The capital, the tank design office, is a lively scene.

When everyone came to the tank design institute in the dust, regardless of the hardships of the journey, they came directly to the front of the T-72M tank.

Although Qin Zhenhua has seen it once, it is a tank painted in desert camouflage, and the entire tank is earthy yellow, and the current T-72M tank is a European standard dark green paint, under this paint, the tank looks more powerful and domineering.

In particular, the 125 mm barrel, high and high, that is the greatest symbol of force, the largest caliber tank gun of this era!

Qin Zhenhua couldn't squeeze in, because there was already a large group of people in front of him who were watching, and even Wang Tianming, the director, had to be accompanied there, it seemed that he was an old leader with more status.

Sure enough, when the old man who was already full of white hair raised his head and stood on the body of the tank, the moment his face was seen by Qin Zhenhua, Qin Zhenhua was already shocked.

"Elder Zhang?" Qin Zhenhua was stunned for a moment, this is Zhang Lao, who is mainly in charge of the military industry! Next to Zhang Lao, Huang Lao was also watching happily there, which shows that this modern Soviet tank has attracted great attention, and this can also be regarded as a project that the state focuses on.

Those of them who came from a machine factory could only stand aside.

"The Soviet tank still has a lot of innovations, the biggest of which is its 125 mm tank gun and automatic loader." Wang Tianming was over there and introduced to the two: "The focus of the next stage of our tank design institute is to first find out these technologies. When it comes to automatic loaders, the Soviets are definitely the leaders, with a lot of strength and experience. ”

When it comes to automatic loaders for tanks, the Soviets definitely have the capital to brag about, because until now, the West has been using human loaders, and the T-64 tank developed by the Soviets in the sixties has begun to use automatic loaders, and until now, it can be regarded as having rich experience.

The tank design institute is not interested in the research and development project of the second-generation tank, because the second-generation tank has always been a transition, and now, the tank design institute is finally looking forward to the T-72 tank, and for everyone, the time has come to do a big job.

This will be a long-term process, first of all, to study the technology on the T-72 tank, it is estimated that it will take several years to understand the technology, and at the same time wait for the completion of the domestic second-generation tank project research and development, accumulate enough experience, and then start the research and development of the third-generation tank.

However, it is already a certainty to start technical reserves now.

For everyone who is engaged in tanks, the three major elements of the tank are to ensure the firepower first, and the third-generation tank project should naturally be equipped with tank guns with larger calibers.

"Yes, although we have introduced a 105 mm tank gun now, the tank gun of that caliber has always belonged to a transitional product, and we should have a large-caliber tank gun with better performance." Huang Lao said on the side, and while he was talking, he raised his head and saw Qin Zhenhua standing in the outer circle, and suddenly became interested: "Zhenhua, you are also here?" Come on, come and see, can this tank gun meet the future needs of our tank crews? ”

In the team of more than a dozen people in a machine factory, Qin Zhenhua has always been the most dazzling person, and Huang Lao knows Qin Zhenhua's pursuit of tank guns, so now as soon as he sees Qin Zhenhua, he immediately beckons.

With a smile on his face, Qin Zhenhua walked up along a passage separated by the crowd, touched the cold armor of the T-72 tank with his own hands, looked at the tank gun overhead, and then said: "Huang Lao, so to speak, our troops have already agreed with the 125mm tank gun?" In other words, our 120-mm tank guns are going to be yesterday's obsolete? ”

As soon as Qin Zhenhua said this, most of the people present became serious.

They are all people in the industry, and they know everything clearly.

China has long known that 100 mm tank guns are not qualified, so it has long begun to develop the next generation of tank guns, and coincidentally, like the West, the caliber of 120 mm was chosen as the goal of research and development.

After all, this is already a plan that the West has come up with after careful consideration, and it must have its advantages, and the country has been involved in the research and development of 120 mm tank guns since the beginning of the 122 three-liquid tank, but at that time, it was limited by technical conditions, and the research and development process was difficult.

Until now, the technical problems have been solved, through the introduction of L7 tank guns, supporting the introduction of technologies such as electroslag remelting steel and self-tightening of body tubes, etc., these technologies are the most urgently needed to make artillery, which can be used to produce L7 tank guns, and can also be used to produce larger caliber tank guns.

The current second-generation tank has also booked a 120 mm tank gun as a loading object, so to speak, over the years, the 120 mm tank gun has been the research goal, and now, just got a T-72 tank, the officers of the armored corps, already like the new and hate the old?

Hearing Qin Zhenhua's question, Zhang Lao also smiled over there: "Sure enough, it is said that this Qin Zhenhua has brains and courage, and now, except for him, who dares to say that you old Huang likes the new and hates the old." ”

After speaking, Zhang Lao looked at Qin Zhenhua with kind eyes: "Young man, your attitude is against it?" ”

On the way here, Qin Zhenhua was already worried about the future road, and when he came here, sure enough, the differences on the road had already begun.

China has always been working on 120 mm tank guns, and as a result, after having such products, it was decided to engage in 125 mm tank guns.

So, what is Qin Zhenhua's attitude?

Qin Zhenhua shook his head: "No, I'm not opposed, of course, not in favor, I just hope that we have to think about the problem clearly, and the argument must be rigorous, after all, this is a major event related to the development of our armored forces, the choice of two calibers, we must be cautious, we must not look at it thick and big, I like it, when we compare and test it in the desert, the armor-piercing ability of this product is not as good as the advanced armor-piercing bullet on our 69 tank gun." ”

Theoretically speaking, the thicker the barrel, the greater the power of the gun, but this is only theoretical, for tank guns, it is definitely not a simple element of this element, in addition to the barrel, shells are also a very important part!

Just like the same 100 mm tank gun, with different armor-piercing shells, the performance will change greatly, and even higher than the armor-piercing shells on the T-72 tanks equipped in the countries to be exported this time!