Chapter 356

“Here?” When the team arrived, Zhang Deming brought a few technicians to greet him.

“I didn’t sleep last night?” Zheng Yucheng asked with a haggard look at Zhang Deming and the technicians around him, with bloodshot eyes and frowning.

Zhang Deming nodded, “I was afraid of accidents. When I drove over last night, he always drove at a low speed. As long as there was an alarm, he would stop for inspection. If there is no problem, it is urgently needed.”

“This test doesn’t work, and the real problem can’t be found at all.” Xie Kai was also a little bit distressed by Zhang Deming and others, but they solved the problem when it happened, or solved all the small problems that weren’t a problem. This is not a good thing.

Many parts, if there is a problem with the design, must be carefully analyzed after failure.

“We also know that this is not worrying about affecting the test results?” Liang Shande defended. “Why are there foreigners? It’s not that they don’t participate?”

“Pakistan is an investor and will definitely be produced in the whole process. Iraqis are the first users. The field tests these days have determined whether they will place orders as soon as possible.” Wang Guilin explained.

The Iraqis and Pakistanis both got out of the car, and the sky was already bright. The tank training ground of the garrison was similar to another weapon testing ground. It belonged to a valley. The surrounding low hills were environmentally friendly, and the valley floor in the middle was constructed with all kinds of Obstacles, puddles, slopes, even trenches, etc.

The traces of tanks crushed on these obstacle courses extend to the surrounding low hillsides.

The terrain of the training ground has become extremely complicated after so many years of construction and transformation.

In particular, the reconnaissance troops of the garrison regiment went to the southwest border to participate in actual combat, and brought back some situations of the battle between the armored forces of the two sides, and the training of the garrison regiment began to adjust.

After all, except for the grasslands in the north, many places in the country are hilly. The 79 main battle tanks equipped by the garrison and the old-fashioned Type 69, fighting against more powerful tanks in the plains, do not have much survivability.

The headquarters is on a small mountain next to the training ground, and the entire training ground can be seen clearly at a glance.

“At the beginning of the test, will there be no problems in such complex terrain conditions?” Musharraf first saw the tank training field of the garrison.

He never expected that the Chinese made the entire testing environment so complicated.

“We are mostly desert areas, and there is no need for such a complicated environment at all!” Harry Mossan looked at such a complicated terrain, but he was far from the desert environment, and raised his own question, “Your tank looks like this. Where’s the car?”

“This is our tank training ground. We have many test grounds in our country, and there are test grounds under various extreme environments. Only after completing our own test grounds will we transfer to other test grounds for various sub-items of extreme environments. Test…” Zhang Deming did not directly answer the two questions.

“There is no problem in testing in such a complex terrain environment, and everything else is easy!” Xie Kai said.

He also put forward some views on the improvement of the training ground.

The third-generation tanks are much more advanced than the domestically equipped Type 59, Type 69, and Type 79, and they are especially powerful.

Even so, when the entire tank is not equipped with reactive armor, it is only 37 tons, although relatively speaking, the 730 horsepower engine is barely enough.

“What about the tank?” Xie Kai didn’t see the tank either.

“It’s at the entrance of the training field. For testing, the garrison selected several tanks to test together. In this way, the contrast is more obvious.” Zhang Deming pointed to the entrance of the valley below.

To the naked eye, the tanks parked at the entrance of the valley are hard to see.

I used a telescope to see it clearly.

Unlike the green paint that is commonly used in China, the tanks of the garrison are replaced with brown desert camouflage that is more similar to the surrounding terrain.



“I saw it!” Xie Kai held up his binoculars and finally spotted the 359 prototype.

In a stack of Type 79 main battle tanks with all hemispherical turrets, the 359 tank prototype with wedge-shaped turrets is like a standout group, especially the body is also larger, the barrel is longer and thicker, making the 359 tank far more than the surrounding balls. The Type 79 main battle tank with a turret is more powerful and domineering.

“It’s time to start.” Zheng Yucheng said to Zhang Deming.

As the test commander-in-chief, Zhang Deming picked up the walkie-talkie in his hand and said, “Go!”

Through the binoculars, Xie Kai could clearly see that the 359 tank that was still parked there had a burst of white smoke behind its buttocks. Soon, driven by the driving wheel connected to the engine, the track began to move, further driving the huge A tank moved forward.

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There are three Type 79 main battle tanks on the left and right sides of the 359 tank.

When the starting order was issued, the 359 tank rushed out first, and the powerful roar of the engine could be heard on the hillside.

Soon, the Type 79 main battle tanks on both sides were left behind.

“High speed at the start?” Xie Kai frowned, “Isn’t I being very careful when I drove over last night?”

