Soviet Union 1991

Akhromeyev was a little surprised when he met Balaklanov at the entrance of the Ministry of Defense building. He didn't expect that he was not the only one summoned by the General Secretary.

Balaklanov has a typical leadership figure, and his obvious Mediterranean makes him more in line with the temperament of a Soviet leader. Even wearing a suit can't change his military temperament from the bones.

Balaklanov approached Akhromeyev and asked in a low voice, "What happened? Why did you suddenly call us here and discuss the main battle tanks of the 6th Army? Doesn't the General Secretary ask about these situations?"

"I don't know either."

Akhromeyev knew less than the other party. He just said the rumors he heard, "It is said that the General Secretary began to test the 6th Army after returning from the Nizhny Tagil Arsenal, urging them to complete the tank renewal work as soon as possible."

Nizhny Tagil... Is it the dispute between t8o and t9o?

"Is it the t9o again?" Balaklanov said dissatisfiedly, "Didn't the 6th Army Department say that it would wait and see for a few years? And the work of the t9o is already underway. Those people in the Political Bureau are a bit too hasty."

"Let's wait and see what happens. There's no point in saying more now."

Akhromeyev shook his head. He and the other party opened the closed door of the conference room and walked in.

Vladimir and the commentator were waiting for him inside. The conference room was full of people.

It was not an easy task to convince the bigwigs of the Ministry of Defense. Even if he had to face only Akhromeyev, an open-minded person who fully supported Yanayev at the beginning, he seemed to be unenthusiastic about the t9o plan mentioned by Vladimir. Because the scope of interests involved in the arms reform is too wide.

All the soldiers sitting there have won more medals and awards than him. If Vladimir conquers this group of people, it means that his control over the army will be further strengthened.

So Comrade Vladimir had to find another way to convince them.

He and Deputy Minister Balaklanov sat in a dim screening room, the slides were switching one by one, the dim light hit his face, Akhromeev frowned slightly, and listened to the other person patiently.

The voice of the lecturer seemed very mechanical, as if he was reading a manuscript. The slides switched one by one with his unchanging expression. "The front upper armor of the t9o is obviously tilted and equipped with additional armor. The turret is located in the middle of the hull, and the power compartment is at the rear. Usually, a self-rescue wood and an additional fuel tank are installed at the rear of the vehicle."

"It uses a spherical turret like the previous one, with a 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun on the right side of the top. Smoke ejectors are installed on both sides of the rear of the turret. There is a box sensor of the curtain optoelectronic defense system on each side of the 125mm gun. The upper part of the action device is covered with side skirts, The front part of the skirt is equipped with additional large square armor plates. "

Akhromeyev was a little impatient, he raised his hand and asked, "If so, what is the difference between it and the T72BM in appearance? And they are both equipped with the same explosive reactive armor."

The appearance of the T-9O tank is almost exactly the same as that of the T-72BM tank, because it is also equipped with contact-5 explosive reactive armor. Indeed, some arms dealers mistakenly marked the photos of the T-72BM tank as T. In addition to several other improvements, its main appearance difference from the T-72BM is that it uses a curtain tank protection system.

Vladimir accompanied the powerful figures of the 6th Army to participate in this unique "sermon" conference of the T9O. Of course, the result was that the other party kept interrupting their appearance and preaching in a very impatient way.

The lecturer patiently refuted his point of view, "Because the new welded turret of the T-9OA, the T-9O tank is equipped with an improved turret of the T-72BAT tank. The reason why it is mistaken for the turret of the T8OY tank is that the fire control and artillery systems used by the T-9O tank are roughly the same as those of the T-8OY tank. The reason for retaining the turret of the T-72E tank is that the protection capability of this turret is second to none among contemporary Soviet tank turrets. The T-72BM tank uses the Chobham armor developed by the New Moscow Armored Research Institute. It consists of a main middle layer and a 435mm middle layer, and a controllable deformation part. The "Contact"-5 explosive reactive armor increases the protection capability to a maximum of 57%, but the weight will increase by about 5 tons.

"So what? Can you say that TU is better after listing so many data? "

Balakranov put the gadget on the table, and after a rough glance, he more or less understood the performance of this tank, but he was already a little impatient. In fact, he already knew these data. Even if the T8O was better, it was a tank of the same category after all. In other words, although it was exaggerated by the tank manufacturer, in fact, everything inside was not far different. Instead of replacing the main battle tanks, logistics artillery and parts on a large scale, it is better to maintain the current equipment. Anyway, the international situation in recent years cannot provoke a new war.

Six 18OU and T-9O were tested for protection, and the result was that the T-9O won.

The core part of the improvement of the T-9o tank is its weapon system. The T-9o tank uses the 1a45t fire control system, which is an improved version of the 1a45 fire control system used by the T-8oy tank. The 1a45t fire control system includes the 1v528-1 new digital ballistic computer, which is an improved version of the 1v528 digital ballistic computer of the T-8oy tank. The problem of the gunner's fire control device has not been completely solved. The most prominent problem is the problem of the thermal imaging sight at night.

The Soviet tank fire control system took a different approach. Unlike most comprehensive tank fire control systems in the West, it divided the gunner's fire control system into two parts: one was the periscope gunner's sight immediately in front of the gunner's cabin. , the other is an integrated sight with a laser ranging/missile laser guidance system built into the front of the turret.

The welded turret of the T-9oa uses a new type of honeycomb fragmentation armor. It consists of multiple layers of alloy frames arranged side by side. There are a large number of honeycomb-like metal sleeves distributed on the supports made of high-strength alloy. Within the metal sleeves, "concave" bowl-shaped metal bodies are placed in series. and enclosed by fire-resistant rubber. When the jet/bullet core invades, a huge shock wave will be generated in the "honeycomb group", and the bowl-shaped metal sealed in the metal wall is stamped and deformed. The metal body formed by stamping is polarized in degree from the jet/bullet core. The difference is huge, and in further improvements, the alloy frame and back plate made of ordinary armor steel will be replaced with high-density alloy plates, further enhancing the ability to defend against large aspect ratio discarding sabots. "

There is not much to say in general, and if I go on talking about it, I can only nitpick the shortcomings. Comrade Vladimir waved his hand and told the designers of the Scientific Research Department to step aside first, because next was his room to move.

Many powerful figures from the Ministry of National Defense and the Sixth Army gathered in this small, dim classroom. The future of the next main battle tank is in their hands.

Comrade Vladimir sighed, and he finally understood why Yanayev asked him to complete these tasks. Once completed, his prestige in the army and the Ministry of National Defense will be greatly increased. Anyway, T9o is just an introduction, not the final planned vehicle.

"After reading t9o's introduction, I think everyone should have a certain opinion about it. In your opinion, he is slightly better than t8o but not at all what he expected. You don't quite understand either. Why would the Politburo introduce this tank to you..."

Akhromeev interrupted Vladimir and politely rejected him, "Actually, we all know the thoughts of General Secretary Yanayev. Although t has made great progress in some aspects, if it really If we want t9o to change their costumes, it would be a waste of time and money..."

After Akhromeev finished speaking, the atmosphere in the conference room became silent. It would be unwise to conflict with this future successor.

"Comrade Akhromeev is right. Spending time and energy to deploy T9O is indeed a thankless task. We have also carefully considered the requirements of the Ministry of National Defense and the Sixth Army."

Vladimir then changed the subject, "If the tank we were originally going to recommend to you was not this tank, but another one, would your views be slightly revised?"

Akhromeyev and Balaklanov raised their heads at the same time, looked at the Chairman of the Council of Ministers opposite with expressions of disbelief, and said in unison.

"Huh?" (To be continued.) 8