Xie Huimin's worries are not unreasonable, this kind of self-propelled howitzer that was finally named Type 83 according to the service time, although it was finalized and equipped with the troops, it could not actually satisfy the troops, even if it was finalized in 83, it was still solving a variety of countless technical problems, and then, it was delayed until 1990, and finally began production.

As for the total production, it is only 2 test prototypes and 78 finished products.

Such a low output is enough to show that the army is not satisfied with its performance, but because it has invested a lot of money in research and development, it has to equip a batch, otherwise the funds for research and development will be wasted.

Since the specific research was carried out at the Bingcheng Factory, the Second Machine Factory was not very clear, they only provided artillery, and now, if they want to pin their 120 mm tank guns on such a chassis, they must have no bottom in their hearts.

Hearing Xie Huimin's worries, Qin Zhenhua nodded: "Yes, our worries are reasonable, and it seems that we can only take a workaround." ”

"Flexible? How to be flexible? Xie Huimin asked Qin Zhenhua.

"We asked the Bingcheng factory for the design information of this 321 chassis, as for the reason, of course, is to investigate the performance of this chassis, and plan to install other artillery on it, after all, our troops want to achieve mechanization, there are still a lot of needs, for example, our anti-aircraft guns, can be mounted on this kind of chassis, become self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, anyway, find an excuse, ask for the information, and then, by our machine factory to produce." Qin Zhenhua said: "Many of their problems must be in the production and processing, the quality control is not in place during production, there will be all kinds of problems, we come to produce, and at the same time check the checks, we should be able to solve the problem, and then, install our tank guns, in this way, we will build self-propelled anti-tank guns." As long as a prototype car is made and the army is invited to come and visit, they will definitely be satisfied with the performance, and then it can smoothly become a project of the army, and it can produce finalized equipment for the troops. ”

Qin Zhenhua's words made Xie Huimin suddenly happy: "Yes, hand it over to you, we are completely relieved, but in this way, what will be the reaction of the Bingcheng Factory?" ”

In fact, if there is enough time, a machine factory can do this by itself, but now, a machine factory has a lot of projects, and it is really impossible to draw scientific research strength to engage in this medium-sized general chassis from scratch, so that it is best to use the design drawings of the other party to modify and improve themselves.

Just, is that appropriate?

If it was a few years ago, the Bingcheng factory would definitely have nothing to say, since a machine factory wanted it, it would give it to the land, they were all class brothers.

But now it's different, in the current situation, the domestic orders are insufficient, and the various military factories are difficult to maintain, in this case, the big guys are very concerned about their products, and now, if a machine factory is started, it is equivalent to robbing their Bingcheng factory business!

This kind of behavior will definitely cause serious protests, and Qin Zhenhua must know about this problem, so he will say that he wants to use other names to get the chassis information, instead of saying that the 120mm gun project will be leaked directly.

We are a machine factory, and now we have a big business, so we began to grab food from our brothers? This matter, when it gets out, will definitely have a pretty bad impact.

Xie Huimin's worries are very reasonable.

"Yes, it will definitely cause their strong dissatisfaction in the early days, so we have to keep it secret." Qin Zhenhua said: "When we mature the chassis, I think, at that time, what will be the reaction of the Bingcheng factory?" ”

Xie Huimin understood, nodded, sure enough, Qin Zhenhua is smart, he has already thought of these things, and he has also thought of future countermeasures, as long as he gets it out first, and it is mature, then the Bingcheng Factory will have nothing to say, and even, they will come over to learn from it.

I used their design data in advance, and now that it has been improved, there should be a relationship between them, and they have told them how to improve things, and at that time, they should be grateful.

In this way, the problem is naturally solved.

If this chassis can be matured, it is very suitable to use this chassis.

However, there is still one problem that has not been solved!

"What are you going to do about the loading of this tank gun?" Xie Huimin asked.

At today's meeting, the focus was on the problem of tank gun loading, and when it comes to self-propelled guns, there is a lot of space behind them, and it can be slowed down a little, but it should be a problem, it is still a problem, and this problem, how to solve it?

"Ask me?" Qin Zhenhua said: "But the cannon maker, Lao Xie, can't you think of a compromise plan?" ”

"Boy, drink my wine, don't sell it, just say it." Xie Huimin said.

His heart itched terribly, today's things can be described as constant waves, at the time when he was the happiest and most looking forward to it, he was poured cold water, and the project was about to disappear, and when he was in the lowest mood, he was provoked by Qin Zhenhua again, and now, Qin Zhenhua still wants to sell the relationship, Xie Huimin's little heart, I can't stand it.

"Manual reloading, it's too strenuous, our 122 mm howitzer is already divided ammunition, our 120 mm tank gun, with a full load, this is quite laborious." Xie Huimin said: "If this problem can't be solved, it is estimated that the troops still don't like it." ”

At present, although the competition has not yet been completed, a trend has emerged, and the munitions factories have begun to develop their own weapons, and after they have developed them, they will sell them to the army, and whether the army likes it or not depends on the performance of the weapons.

This kind of loading problem must be considered.

Many of what Qin Zhenhua said is reasonable, the automatic loading of shells for 120 mm tank guns, after all, there is no mature product yet, and the big guy wants to do it, but he doesn't know where to start.

What to do?

"Semi-automatic reloading." Qin Zhenhua spit out the word while throwing peanuts into his mouth.

In this era, it is either a manual reloading, most of the artillery is like this, or it is automatic reloading, in this regard, the Soviets' tanks were the first to achieve, but if you want to talk about semi-automatic reloading, what is this concept?

In fact, the 152 mm self-propelled howitzer developed now is also semi-automatic loading, but it is semi-automatic, it is a semi-automatic loading of projectiles and cartridges, and it does not match the whole ammunition of your own.