His problem is also the problem of everyone around him.

“There is no problem with low speed.” Zhang Deming replied. After speaking, I picked up the walkie-talkie and asked the experimenter in the sample car, “No. 1, I am No. 0, how many gears are restricted, what is the engine speed, what is the oil temperature, is there any abnormality?”

“No. 0, I am No. 1, now in third gear, speed 28, engine revolutions 1754, oil temperature 52, everything is normal…”

“Continue to accelerate! Prepare to rush the slope.” Zhang Deming said without hesitation.

The Type 79 main battle tank was dropped at the beginning, and now it has gradually started to catch up with the 359 prototype.

From the beginning of the valley entrance to a place less than one kilometer ahead, there is a slope with a slope of more than 30° and a length of more than ten meters.

When the power is not enough, you must slow down and downshift and use the engine power to climb the slope.

But for the battlefield, as long as the tank downshifts and speeds down when encountering such obstacles, the risk of being hit will be greatly increased. Otherwise, the power performance of the tank will not be so important.


“Received, the third gear, the speed is 33, the number of revolutions is 2320, the oil temperature is 75, the indication is normal…”

A news report came from the walkie-talkie.

“Boom~” The 359 tank, which took the lead, rushed across the slope at a very fast speed, then landed heavily on the other side, rushing down at a faster speed.

Watching the hanging hearts of the crowd, after the tank dashed over the slope, it fell, and continued to go back and forth without a pause, and then relaxed.

Don’t have problems at the beginning.

The Type 79 main battle tank at the back obviously paused before going up the slope. This was reflected by the driver stepping on the brakes and downshifting gears from the outside.

Compared with the speed of the 359 tank and the indomitable momentum, obviously, the Type 79 main battle tank is much weaker.

“Continue, test according to the previous plan.” Zhang Deming was obviously relieved when he saw the successful rushing of the slope.

The tank is only driving on flat ground, it is not a problem. These tests have been done before.

For the model in the 359 workshop, the power system test of the full-scale model was conducted as early as a few months ago, and there was no problem.

The original model had a weight of 39 tons without any problems.

What the research team is most worried about is not whether it can drive and the ability to pass obstacles, but whether the entire tank integrated system is constantly bumping during the off-road process, and whether there will be accidents during high-speed maneuvers.

“Roger that!”

After rushing the slope, the tank’s ability to fly over trenches at high speed was tested.

The trenches are the same as the slope design. The difficulty is small at the beginning, the slope is small, the length is short, and the speed is not too fast.

The trenches began to be 1.5 meters wide at the beginning and gradually increased, requiring the tanks to pass these obstacles at a higher speed.

Tanks traveling at high speeds don’t want to have assistance like excavators.

This thing depends entirely on its own performance and the driver’s operating proficiency.

Seeing the 359 tank flying through the trench, undulating up and down at high speed, and bumping through the washboard road, there was nothing wrong with everything.

Over time, the first field test of the 359 tank is still continuing.

The higher and higher speed made the roar of the tank’s powerful engine sound on the entire field. The farther behind, the higher the speed of the tank.

As the speed increased, the tank tracks were crushing the soil and stones that lacked moisture, and heavy smoke and white smoke from the tail exhaust pipe began to envelope the entire tank test site.

The people watching also began to become enthusiastic.

The 580-horsepower engine of the Type 79 main battle tank kept roaring. In the off-road field, it could not catch up with the 359 tank at all, and was left far behind…

Before a circular curve of nearly 70°, the driver actually accelerated and rushed up. When the corner was turned, the driver severely stepped on the brakes, and the tens of tons of tanks moved sideways to complete a drifting action.

“Pretty!” Xie Kai praised sincerely.

“Will this have an impact on the service life of the tank?” Harry Mossan asked worriedly. “Shouldn’t the routine performance data be tested first?”

“Regular performance data testing, three months ago, we have started on the model. Colonel, the test here is entirely for obtaining further test data.” Zhang Deming explained.

There is no alternative.

Their time is too tight.

Xie Kai wants to mass-produce and deliver to customers faster, and there are no fewer tests, it can only be so.

It often takes several years for other domestic tanks to go from prototype to finalization, and 404 does not last for several years.

Iraqis can’t wait, and 404 can’t wait.

“Colonel, don’t you think this is the speed and passion of a muscle tank?” Xie Kai asked Harry Mossant.

Harry Mossang shook his head, “If you can test shooting while surmounting obstacles at such a speed, this is the real speed and passion!”

Xie Kai did not answer, because in the distance the tank 359, which had passed various obstacles at the bottom of the valley, rushed along the inherent road towards the hillside, began to rotate the turret, and at the same time, the barrel began to rise high. The earth raised…

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