Chapter 1254： T-Eighty UD

Forward, forward! Tanks galloping along the highways on the west coast of the United States.

These tanks have the usual low body structure of Soviet tanks, six pairs of road wheels, and a layer of reactive armor on the side of the turret. In general, they are quite similar to the t-72, but its vehicles The front end of the body does not have the special V-shaped structure of the t-72!

This tank is the t-80 tank that the Soviets have equipped themselves and has never exported!

This unit is also a meritorious unit. The 21st Guards Red Banner Vitebsk Tank Division, which was stationed in the 35th Army of the Red Banner in the Amur Region, won the Order of Lenin and the Order of Suvorov! After Alaska was liberated, they were stationed in Alaska. Since then, every soldier in the army has been full of energy. They look forward to the day when they can step on the evil American emperor and liberate the proletariat here.

They watched the Mexicans do it, watched the German comrades do it, and now, finally, they did it themselves!

The 18th tank battalion rushed to the front. A few years ago, they were still equipped with t-62 tanks. After that, the shotgun changed to the gun, and their equipment became the current t-80!

It's just that the peculiar whistle of the gas turbine is gone. This t-80 tank has abandoned the gas turbine and adopted the latest diesel engine!

Gas turbines do have many advantages. They are easy to start, have strong anti-overload capability, and don’t stop flames like diesel engines.

Historically, after the Soviet Union developed the t-80, it continued to improve. By 1985, the t-80u officially appeared, which used a new generation of gas turbine GTd-1250. This engine has been greatly improved, and many advanced technologies have been adopted, such as automatic dust removal system of radial air compressor blade cover and high pressure turbine nozzle assembly, variable power turbine nozzle assembly, and built-in reduction box, etc. Wait, the power is increased to 1250 horsepower, but it still cannot solve the problem of high fuel consumption.

At the same time, other design bureaus were also improving the t-80. For example, in 1987, the Morozov design bureau independently completed the development of the diesel engine version of the t-80, called the t-80ud "White Birch". Using a 6td-1 6-cylinder multi-fuel two-stroke turbo-piston supercharged diesel engine with a power of 1000 hp, the fuel consumption is much smaller.

Andre's crossing, the gas turbine was sentenced to death in advance, and the Soviet tank engineers began to continue to develop the diesel version.

At the beginning, during World War II, the Soviet tanks used diesel engines in a pioneering manner. At that time, the b2 series diesel engines were of epoch-making significance. Even the b-46 diesel engine of the t-72 was based on the b2 diesel engine. of.

Soviet tank designers were familiar with the development of diesel engines, and in the process, German engineers joined in.

In terms of industrial technology, the Germans are also very powerful. The mtu873 diesel engine of the Leopard 2 tank can be said to be the limit of the current tank diesel engine power! (The hero of East China is an absolute Leopard 2 fan, and he has always talked about Leopard 2 tanks.)

Therefore, at the time of the change, the Soviet Union also planned to directly package the power of the Leopard 2 tank. After all, the advanced degree of this power system is obvious to all, and the Soviet Union is also ashamed.

However, after some research, I finally gave up.

Why? Because I can't let it go!

The volume of the mtu873 diesel engine is 3.69 cubic meters, while the gas turbine used by the t-80 is only 2.8 cubic meters! In later generations, the improved t-80ud is only 3.15 cubic meters, so this kind of engine cannot be plugged in, unless the t-80 is lengthened and a pair of road wheels are added, which is tantamount to A new tank has been developed!

So, looking back, in the end, they chose their own product. This engine is not the b46 engine of the t-72, but the newly developed 6td diesel engine! This diesel engine is a horizontally opposed six-cylinder two-stroke multi-fuel supercharged engine. Originally, the Soviet Union was developing it by itself. Now, with the participation of German engineers, the progress of the project has been faster. Using German technology to transform, the engine with a volume of 3.15 cubic meters has finally reached a power of 1200 horsepower!

This is not abnormal, the volume of the power transmission chamber of the m1 tank is as high as 7.6 cubic meters! This is because the power unit uses an axial compressor and heat exchanger and a dual-stage air filter, where the volume of the air filter is about 2 cubic meters!

Although there is still a gap between the 1500 horsepower of the 6td diesel engine and the mtu873 diesel engine, this kind of engine is quite compact and is the most suitable engine for the power compartment of the t-80! Moreover, although the engine of the Leopard 2 tank is nominally 1500 horsepower, due to the dissipation of the cooling system and the consumption of various hydraulic transmission systems, there is 400 horsepower power, which is wasted in this way, and the real transmission to The power on the track is less than 1000 horsepower, and the weight of the Leopard 2 tank is as high as 60 tons, so in terms of mobility, the current t-80 is extremely excellent!

Moreover, after switching to the current diesel engine, the off-road travel has also doubled!

There are also some shortcomings. Once the system is damaged on the battlefield, it will be very troublesome to maintain. Moreover, the replacement of the entire power pack is also a bit complicated. It is not as convenient and quick as the overall replacement of the power compartment of the Leopard 2 tank.

At the same time, in addition to power, the armor has also been updated, using the latest Soviet technology, honeycomb-bound ceramic composite armor. This welded and sealed entire armor structure is made into replaceable armor modules for easy replacement on the battlefield. As for the protection, the armor used by the Soviets is definitely much stronger than the protection of the exported t-72!

In fact, for now, there is nothing that can stop the attack of the Soviet ground forces! You know, the Soviets were originally the most traditional land powers!

At the same time, since the Soviets decided to show their fangs, there is no need to say anything polite. If they should be taken out, take them out!

Battalion Commander Maxim, showing half of his body, looked at the flying fighter planes in the sky.

This time, the Soviets are serious. In order to protect their ground troops, the Soviets dispatched a large number of aviation units!