Chapter 233： T-Eighty Tanks

what is this? From a distance, Andre seemed to hear the roar of a jet engine. This article is by . lwχ520. starter

In the division headquarters of the 4th Tank Division, after coordinating the activities to learn cultural knowledge, Andrei and Marshal Ogarkov came to the training range again to observe the training of the 4th Tank Division on the spot.

As soon as he got out of the car, Andre heard the familiar voice, but this is a tank training ground, not an airport! How can there be the roar of jet engines!

In the telescope, a tank is moving at high speed on the shooting range, with six pairs of road wheels and a low turret. From the appearance, it is almost the same as the T-64, but, this sound...

Andre suddenly remembered, isn't this thing a T-80 tank with a gas turbine? It seems that this kind of tank was finalized in 1976, right? Although the East German troops were first equipped on the front line, the Moscow Military Region, as the Royal Forest Army, also had the right to obtain the best tanks.

"Marshal, General, the one who is conducting the shooting exercise now is the T-80 tank that was equipped with our Fourth Tank Division last year. This tank, like the American M1 tank, uses gas turbines as power and has excellent maneuverability." Milo Colonel Nov introduced.

At this time, the T-80 tank was flying high from a small soil slope, and the entire car body was vacated. Then, it fell to the ground again, and a black smoke was emitted from the engine at the rear, and the tank continued. accelerate.

gas turbine! Until later generations, there are only two tanks in the world that use gas turbines as power. One is the American M1, and the other is the Soviet T-80. The engine starts quickly. The torque is large, and it is not easy to flame out under high load. Unlike diesel engines, which need to be warmed up at low temperatures, they almost go away when they catch fire.

These are advantages, however, of another gas turbine. It's a pretty big flaw.

Gas! Gas turbines under high operating conditions. Similar to the fuel consumption of diesel engines, various advantages are very obvious. However, under low working conditions, diesel engines consume very little fuel, while gas turbines consume almost the same fuel! Compared to a diesel engine, this thing is a tiger that drinks oil!

This T-80 tank, after the external fuel tank. The journey will not exceed 400 kilometers! The American M1 tank, with two tons of fuel, is similar to the Leopard 2's trip.

Later, when the Russians hit Chechnya. The tank troop had not attacked, but just stood by, and as a result, all the precious fuel was consumed.

There is also a high price. The T-64 is expensive enough, only 140,000 rubles, while the T-80 is as high as 480,000 rubles! and. American tanks are equipped with automatic transmissions, which allows high mobility. The Soviet T-80 is still a manual transmission. The operation level of the personnel is not as fast as the automatic transmission, so the maneuverability is also not good. Not ideal.

In later generations, the Chechen War proved the poor performance of this tank, and the T-80 was not welcomed by the Russian army and was discontinued.

This is not the tank the Soviets need! However, Andrei can only put this idea in his mind temporarily. The gas turbine tank has been studied since the 1950s. At that time, the Minister of Defense Grechko was always dissatisfied. As a result, when Ustinov came to power , put into production directly!

This is the tank that Ustinov likes. Now, Andrei is too embarrassed to point out the defects of this tank. After all, he belongs to the air defense system. Now he has gone to the army to be a staff officer. Soy sauce.

"Boom!" At this moment, the advancing tank suddenly fired, which was deafening.

With the sound of the guns, a fire burst out from the barrel of the tank, and in the distance, a small dirt **** a few kilometers away suddenly flew away.

Even without a telescope, you can see clearly with the naked eye, which is spectacular!

"Well, our tankers are good and well-trained!" Marshal Ogarkov nodded again and again. He was able to accurately shoot the target while traveling. This requires strict training of tankers and close cooperation of the crew, even if the The T-80 is a new type of fire control system, which also requires high-quality tank crews.

"This crew is our training pacesetter this year." Hearing Marshal Ogarkov's compliment, Colonel Mironov also looked proud. Just when he was about to humble himself, General Andrei next to him spoke. : "Comrade division commander, what kind of armor-piercing bullets are issued for our T-80 tanks? Has the latest armor-piercing bullets been issued?"

Andrei is still concerned about the construction of tank units. He remembered that Kartsev had visited the front line when he was in Hokkaido. After that, Andrei proposed to improve the existing armor-piercing projectiles and increase the aspect ratio.

Later, with the help of a new type of ammunition, Andre successfully intimidated the Americans, so that they did not dare to take the initiative to provoke war.

And Andre naturally knows the competition between the two design bureaus. However, competition is competition. This new type of ammunition should be universal, right? They are all 125mm tank guns, and Nizhny Tagil should not be a private collection.

Hearing Andrei's question, the smile on Colonel Mironov's face instantly solidified, and then he changed his expression to the expression just now: "Yes, the new tungsten alloy armor-piercing bullets have been equipped for our tank troops. ,only…"

"Since it's equipped, give us an armor-piercing shot." Ogarkov interrupted Mironov: "Hit a steel target."

Shooting a steel target? What tungsten alloy armor-piercing bullets? Colonel Mironov's heart sank and immediately thought of something: "Report, our shooting range, now lacks steel targets, this armor-piercing bullet, let's forget it."

"Colonel Mironov, use your brains!" Andrei said on the side: "These T-80s are newly equipped, so there must be tanks that have been eliminated, right? Just use the tanks that we eliminated. Target, let's see if our new armor-piercing projectile can penetrate our eliminated tanks."

Now that the T-80 is equipped, it must be that the new armor-piercing projectile has been mass-produced. Andrei can't wait to test the performance of his own armor-piercing projectile.

It's just that this teacher seems to have any difficulties? Look at this guy, the smile on his face is uglier than crying?

"Yes, drag out the T-62 that was eliminated in the warehouse and have a shot!" Ogarkov was also itchy at Andre's suggestion.

The breeze was blowing on the training range, and the whole range was silent at this time.

"Boom, boom." After waiting for a full hour, just as the sun was about to go down, the roar of the engine finally came from a distance, and an outdated T-62 in the warehouse came over. (To be continued.)