Akhromeyev was also a little surprised when he met Balaklanov at the door of the Ministry of Defense building, and he did not think that he was not the only one summoned by the general secretary. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Balaklanov had a typical leader's hairstyle, and the particularly pronounced Mediterranean Sea made him more in line with the temperament of a Soviet leader. Even wearing a suit can't change the military temperament he exudes from his bones.

Balaklanov approached Akhromeyev and asked in a low voice, "What the hell is going on, why did you suddenly summon us here and discuss the matter of the army's main battle tanks?" Didn't the general secretary just ask about these things? ”

"I don't know."

Akhromeyev knew less than the other party, he just told the rumors he had heard, "It is said that after the general secretary returned from the Nizhny Tagil Arsenal, he began to test the pressure on the army, urging them to complete the work of replacing tanks as soon as possible. ”

Nizhny Tagil ...... T80 vs. T90 controversy?

"Is it the wind blowing from the T90 again?" Balakranov said dissatisfiedly, "Doesn't it mean that the War Department will wait and see for a few more years?" Moreover, the work of T90 is already underway, and those people in the political-political bureau are also in a bit of a hurry. ”

"Let's wait and see what the situation is, it's useless to talk about it now."

Akhromeyev shook his head, and together with the other party, he opened the closed door of the conference hall and walked in.

Vladimir and the commentators were already waiting for them inside, and the small conference hall was full.

It will not be easy to convince the bigwigs of the Ministry of Defense, even if he is initially confronted with Akhromeyev, an enlightened man who fully supports Yanayev, and who seems to be discouraged by Vladimir's T90 program. This is because the range of interests involved in arms reform is simply too broad.

All the military men have won many more medals and awards than he has. If Vladimir conquered this group, it would mean that his control over the army was further strengthened.

So Comrade Vladimir had to find another way and convince them by other means.

He and Deputy Minister Balaklanov sat in the dimly lit screening room, the slides were switching one by one, the faint light hit his face, Akhromeyev frowned slightly, and patiently listened to the other party.

The narrator's voice seemed very mechanical, as if he was in a Langtong manuscript, and the slides matched his unchanged expression, switching one by one, "The upper armor of the T90's hull is tilted obviously, and it is equipped with additional armor. The turret is located in the middle of the hull, and the power compartment is rear. It is usually equipped with a self-rescue wood and an additional fuel tank at the rear of the car. ”

"As with the previous one, a spherical turret was used, and a 12.7 mm anti-aircraft machine gun was mounted on the right side of the top. Smoke grenade launchers were installed on both sides of the rear of the turret. The 125-mm gun was flanked by a box sensor of the curtain optoelectronic defense system. The upper part of the mobile unit is covered with side skirts, and the front part of the skirt is attached to the front part of the vehicle with additional large square armor plates. ”

Akhromeyev was a little impatient, he raised his hand and asked, "In that case, what is the difference in appearance between him and the T72BM?" And all of them are equipped with the same explosive reaction armor. ”

The T-90 tank is almost identical to the T-72BM tank because it is also equipped with contact-5 explosive reactive armor, and some arms dealers do mistakenly label the photo of the T-72BM tank as a T-90 tank. The main cosmetic difference of the T-90 from the T-72BM, in addition to several other improvements, is that it uses a curtain tank protection system.

Vladimir accompanied the powerful figures of the War Department to participate in this unique "didactic" conference of the T90. Of course, the result is that the other party keeps interrupting their appearance in a very impatient way.

The narrator patiently refuted his point, "Because the T-90A's new welded turret T-90 tank is equipped with a modified T-72BAT tank's turret." The reason for the misconception that the T-90 tank is equipped with the turret of the T-80Y tank is that the T-90 tank uses much the same fire control and artillery systems as the T-80Y tank. The reason for the preservation of the T-72E tank turret was that the turret's protection capabilities were second to none among contemporary Soviet tank turrets. The T-72BM tank uses Chobham armor developed by the New Moscow Armored Research Institute, which consists of a middle layer of the main assembly and a 435 mm intermediate layer with a controllable deformation section. The Contact-5 explosive reactive armor increases the protection capability to a maximum of 57 percent, but the weight increases by about 5 tons.

