. And now, the T-72 tank has participated in actual combat, and he must investigate as soon as possible!

"We welcome you all very much, Comrade Kartsev, you are the protector of our Soviet armored troops," Andrei said.

In later generations, although the T-72 tank has always performed poorly, there are quite a number of reasons. For example, those tanks exported by the Soviet Union are all monkey versions, and their performance is lower than that of the Soviet Union's own use. Symmetrical combat, fighting against an enemy who has mastered air supremacy, the consequences are obvious.

This time, in the hands of the Soviets, the T-72 tank is exerting its power, and the Soviets also have the advantage of generational difference. To be continued.