Chapter 957 Please Address Me as FTFCS
Others may not realize it for the time being, but Gao Zhendong is very clear about it. If he does nothing, he will face what will happen next.

He didn't even care whether the Russian T-62 on this line would be the same as the one he saw in his previous life, but it was likely to be the case. After all, the T-62 in his previous life was the limit of the Russians at this time, and he had almost no positive influence on the Russians.

His target was the T-64, a simplified version of the legendary T-72 that was almost never sold or received military aid.

Of course, the relationship between T-72 and T-64 is not that simple, and this statement is a bit of a rumor.

After all, the T-72 was launched much later. Even if the original intention was to make a simplified version, the rapidly changing technological developments during the Cold War determined that the T-72 could not be a simple simplified version of the T-64.

Just like the spherical electronics is theoretically the low-end or supplement of the Raptor, but its avionics architecture and optoelectronic system can beat the Raptor. Things are always developing and moving.

At this moment, on the stage, Mr. Luo was reporting on the situation of the tanks in high spirits.

It's no wonder that with Gao Zhendong's support in terms of materials, the assistance of computers in calculations, and the Eleventh Ministry of Machine Building trying to improve the accuracy of machine tools, Engineer Lu and his team who were in charge of power were really capable.

Not only did they develop a horizontally opposed two-stroke diesel engine, they also developed a three-stage planetary gear transmission based on the 5DL two-stage planetary gear transmission mechanism, further increasing the transmission ratio and amplifying the torque.

In this way, when necessary, the defect of relatively small torque of two-stroke diesel engines can be alleviated or even solved. After all, when a problem is alleviated to a certain extent, it can be said to be solved. A probability that is too low will not necessarily be considered in engineering.

As for the "three-liquid" system consisting of hydro-pneumatic suspension, hydraulic transmission, and hydraulic control at the beginning, it turned out to be a bit of a big step. Fortunately, nothing was pulled, and hydraulic control was achieved, but hydro-pneumatic suspension and hydraulic transmission with greater loads were not achieved. Otherwise, the three-stage planetary gear transmission would not have been developed.

But neither Gao Zhendong himself nor the army had any major objections to this. If it hasn't been done, then it hasn't been done. It's just icing on the cake, no problem. As long as we have done all the things that are needed to provide timely help, that's enough.

In fact, Gao Zhendong thinks this is a good thing. With the current hydraulic system capabilities, even if these two things are developed, no one knows how many problems will arise when they are actually used. These things are not like cannons and armor. If you can penetrate them, you penetrate them. If you can withstand them, you withstand them.

In fact, the total time that a cannon and armor can really be of use is not very long. The actual service life of a gun barrel is measured in seconds, and the lifespan of hundreds to thousands of rounds is actually just a small amount when added together.

As for A, the time it can play a role may be just one or two shots.

But the power system is different, this thing has to work for a long time, so there will be more strange problems. A short-term test may seem that everything is normal, but after a while all kinds of problems will pop up.

"…After testing, this power system has shown high reliability and environmental adaptability in various environmental adaptability test sites. The total weight of the tank is 41.5 tons, the engine power is 690 horsepower, and the ton power is 16.6 horsepower/ton. While the armor and weight have been greatly increased, it is far better than the original T-54 tank's 14.2 horsepower/ton, giving the new tank better mobility…"

Let alone others, Gao Zhendong felt happy when he heard this data. The engine power increased from 520 horsepower to 690 horsepower, which is simply a leap.

Although this ton power is not as good as T-72, it is slightly stronger than T-64. That's enough. What's the point of a bicycle? The combat effectiveness of Lugong is simply off the charts.

"...maximum road speed 60 km/h, off-road speed 35 km/h, maximum road range without auxiliary fuel tanks 420 km, with auxiliary fuel tanks 500 km..."

The speed data is better than the first-generation tanks in all aspects and is the mainstream data of the second and third-generation tanks. Not to mention that it is slightly beyond the scope now, even if it is put in twenty years, it is not bad. The comrades in the army are very happy to hear this. This is good. Only by running fast can they catch up.

There is no improvement in the range, there is no other way. Although there is more fuel, the car is heavier, and the fuel consumption of two-stroke diesel engines is relatively high. The comrades in the army are already very satisfied if they can maintain the status quo.

What kind of bicycle do you want? 400 kilometers is not enough for you? Even if the actual mileage may be discounted, 400 kilometers is actually the limit for a tank driver.

However, Gao Zhendong suggested that they install an auxiliary fuel tank, which could be regarded as an improvement of the 5DL-2 applied to this second-generation tank in advance. In this way, the road trip would be very exciting.

"Zhendong, was it you who suggested installing this auxiliary fuel tank?" The leader of the Defense Work Committee poked his head over and asked.