"So what? With so many data listed, can you say that the T90 is better than the T80U? ”

Balaklanov put the document in his hand on the desktop, and after a general glance, he more or less understood the performance of this tank, but he was already a little impatient, in fact, these data were already well known, even if the T90 is better than the T80 in some aspects, but after all, it belongs to the same category of tanks. That is to say, although it was blown out of the sky by the tank factory, in fact, everything inside was not far behind. Rather than replacing the main battle tanks on a large scale and replacing logistical artillery and parts, it is better to maintain the current equipment, and the international situation in recent years cannot provoke a new war anyway.

In 1998, the Soviet Union conducted a protection test with six T-80U and T-90 each, and the T-90 won the test.

The core part of the improvement of the T-90 tank is its weapon system. The T-90 tank uses the 1A45T fire control system, which is an improved version of the 1A45 fire control system used in the T-80Y tank. The 1A45T fire control system includes the LV528-L new digital ballistic computer, a modification of the 80V1V528 digital ballistic computer of the T-528Y tank. The problem of the fire control device of the gun commander has not been completely solved, and the outstanding problem is the problem of the night thermal imaging sight

Unlike most integrated tank fire control systems in the West, the Soviet tank fire control system was divided into two parts: a periscope gun commander's sight immediately in front of the gunner's cabin, and an integrated sight with a laser range/missile laser guidance system in front of the turret.

The welded turret of the T-90A received a new honeycomb fragmentation type of armor. It is composed of multiple layers of alloy frames arranged in parallel, and a large number of honeycomb-like metal sleeves are distributed on the support frame made of high-strength alloy, and a "concave" bowl-shaped metal body is placed in series in the metal sleeve, and is closed by refractory rubber. When the jet / cartridge core penetrates, a huge shock wave is generated in the "honeycomb swarm", and the bowl-shaped metal sealed in the metal wall is stamped and deformed, and the metal body formed by stamping has a huge speed difference from the jet / cartridge core in velocity, and in further improvements, the alloy frame and back plate made of ordinary armor steel are replaced with high-density alloy plates, which further enhances the ability to defend against large aspect ratio deshelling armor-piercing shells. ”

Generally speaking, there is not much left, and if you continue to talk about it, you can only list the shortcomings. Comrade Vladimir waved his hand and asked the designers of the Scientific Research Department to step back first, because next was his room to play.

This small, dimly lit classroom is home to a large number of powerful figures from the Department of Defense and the War Department, and the future of the next main battle tank is in their hands.

Comrade Vladimir sighed, he finally understood why Yanayev asked him to do all this work. Once completed, his prestige in the military and the Ministry of Defense will be greatly increased, and the T90 is only an introduction, not the final planned vehicle.

"After reading the introduction of the T90, I think everyone should have a certain opinion about it. To you, he looks like he's a little bit better than the T80, but not at all as expected. You also don't quite understand why the Politburo side introduced you to this tank......"

Akhromeyev interrupted Vladimir's words and politely rejected the other party, "Actually, we all know General Secretary Yanayev's thoughts, although the T90 has made great progress in some aspects compared to the T80, but if you really want the T90 to change clothes, it is really a laborious and money-losing action......"

After Akhromeyev said this, the atmosphere in the conference room became silent. It would be an unwise choice to clash with this future successor.

"Comrade Akhromeyev is right, spending time and energy on deploying the T90 is indeed a thankless task. We have also carefully considered the requirements of the Ministry of Defense and the Army. ”

Then Vladimir changed his words, "If we were going to recommend this tank to everyone, but another one, your opinion would be slightly corrected?" ”

Akhromeyev and Balaklanov raised their heads at the same time, looked at the chairman of the Council of Ministers opposite him with an expression of disbelief, and said in unison.

"Clams?" (To be continued.) )