Chapter 1230: 1231 powerful main battle tank
The Tang Empire actually hopes that the war will break out next year, so that the Tang Empire can have more time to expand its army and make its war machine more powerful.
As for the army, Tang Mo is already replacing his troops with the most advanced main battle tank T-64, which has a qualitative leap in performance. This tank is a whole generation more advanced than the Type 59 main battle tank.
The new T-64 main battle tank uses a more powerful and more terrifying split-munition 125 mm caliber main gun.
The armor-piercing capability of this thing has been improved to another level. This is also the world's first smoothbore tank gun! Although the shooting accuracy of this kind of artillery will be lower than that of rifled guns at long distances, its shells have a faster muzzle velocity and a relatively stronger armor-piercing ability.
The reason why Western 120 standard artillery was not used was because Tang Mo was eager to accumulate "dragon's blood" for his tank and armor units. You must know that the tank of a certain Eastern Rabbit is a classic Soviet three-person tank team.
There is no way. Under the influence of full sentiment and preference, it is naturally impossible for His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to choose Hans Cat's 120 smoothbore tank gun.
After all, even if the Tang Empire could get a bunch of strong orcs who specialize in loaders like the Lighthouse Kingdom did with the fully automatic human flesh loading machine, Tang Mo still chose a new trendy thing like an automatic loading machine.
As for Neon Country’s automatic loading machine...I’m sorry, no matter how easy it is to use, Tang Mo won’t be surprised! Even though it was the best automatic loading machine in the universe, Tang Mo planned to bury it completely in his mind.
Since split ammunition is used and there is a highly reliable automatic loader, the number of tank crews in the Tang Empire has been reduced to 3 people.
This is not necessarily a good thing for the tank force, but it is definitely good news for the formation of the tank force.
The training of 4 people is completely different from the training of 3 people, and one less person obviously saves a lot of running-in time, which can be said to be certain.
Moreover, after being destroyed, one less member will be lost... One less person will die when a tragedy occurs, which is obviously an improvement worthy of recognition.
However, in the daily maintenance work of the tank, the lack of a strong man who is trained to carry artillery shells in the tank is obviously a major loss.
There is no other way. Now three people can do the work of four and five people. Obviously, there is a lot more work! In addition, there is an additional maintenance of an automatic loader... How nice would it be if it were a loader?
The improvement of the T-64 tank is not only the artillery, but also the upgrade of the fire control system is huge. Because of the advancement of electronic technology in the Tang Empire, the commander and gunner of new tanks already have relatively independent observation equipment.
The commander can even control the direction of the turret beyond the gunner's command, and the two-way stability of the artillery has also matured. The first-shot hit rate is naturally significantly improved compared to the Tang Dynasty's 59.
This is a comparison with the 59 equipped with a stabilizer. As for comparing it with those shabby models from other countries...how can I put it, it is not a product of the same era at all.
The Tang Dynasty Empire tank's static-to-static first-shot hit rate is close to 100%, its static-to-moving first-shot hit rate is over 80%, and its dynamic-to-moving shooting hit rate is definitely over 50%.
Those tanks from other countries do not have the ability to shoot against motion. They can only stop and fire, and their hit rate against moving targets is no more than 30%. Based on this probability, the opponent still moves slowly. After all, except for the tanks of the Tang Empire, whose tanks can race to more than 50 kilometers per hour?
In addition to these, the armor protection of the T-64 has also been greatly improved: the new armor casting method and the application of composite materials have improved the protection level of the Tang Empire's tanks against artillery shells to an incredible level. As for protection against armor-piercing bullets, the T-64's certificate protection level is close to 800 mm, and its protection against armor-piercing bullets is absolutely to the point of causing the enemy to collapse.
Generally speaking, from the front, the frontal protection level of the T-64 tank is probably as good as that of battleships from other countries in the world... Although such a comparison is embarrassing, it is indeed the case.
Such an iron turtle also has the ability to fight at night and can clearly see infrared targets more than 500 meters away at night.
According to the tactics of the Tang Empire Army, under the leadership of the 64 tanks, the 59 tanks will easily tear apart the enemy's defense line and guide the follow-up troops to destroy the opponent's position.
The follow-up troops will expand their results under the cover of attack aircraft and armed helicopters, completely paralyzing the opponent's defense force.
The brand new tank has 40 rounds of ammunition, which is a few more than 59. In order to give members more room for movement, machine gun ammunition reserves and other equipment have been reduced.
In addition, the equipment integration capabilities of the Tang Dynasty are much better than those of the Mao Xiong in the 1960s, so the internal activity space of the 64 tank is only slightly cramped, but not to the extent that it affects comfort.
Coupled with the Tang Empire's rich experience and solid foundation in engines, the power system of the 64 tank is actually very advanced.
Its reliability has been greatly improved, and it also has a longer stroke while maintaining the same horsepower output.
In addition, the Tang Empire's crude oil refining capacity was stronger and its technical standards were more advanced, so the oil quality was higher, so the combat range of the 64 tank exceeded 600 kilometers!
This is a quite great achievement, because the combat radius of tanks in other countries is only about 300 kilometers.
This itinerary ensured that the Tang Army's armored forces would have enough fuel to continue to expand their results after breaking through the enemy's defense line.
Seeing that Tang Mo was not in good condition, Bernard stood up and left after confirming the strategic plan: "Your Majesty, I will leave now... Please take care of yourself, your Majesty. After all, the comfort of the empire depends on your Majesty..."
As a minister, Bernard should not have said such words, but he was really worried about Tang Mo's health and the old man Bunas followed out, so he said more.
Tang Mo blushed, coughed awkwardly, and said, "I'm fine. I just didn't get a good rest last night... I just need a good sleep today."
Bernard exited the room, Tang Mo yawned, and felt that he had been a little too crazy in the past two days. He thought about last night...and his face turned redder.
Le'er always followed him, and Yilin was a bride, so Tang Mo had the courage to enjoy it once... It was really fragrant to the extreme, with one furry ear and one pointed ear.
“…” Tang Mo, who felt his abdomen began to feel hot again, interrupted his memories, grabbed a drawing, and diverted his attention…