"Actually, not entirely. My suggestion is to install an external fixing device. You can install an auxiliary fuel tank or a self-rescue wood according to the situation." Self-rescue wood. Many of our tanks and the Russians' tanks have a round piece of wood hung on the butt. It looks very rustic, but it is actually quite useful for self-rescue when the car is stuck in a swamp.

"Haha, and then they chose to take them all." The leader looked at the auxiliary fuel tank on the tank next to the meeting venue and a self-rescue wood in front of it.

"I think it was requested by a comrade in the army."

"That makes sense, hahaha." The leader and Gao Zhendong laughed together. "...The new tank uses advanced equipment such as horizontal-vertical bidirectional stabilizers, laser rangefinders, crosswind sensors, and fire control computers. The fire control system is a downward-reflecting stabilized command-style fire control system, and is equipped with a gunner's thermal imager, which has extremely strong night combat capabilities..."

That’s right, Gao Zhendong learned from 5DL that the blank T-54A had no real fire control, and directly skipped the perturbation fire control and non-perturbation fire control, and selected the down-reverse stabilized image fire control for the new tank. In fact, at this time, except for our new tank, there was no such concept as "up-reverse and down-reverse".

In Gao Zhendong's previous life, we were the only ones who actually used downward-reflecting image stabilization. The legendary "downward-reflecting image stabilization" of the Russians was more complicated and had better functions, but it was actually not our downward-reflecting image stabilization.

Putting aside the principle, intuitively speaking, the automatic loading disturbance fire control requires aiming twice, once for ranging, and once for precise aiming based on the aiming point given by the ballistic computer after calculation.

For non-disturbance, you only need to aim once, and the computer will give you the aiming point directly, but it needs to be adjusted accurately. Both of these have the aiming line following the axis of the gun, and can only do short-stop shooting at best. For moving-to-moving, it is purely based on personal skills.

For stabilized fire control, the gun axis and aiming line are separated, and the aiming line has its own stabilization system, which provides the basic conditions for moving-to-moving shooting.

As for the Hunter-Jet (dual director) fire control system, Gao Zhendong did not try any fancy tricks. It was too advanced. One set of sighting and observation equipment was required for the vehicle commander and one set for the gunner. The price was a bit high. Even the comrades in the army who wanted both shook their heads when they heard it.

As for why we came up with something like "downward image stabilization" back then, the reason is not complicated - we were poor and had poor technology!

The specific principle is complicated to explain, but to put it simply, the upward anti-stabilization requires more things to stabilize, so the structure is complex and the cost is high, but it has many advantages.

It is easy to upgrade, easy to integrate other observation and aiming channels, and has good tracking accuracy. These are the biggest advantages of the upward-reflecting image stabilization.

But, this thing is expensive and the technology is complicated...

The downward stabilization is not very friendly to the gunner, as he has to follow the aiming line and it is difficult to integrate other channels. The "movement-to-movement" capability is poor at night or when using a thermal imager...

But as the Junk Man said, there are no junk products, only junk prices.

In the early 60s, having a downward-reflecting stabilized director fire control was already top-level fire control, defeating all those who disagreed.

As for night combat, this thing has a thermal imager. Come and fight if you don’t agree.

Compared to the first generation of low-light night vision goggles that are ineffective even when used by others, and may be blinded by a flashbang, this thing is simply a dimensionality reduction attack. The flash of the low-light night vision goggles may be real blinding, the kind that burns out directly.

For us, the most important thing is to be able to afford it. In this way, the relatively expensive image stabilization system can be placed in the vehicle body to avoid being taken away by small shrimps such as 7.62 and shrapnel. Replacing parts such as lenses and reflectors is much cheaper than replacing the entire image stabilization system.

Moreover, the downward-reflecting stabilized image has an advantage. Even if the battery is out, it can still be used as a scope for manual aiming. However, the upward-reflecting stabilized image cannot do this. A separate set of auxiliary scopes must be prepared, which is more costly and complicated.

After listening to Gao Zhendong's various analyses, the comrades in the army resolutely chose downward image stabilization. Downward image stabilization is already advanced enough at this stage, and its technical characteristics are also very suitable for our current situation - poverty!

It has to be said that due to limited economic and technical conditions in the 80s, the ideas that our scientific and technological personnel came up with perfectly fit the situation Gao Zhendong is facing now. Thank you for the gifts from our predecessors!

As for shortcomings, compared with our enemies, we have none, all thanks to the contrast from our peers.

If you said I was technologically backward in the 90s, I wouldn't say anything, but now, please respectfully call me FTFCS (Future Tank Fire Control System).

As for the issue of easy upgrade, the army comrades actually think very openly. When the upgrade is needed, I can just upgrade the whole system. Even at that time, it is possible for me to directly replace the lower reverse with the upper reverse.

This is just like computers decades from now, where DIY people will tinker and upgrade individual parts, but more systematic and organized organizations will generally replace the entire machine, and rarely upgrade individual parts.

Only small countries are stingy in replacing parts, but big countries replace everything.

(End of this chapter)